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GEORG I %.
There were no new cases of meningitis
reported at Brunswick yesterday. The five
patterns who are stricken with the ntaady
are doing well.
The sc tool teachers of Glynn county
were paid off In fu.l up to Feb. 1 at the
office of County School Commissioner Bur
roughs yesterday.
The members of the T.ftori Masonic fra
ternity propots' to build a han*ls.>mc three
story brick structure on their lot on Main
afreet, where their wooden building was
burned in Decem >er.
Mrs. Hurst, who sustained serious Inju
ries sometime ago by falling through a de
tective bridge has entered suit against the
city of Sandersville for $5,000. through iier
attorneys, Messrs. Evans & Evans.
Athens is to have a historical society.
Fifteen or twenty gentlemen in that city,
who are very much interested in the seem -
ing ami preservation ef historic data, wili
itn,-t next we* k and organize the Athens
Historical Society.
The Phi Kappa Society of the i'uiversity
of Georgia at Athens has extended an in
vitation to Hon. Joseph W. Ha,ley of
Texas to deliver the annual oration before
the literary societies of the university (lur
ing the next commencement week.
Sparta Ishma* llte: George Scissttm, a
fool, living near Dahlonega, becoming
afraid that the stock law would lie pass
ed, swapped his mule for .* big hooting
owl, and liecoming tired of his pet. sold p.
to a student a; Dahlonega for la cents.
A gentleman connected with the Plant
System freight .V partment, while in Tif
ton iast Saturday, gave out the rather
startling information that that road had
hauled between 10.0*10 and 12,0 DD laurels of
Georgia cane* syrup from t’airo and vicin
ity. in Thomas county, this season.
I.ige Owens, a negro desperado, who is
wanted by the authorities at Dive Oak,
Fla., on several very serious charges, wat
captured by Deputy Sheriff Emmett lay
lor at Brunswick. Sheriff Hawkins of
Live Oak has taken h*m back to that
place. Owens is wanted on a charge of
assault with intent to murder.
The I'niversity of Georgia Base Ball
Club will soon he in active training. The
class games have been arranged and be
gan Saturday afternoon on the campus
with a game between the seniors and
sophomores. There will be nine games in
the series and then will come the selec
tion of the regular 'varsity team.
Statesboro Star: A writ of lunacy lias
been applied for for Mrs. Irene Bhivers,
living at Zoar. In this county. Mrs.
Shivers is particularly bright and well
educated, but her mind seems to be un
balanced on some subjects. She was in
town a few days after the writ had been
applied lor, and expressed her intention
to pay a visit to her sister at Homerville.
Nolhing further lias been heard of the
writ.
A few nights ago T. R. Wlllholt was
held up by two masked men on the freight
bridge of the Southern Railroad near
Rome and robbed of $35 and a gold watch
valued at $43. The highwaymen
were heavily armed and pre
sented a pislol at their victim's
head. The scene of the robbery is a very
dark and weird place, and one any high
wayman would select for his hold schemes.
The robbery was only made known Wed
nesday. The detectives are working on
the case.
A report comes from Berrien county of
the killing of an eagle, in the Upper
Tenth district. The siook-ralsers have
been bothered for several years by fre
quent visits from an eagle that has car
ried away many pigs, sheep, small calves,
tic. Efforts have been made to kill the
bird for a long time, hut they have failed
until last Saturday, when Mr. F. B. Gul
dens brought it to the ground with a Title.
The bird weighed a iittle over thirteen
pound* and was ten feet from tip to lip
Of its wing.
Kx-Mayor R. B. Morrison of North
Rome has been adjudged insane by a Jury
and iKiard of examining physicians. He
was for years Mayor of North Rome, and
one of the most progressive and puhlic
sp’rlhd men in that place. He is also a
member of the large brick manufacturing
firm of Morrison & Trammell, and besides
was interested In a number of other enter
prises. Mr. Morrison devoted himself so
(fTksiduousl.v to ills afTaiis that his mind
give way under tis burdens. The unfortu
nate gentleman w ill be carried to Milledge
vllle.
The calaboose question at Cordelc is
about as difficult to settle as the munici
pal contest. Another place was deckled
upon and workmen were put to laying
brick when some of the citizens kicked
on the location. They then moved fut
ther down the railroad, and as the agent
here would not take the responsibility of
having It put on the railroad's property,
the work will ngain stop until the rail
road is heard from. The authorities were
wired to for permission to build on their
property, but no answer has been re
ceived.
I-a Grange Graphic: Mr. U. M. Park
purchased Troup Factory on Saturday laM
by raising a hid of $7,500 on the property
10 cents. Several months ago the judge
of Troup Sup. rior Court authorize,| the
receivers to offer the property for sale
which was done, the sale, however, was
to be confirmed by the court before the
deeds of tlie property were turned over
to the purchaser. On the first Tuesday
In January the factory was sold at pul die
outcry. Mr. Park bidding s*i.ooo for It. In
the meantime, before the papers were
presented to the judge for the signature
a private bid was made of $7,500.00, which
bid was a I K)ut to l*c confirmed when Mr.
Bark objected on the grounds that he had
liurchas.-d the factory at the public sale
an*l insisted that the property was his.
The court, however, explained to Mr. Park
that the sale was subject to the confirma
tion of titc court und in order to protect
the stockholders it would confirm the sale
at $7,500, assuring Mr. Park that if he
would raise that hid the deedß would be
turned over to nlrn. Mr. Park was given
a few minutes for consideration and after
wards offered the court $7,5)0 and 10 cents
which was accepted. Mr. Park will con
tinue to run the factory where it now
stands for the present, at least.
FLORIDA.
The Brooksville News-Register advo
cates the appointment of a state forest,
game and flah warden.
Mr. D. L". Alderman of Fort Pierce, has
a fine orange grove near Judge M. 8.
Jopes grove, west of Fort Pierce. He hag
ten acres under cultivation with l.ynn trees
already planted. Some of his orange trees
ure fifteen incues in diameter, and are
leaded with fruit. .Many of his trees were
uninjured by Florida's big freeze. Mr.
Alderman also owns another grove at
Mims.
There has lx-en considerable talk recent
ly of organizing a military company in
Gainesville, but so far nothing definite has
been attempted.
About fifty of the leading merchants of
Dayton, 0.. accompanied by their wives,
are at the Ponce de Leon, Bt. Augustine.
They an- on t visit to the resorts along
the east coast and a trip to Havana.
Tlie Plant Steamship Dine began the
work of raising the tugboat Catherine
Thursday, which is lying In about twenty
feet of waier, and nearby the dock at
Port Tampa. Two professional divers are
'here to assist in this work.
An octopus measuring two feet from tip
to lip of its arms was seen floating in the
water near the pier at Palm Beach Fri
day. and caught with a hook. It Is now in
Prof. Cory's aquarium, curled up in the
corner. These fish are ran- and very hard
to get.
Tite commissioners of Manatee county
have followed Osceola's example and
changed the .open season for deer from the
winter to the summer months, June, July,
Augii-t tir.,l Sept* miter. A petition is be
ing circulated in Brevard for the same
object.
Fort Myers Press. Mr. J. A. Wilson
arrived fr,,m li.s store in the Everglades
last Sunday, bringing in 420 'gator hides
end 109 otter hides. He says that Charlie
Tiger, one of the mosi Intelligent of the
Seminoic braves is suffering from a stroke
of paralysis.
< 'apt. G. A Carlisle of the schooner
Maggie G. Hart, arrived at Fernandina,
reports a remarkably quick run rnm* New
York, tile trip from bur to bar being made
in less than four days. This is about as
good time as is made by the average
steamer plying these waters.
Congressman Davis iias introduced a bill
in the House of Representatives making
an appropriation for the erection of a gov
ernment building in Gainesville. The gov
ernment has long needed a public building
in that city, and it is to be hoped that the
pending bill will become a law.
The people of Rochelle are feeling no
concern because of the case of small-pox
there. The success with which the health
officers hand.ed tlie disease and prevented
its spreading in Waldo is a great encour
agement to them. There is absolutely no
fear of the disease spreading. Many peo
ple are being vaccinated.
Anew telephone company was organized
at Palm Beach Thursday, with Maj. N.
S. Boynton of Boynton, Fla., as president;
M. B. Dyman of Dantara, treasurer, and
P. H. Doud, Jr., of Miami, secretary. The
company proposes to establish systems at
Palm Beach, West Palm Beach, Boynton
and other points along the coast.
Gainesville is about to have another tele
phone system. Mr. Scott of Indiana, who
has been in that city for several days,
working up the scheme, feels assured that
he will succeed in securing n franchise to
install anew system with lUO subscribers.
At the next meeting of the City Council
he will ask for permission to put up the
tioles. His son, an electrician, will con
duct the business.
State's Attorney A. G. Hartridge went
to St. Augustine the other day to look into
the gambling question there. He gave ex
plicit instructions to Sheriff Davis to close
up all of the gambling houses in the city.
The palmetto fiber factory at New
Smyrna began operations Tuesday. It
will not be in full working order for some
days yet, when a force of about thirty peo
ple will be employed.
The Dunnelion Phosphate Company has
begun the construction of a standard
guage railroad from the mines at Dun
li pilau to a point eighteen miles below, cm
the Withlacoochcc river, front which point
to the mouth there is a good depth of
water and the rock will be lightered out
to the bar, where vessels will be waking
to receive it. The saving In freights to
the company in a comparatively short
lime will pay for the construction of the
road. Baler on the road may be extend
ed to deep water at the Gulf.
Edward C. Burnett, aged 39, a former
citizen of Jacksonville, was found dead
in his room Friday morning in the Carle
ton Hotel in Jacksonville. Manager Hill of
the hotel discovered at an early hour the
odor of gas, and began an investigation.
w7ileh led hint to Burnett's room. There
he discovered a shocking sight. Burnett
lay in his bed cold in death. Justice A. O.
Wright was notified, hut upon investiga
tion he deemed an inquest unnecessary, as
he was satified that death was due to In
haling the gas.
DETECTIVES AS SOLDIERS.
Found Some mind Tiger*.— \n Opera
tion for Appendicitis.
\ aldosla, Ga., Jan. 2S.—A story comes
from Hahira of a visit to that place by
three detectives who were dressed in
the garb of soldiers and who succeeded in
arresting several citizens there who were
charged with operating “blind tigers.”
The men claimed to have come from Cuba
and they had a great deal to say about
the hardships of army life. They feasted
on sardines and crackers and drank cider
In all of ttie various shapes in which it Is
sold in the ‘dry” places. They found
some irregularities in the revenue laws
above Hahira and made several arrests.
The parties accused arc said to be among
Ihe best people In that section.
The Primitive Baptists here are arrang
ing for a tiig day to-morrow. The church
here Is to lie constituted into an organi
zation and several of the most prominent
members of that denomination in the state
are to lie here to take in the services. The
church here, though not organized yet, is
strong financially and some of the most
prominent people of the county are
among its members. They recently pur
chased the old Baptist Church and are to
have services there regularly In future.
An operation for appendicitis was per
formed on Mrs. Thomas Crawford here
yesterday. The operation was performed
by Dr. Holmes of Atlanta, and by local
physicians. Mrs. Crawford has been suf
fering for two or three weeks and it was
feared that she could not stand the opera
tion, but it was. done successfully and
the patient’s condition is all that could be
expected.
—Leonard J. G. Knhlwein. chief gunner
on the Olympia during the battle of Ma
nila. has returned to his home in Sag
Harbor, L. 1., after an absence of four
years, to see his son, who was born jusi
before he left home in 1895.
- THE 310RNING SEWS: SUNDAY, .JANUARY 29, 1899.
' A SERIOUS accident.
Teee Falls on n Voting I ndy, Pinion
ing Her Dow n.
Valdosta, Ga.. Jan. '2B. Mis; Hattie Caw
thorr*. the young daughter cf Dr. Caw
thorn, met with a serious ae ident this
We* k. She and several other young girls
were sw. nging in a swing w hich was sus
pended ff.om the limb of an oid china tree.
The tree 1 'll. its huge trunk burying the
young lady in ihe ground and pinioning
iter until she was extricated. It was
thought at li si that her injuries would
prove fatal, but un examination showed
that she was r, ot internally injured, and
that she wii7 recover in a few days. She
is still confined to her h* and.
While several lltl'e negro boys were play
ing about a moving train here yesterday,
ofte of them, named Clement Wilson, fell
under the car and h- id las hand mashed
off. The boys were jumping in and out
of tin empty car from the platform, and
this boy made a misstep which threw him
under the train.
Rev. C. C. Carson and wife were called
to Flemington this week by a telegram
announcing Ihe death of Mrs. Carson's
sister, Miss Cass*-7s. Kev. Farl Minor will
occupy Rev. Carson’s pulpit on Sunday.
A party of gentlemen, consisting of t . H.
Bailie, o'. K. Jones. B. S. Richardson, Roh
ert Ousley and Alex Peeples wont to Loch
Laurel this week on a ttvhtng and hunting
trip, und (hey report ht*v*ng caught all
the fish and killed more birds than they
knew wha’ to do w-lth. larch Laurel is
one of Valdosta’s most charming hunting
and fishing r< serves.
THE SEWS IN POOLER.
Hnppetiings ot All Sorts in the Lit
tle Village I |> tlie Central.
Messrs. H. anil W. Averitt of -Savan
nah visited relatives in Pooler last week.
Mr. W Tyson of Tusculum was at th'„*
home of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. CarttvrigDt
last week.
Mr. E. D. Ixawson of Bryan Crexk,
Scfeven county, visited friends in Pooler
last week.
Misses Carrie nnd Hattie Lindner of
Savannah were among the visitors to
Pooler 'last week. They were the guests
of their sister. M,rs. A. Kenniekeli.
Dr. B. S. Symorns will conduct lay serv
ices at the St. James' Episcopal Chapel
this morning.
Mr. G. W. Brunson of Mobley Pond,
Screven county, wtis at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. H. G. Bui'ford last week.
Corpl. Harry Gould. 17. S. A., who is
now stationed at Macon with his regiment,
visited liis aunt, Mis. G. B. Oliver, last
week.
Messrs. J. 11. Harrison and Harry Wil
son enlisted last week in Company E. Thir
ty-first Michigan, and left Thursday on
the Chester for Cuba. Both Messrs. Har
rison and Wilson were members of the
First Georgia.
Mrs L A. Macon, who is visiting her
daughter, Mrs. H. D. V.'ood, met with a
painful accident last Sunday, in conung
downstairs. Hc-r foot slipped and she fell,
breaking her arm in two places.
Prohibition and I nsanlty.
Topeka, Kan,, Jan. 22.—Insanity is on
an alarming increase in Kansas. There
are no less than ten bills in the legisla
ture providing for the maintenance of ad
ditional- state insane asylum *s, and in ad
dition the state treasury pa ys each year
to the various counties more than $200,000
for the care of destitute insane persons
for whom there is no room in the over
crowded state charitable institutions.
This alarming condition isi causing no
small amount of speculation as to tlie
probable cause. A group of well-known
ftolilicians were discussing the matter to
day. and they all agreed that the rotten
whisky imported into Kansas v/as respon
sible for wrecking more minds than any
other cause. Liquor 100 vile for a copper
lined stomach and strong enougli to burn a
hole through solid plank is distilled es
peeially for the Kansas trade at id palmed
off on the Jayhawkers at an .exorbitant
profit. It was agreed that this squirrel
whisky and other well-known Irrand* of
tanglefoot made more crazy drunkards
each month, who eventually become pub
lic wards, than a reputable quality of
whisky, sold under reasonable restrictions,
would produce in ton years.
Two state insane asylums and prohably
a third one, together with 2.(100 insane
persons maintained at state expense out
side of the asylums-rthls is one of tho
beauties of prohlbjton that the Temper
ance Union does not exploit to any greater
extent.
HOW “PARLE®” WAS CAUGHT.
A Short Story of Life Among llte Bal
timore Oyster Dredgers.
From the WnshrinyTton Post.
Bart Kennedy, whose novel, “The Wan
dering Romanoff.” has just been published,
was once an oyster dredger on the Chesa
peake.
"Those were tough days,” said Kennedy,
the other afternoon, "and tcavth nights. I
used to hang out. after the day’s work, in
one of those low Joints along the wharves
of Baltimore, where sailors, dctklgers, anil
bums were given a hoard to stleep on for
10 cents a night. Thirty men were hud
dled together in one room. All lights were
out at 10. Wc had to be up and out by 7
in the morning. The walls and floors of
the place were hare. The air and the lan
guage were foul. A hard-faced matt, with
big fists and a dyed mustache, sat in the
lower passageway of this lodging house,
and was supposed and expected t*> keep
order. 1 must say it was an easy job to
keep order in that lodging house. Most of
the men, when they came l in. were either
dead tired or dead drunk. 1 remomUtr one
fellow especially. They called him Pnrlez.
because he came from France. 1 t*ok a
fancy to liim. He was a good locking
chap. dark, olive complexion, with brown,
flank eyes and curfy hair. He seemed out
of place in that mob. He spoke English,
which he said he had picked up In a bus
iness house in Palis. Parlez rarely sp*pke
of his past, but when he did. court. lon tin fly,
to me, I gathered that he had been brouifht
to his low pass by the wiles of worn-in.
Patdez alway s spoke disparagingly of wo m
en. 11c called them fickle, treacherous, 4 tut
he never used low language to express lais
opinion of them. Parlez was rather pol
ished in his cynicism. Well, I had knouvn
Parle* some two months, and we were all
sound asleep in our bunks, when one nlgtht
we were aroused st, l should say, 2 or 3
o'clock. The darkness of our miserable
dormitory was illumined by bull’s-eye lan
terns. and we were all commanded to
stand up agiinst the wall. Amid the
round of shuffling feet and the murmur of
lKtlyglot oaths we were footed over by the
police inspector, who pussed tip and down
the lines as we stood against file wall. Two
'tecks were with the- Inspector, each hold
ing a bull's-eye lantern. Suddenly one of
the 'tecks stopped in front of vhe spot
where Parlez stood. He threw tho light
full into his frank, brown eyes.
" 'lnspector,' said the 'took, 'that's the
man we’re looking for. Here's lits photo,
Lacroix of Bordeaux, wanted for the mur
der of his mistress.’
"They took him away. He didn't say a
word. Then the miserable dormitory re
lapsed into darkness and silence. lint I
n< ver forgot Paries, and I often think of
that night in the dredgers and ttuiplY
lodging house in Baltimore."
EARLY EXPLORERS CF GULF.
THE STORY OF THE SERIES OF
SPANISH O l ENTS.
\\ filch Eii<|<‘j| voretl to Si<*iipc tlie
South'* Great Wealth, Hut Met
N\ itli Many >la suae re* and 'li*for
tuneu, tlie Freaeh Seeming HeMtln
el to FJrxt Set Their Standard* In
tin* Seetlon.
From the New Orleans Pi< ayune.
The beautiful Greek story, part fable
and part legend, of the voyage of the
Argonauts to Coiehks, in March of the
goden fleece,” seems to have been re
peated in the earlier voyau- s of the Span
iards from the West Indies to the South 1
Atlantic coa.<t and the Gulf of Mexico,
and the subsequent voyage of the first j
!■ Tench colonists from La Rochelle, in
h ranee, in IH9S-99, which led to the final
establishment ot ihe authority of France
in that great Legion through which the
Mississippi r * v sr flows, and to all of which
was given 200 years a o the name of ‘ la
Louisian*',” ■ jr Louisiana*
'lnc phantom of the Del Indies which
lured Coh *rd)us across the Atlantic to
those va /ue, remote'regions of the west
ern wor'/i, f or more t han a hundred years
after f’.ie discovery of the new world by
folurr/ms in 1492 still mocked the Span
i pagination with visions and dreams
/old and silver and precious stones
* h * h were to be found in plenty in the
1 ' 47 countries which had been discovered .
-'/id which they fondly believed were the
western regions of those rich and popu
ious Indies of the east which Marco Po'.o.
the Venetian traveler, had visited in
disguise, and concerning which lie had
written in his quaint, hut always ve
racious. book of travels to Irid and far
Cathay, in pursuance to their delusion
that in discovering what they called the
(Vest Indies they really In i found titc
western side of the East Indies, the first
Spanish discoverers and navigators
in the waters of the western hemisphere
gave to the aboriginal populations which
they found in the is.an.ls of the West
Indies, nlong the coast of the Caribbean
sea, and in Mexico and South America
the name of "Indians.” in harmony with
delusion concerning the identity of
the newly-discovered' quarters of the
globe, which subsequently became known
to European geographers by the general
name of America.
The true name that should have been
given to the people of America should
have been "Occidentals,” or westerners—
westerners by reason of their geographical
position toward Europe—and the true
name of the new world should have been
Occidental,” or the land of the west The
American aborigines could not furnish any
information to the Spaniards in the mat
ter of their own national or racial name or
tlie name of those Americas for the very
good reason that they had no information
to furnish on these subjects. Being abso
lutely ignorant of the existence of any
country that lay beyond, or within the
waters of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans,
which "great waters,” as they termed
them, wore, so far as they were concern
ed, the limits of the only world of which
they had any knowledge, not possessing
the slightest reliable tradition or theory
with which to satisfy the inquiring minds
of the first Spanish priests and mission
aries who questioned them concerning any
other race of men as having been created
except themselves, it would have been a
manifest intellectual impossibility that
they should have invented, either for
themselves, as a race, or for the countries
In which they dwelt,names to distinguish,
themselves and <heir lands from other
races of people and from other countries
of the earth of whose existence they knew
nothing. The aborigines of America,
therefore, satisfied themselves with apply
ing to themselves tribal names and names
of nation founded upon some local topo
graphical condition or some physical or
moral quality, and which were limited to
themselves—a system by which their terri
tories possessed no names except those of
the nations that dwelt tn them.
It was thus that the eariiost Spaniards
who visited tho new world taking coun
sel of (heir own ignorance and baseless
geographical ami ethnological mistakes of
calling the new trans-Atlantic countries
that they had discovered the Indies and
the various nations that Inhabited ttiigi
Indians. Prompted by the expectation
of discovering such treasures as were
known to exist in the Indies of Asia, the
Spaniards within thirty years after the
discoveries of Christopher Columbus be
gan to explore the costs of the mainland
of North America that lay nearest to their
establishments in the Antilles, or We*it
Indies Islands. In that way they became
acquainted ns early as 1329 with the coasts
hf Florida, Alabama. Mississippi and Lone
isiana, though their discoveries in these
regions availed them very little except,
perhaps, in the case of Florida, in whi<Sf
country they eventually obtained a foot
hold. As for Ixiuisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama, however, the possession of these
regions was reserved for the French,
whose discoverers came not by way of 'the
sea, lull down the .Mississippi river, from
Canada.
The first of the Suaulsh alventurers
who sailed from the great Antilles (Cuba
and Puerto Rico) for the coast of North
America was Lucas Vasquez de AUlon,
who crossed the Gulf of Mexico ill 1520
and made a ianding on the continent Tlie
natives, as was the custom tanong the
American aborigines on their forming the
acquaintance, for the first time, of the
strange men who came to their shores in
"floating villages,” as the Indians called
the ships of the Europeans, re< x-iveti the
Spaniards with kindness and hospiaallty,
and with substantial testimonials* ot fra
ternal regard that infused into tho ava
ricious and greedy hearts of the strangers
from afar the most sanguine hopes of ac
quiring worldly riches from the open
handed and generous natives of the coast
of the Gulf of Mexico, whose acquaintance
they thus had so fortunately and happily
formed. Not only were maize and game
and other victuals showered on the Span
iards, but articles uixjn which the gold
seekers front El Gran Antilla pluced- even
more value were bestowed upon thorn lib
erally. Vasquez was presented witli .golden
ornaments and silver lance-heads, and
pearls were given to him wherewith to
embroider his velvet cloak or to set In
aigrette fashion in his plumed hat. Final
ly Vasquez de Aillon returned to tine An
tilles, believing that lie had dlsoovered
anew Colchis and a real golden fleece,
and that, in fact, he had found thtit Do
rado; that land of unlimited gold to at
tain which was the day-dream of the first
Spaniards in America.
In 1524 Vasquez bethought him to make
another voyage to the coast of the Gulf
of Mexico and revisit the givers otf gold
and silver and pearls. He did so, accom
panied by a considerable following. But
Ills reception by the natives on this- occa
sion was far from flattering. Some thing
had intervened to induce the Indiaps to
suspect the purpose of the Spaniards in
coming among them again. At all events,
the Spaniards found Implacable enemies
where they had left, four years before,
apparent friends. The Indians received
them, on their landing, "with bloody ham’s
to hospitable graves.” and Vasquez. leav
ing 200 of his followers, dead on the coast,
returned in discomfiture to the Antilles. *
HAVE ARRIVED !N .VAVANNAH
EUROPEAN
STARE O R
PHYSICIANS.
Services First Three Months Free of Charge.
All who call before Feb. 15 will receive three months
services free of charge. No charge except for necessary
medicines.
Offices: Lyons’ Block, corner Whitaker a'nd Brough
ton. Entrance on W nit alter street. Office .Hours: 9 a.
m. to 1 p. m,2to 6p. m., 7to 8 evenings; Su ttdays, 10 to
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by their German Method.
The next Spaniard who sought riches
and renown on the coast of the Gulf and <
who found only loss and disaster, was one
Pamphilo Nessunez. who made a land
ing with n body of troops in 1528. The
natives received him sufficiently well
and made him gifts of gold, which, they
explained to him by pointing in a north
easterly direction, came from the Ap
palachian mountains, in the country
subsequently named by the Spaniards
Florida. As this was the most interest
ing information that Pamphilo could
have received from his entertainers at
that time, he at once set out on his
inarch from the coast to seek the moun
i.hns in question. He journeyed twenty
eight days, discovering new nations as he
progressed, or. y to engage him in battle in
resisting the incessant attack made upon
his followers. During the course of this
disatrous march and the precipitate re
treat to the coast, which he was com
pelled to make to save his own life, he
lost in batik the majority of his men;
with the remnants of the expedition he
managed to reach his ships, embarking
in which, he reiurnjed to the West In
dies in even worse plight than had his
predecessor, Vasquez de Aillon.
Experience had now sufficiently taught
the enterprising Spanish adventurers
along the coasts of the South Atlantic
and the Gulf of Mexico that the Occi
dentals of those regions were men of a
mold very different from the pacific
Caribs of the West Indies and the equal
ly unwariike Mexicans and Peruvians,
and that if any success in entering their
territory was to be indulged in and any
expectation to insure their own safety
was to be entertained, it would be nec
essary to invade their countries with a
regularly organized and equipped army,
prepared to fight to the death against
the warlike natives whom they must en
counter on their march. This was why
the next Spanish invader of the south
ern coast of North America, who was no
less a personage .than the celebrated
warrior and discoverer, Hernando Be
Soto, the only early Spaniard who ever
left to history a trace of his presence in
North America, mustered in Spain in
1538-39 n splendidly organized army of
over 700 foot and 350 horse, among
them scores of the most brilliant cava
liers of Spain and Portugal, together
with many eoldiers-of-fortune from oth
er parts of Europe, and departed from a
Spanish port in an imp,sing fleet of
transports, iiound for Santiago de Cuba
and tiie conquest of Florida, in which
country by contract with the Emperor
Charles V of Spain, he promised to him
self to add new conquered territories in
the new world to tiie Spanish crown, while
securing for himself and his adventurous
followers the gold and silver which he con
fidently believed existed in the regions to
be visited, and occupied )n the name of
Spain.
De Soto had organized his expedition at
his own expehse, using for that purpose
his private fortune of $500,000 in gold, which
he had acquired while serving with Pizar
ro in Peru The story of the desperate
fortunes of De Soto's expedition from
1539 to the month of July, 1.d3, when the
"00 survivors of the expedition left the
mouth of the Mississippi river on their
way to Mexico under foroman of Louis
Alvarado a- Moscoso. who had succeeded
to the command of the decimated army af
ter the death of De Soto, near the mouth
of lied river, in the summer of the year
J 54 has been told by Gareilaso de la
Vega tho ines, and an anonymous Por
tuguese cavalier, who accompanied Do
Soto. The principal apd most interesting
fact in the long years of wanderings, pri
vations. disease and battle through which
this expedition passed was that, by chance,
while marching to the northwest through
il,e regions which are now included in the
states of Alabama, Mississippi and Tenn
essee l)e Soh> reached the Mississippi
river, and thus became Us first European
discoverer.
Twenty years elapsed after the failure
of De Soto's expedition and Moscoso's hur
ried flight from the mouth of tho Mississip
pi to Mexico before another attempt was
made by a European captain to obtain a
footing on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico
or its adjacent parts, and when this next
decent occurred it was a Frenchman, and
not a Spaniard, who, following in the
footsteps of De Soto, landed in the year
154 on the coast of Florida and established
a colony near tiie mouth of the St. John's
river.
Tiie Frenchman who thus intruded upon
the regions which Si laniards .had first ex
plored was Heno de Laudonniere, whom
Admiral de Co.iguy, the celebrated Hu
guenot general of France, had sent to
Florida with a 'colony of Huguenots.
France at that time was engaged In those
bloody civil religious wars which arrayed
Protestants and Catholics against each
other, and France was red with fratricidal
blood. The Spaniards, aroused by this
encroachment of the French in Florida
sent an expedition agamst the latter,
at St. Johns river, and attacked theb
fort. The French surrendered under terms
of capitulation, which guaranteed them se
curity. but tl f
possession of the fort, proved most false
to their promises, for they hanged all their
prisoners upon the trees of the vicinity
Then the Spaniards remained in F.orida
and waited. The religious wars in France
, attracted so much attention at home that
tiie French government made no effort to
send ,i,xi expedition to Flor Ala to puui sh
the Spaniards for this atroetty. But tan
individual Frenchman, Dominique 'de
Gourgf s, took ujxin himself to .avenge the
cruel execution of his compatriots. la
sailed from. France with an expedition, and
one dacy, while the Spaniards were still
waiting, his ships appeared in the offing,
opposite the mouth of St. Johns riVer. He
landed, attack,*! the Spaniards, and hav
ing inudr them prisoners, he took them
all to tiie same trees from which had
dangled Ihe skeletons of Landonniere's
French colonists and hanged them to the
same limbs, attaching to the bodies pa
[iers bearing this mournful legend; "Not
as Spamiards, but as murderers."
It seems strange—if anything can be re
garded ixs strange in the histories of races
and nations and their destinies—that in all
those centuries the Spaniards never en
tered the Mississippi river from its mouth
and established a colony in the Missis
sippi valley. But that region was reserv
ed for France an its first European pos
sessor. But the pioneers of civilization
in Louisiana came not from the sea, but
from the French possessions of Canada
The first of these explorers of the Missis*
slppi were Here Marqtuette and Joliet, Pere
Hennepin and La Sa-Ue—all coming from
Quebec. Then, in ltiai-99 came Iberville
and Bienville with a colony from La Ro
chelle, in France, aud the new destinies
of the Gulf of Mexico began with their
coming.
FOUR AGES AND HU (IKE.
Predicament of nn Amatkrtir In a
Poker Game.
From the Philadelphia Times.
"Travelers who were familiar with the
lower Mississippi in its brilliant history
prior to the civil war, and who now and
then read stories of wonderful poker
games, know that not one half of them are
true, or so flagrantly colored as to rob
them of interest.” This was the quiet re
mark of an old journalist to a party of
friends at the Union League the other day.
He was talking about the frontier, and
continued:
"If you have time to listen I wilf tell you
a poker story that narrowly escaped end
ing in a tragedy and had a pathetic side
that always keeps it fresh in my memory
box.
"Capitol City is a little mining camp that
lies on Henson creek, nearly midway be
tween Lake City and Rose’s Cabin, the
only place where a town could be built In
thal sixteen miles of canon. I had oc
casion to go there on a collecting lour in
Ihe flush spring of ’BO. It was June, and
the trails were all open. Already, many
mining claims had beon sold to Eastern
operators, contracts had been let and pros
pectors were ‘heeled’ and, as usual, gen
erous.
“I reached the camp on a Saturday at
noon, put my horse away and went In
search of something to eat. I had no diffi
culty in finding it, for the hoys were hav
ing a round-up at Mrs. Kelley’s boarding 1 '
house, and were glad to have a visitor
from Lake, the financial center then of
San Juan, and the headquarters for min
ing gossip, gambling and other social af
fairs.
‘You’ll find a lot of the boys over at
Tom Gregory’s,' said one of my friends.
’There’s a big game going on; been play
ing since yesterday morning. Wouldn’t
adjourn even for this big layout.”
"When I entered Gregory’s I saw five
men at a round table such as you would
see in every saloon on the frontier for
card playing. The men all knew me,
shook hands and greeted me cordially, save
one, Jim Healey, who gave me a limp hand
and in subdued voice said, ’Howdc.’ I was
invited to take a hand and drink, and com
promised by taking u cigar.
“ ’What’s the limit?’ I asked.
‘Three hundred,’ said Gregory. ‘Raised
it by ’gnement this morning from one
and a half.’
"Three men had dropped out of the deal
Healey and a young Scotchman were con
testing for a considerable pot. and a few
minutes laler the lather called’ his oppo
nent and won. Healey hud been bluffing
with a pair of kings. The Scotchman held
three nines.
“I walked over to the bar. ‘What’s the
matter with Jim Healey?’ I asked.
“ ’He’s a heavy loser.’
" ’He had some money, then?’
’’ ’Yes. He sold his Bonny Lass, up Sun
shine Gulch—you know the claim— to Col
M. B. Derrick of Chicago on Wednesday
for S9OO, and was going to start East yes
terday, when he got Into this game. He
was S2OO ahead of the game last night, but
went back last on bluffs until I came
In this morning, and has gone all to
smash. You know how it is when a feller
gets nervous. He took out s2ut> worth of
chips just before you came in, and that’s
his pile.’
“I knew then why Healey was silent. 1
returned to the table, stood a few minutes,
and then went outside with the intention
of ordering my horse and returning to
Lake City in time for supper. It was 2
o'clock p. m., and the boys were coming
down from the mountains for their Sat
urday mail, laundry, etc., and. as I found
collections easy, 1 tarried another hour.
“An irresistible desire to return to Greg-
ory's and stand by Jim Healey seize,!
I liked the lad. Everybody in the ,
hked him, and all said he never ought
gamble, as he had no poker sense. *
The man next to Healey was *l, ali , *
when I returned, and when Jim took A
his hand he held thrte aces and two ,
different cards. He opened with 6 Y
bet. The other players seemed to be
fixed and 'stayed in.’ After the diicarl
Jim drew two cards and caught a noth I
ace. He now held an invincible hand, h
in his worn-out, nervous condition i,a
seemed to accept it as an insult to his ,
pleied treasury. Of what use was u
Jim now? I tried to look into his fa./. i, t
his soft hat was pulled down too low
I dropped my handkerchief, and stoonu ?
to pick it up peered into the player's fa,.,'
There was a tear on his cheek.
"In my left trousers pocket there ,
roll of S3OO. My hand was encircling h
Instantly it occurred to me lo save
Healey. I had nothing to lose; he evert-,
thlng to gain. But if it should be ,i .
covered that I had interfered with th
game my life might pay the forfeit.
“ Toss me a cigar. Jack,’ I called to the
barkeeper.
"It came, but I did not try to catch it
When I stooped to pick it up from t *
floor my roll or blils was in Jim Heii, a
lap.
"Two men laid down their cards, and f
walked around the table to talk to big g ;tni
Drinker. Healey was cool. Gregory rai?, i
him and the Scotchman stood in. it n ,* j
o’clock and the game would soon be ov r
and intense excitement prevailed. Drink r
was not communicative, but presently
when Healey created a surprise ;,y
raising his competitor *2OO, Drinker said iq
an undertone, but loiid enough to i,
heard, ‘Another bluff.’
“Both Gregory and the Scotchman, who
had been heavy winners, called the raise.
"The balance of the game was mild
enough, and at 4 o’clock when Heal, y
counted his cash he was made whole, wiih
$1(10 or more to spare. He made no demon
stration. There was no reaction. He said
quietly as the crowd stood at the bar o
lake a drink with him: ‘I sent my traps
to Lake on Friday’s buekboafd. and I'm
going down with the major this evening
I’ll ride out to Clear Creek and leave my
horse there till I return from the East.'
“On Ihe way down the canon he said;
‘lf you had not come to my aid 1 would
have put a bullet into my brain this even
ing. My mother and sister, all I have on
earth, knew I had made a sale and ex
pected soon to see me. I have not be. n
home for seven years. I don’t know why
I was such a fool as to get Into a game
with Gregory and that Scotchman.’ ”
—Mr. Choate tells this little one on him.
self: It was when his name was sent to
‘the Senate as ambassador to the court of
.fit. James. His old friend, Russell Sage,
who was lashed so unmercifully by Mr.'
i"hoate in the Latdlaw suit, heard the
i lews and asked if it was really true. On
b eing assured that It was correct, the old
mnn looked heanenward and exclaimed:
“I Veil, Go 8 save the Queen!”
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TO NEW YORii—Cabin, S2O; Excursion,
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Steerage, $ UI.OO.
TO BOSTO.N-Ca.bin, $22; Excursion, $35;
Intermediate, sl7; Excursion, S2B; Steer
age, $11.75.
The express steamships of this line art
appointed to suii from Savannah, Central
(90th) meridian time, as follows;
SAVANNAH TO NEW YORK.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher. MONDAY,
Jan. 30, 7 p. m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith, TUESDAY,
Jan. 31, 8 p. m.
TALLAHAUSEE. Capt. Askinß, THURS
DAY, Feb. 2. 10 a. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
SATURDAY, Feb. 4. 1 p. m.
CITY OK BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burg,
MONDAY, Feb. 6,3 p. m.
KANSAS CITY. Capt. Fisher, TUESDAY,
Feb. 7, 4 p. ;m.
NACOOCHEE, Capt. Smith. THURS
DAY. Feb. 9, 5 p. m.
TALLAH A SSE2T3, Capt. Askins, SATUR
DAY, Feb. 11, 6 p. ra.
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett,
MONDAY. Fete. 13, 7 p. m.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, Capt. Burg,
TUESDAY. Feb. 14, 8 p. to.
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON.
VIA DIRECT SHIP.
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt Lewis, TUBS
DAY, Jan. 31, 7:30 a. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googles, FRIDAY,
Feb. 3, 10 a. m.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage, TUES
DAY, Feb. 7. 4 a. tn.
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt Lewis, FRI
DAY, Feb. 10. 6 a. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, TUESDAY,
Feb. 14, 8 a. m.
CITY OF MACON, Capt. Savage. FRI
DAY, Feb. 17. 10:30 a. m.
CHATTAHOOCBIEE. Capt. Lewis, TUES
DAY, Feb. 21. 4 a. m.
GATE CITY, Capt. Googins, FRIDAY,
Feb. 24, 5 a. ra.
Steamers leave New York for Savannah
B p. n. dally, except Sundays and Mon
days, and leave Boston for Savannah
every Wednesday at 12 noon. Saturday*
at 3 p. m.
w. G. Brewer, Ticket Agent, 39 BuH
street, Savannah, Ga.
E. W. Smith. Con't Fr. Agt. Sav., Oa.
R. G. Tregevant. Agt., Savannah, Gs.
E. H. Hinton. Traffic Manager.
John M. Egan, vice president.
For Blufflon and Beaufort, S. C,
Steamer Doretta will leave wharf fo °t
of Aberctxm (Ethel’s wharf) street at 3 p.
m. for B tuff ton daily except Sunday a l ' l *
Thursday. Wednesday’s trip extended
Beaufort, leaving Biuftton Thursdays at
8 a. m. Returning same day.
For Port Royal and Beaufort, S. C.
Steamer Clifton leaves from foot Bill
street on Sunday, 12 a. m., Tuesday and
Friday at 10 a. m.. city time.
H. S. WESTCOTT, Agent.
FLUiBiNG, STEAM AND 6AS fllMi
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Figures.
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