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WAN 1S the only gambler. %voVl WIMAI.S HE AI-OXE IUSK* \I L ON GAMES OF CHANCE. j u \|| Aye" He Hh Played for Sinke Both Great and Small—< hi. | nt>Jlt Were the First Gamesters of Historic Heio%vn—Condon Society j \ Vn * Completely Given Over to ilaiila 1" Early Hays. prom the New York Press. \ party of humorists, in trying to hit i upo , distinctive title for man (in con padisfinction to the other forms of an- ; in , life) decided that he migljt be called j a _ mbling animal.” A ‘cooking ani- 1 had been proposed, but then some- 4 oPP suggested that the monkey was . v . d .r;ng chestnuts when he had occasion tn u >p the cat's paw. It would not do | to call him a ’ laughing animal/' because* , ri p cna would come in for his share j of thf honor. In considering Franklin’s j r i, a “tool-using animal,” one of the pointed out that the Baltimore oriole and the Indian tailor-bird sew with their which are Cheir most appropriate needles.• But a “gambling animal”—yes. man . ertainly is that! The folly of Ven ning his own property on the chance of winning that of another is peculiar to Pla to's : at her less biped. The most sheepish of sheep will not draw lots for choice of pasturage, nor will r silliest cur l>e tempted to risk his din ner at “odd and even.” Even the learned pit that suburban miracle which tells people their fortune- the cards, has r .,ver learned the vale , a trump. Man is iho unique animal content to stake his money end happiness on the treacherous cum of a die, or the chance deal of a pack of cards. Gu mI)lorn In All Now. gambling is a fashion by no means new Cains Caligula once converted bis munificent palace into a gambling house, rhere, the chroniclers tell us, he fleeced the young nobility of h'.e times. If one may credit Horace, they could cog a die in the Augustan age as excellently as in English Georgian. The Emperor ■ radius, who was “so exceeding prodigal in his play that he adventured 400,000 ses terces on the cast of a dice.” wrote a trea tise upon gaming In those hours which he •pared from the pursuit itself; for which fact Seneca, in his sarcastic relation of t c Emperor’s apotheosis, fetches him, af:er many adventures, to hell, where in is condemned to play with a bottomless direbdx without any cessation; in this way his hopes werv to be fed continually, but never satisfied. Ti is well known that Nero was the most infatuated gambler of his days. Plutarch records that the Romans match ed quails for wagers and describes Antony lamenting before the battle of Actium. al though his genius cowered before that of hi? adversary, that the quail of Augustus were superior to his. Sophocles says of Palamedes that he invented dice to serve in Head of dinner, “which office they ful fil to this day for many a man whom they have robbed of the means of paying for hi? dinner.” The convulsion of nature which destroyed Pompeii, surprised a party of men at the hazard table, where they were discovered 2.000 years later with the dice firmly clinched in their fists. <’ar<ts. which were brought into Europe about the middle part of the fourteenth • ntury. had not been introduced long be fore gambling with them became the rspe. At the beginning of the fifteenth century we read that this potion was so prevalent in France that persons who were addicted to it endeavored to restrain and guard themselves f>y voluntary pledg es, with the difference, however, that there was n penalty for breaking the pledge. Illustrated manuscripts of th.it period show not only that women played, but that the players stood and did not sit around the tables. Gfcmet*rs of Olden Days. The Chinese. who are reckless gamblers, have several kind? of cards. The general name for them, how'ever. is che-pae, or paper tickets, and the kind mo?i common- Iv used are called tseen-*wan-che-pae—"a thousand times ten thousand cards.” This pack has thirty cards; three suits of nine each and three independent cards, which ore superior to the rewt. The cards are two inches and a half in length and about a half inch in width. The suits are named respectively “nine myriads of ?:rings of beads,” “nine units of cakes” and “nine units of chains.” The Chinese have several queer namee! for their other varieties of gambling cards; one is cale-l “the hundred boys’ cards,” another "chariots, horses and guns.” and a third, curiously devised on the principle of som of our historical cards, is caked “a thou sand times ten thousand men’s names cards.” * In an old life of the Duke of Es per non i* is related that in 1603 a famous Italian gamester. Pimentel, “hearing what a humor of play reigned at the French court.” caused a great number of false dice to be made and secretly conveyed them to Paris, he only knowing the se cret. He, therefore, by means of emissi ries, bought up all the dice in the market and supplied his own in their stead. Thin done, lie obtained an introduction at court and gambled to so good a purpose that be cleaned out a great part of the nobil ity's pockets. Playing with the Duke of Espernon, lie “got oil his ready money end many of his jewels and after this, won of him a piece of ambergris valued a* 20,000 crowns, the greatest that ever was seen in Europe.” This piece W3? afterward sold to the Republic of Venice. Famed FiikHhli Ghincnter*. But it was not the French court alone that was possessed of the “gambling rag<“ In England as early as the reign of John Lackland the chances of the dice constituted the chief amusement of th* 3 great. Matthew Paris reproached the barons who wrested Magna Chart a from King John with spending their time in luxury and Rambling with dice when thei** ptcsence was required in the field. Later the merry monarch gambled notoriously with his courtiers. “I will bet my soul to an orange on the game!” called His Majesty to Rochester. Which brought out cool rejoinder: “If Your Majes ty will bet odds I will take them.” Henry Cheney, created by the virgin Queen Baron of Tudllngton. played at dice once with Henry II of France; and won from him a diamond of great price • t one cast. When the King asked him what he (would have done had he lost, he replied With true British brpg: “I have • beeps’ tail* enough in Kent, with their wool, to buy a better diamond than this!” Later the young Englishmen of. fashion were in the habit of losing £5,000, £IO,OOO or £15.00 an evening at Almaek's. Lord Stavordafe, not yet of age, lost £II.OOO In one night, but won it oil back at one throw of the dice. He thereupon swore a great oath; “Now, if I had been play ing deep 1 might have won millions!” And one evening the Marquis of Hertford said to the croupier at White’s: “Pay £1,500 to Lord •—.” This was the loss on one rubber at whltd. Women Interested in Games. Toward the close of the eighteenth cen tury, it became the fashion in England for tfcled ladies to have shares in the principal gaming tables and faro banks In London. The grandsons of the Duch ess of Marlborough had a rule “never to dirty their lingers with silver.” and when they went to the gaming clubs were in the habit of throwing a guinea to the chairmen who carried them. The chair men generally fought for this remunera tive honor, it goes without saying. j getting was the prime amusement of air classes, from king to beggar. Nothing was too trivial or ridiculous to bet upon For Instance. the utmost excitement would prevail and ruinous sums were staked on which of two drops of rain courfltng down the window pane would soon cat reach the bottom, or which of two maggot* would achieve in a certain time the greatest distance across the cheese board, or which of two beggars would pull the longest straw from the rick. . “What will you lay?” was the question in everybody’s mouth and a bet settled every dispute. On Jan. 9, 1755, Lord Orford, Informing Horace Walpole of the suicide of a com mon friend, write*: “He himself, with aii his judgment in bets, would- have betted any man in England Against himself for self-murder.” Walpole, in turn, records a clever story of cynical George Selwyn. Once, when a waiter at Arthur’s club house was committed to Newgate for robbery, Selwyn exclaimed; “What a hor rid idea he w}ll give of us to the people ' in Newgate!”' It is said of George Fox that he once played twenty-two consecutive hodrs at faro, losing at the rate of £SOO an hour, and it is known of Lord Lauderdale that he once staked £5,000 upon a single card. Maj. Aubrey’s favorite toast was: “Play, like the air we breathe, if we nave it not we die.’’ One Matthias O’Byrne, an Irish adventurer, having won in one night £IOO.- 1 000 of a person whom he well knew could j not pay so large a sum. shrewdly permit ted his friend to win back all but SIO,OOO, which, being within the loser’s compass, was p’aid. From this bit of strategy he received from Hare the name of “Xeno phon O’Byrne,” *o commemorate hit? mas terly retreat with the 10,000. Carried \iva> I>> tin* Mania. Toward the close of the eighteenth cen tury the gaming houses of London —known to the general public as clubs and to the gamesters as “hells”—were fitted up in most extraordinary style. Fishmongers’ Hall cost $200,000 merely to furnish. The expense, however, does not seem so great when it is. known that the proprietor netted the first year $750,000. The law prohibited the opening of such house*, but the proprietor of Fishmongers' is recorded to have boasted that he was in no danger, inasmuch as he counted among his members the majority of those who made the laws. The passion for frequenting these houses brought about some singular social anom alies in England. A nobleman. ' the head of a highly popular whig family in the west of England, originally of immense wealth, died in 1839 In a wretched garret in an obscure quarter of London, having many years previously lost all faro. In 1840 one of the oldest baronets in Eng land, having lost his fortune in a similar way, was making his living by driving a stage coach. Finally Lord De Ros, one of the most respectable of the gaming nobility, was accused of practicing n certain trick at whist. When, in 1837. the matter came up for trial, it was proved that he cheated habitually, end that some of his noble associates, knowing this, prudently played with him rather than against him. The noble lord did not long survive his disgrace. After his death Theodore Hook proposed as his epitaph: “Here lies Eng land’s premier baron, patiently awaiting the last trump.” \LL % TELEGRAPHERS AM STAKE. But it Milwaukee Judge Stopped a II ii it on a (‘onntry lliiuk. From the Milwaukee Wisconsin. This is a story of how a bank was saved through the mistake of a telegraph operator, a mistake that was not discov ered for several months. The bank is the Bank of 'Cumberland. The hero was Judge Pereles. Therefore the story is true. li was. during the panicky days of that memorable period in 1893, when the bank, without a run on it. was the exception. Cumberland is a small town and the Bank of Cumberland a small bank. Judge Per eles and several other Milwaukeeans have interests at Cumberland, and so one day he was nor surprised to receive a mes sage bidding him send from SIOO to sson to the cashier without There was ex citement in the town, for there was a run on the bank. With that ca.m, judicial deliberation that, lias marked his career upon the bench Judge Pereles reasoned that 0 would uot go very far toward staying a run, and so he drew hi* check for triple the amount, forwarded the money by ex press and then dispatched a telegram to the cashier, telling him that $1,500 was on ihe way to help relieve the pressure. There was more excitement in Cumber land when tha message was received than on the day when the express wagon tore up Second street with the box of gold that came from Chicago to the relief of the Plunkinton Bank. The eyes of the populace nearly popped out of the popu lace’s head when they rested on the tele gram so conspicuously pdsted on the win dow in front cf the bank. Thus read the telegram: ! “Have just sent you $15,000 to help you out. If you need mor** wire at once. James Madison Pereles.” It is suspected that the sudden change in the direction, and the remarkable in crease in the velocity of the wind on that particular day, was due to the vacuum c. raised bv the gasp of astonishment that the populace gave wheji n saw the fig ures. The amount was probably greater than the entire capital of any concern in Cumberland, and there was the Invi tation to send for more to this Milwaukee Croesus, if necessary. But it did the business. The run on the bank was ti thing of 'he past. Once while in ’New York, Judge Pereles told the story and foi Home months the tale of how $1,500 save ) i bank was the joke of New York banking circles. In times of great excitement the credul ity of the public generally seems to be In creased in proportion as pulses quicken and trivial incidents go far toward reliev ing pressure upon banks. Thi? is true ir,nk story No. 2, w’ith the scene slightly shifted. Judge Pereles still remains the hero, while the bank is the Merchants’ Exchange. One of the timid clients of Nathan Pereles & Rons became infected with the panic germ and insisted upon the firm storing for him $5,009 in gold that he had hft with it on investment. It was a case where argument failed entirely, and so w : th much trepidation. Judge Pereles was obliged to seek the bank where th*- money was deposited, and make the demand for $5,000 in gold. There were execration* when the bank officials learned of. the demand. They could not be conspicuous, for it was an era of suspicion. Finally the money came forth. Two messengers! accompanied Judge Pereles. then just in ordinary lawyer, ns he walked off with the pile of gold. 1: seemed as if every eye was on that in nocent looking satchel and it seemed an awful.y long way to the office. Finally i< was reached. Then the Pereles brothers held a con m Itation. There was the liability of bur glars. and it was decided to rent n safef\ deposit vault and store the gold. The two brothers posted off with the gold be tween them, heading for the Merchants’ Exchange Bank. It wasn’t very far, but the gold seemed awfully heavy. “There’s a run on Nunnemachor s Bank,” said one as they passed across Wisconsin street. The statement was true. There was an excited crowd outside the tellers window, anxious to withdraw deposits. In through the front door went the Pereles brothers. The late Bradley Schley was there and he espied the brother*. “Hello, what have you got there, u satchel full of gold?” “Yes.” replied Judge Pereles with a smile, raking up the sally. “Well.” replied Schley, this bank’s all right, with the Pereles brothers bring ing gold Into It.” The statement was loud enough for nearly everyone to hear. There was a sudden check in/ the rush for the teller’s window. People in the crowd paused, and then noticing the bag’of gold, disap pear into the private offices, hesitated, then turned away. snugly stored away In a safety deposit box. where no depositor could have got it with a crowbar. "ASK YOUR GROCER FOR THE DEDICIOUS GEDATINE. THE MORNING NEWS: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1900. Established 1823. WILSON WHISKEY. That’s All! Tine WILSON DISTIUJNO CO.. Baltimore Md. Savannah Grocery Company. Distributor*. THE BEE HIVE N. SCHUTZ, St. Julian and Whitaker Streets. (Savannah Press Building). Small profits and many sales, rather than large profits and a few sales is the corner-stone of our business. Selling the same goods for less money or better goods for the same money, is the main reason why the Bee Hive gains new cus tomers with each succeeding week. Here are a few interesting items—money savers every one of them: Black Silk l!aoe, a yard 2c Black Valenciennes Lace, a dozen 20c White Valenciennes Lace, a dozen— 9c Ladies’ White Lawn Handkerchiefs. hemstitched i 3c Ltidie*’ White Cambric Handkerchiefs, hemstitched 4c Ladies’ White Linen Handkerchiefs, sheer quality, hemstitched 10c Ladies’ and Children’s Sun Bonnets.. .21c Ladies’ Summer Corsets 23c Stockinet Dress Shields sc Featherweight Dress Shields, nain sook covered 14c BELTS. RIBBON, Leather and Kid. in white, blat k and colors 23c PCLLEY BELT RINGS, each 1c STOCK COLLAR RINGS, the latfst novelty to ma*ch PULLEY BELTS in white, black, oxyd'z and. git ands erling .slv.r, 2c a ra'r up to 29c. SUMMER COMFORTS. Awnings in summer will^ J'lVI add more than tongue can JJJI j tell to your comfort. Ask ijrajj; Any grade of nets can be used. This is the best thiug j Straw Matting on vour floor will make you feel cool. A nice Hammock for your sweetheart and yourself is nice. Carpets taken up and cleaned. 111 R LEI I FROM HER THRONE. Pitinlila Life Romance of Once lten.ntlful < Irons Rider, From the Chicago Chronicle. Blind, miserably poor and neglected, the Barone?? Jenny von Rahden lies dying in Nizza, France. Once she was admired, courted and flattered, and men fought to the death for the honor of her smile; to day there are none so poor to do her rev erence. The ‘beautiful eyes th.it a few years ago flashed like gem? from a rav ishingly handsome face are now covered with an. impenetrable veil—a veil of char ity, perhaps, to hide from her the commis erating glances of (hope about her. Jenny Weiss was one of the most dar ing and ,beautiful of Europe’s equestri ennes. She owned a stud of the finest trained hor.-es on the continent, and every where she Nvent excited admiration mid applause. One of the most ardent and persistent % of her suhors was a rich and handsome Russian. Baron von Ralvden. He was dashing and prodigal, and it was no wonder that, dazzled by the magnifi cence he displayed, the young woman should fall madly In love with him. He showered money and jewels upon her with a lavish hand and watched lur every movement with lynxlike pertinacity. After the marriage of Jenny with the Baron misfortune came. All his vast wealth waft swept away in a night, and he faced life as a beggar. Unfitted for work, he struggled bitterly, until sheer necessity forced him to let his wife return to the circus arena with her horses. Faithfully she labored for him and herself, and her work was rewarded excellently with boih fame and money. But the life was mortil agony for the Russian. Night after nicht he stood where his fierce eyes could watch the audience, and every glance that seem ed to lack respect, every word that seemed to imply admiration, even the applause that was lavished on her, bit into him as acid into <\ wound. Scon Vienna whs startled that a duel had been fought between him and on officer of high rank, and that his opponent had been killed at the first fire. It was proved that the dead officer had attempted to force his attentions on the equestrienne, and the baron was not prosecuted. ThV tragic affair coded neither the Baron's blood nor thnt of the admirers of the Baroness. A second duel in the south of Europe soon followed the first, and another dead officer was left on the field, to testify to the prowess, this time, of the Baron’s sword. Again, in France, a civilian, one of the richest men cf the day and a notorious roue, tried to send a note 10 the Baron ess. The Baron Intercepted it, and the next morning It became known In the town thnt the Baron's deadly record had been increased by another victim. This third duel sufficed to frighten .the most daring and for a considerable time even the insanely jealous man found something like peace, for there was no man in any of the crowds that watched the beautiful woman riie who did not keep himself in rein, we’d knowing that the Russian’s sharp eyes were roving over each faef in turn wdth fierce watchfulness in every glance. But finally in the circus In Clermont-Ferrand, in France, during the French, engagement, a Danish naval officer became infatuate k with the grace ful rider. Perhaps he was reckless; per haps he did not know the record of her husband. At any rate, he took no pains to hide his admiration of tlie Baroness Jenny. His remarks were loud and his actions challenging. He sat through two performances on the first day and reap peared on the second day, showing his feeling sill! - more openly. His friends hastened then 10 acquaint him with the truth. ' They told him that the Baroness was uq3pproachaWe; that she jived only for her handsome lover-husband, and that he in turn carried death in his hand for nil who passed the line between being ad miring spectators and anything else. The Danish officer laughed. It w’as a pretty romance and amused him. He re ceived a warning Indirectly from the Baron* He listened to it with open con tempt. When the Baroness reappeared he stared at her with open Insolence. Ijoud’.v he uttered something that' was even more openly insolent. In the next instant a great form towered over him, a voice thick tvith r.ge addressed him, and he fell, shot dead. As this killing was not in a duel the Baron was arrested and tried. The end wa* that he was acquitted. There followed a few years of compara Turkish Path Towels fc Turkish Bath Towels. 19x38 8c 5-1 Table Oil Cloth, white and col ors 18c Sewing Machine Oil 2c Japanese Folding Fans 3 * Wh'te Folding Fans, silvef spangled...lsc Children’s Hose Supporters 5c Ladies’ Hose Supporters, with nickel clasps 10c “The Gotham” Ladies’ Hose Sup porter, with self-locking corset at tachment 23c tively serene life. Through It all ran ihe strain of a perfect love between these two. And then the Baron died. That wab two years and a hslf ago. In that time the Baroness appeared with few interruptions, and won the admiration of all. no less for her skill than for her faith fulness. Last January ?he appeared in Nizza. For some time before that she had suffered sadly from pain in the spine, but she insisted on appearing. She rode all evening, and her acts were even more brilliant than usual. But even while the applause was ringing through the place she fainted and slid helplessly to the ground. She was carried to the hotel burning with fever. When she awoke the next morning she begged her attendants to open the shutters. But the shuttere .il ready were wide open. She was blind. Physicians consulted and consulted, to ar rive only at the ?ame verdict—hopeless. The circus folks did what they could tint it the show hud to depart from Nizza. They left her behind them in the hotel, and the hotel people cared for her until In March. Then, after her beloved horses had ol! been eold and no money remained, she was taken to the Asyle Evangelique, where she 4s dying now. Tlielr Foxier Mother Wan a I'ig. From ihe Chicago Inier Ocean. On the farm of Thomas Callahan, a few mi'e seast of East Alton, 111., among other live stork, is a large sow of the Berkshire variety, which has by her ac tions aroused considerable curiosity, cre ated a great deal of talk and put her self without the pale of other more ex clusive pig society. She recently brought into this world a litter of ten pigs, and about the same time a shepherd dog on the farm gave birth to several puppies The mother of the puppies was noi a devoted molher— she was ; gad-about and didn’t like do mestic duties, or the Job of nursing the little ones, and they were often hun gry and neglected tn consequence. Just how they introduced themselves to th ‘ Berkshire sow or what tempted her to adopt the strange-looking piggies will never br known, hut she did adopt them, hed them following her around with her own brood and she nursed them often when the pigs were not present. Moreover, she appeared to be proud of them, and would fight for them, as was evidenced each time a puppy was cought to be taken to anew home. Th ‘ mother of the pups Wols agreeable to the change, but showed as plainly as mute looks and actions can that she could not understand the mix-up any more than any one else, but as the pup pies preferred their foster mother, and as the latter was a vicious customer when aroused, the real mother let the matter go by default. Two Head Shots Meet. From the Galveston Dally News. Delftna, Tex . May 25.—One of the most serious tragedies in fhe history of Hidalgo county was enacted last Sunday at the Lucero ranch, in the northern part of the county. The aJiors w’ere Emmett Coy, who has for some years been In the em ploy of Guenther A Jones as ranch super intendent, and Bonifacio Peres, a merchant of Lucero. It teem* that bad blood had existed for a long time between Coy and Peres, and both of them being men who were always ready to act on the offensive or defensive, s the case might be, it was only’ a question of when and where they would meet face to fat e that one or both of them would be killed Last Hundav they both came to the ranch, each on his own business. They passed but a word or two. when Coy kicked at Peres. That was the signal for the duel which follow ed. Both men drew pistols simultaneous ly, and the two shots which followed sounded like one. and two dead men fell to the ground. Both were shot through the heart and death was instantaneous. Coy was unmarried, but leaves a large number of relatives In this section of th* state. Peres leaves a wife and two small children. CASTOR IA For Infanta and Children. Tiie Kind You Have Always Bought Bear, the Signature ol OFFICIAL. Report of Special Committee on A'ew Cemetery. City of Savannah. Office Clerk of Council. June 1. 1900 The following report of the Special ; Committee appointed by His .Honor the Mayer, to consider the matter oC anew cemetery is herewith published for in formation, in accordance with action of Council. Savannah. Ga . May 30. 19.0.—T0 the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Sa vannah: The Special Committee to which was re ferred the matter of anew cemetery, and the offers made by various parties of land for the same, begs leave to report, ’'’test. That the following pacels of land have been offered, viz: 1. Dr. James B. Read offeis "Bramp ton Plantation.’’ on the Augusta Road about two miles from the city. 640 acres at SOO per acre This land 11 s on the Sa vannah river. Total price. $64,000. 2. The heirs of Dr. James P. Screven offer 152 acres on Causton's Bluff Road, a rart of “Bruton Hill Plantation,” for the sum of $25,000. 3. The Tremont Land Company, through I Mr. C. H. Dorset*, offers 500 acres on the Ogeechee Road, adjoining the Gar- } raid land, and lying on both sides of said road, between the Girrard tract and the city, being about one mile from the j city limits, at $l5O per acre. Total price. $75.0 0. 4. The Warfield land Is offered by Mr C. H. Dorsett, 20) acres, at s‘o per acre, near the Junction of Waters' Road and Montgomery Cross Road. about four miles from the city limits. Total price. $9,000. R. Battery Park tract Is offered by Mr. C. H. Dorsett. which tract adjoins Laurel Grove Total price $7,500. 6. Mr. George W. Lamar offers 300 acres, located on the Savannah. Florida and Western Railway, Just beyond Bouthover Junction, one mile and a half from the city limits at S4O per acre. Terms, one-third cash balance on time. Total price. $12.000. 7. Messrs Youmans A Dtmmon offer lands embracing 368 acres, adjacent to the Ryals farm, and adjoining Laurel Grove Cemetery, at $10) per acre. Total price. $’6,800. 8. Mr. J. Palmer Brown through Messrs. Youmans A Demmond, offers 130 acres, at slls per acre, lying between the White Bluff Road ahd the Waters Road; also land of Mr. C. T Cooper adjoln ir g. 200 to 400 acres, at sllO prr acre, mak ing a total of 530 acres. Total price, s£B.fso 9. Evergreen Cemetery Company offers “Bonadventure.” containing 80 acres, more or less, on which it is stated there are over 40 lo’s held by residents of the city, upon terms $20,000 cash, with an agreement by the city to care for cer tain lots in perpetuity, specified in the offer. To this is attached an offer of the Mer chants and Mechanics’ Land Company, of 14 adjoining acres, at s2*jo per acre, and about 27 acres more, belonging to various parties, making 41 acres to be added to “Bonaventure.” or In all, 121 acre*, including ‘Boraventure,” at $260, an average of $2. l 0 per acre 10 Mr. William Garrard offers his body of land, fronting on the Ogeechee Road, where the Florida Central and Peninsu lar Railroad crosses )he same, one and seven-eighths miles from the city limits, and extending across to the Savannah. Florida and Western Railway, being 1.060 acre*, more or less, for the sum of $15,003, to l>e paid in ten years time, in equal intalments, with Interest at 5 per centum, payable semi-annually, interest not to begin, however, until January 1, 1901. Second—ln considering these offers, this committee having in view that Laurel Grove Cemetery has been condemned by the health officers for years past, as a "menace to the public health.” could not entertain offer* of lands adjacent to the same, such as offers numbered 5 and 7. The offer of “Bonaventure” Cemetery, and lands adjoining, could not be ac cepted by this committee, because the price was too high, not enough land was offe cd. and beyond all this. “Bonaven ture” is, and has been, a cemetery since 1819. and it would be bad policy for the ci'y lo acquire the remainder of the land rot already used by graves, for the pub lic cemetery of the future. When Laurel Grove was laid out, less (ban fifty years ago. it contained 117.9 acres, when the population of Savannah wa* about one-fifth of what it is now. so that if a cemetery should be acquired to be laid out with narrow driveways and small lots, as ihe present one is. and to last less than half a century, about SOO acres would be required. The cemetery of the future should be modern and handsome, with broad drive ways, larger lots, and with land enough to supply the needs of our people for more than half a century. It should also be so located as not to be in the line of probable city extension, and yet near enough; and it* drainage should be in a direction from, and not towards the city, nor shou'd it be into the Bavannah river. Third—After careful consideration of the lands offered, and of ti# necessary requisites of anew cemetery, the com mittee has sele ed the Garrard tract. This tract, as offe ed, embraces 1,081% acres, extending from the Ogeechee Road to the Bavannah, Florida and Western Railway, but of which the owner has given to the < ounty a public road through same, and also a sufficient amount of land for Buckhalter canal and Its later als. leaving of this tract 1 030 acres, more or less, which is offered at $45 000. to be paid for In ten yfars. in equal instal ments, with inter* sf at 5 per centum, pay able semi-annually, Interest not to begin, however, until Jan. 1, 1901. This tract Is a handsome one. well wooded. In the right direction, southwest from the city, to he accessible and yet not in the line of the city's growth, and is on a water-shed, the drainage of which is carried off into the river. Buckhalter canal is at the foot of this water-shed, with laterals being dug by the county, and the committee has the statement of the drainage engineer of fhe county, that the laterals now being dug in this tract will lower the plane of natural water level between four and seven feet The elevation of 'his tract, at and near the Ogeechee Hoad, is higher than I.*au rel Grove, being about 37 feet, as on the topographical county map. with a gradual slope towards the Buckhalter canal, near the Havanah, Florida and Western Railway. Fourth—The committee therefore rec ommend, that the tract offered by Mr. William Garrard, hereinbefore described, and for the price and upon the terms nam ed. be accepted and that upon the exam ination of titles by the city attorney, and his acceptance of the same. Mayor’s rotes be issued in the usual form, upon the delivery of aatlsfartory deed. This committee further recommend, that the owners of lots in Laurel Grove Cemetery shall not be deprived of the use of their lots for burial purposes, but that the sale of lots in that cemetery snail be discontinued as soon as may be practical. Respectfully submitted, ISAAC G. HAAB. JAMES M. DIXON. JOSEPH O. JARRELL. JOHN fif’UWARZ, Committee. While agreeing to the report In the main, as to the desirability of the pur chase of the Garrard tract, at the price named, yet owing to its Inaccessibility, not being within easy reach of iwrsous not keeping private conveyances. I think some means of easy access should b assured before definite action Is taken GEORGE J. MILLS. SCHOOL* AID COLLEGES. A Summsr School, In which boy* will hs prpra<! for Hl.h School*. Collegs*. or Universities, will b„ opened at Woodbury Forem Ht*h School on July 13. ItWY The*® who desire *en*ral Instruction In the Aca demic branches, or "coaching" In special •übjecta will And th* school adopted to their wants A completely fitted chemical laboratory will be accessible to the puplle. The session will continue during six ed by th* course pursued. Address conn I municatlon. u> the Principal, Orange, Va. fl FRIEND TO THE SICK. • GRAYBEARD is made of freh herbs, blossom? and harries. It contains n mercury or potash. For eradicating eld and deep eeaied ailments, as Cancer, Ca tarrh, Eczema. Rheumastism. Dyspepsia, it has no equal on earth. You want nothing else to take. Try nothing else. Nothing else is necessary. In Gray beard you have everything to build you up. and make you stronger than your di*oa>c. It svill crush out your disease. It will leave you as you were before tha ailment seized you. There is nothing a hundredth part as good aa Gray beard to do this. There i nothing made like Graybeard— nor ever will bo. 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