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BUILDING TO TYBEE DEPOT.
HIV HR S'! IIIIKT TRUK BEING EY
TCM)i:n TO THAT POINT.
Central Hnilronri Will Soon Have
All Hail Connection to It* Snl>nr
lm n Depot—The Extension of tlic
River Street Trnek to the I.owrr
Wharves Not t ontemplnteil in tlie
Present Movement, Moo Prewldcnt
Ei:nn sa>*—'The Tybee Depot ( on
neetlon One Tlint Ha* lleen Lonx
Desired.
The Centra! Railroad had a large- force
ot ha <ls ot work yesterday preparing E.
roadbed for the extension of its track from
River street to the Tybee depot. At the
rat' the work is being carried forward
it is likely that the connection will be
completed within a few days. The grad
ing was completed yesterday from
Rourkc's foundry to Rmdolph s,r t. Tue
track was laid some time sir. • along
River street through the old rice mill
property to Rourk* s foundry. In making
the turn through Rourk* s foundry it was
necessary to cut off a corn* r of tiie La
mar warehouse.
The connection with th* Tybee depot
through River street is one that has been
long desired and will prove of great con
venience fn handling the summer excur
sion business. With the large amount of
freight now handled to Tybee by reason
of the work on the fort there, the connec
tion will also prove an advantage to the
Central for traffic purposes*, enabling it to
handle freight to and from Tybee entire
ly over its own lines.
Vice President Egan, when asked about
the extension, said it is rot the intention
of the company to extend the River street
track to connect with the Plant System, or
the Intervening wharves. The Hydraulic
Press Association was recently grante 1
permission by Council to build a track
along Bay street, east to the Bilbo canal,
on condition that it j>ove and keep in re
pair the street along which the tr i k
should be laid. Mr. Egan said that the
Central had no intention of taking this
proposition off the hands of the press as
sociation. It was judged from what Mr.
Egan said that the Central has no inten
tion at present of connecting with the
properties to the eastward.
“If any of the wharf owners in that vi
cinity desire to connect with us we shall
be glad to have them,” said Mr. Egan.
The prime object of Council in scouring
the opening of River street, which was kk
obtained without considerable difficulty,
was to assure the connection of tlie ter
minal properties on the eastern and west
ern sides of the city. The railway compa
nies interested, however, seem to be in no
haste to make this connection.
TIIE HR'IS YIELD ROOD.
Planters Now Busy In liar* eating
Their Crop*.
The rice harvest is now well under way
and with a sufficient season of fair weath
er the planters will soon have their rice in
shock. Many planters began cutting last
week and nearly all the others will begin
cutting to-morrowr if the weather be favor
able. The crop is about a week to ten
clays late and the occasional rains are in
terfering with the work of harvesting. It
is feared that the rains will become more
frequent and thnt loss will result through
delays caused from this source.
With very few exceptions the planters all
report that they have made good crops
this year. The exact yield cannot be told
until a portion of the crop has been
threshed, but all the Indications are that
the yield is large and the quality Is good.
With no damage from storm or freshet it
is expected that the local receipts will be
about 275,i)00 to 300.000 bushel**. This is the
storm season of the year and the planters
are in some anxiety to get In their crops
before the Mow comes. The late season
and the probability of rains are against
them, but it may also prove to be an off
year for storms.
Reporta received from the upland rice
crop are to the effect that it is almost a
total loss due to the effects of the drought
The upland rice is planted in small quan
tities in the interior, but the aggregate
production is considerable, amounting us
ually to about one-sixth of Savannah's re
ceipts. as high as 60.000 bushel* having
been received from this source.
Reports from New Orleans are to the ef
fect that the crop has Men considerably
damaged by rain, the result being a slight
improvement in prices.
A PAPER C ANNON BALL,
Mm. Koffliimkri I'nlQße Gift to
Poktninßter Doyle,
Postmaster Joseph F. Doyle was the re
cipient yesterday of a handsome ad
unique present in the shajie of an immense
cannon ball, the gift of Mrs. R. A. Row
linskl. The cannon bill is of the harmless
variety, being Intended for ornament and
not for destructive purposes. The ball is
very fargo, being constructed of red, white
and blue paper, and is quite an artistic
piece of work.
In returning his thanks to Mrs. Row
linskl for the g.ft, Mr. Doyle remarked
that if all cannon balls were as pretty and
harmless as this one, war would be robbed
of much of Its horrors. The ornament lias
been given a prominent position in the
postmaster's office.
SAVAN.VMI'S JIVHMLE COMIIIII V\.
Master Sammy Brown Sow With the
Kelly's Kltls Company.
Master Sammy Brown, who is well
known to theater-goers as one of the
best of Savannah’s juvenile performers,
has secured an engagement for the com
ing season with the "Kelly’s Kids” Com
pany, and will appear with the company
In the larger cities of the North and
West. He has been given n prominent
part, and his friends believe this to be the
beginning of a bright career.
Master Rrown has appeared for the last
two or three mi - .na ia nearly every bene
fit performance given In the city, and has
always acquitted himself with credit. His
work bore little of the marks of the ama
teur. and evinced a natural talent for
the stage. Ills many Savannah admirers
will watch Master Brown's career witn
Interest.
cash: or cihhviku a pistol.
A Drummer Will Figure In Police
Court on Coconut of It.
Asa n suli of u disagreement In the of
fices of M First’s Huns & Cos., at Hay and
Whitaker stints, y.surday afternoon, Mr.
K. F. Coopt r, a traveling man on buslneaa
in the city, was artel, and charged wph
dlsjrdi rly < uiduci ami with carrying
u I. I wtapoi I'ht .lull, Oily that caused
hie uni I I'sik i fail in 111, g. n < rai oltlc -e
• I 11' hnn. t • !>•, w.m into the office lo
*'* J " 'i h First on business and
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ov *r /f 'r Mlr * ’i 1 , was turned
ov i 1,,,, ms,, Davis a .| liken
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Till-: SEA I SLA MIS crop.
Gloomy Report* f ftii*t and Lora of
Fruiin* ll*ceiv*d.
Gloomy report'* nr? received by the
factors of the conditions of things in th.>
I sea island cotton district*. The planters
complain of rust, shedding of fruit, nnd,
[ in soirif iii tanct s, of the plant dying.
I laoss of fruitage is reported from ail the
( countio? growing sea islands, and n con
siderable decrease in the yield is expected
in consequence. Earlier in the season the
prospects of the sea island crop were very
good, but following the long dry spell and
the intense heat, am* the rains cousing
rust and loss of fruitage. The intense
h tnt V ust it th -
i pro.- i itij’.n.'S to the erop, though it
was perhaps even more injurious to the?
upland than the fa island crop.
The ama-< this year is somewhat
larger than was the case last year, from
which some in n as*' over last year’s crop
is naturally looked forward •>. but the
untoward conditions which now prevail,
will considerably shorten the yield. East
year's crop wn only 66/AiJ bales,
being the smallest crop for several years
past. The crop for the previous year was
bales, for 1896. hr,.->>. and for 1895,
93,000. The sharp decline in prices follow
ing the large crop years of 1893 and IVC>,
caused many of the farmers, who ha-1 i<-
remly embarked in the s* a island busi
ness. to give it up and return- to uplands,
and hence the decreased yield of the last
two years. ;
Were it not for the fact that the cotton
thread spinners of the world are all in n
combine, it is likely that there would be
some considerable increase in prices.
There are really three combinations of the
spinners, but the buying of all three is
done through a single and her. •*
the spinners rarely come in competition
with each other, and do not have to load
up with stocks to avoid n possible famine.
The arrangement is very nice for the
spinners, but it is hard on the farmers.
The market at present is practically
swept clean of stock. The new crop has
hardly begun to move, but the indications
rue that i will cepie in much more rap d
lv this s< a son than usual. As n rule very
little long staple cotton is received before
Sept. 15. but the cotton has be* n so gen
erally opened by the intense heat, that
the mov* mi nt is expected to be well under
way about two weeks earlier than usual.
NOT TO HE DISBANDED.
Colored Military Companion to fie
Given Another Opportunity.
It seems that the colored military com
panies, which wa re ordered disbanded or
reorganized by Inspector General Obear,
after his recent inspection, are to bo al
io wed to stand and that the status of the
companies will remain unchanged. At
least this is the effect of a telegram re
ceived yesterday by J. C. Simmons, cap
tain of the Georgia Artillery, from Col.
John H. Deveaux, commanding the col
ored battalion at Savannah, who is now in
Atlanta. Col. Deveaux’s telegram reads
us follows:
“(’apt. J. C. Simmons: Your company all
right. May proceed to drill, etc. Until
further orders, nil disbanded companies
will have opportunity to appear before
advisory board when it meets next month.
J. H. Deveaux.”
The artillery battery was not ordered
disbanded by Col. Obear, but reorganized,
the understanding being that if the com
pany was not put in In tl*r shape that an
order for its disbandment would probably
be issued.
A dispatch to the Morning News from
Atlanta states that Col. Deveaux called
upon the Governor and tendered the s* r
vlces of his battalion in quelling the dis
turbance nt Darien. Col. Deveaux nnd
the officers of the colored military gener
ally at Savannah have several times
evinced a desire to be given an oppor
tunity to prove their right to exist by be
ing called into service on such occasion-*.
It Is probable that in Shis connection Cot.
Deveaux brought up the question of the
status of the colored military at Savannah
and secured from the Governor the prom
ise that none of the companies should l>c
disbanded until given an opportunity to
prove its right to exist.
The result of Col. Obear’s inspection was
the ordering of the disbandment of the
Done Star Cadets and the consolidation of
the Forest City Light Infantry and tbs
Union Lincoln Guards into one company,
thus reducing the number of companies in
the infantry battalion from lx to four. An
order was recently secured from the Gov
ernor by John D. Savage revoking the
order for this conso.idation and the prob
ability is that the Forest City Lght In
fantry will l>e allowed to continue as a
separate company.
FOR INSI LYING PASSERSBY.
Police Took ir a Trio of Pence Dls-
I urlier*.
Matthew Aiken, Henry Williams and
Henry Mallett, three negroes, were ar
rested yesterday afternoon i>y Patrolman
Godbold, and are charged at the station
house with being drunk, disorderly and
offensively insulting to passers-by, at Lib
erty and East Broad streets.
The men had had a great deal too much
mean whisky and had made themselves
objectionable on the corner for some time
before the policeman arrived. Just as he
reached the si>ot he saw the drunken trio
brush against a respectable colored man
and his wife, who were |*assing, and neat
ly succeeded in throwing*them from the
sidewalk. Had it not been for the pres
ence of the policemen they would have
received needed chastisement with a stick
that the man they had insulted carried,
and that he was preparing to use. God
bold arrested thorn and sent them in the
wagon to the station house.
LOCAL PERSON \L.
Mr. W. T. Richards, a prominent citi
zen of Augusta, and Mrs. Richards, are
visiting their daughter, Mrs. J. B. Moore.
Mr. John Rourke was a passenger on
the Tallahassee for New York last nigh*.
He will be absent from the city about
three weeks.
Mr. John Thompson, senior nu mber of
the firm of J. & C. N. Thomas, will leave
for New York and Toronto Friday on a
several weeks’ trip of business and pleas
ure.
Rev. J. D. Jordan, pastor of the First
Baptist Church, who is on his vacation,
left Meridian, "Miss., Thursday for Daw*
son, Kv., where he will remain porno
time. Ho will return to Savannah the
first week In Octolx-r
Rev. J. L. S uliy. lector of St. Paul’s
Episcopal Church, who went North some
weeks ago to recuperate from his sev re
IlinesH, is now In Toronto, Canada. let
ters received from him say chat he is
greatly Improved in h* ilth.
Mr. Henry Levy lefr y, - rrday for the
North. Mi bvv will spend a w. ek in
the mountains of Western Maryland,
where hi* family has been spend.ng the
summer, and will tlwn go to N* w Votk on
a combined busln*--.and plea.- in trip.
Tite following party haver Thursday by
steamer on an extended trip through t.i-
Noih m l East: Mr. an I Mrs Willi ~n
K*d,oe Mis. W lllani llarty, Jr. an I . , I
Mrs Wi.karri J K uni child Mi#
Mary Kthoe and M. *, Frank and !>,,,
Keli.a . Mis. llarty abl join to i moth -
i CofifteciU uL The jtft<*r metnbsns of
th. putty will go to J*ke Gemg. nnd th
• MDkhl-, U..J Mil, . Mi K
i t*, w.tl kit Dvntv iuivaJ la N.. *
THE MORNING NEW S; SUNDAY, AUGUST 27, 1890.
CHACORNAt TOOK FITI'IIITV.
Keene’s Recent Purehnse Beat the
Great * beeps bead Race.
New York. Aug. 26 —Chacornac, owned
by James R. K ene, won t - futurity race
at Sheeps head Bay to-day in the fast time
of 1:10 2-5. J. J. HHand’s Brigadier was
second and Bromley & Co’s. Wir.dmere,
third. It was the twelfth running of the
richest make in this country, and the sec
ond time that the Keene colors have been
in front. The futurity to-day was worth
nearly $12,000. It was won by the favorite,
and was altogether the most satisfactory
futurity ever run.
Twenty horse* went to the post, with
the Keene trio, Charornac. Virginia Earle
and Doublet, ruling favorites at 8 to 5.
They we:e sent off with but a few min
utes’ d* lay, and were se< n in the distance
coming down the chute in a straight line
through the cloud of dust. Modrine was
fir-t away wbh Doublet, and Chacornac
right beside him. li was work with hands
and knees to ger first into the stretch, and
Spencer hid Chacornac in front as
they rounded the long turn. As they
m ired the judge’s stand, Brigadier came
through from sixth place wish a rush, cut
ting down \V ndmere. Saint Finnan and
M< Irine, and being beaten by only a scant
half length at the end.
The attendance was very large, in spite
of threatening weather.
Only yesterday James R. Keene pur
chased Chacornac from James Itowe for
a sum announced to lx- $25,000. Summary:
First Race—Seven furlongs. St. Clair.
8 to 5, won, with IVep O’Day, 11 to 5 and
7 to 10, second. ;ir;d Lady Lindsey, 8 to 1,
third. Time 1:28 1-5.
Second Rice—Five furlongs. Smoke, 20
to 1. won, with Lary Massey, 2 to 1 and
4 to 5, second, and Olca, 8 to 1, third. Time
3:01 4-5.
Third Race—Fall handicap, six furlongs.
Previous, 8 to 1. won, with Batten, 8 to 1
anil 3 to 1, second, and Imp. 5 to 1, third.
Timo 1:13 2-5.
Fourth Race—Futurity coifrse. Chacor
nac. 134, Spencer, 8 to 5 and 3 to 5. won by
a neck, with Brigadier. 109, Burns, fi to 1
nnd 2 to 1, second, by one length, and
WLndmere. 112, O’Connor, 15 to 1 and 6 to
1, third. Timo 1:102-5.
Saint Finnan, Modrine, Okette, David
Garrl k, Iroquois Belle, Doublet, King
Bramble, Water King. Prestidigitator,
The Scotchman. Gulden. Knight of Rhodes,
Virginia Earl, Tenderloin, Plucky, Musette
are! Erwin finished ns named.
Fifth Race—lnaugural steeplechase,
short course. Article, 2 to 1. won, with
Wood Pigeon, 7 to 5 and 2 to t>. second,
and Ten tore, 20 to 1. third. Time 4:11.
Sixth Race—One and a sixteenth miles,
on turf. Rare Perfume, 3 to 1, won. with
Flax Spinner, f>to 2 and 3 to 5. second,
and Myth, 7 to 5, third. T.me 1:48.
RKSI LTS <)\ THE DIAMOND.
Brooklyn Fielded Loosely, But Eas
ily Won the Game.
Chicago. Aug. 26.—Brooklyn play, and a
loosv> fielding game to-day, but won easily,
os the locals could do nothing with M -
James. Callahan pitched four inning.--,
then retired, having been pounded for thir
teen hits and nine runs. Garvin allowed
but three scattered hits in his five innings.
Attendance, 4.500. Store: R.H.E.
Chicago 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 6 6 3
Brooklyn ....0 0 3 6 0 0 0 1 o—lo 16 6
Batteries—Callahan. Garvin and Dona,
hue; McJames and McGuire.
<1 tinkers* Timely Batting.
St. Luis, Aug. 2G.—The Perfectos went
nt Bernhard with a vengeance in the first
inning to-day and hammered in three runs.
Orth then relieved Bernhard and he wa9
invincible. The Quakers won out by
timely batting and Dunlin’s fumble of
Dclehanty’s hit in the fifth inning. At
tendance, TOO. Score: R. 11.8.
St. Louis ....3 01000000— 4 10 1
Philadelphia 10 2 02000 0— 5 94
Batteries-—Powell and Stthreck; Bern
hard, Orth un i McFarland.
Xov York Heat Cleveland.
Cleveland, Aug. 26.—New York won a
short game to-day in a drizzling rain. Aft
!er the home team had finished the fifth
inning playing was stopped on account of
wet grounds. Attendance 200. Score:
R.H.E.
Cleveland 0 0 0 0 I—l 4 1
New York 0 2 0 0 x—2 6 0
Batteries—Schmidt and McAllister; l)o
-heny and Wilson.
Exciting nt Louisville.
Louisville. Kv., Aug. 26.—T0-day’s game
was close and exciting until the eightn,
when the Colonels clinched the victory by
batting Kitson for three runs. McGraw
was put out of the game by Umpire Hunt
in the eighth for k.cking. Attendance 2.301.
Score: R.H.E.
l/ouisvllle ....2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 x-5 5 0
Baltimore 0 00 1 0000 o—l 6 2
Batteries—Woods and Zimmer; Kitson
and Robinson.
It Wan Cincinnati** Game.
Cincinnati. Aug. 26.—T0-day's exhibition
was a miserable one. which the Re*is won
without an effort. Attendance, 2,300. Score:
R.H.E.
Cincinnati ...2 2300301 x—ll 12 4
Washington .1 000001 0 2 4 98
Batteries—Hahn and Peitz; Weyhing and
Roach.
Too Fond of Other** Traps.
Son Hayes, a negro boy of 12 years, was
arrested last night for running- off with a
horse and buggy belonging to a Mr. Wood
cock. doing business in the market. It is
a trick that the boy has many times com
mit ted nnd for which he has been many
times arrested. Admonition and punish
ment seem alike unsuit and to deter him
from the commission of this favorite crime.
He will drive off ihe first horse and buggy
be sets without an attendant.
I’mlr*lln Without Owner.
Two diminutive thieves who were arrest
ed last night by Detective Scully, had In
their iioseesslon a stolen umbrella, the
owner of which i* unknown lo the police.
It is a handsome affair of silk, and the po
lice authorities would be glad to return it
lo the one to whom it belong*.
Clothing: Thieves Captured.
Detective Scully captured a couple of
sneak thi vts yesterday who bad got away
with three *ui.a of clothes from the New
York Clothing Company on Congress
stm . While the clerks were not on their
guard the thlews c. aw led into the store
on their hand* and knees nnd lugged off
the clothing.
< <uiml*!oncr* to Confer.
Han Ftanvisco, Aug. 26—C. N. 111 .’lott,
Lr.tilth commissioner to the Samoan con
ft:er.c*. came up on the Alameda from
New* Zealand, w hen* ho had gi • to vl*,|
i sister Mr. Elliott wl I pro eel tine t
to Washington. There the three uiimnlt.
Moners will meet and confer regirdlng
an.* in a i lei* which have and *v4ipe*l n nee
Clair Joint lepoit was made to the three
gov* rum* n s.
Appointed n Lieutenant,
El Paso, T* x , Aug. 26 George C'tirrv.
• If fd <ho ■ tunty, N M. w o v j*
a captain of iLos*veil's Rough Rpiers.
Inn* Len H!*f*dn d fo utensnl in i i<
i:i v*nih 4 avalfy now l***:rig f* rm> and in *he
J luhi'pin* a ft* La* ituaiwui leg it*ignu
un> niati io #
STRANGE II(*MA\ >1 A;NKT.
Barbara !to*olilnu Haid to Attract
Metal Like the Real Thin*.
From the Philad ia Tim
Berlin, August.—Dr Wolfram, a repu
table physician In Au4>’urg, Germany,
claims to have under hi - surveillance the
“most notable and extraordinary example
of an electrical girl, combining in her
small frame the elem ts of a jowerful
magnet and of a - s thunderstorm.’’
The doctor says that medical science
never before had the r*>..l fortune to take
cognizance of a case pre.-ruing such mar
velous phenomena, but adds that, despite
the apparently unpr*i • .ited nature of
the thing, all can be satisfactorily ex
plained.
The electrical girl’s r me is Barbara
Roschlau. She is :4 years of age, well
built and enjoys gool health. She is a
servant in the employ of a well-to-do far
mer, George Hoff main in Kupe, Franco
nia, is thoroughly urn i*' Isticated, um<>-
mantic and unlearned u th ar of decep
tion. The doctor :i: < on the fact
that his patient does not Incline to hys
teria and that she w -a most unwilling
witness, declaring over and over again
“that it’s nothing and t it the spell will
pass off.”
“On July 25,” says Dr. Wolfram, “I
happened to call at the farm and was
talking to Mrs. Hoffm inn in the kitchen,
when my attention v. i- attracted by a
knife flying through the air over Bar
bara’s head. The knif* struck the floor
close to my foot. I was about to say
something on the habit of firing knives
about, when the worn*-, began to cry and
Barbara ran from th* room. Then I was
told that every once in i w hile things like
that happen in the house when the lltth* ■
maid is around. On*** or twice the girl
was slightly injured ni-ei? the head and '
hands by things that - nidenly, by some '
unknown motive pov* . shied at Hor — j
things coming off the w i.is or Hying up
from the ground.
“As the story seemed well-nigh Incredi
ble, I concluded to flrd out whether per
haps somebody was fooling Barbara and
the other inmates of the house. Farmer
Hoffmann said he had no children and
that there were no youngsters about the
place, the family consisting of him* if
and wife, Barbara and an old cook.
“The cook I found to b in easily fright
ened, very religious w man. from whose
mind nothing could 1 further than any
sort of deception liabk to upset the usual
order of things. Old Maria is, moreover,
the young girl’s devoted friend. As to
Hoffmann and his wif*. they are thor
oughly reliable people, whom I have know r n
a lifetime. They related numerous hap
penings similar to that witnessed. The
phenomena, they said, had manifested
themselves at different occasions during
the past year or so.
“All this made m** extremely anxious
to investigate, still T felt that any evidence
I might gather should be corroborated
in order to meet the opposition it was
sure of provoking. Consequently I called
on several people in tie neighborhood to
assist me. and the school teacher, Herr
Opitiz. a baker nam*d Earl Fischer and
two other men responded.
“Barbara returned to the kitchen after
she had a good cry, as she said, and I did
not take my eyes off her. We hadn’t
been watching long when a scouring rig
Barbara was handling ore itself loose
from her fist with a sudden jerk and
fell* hard upon the floor. At the same
time the tin pan she was using to wash
dishes in began to sway to and fro, and
the dish would haw fallen if the teacher,
being nearest to it. had not grabbed it.
The girl now became frightened and would
not touch the vessel again.
“Calling next day. I learned that Bar
bara had passed a good night, and that
when she entered the kitchen in the morn
ing a porcelain match bowl resting on a
shelf near the door came flying after her,
while at the same lime a small tin sieve
hanging on a shelf fixed to the opposite
wall fell uown. attaching to the folds of
her dress. My investigation committee
thereupon went on watch at once, and
this was what we observed during the day:
’ A keg of beer, holding twen y liters and
standing upon th© floor in the hal , began
to waver about and shake violently when
Barbara’s ski ts toucl ed it as ihe g rl
pasted by quickly. A fodder trough,wei’h
ing at least iuo pounds, shuwei similar
tendencies. A in pull filled with vvat r
jumped suddenly Lorn the s ove upon the
floor, flooding it. Barbara was standing
about three fe* t f om the vessel at the
time, while the witnesses fo! owe 1 her
everywhere. There were i.one i ut Barbara
the Hoffmanns and the w.messes in and
at out ihe house, and tli outside was
watched as well as the inner rooms.
“In the afternoon, when Barbara was
cleaning the hall with an iron scraper,
came mar being kill and by a p.etiii r oc.i
dent, namely, a child’s sledge standing be
hind the nail case suddenly raise ! up in
the uir and alighted upon Barbara's back,
hurting ht r severely. 1 t ok iho G dge
and put it in another part of ihe ha.l,
where we could cloe* ly observe It. It le
ma.ned for about ten minutes, then com
menced to totter about for perhaps fifteen
seconds. Then with a bound t Jumped up
in the air, striki g the handle of Barbara s
hoe and knocking it out of her hind. JSti l
later wo aec mpanied her to the stable. Cn
a shelf fixed to oi.e of the wails M ol a
milk kette, which suddenly to.e itsef
away and flew through the a r over the
back of three cows in the dlrec lon where
the gir i was standing by my side.
“This day’s investigations wv:e concl d
ed by a visit to the potato cellar. As B >r
barn bent over to fill her apren with ihe
vegetables they began to jump and dance
in the air.
“On the day following w*e wont with
Barbara to the house of a neighbor, a mas
ter baker nam<d George Fischer. Th r.*
she Worked about the kitchen for over ;.n
hour, but nothing out of Re ord nary hap-
I*md. Ytierwnrda we took her to her
mother’s house, only to make the same < b
svivatlon. Then I a*ked that Barbara be
left to Hers* If for .‘©v< ra* hours. At 3
o'clock in the afterno* n sh * teronel at
my office with Mr. Hoffmann, who ad he
had some diftieufty in |>-rsu idiog h r to
come, fc'he said she wus tut ill and d.d n t
want to be doct red.
“1 went with the girl !n’o the kitchen
and we sat down together on a bench for
over an hour, while watcheir* were Sta
tioned on the outside, on the staircase and
in a corner of the room. We waited and
waited, but nothing happened, even when
Barbara took up the kitchen utensils and
worked alioui. Then wc* went in o othir
pails of ihe hou o w'ith the same negative
result. When, however, the girl returned
to th Hoffmann homestead the old vexa
tion* began anew.
“Heavy pieces of furniture and other
cumbersome articles began to tremble and
twitch and move ns If ready to collapse
or tumble over on one side when the
girl approached them. A big vessel top
pled to the floor, while light things of
all sorts were attracted to Barbara by
irresistible force. This, it should be noted,
happened while the girl was actively en
gaged In some kind of work or exercise.
When siting down quietly to knit or read
she *x rclaed no influence over her sur
rounding*, but as soon as she engaged in
any sort of physical activity those curious
manifestations ensued.
“On July 27 early, I went to the farm
hou*o with my witnesses. Barbara was
in the kitchen, one door of which opened
Into a son of larg* pantry, really a small
chamber. 1 entered there unc,in**rv i by
Hie girl nnd concealed myself I* hind the
d*-r. Presently the school teo her *ke<j
Barbara to fetch somethin* from the pun
try. rfh had no ooii*r crossed ihe thr sh
out when | mw * big frying pan detach
it* If from Uw wall and fail to the floor.
The pan had !een hanging oil g'**J
honk. iii !u t ou a noli wuvr It
could loose Its moorings l>y the shakings
of the wall.
"I IVIt Barbara's pulse. It was going at
a tremendous pace, and her limbs twitched
convulsively. These observations were
made in the sluing room, and the girl,
having quieted down, went to the bed
room, where 1 saw her lean over a pidce
of furniture to take out something- Sud
denly a small rattan footstool standing
behind the bed ai least twelcv feet away
from the girl, raised up in the a.r and in
semi-spiral fashion flew over the girl's
head, knocking her severely with one end
and landing on a table six or seven feet
away.
"This closed the series of experiments
for the time being. As stated, there is not
the merest suspicion of a fraud having
been practiced upon U3.”
\\ EAliiM* 31 EX OL TA NARUS.,
Bnitinr** Habit* I. ending: Some of
Them to 33udne**.
From Cassell's Saturday Journal.
Busin*. 8s rr.< n ate to-day being erven to
the madhouse as they were never d.ivcn
before. And why? chit fly because they
cat.not or wlil not a.l-jw themselves time
in which to refresh their jad and bra ns
Nature has equipped us with no more ex
quisitely complex piece of mechanism than
the brain. It is capable of withstanding
tr<mendcus strains, but because it does not
always cry out, like our limbs, when it is
tired, we ate opt to forget ti ere is a limit
to ts endurance. Like t e pit ate omnibus
horse, it is Hogged up 1 ill and down dile
until, after mute piolests, it finaf y col
lapses, liow, then, can we make ol rably
sure of keeping This question can
Lt b -t answer-d re haps by c t ng a few
examples of men who have rot succeeded
in ke' ping sane.
There has lately died in the north of
England a wdl-Known accountant, who for
seven years never took a holiday. In sr ten
d'd practice, he was anxious to amass a
fortune and retire early. After being five
years in perpetual harness his bi ain le
gan to show signals of distress. He was
not so quick at figures as he used to be,
nor so accurate. It was pan that hs
mind required es . He refused tooUy the
mandate of exhausted natute, however,
and stuck io his beaks. Two years later
his ban gave way to such an extern, that
he was i nable to rep at the mult pi cation
tai 1 Subsequently his n.ind lx came a to
tal b ank; and. though perfect y <on
scious, he did wlh ut even, recognising
his wife.
Even doctors do not invariably k**p
sane. A popular member of the profes
sion succumbed to insanity last year. His
brain warned him of what was in store
for him. but ho had jumped into a b;g
practice which brought him big fees. The
first indication of mental disturbance was
his friability to remember names of pa
tients. Impaired memory is a certain
sign of brain exhaustion and want of re
pose, but the doctor disregarded it. The
I result was that he developed into a hope
i icss idiot.
An enormous amount of insanity can be
traced to th*habit indulged in by business
neopie of taking their- work home with
them. The men who achieve most success
in life and hve to enjoy the fruits of their
labors are those who, confining their com
mercial operations strictly 10 office hours,
devote their evenings to their families, or
to the pursuit of some hobby. The best
brain lonic Is change of occupation. Yet
some of the richest me.n, while maintain
ing their brains at concert pitch through*
; out the day, spend their after-dinner hours
i in devising plans for acquiring wealth.
| The disastrous consequences of their folly
j they discover when it is too late.
I One day about five years ago, a city
I merchant, whb boasted that he had never
wasted an hour, ordered some soup at a
restaurant. Str enough, just as he
took the first mouthful his brain seemed
to snap. From that moment his gold
might have been so many bricks for all
iho use it was to him, for he starved him
se.f to death. Nature had repeatedly held
! out the red flag to thii! iiersistent money
i grubber. For some time he had been unable
I to fix his attention on any subject; when
j writing his flow’ of words was deficient and
his spelling inaccurate; but he preferred
| to thrash his brain to destruction rather
ihan lose a few sovereigns. Mind wan
dering is cee of the Urst precursors of
i mental decay; but the fault can be reme
! died by relaxation—by forgetting the cares
! of business of an evening and bracing the
, inind with fresh interests.
Tradesmen are chronic sinners in this
respect. Engrossed with the one idea of
getting ahead of their rivals, as they can
scarcely help being in these strenuous
days, they unnecessarily employ their
evenings in concocting new enterprises,
overlooking the fact that the brain is cap
able of much better things after its fair
share of rest than when it is continually
on the move. A prosperous tradesman
was placed in an asylum a few months
ago after threatening to stab one of his
most intimate friends. It was learned that
he had long suffered from headaches, and
that for a whole year his mind had been
occupied, to the exclusion of everything
else, in plotting how he could crush an
opposition shop. In one of his sane mo
ments he confessed that the pressure on
his brain was such that he felt it could
only be relieved by the shedding of blood.
No more extraordinary illustration of
the danger of overworking the brain—or,
rather, concentrating it on one spot, so
to speak, for the brain is never over
worked if it is engaged on a variety of
subjects—could he found than the case of
a gifted lady artist who, after slaving
at a picture for months and worrying
about its ultimate fate at an important
exhibition, fell into a deep sleep, which
lasted nineteen hours. When she awoke
her knowledge of art had completely van
ished. .
One of the surest ways of ending one’s
days In a madhouse is to stimulate a fag
ged l>rain by constant "nips” of spirits.
Over-indulgence in spirits injures the
memory to an incredible degree. In years
gon*' by no person who was known to be
of Intemperate habits was permitted to
appear as a witness in the Spanish courts
of justice, the authorities maintaining that
alcoholism wus so prejudicial to the brain
that it was unsafe to accept the testimony
of an inebriate. There is a singular in
stance on record of a merchant who grew
so accustomed to jogging his brain by
brandy-drinking that unless he could pro
cure a "nip" he was utterly unable to
work. Needless to say, he generally left
the office in a state of intoxication. The
day that his brain collapsed he went
homo and insisted on putting every mem
ber of his family to bed, under the im
pression that they, too, had drunk not
wisely, but too well.
LLOYD’S AM) OVERDUE SHIPS,
Insnrnnce IIInKm nml liow They Are
I'lai.cetl ly the Brokers.
From Chamber’s Journal.
"She is overdue, and 90 per cent, has
been pi*d uii her." The .anxiety and sus
pense which such an announcement brings
to those having friends on the overdue
vessel must be left to the Imagination of
the reader. It is the financial side only
of this subject which the present article
dea.s with.
Not within the present generation have
so many vest* h bee?) announced as over
due* as during the opening months of the
present y* ar. ('ommamlcra of orcan-go
jr g * iimer* and experienced travelers
uni * In i* - if.viiu th.it the February galea
in <!• Atlantic fere something quit*- un
prii i i.knt**l. Ten or more steamers trad
ing between this country and Am* rica
have nevrr heard of sines sailing,
and are now missing vessels, having in
ail iitviaLimr iwu sunu4 Ui mn uuruuai
Don’t Believe
ALL
A slight misunderstanding with our estiraab’e land
lord.
A card "To Rent’’ on our store.
Persis Lent rumors that “Ludden & Bates are about
to move from Savannah."
A little give and take!
All serene!
No idea of moving!
Except to MOVE Pianos and Organs.
Been here thirty years.
Expect to be here thirty years more.
You know how we co it!
When any one offers you an unknown pfano at a
seeming bargain price we always go one better by o-jy.
ing you something you KNOW on easier terms.
Pianos S3 to SID Monthly.
Organs $2 to S5 Monthly,
You know us. You know the
Mathushek Pianos
Sterling Pianos
Huntington Pianos
Mason & Hamlin Organs
Sterling Organs
Made to sell —yes, but not MADE ONLY TO SELL.
Made durable to get music out of, too.
We also have some second-hand instruments—s2s to
S2OO in price.
Can suit any taste.
Can meet any pocketbook.
Don t make the mistake of buying without seeiny.
HIDDEN & BATES S. M. H,
JOHN D. MURPHY, Manager.
contest with the elements; while others,
more fortunate, arrived In a bruised and
battered condition just when the last ray
of hope was disappearing from the hearts
of those interested in them.
The two steamers which perhaps excited
the greatest interest were the Cunard
steamer Pavonia and the Hamburg liner
Bulgaria. Both are magn fleent vessels
and regular Atlantic traders, and both
were serious y overdue. Ind ed. os much
as 92 per cent, was reported os paid on
the Hamburg steamer within on hour of
the news reaching Lloyd’s that she ha*l
arrived at the Azores; but the rate on the
Cunarder never exceeded 25 guineas. The
splendid record -which the Cunard Com
pany has for safety no doubt accounts for
the reluctance which underwriters on their
steamer showed in paying the very high
rates usually asked to relieve them of
their risks on vessels which are seriously
overdue.
Gales in the Atlantic do not, however,
exhaust themselves there; they create
financial gales at Lloyd’s. Not for a long
period back has there been such excite
ment in that venerable Institution as was
recently seen. There is n room In Lloyd’s
known to the initiated as the "Chamber
of Horrors," in which are posted up from
time to time the names of vessels overdue,
missing and wrecked. Of late this list
has been terribly heavy. Underwrite! s
eagerly scan the lists as they are posted
up, and then as eagerly consult their risk
books to see whether or not they are In
terested in the casualty announced; and
their faces generally tell the tale whether
they have been fortunate or the reverse.
Owing to the exceptionally large number
of vessels announced as overdue lately,
quite an unusual amount of reinsurance
has been effected in Lloyd’s. The "doc*
tors" have been kept very busy. The
"doctor" is the familiar name given to a
broker whose special business it is to in
sure overdue vessels. When an urnler
writer who has taken a risk on a vessel
in the ordinary course sees her noted os
overdue, he has only two courses open
to him. He may either stick to his risk
and trust to the vessel arriving, or ho
may get rid of his risk by reinsurance.
In the latter case he calls in the "doc
tor" and tells him to reinsure his line at
o certain limit—say 40, CO. 80 or 90 per cent.,
according as the vessel is looked on as
only moderately or seriously overdue. Un
derwriters can usually be found in Lloyd’s
who will accept any kind of risk, provided
they are pa and what they consider an ade
quate premium; and so the "doctor" soon
comes back to his principal and tells him
be has been able to get the risk trans
ferred to another underwriter. The orig
inal underwriter then awaits the issue of
events. In due. time the vessel reinsured
es an "overdue" either is lost or arrives
In the former case the original under
writer pays the loss to his assured, and
then claims the amount from the under
writer with whom he reinsured his risk.
Should the vessel arrive, however, he has
lost the amount he paid to reinsure, which
amount is a clear gain to the underwriter
with whom be reinsured.
The arrival of an overdue vessel Is noti
fied at IJoyd’s by the ringing of the "big
bell.” This bell has a remarkable history.
It belonged to H. M. S. Lutine, which was
wrecked Just 100 years ago (in 37J9). She
sailed from Yarmouth with a large amount
of specie on board, and was wrecked on
the very night of her sailing, near the
Zuyder Zee. The specie was insured at
Lloyd's, and Ihe underwriters paid the
lo**, hoping to recoup themsetves to some
extent by the recovery of the spe. ie from
the wreck. This country was then ai war
with Holland, and the JJutrh governm< at
claimed the. whole as a prize, b’ubsequeni
ly, however, the king of ih* Netherlands
agreed to give up to Lloyd's the portion of
the salvage c almed by him, which was
one-hall.
Borne f*.f:y yegis ago specie to the vafije
of fifty thousand pound* w.s recovered
(i- m th Lurlivf, and further amounts ni
liftr dates. The ship’s bell was part of
ih iMiuitu. miml now iMMiuuU* a pjouii-
ashscml:.vts.
N A H "
THURSDAY, Aug. 31.
tStltSOttl
Splash’s Terrific Dive,
Herald Square a! Midnight,
An Ever Changing Pictorial Panorama of
W ondrous Beauty.
Mr. Paul J. Splash will give an exhibit
tion of high diving foot of Whitakef
street Thursday 12 o’clock, noon.
TELFA 1R AC AI) EMY
-OF—
ARTS AND SCIENCES.
—Gallery of Paintings and Sculpture-
Open to visitors daily, except Sunday,
From 10 a. m. to 5 p. m.
Single admission 25c. Annual tickets (1.
EXCLRSio.VS.
G. A, R, Encampment
AT
Philadelphia Sept. 4 to 9
Cheapest and Best Route,
M. & M. T. Co,Steamers
Savannah to Baltimore, and then Rail to
Philadelphia*
Hn 1 \ C; 1 W Zn Savannah to Phils-
' fJIOtOU delphia and Return
By Steamship ESSEX, sailing Sept. 2, 189&
For particulars write or call on
J. J. CAROL AN Agent.
Telephone 86. Savannah. (la.
’ WARSAW.
Steamer Alpha, Capt. Bailey, leaves Sa
vannah Sunday and Tuesdays at 9 a m.
Every Wednesday, Thursday and Frida?
from Am bos' wharf. Thunderbolt, at 10 3i>
a. m. Fish dinners, surf bathing and
dancing. From Savannah, 50 cents; from
Thunderbolt, 40 ceats; children half price.
nent position in the underwriters’ room a*
Lloyd’s, and is used, a9 already state.!,
announce the arrival of overdue
The ringing of the “big boll,” as it is .air
ed, is a moment of keen excitement ,rl
Lloyd's. All cars are open, and all d' ,s
turned to the end of the room, where in a
kind of puipit stands the crier, rspb M * nt
in a red gown, who, having rung the ** •
announces in stentorian tones the arrival
of the ‘‘overdue.’’ Meantime, the under
writers who have stuck to their lines aM _
not reinsured are very happy; others
have given her up for lost and pni '
haps 1H) per cent, to reinsure their am^’* ,r >
may be excused if they are not .*• J *
lant. The tinging of the “big hell j*
brought home to them the fact tha ' ' {
have laid what is within a few po ' ' 4 (
a total loss on a vessel which has * * f:
In a few moments the arrival of the "•'
duo" is flashed nfl over the oountiv 1
it m pleasant to come away from I *
where, as we have seen, the lrit< 1 ' |(J
produces somewhat mixed feelings. " ! : t>l
picture lo ourselves the many horn* -
which the news will be received as
Inga of gn at joy.”
—Woman In Business.—“l hid 1 k
lines from Maud this morning." “ '
"but I don't believe a word she
"Discounting her note,” In* K,lK '
"You women lake very readily ,u 1
UCS Ido**,”—Chicago Evtuing