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16 WILL SHOOT AT AVONDALE. REGIMENTAL AM) COM PASTY RIFLE MATCHES OSi LABOR DAY. Savannah Military Rifle Rangf As sociation Has the Matter Coder Adviaement and Will Meet to Ar range Final Plans and Details. Regimental Teams Will Contest for the Deßenne Trophy and Com pany Tennis for the DeSoto Tro phy—\o Individual Matches So*v Contemplated Plan Designed to Result Ultimately In Annual Matc hes at Avondale. The prohabilitles now point to a gath •ring of the marksmen of Georgia at the Avondale rifle range on Labor Day, Sept. ■ 3 when, if predictions are verified by ac- i tual happenings, the Deßenne and De Soto trophies will be contested for by teams representing regiments and com panies of the state troops. The matter has been under discussion for some time, and was considered at an informal gathering of some of those most closely Interested yesterday morning. Col. George T. Cann, state inspector general of rifle practice, consulted with Col. A. R. l*awton, who in turn went over tha matter at some length with Capt. J. C. Postell. inspector of rifle practice for the First Regiment of Cavalry. Col. Lawton is president of the Savan nah Military Kifle Range Association, the corporation thht owns and controls the Avondale range, and under the auspices of which the contests at the butts will take piece. He hae celled a meeting of the association for to-morrow afternoon, at 3:30 o’clock, when the matter of holding the contests will be discussed further and details arranged. The meeting will be held in the offices of Messrs. Lawton & Cunningham. As affairs now stand, matches for regi mental teams of twelve and company teams of six men are contemplated, the Deßenne trophy being offered for the winner In the regimental match and the De Soto trophy for the winner in the company match. It is be lieved that to shoot these matches will consume possibly two days, at least, this Is the estimate made by Col. Cann, and It Is thought that this Is quite long enough for the first state rifle contests to last. If the plan grows in popularity the length of time given to the matches and the number of trophies offered will be corre spondingly increased. It is not beJieved that there will be any individual matches, because of th* short length of time that can practicably be given up to rifle contests this year. It Is hoped to have them when the annual contests have become established factors In the life and activity of th< state troops. The, trophies offered will not be given outright, but held by the winners for a year. When the contest is again held the successful teams in that of September will have to return to Savannah to defend their victories. Details of the contests are yet Jacking, but very sketJhy outlines of what Is in tended having t>een drawn. The whole plan will be gone over at length at the meeting to be held In Col. Lawton's office and probably at other meetings to be held in the near future, and definite plaits and arrangements made as eoon as possible. As soon as it can be known just what will be done invitations will be Issued to the various regiments and companies of the state troops to send teams to repre sent them. It Is not known yet whether one or two days will be required to complete the matches. Col Lawton seemed to think that one would suffice, while Col. Cam, basing his estimate on the number of reg imental and company teams he thinks will be on hand, thinks that two days will be necessary. He anticipate* that there will be two or more teams from Atlanta and teams from W&ycross. Brpnswick. Altoanyf and, pos sibly other cl:i*e. besides half a dozen or more from Savannah, who will take part In the contests. If Col. Conn s an ticipation? as to the number of teams ore realize'!, his idea as to the length of time requisite to complete the matches Is prob ably accurate. Those who bar* the matter of rhe con tests in charge are enthusiastic over the project, and believe that If the plan is carried to a euocewful conclusion, and that the contests of this year will inau gurate annual contests, that a very de cided improvement in the marksmanship of the atate troop# will result. As at tendance at Sea Girt is now impossible for Georgia men, who have the good of the service at heart, and a due regard for <he honor and credit of their repre sentatives of last year et the range* there, some new field for the expenditure of the skill with the rifle of the state troops la almost essential to the attainment of anything like the proper degree of effi ciency. This field will be afforded by the proposed annual contests here. BATTERIES AT THE BAT. F wad C of the 2nd Artillery Cross ■ ed lists. An Interesting game of ball was played on Tybee beach yesterday between Bat tery F of the First Artillery and Battery Cof the Second Artillery. The gueste at the hotel, together with many other spec tators, witnessed the game, and were highly entertained with It. From start to finish, when the game was called oft by officers and declared a tie, the boys showed themselves to be adepts at the •port. The Battery F nine was captained by Ivy, and the Battery C team by Dobson. The batteries for the first were Parnell and Ivy. and for the latter Dobson and Wateon. The features of the game tvere the batting by McChesney and the fielding by Pickering for the former team, and the batting by Watson, and the fielding by Burke for the latter. Battery C made 4 runs, 7 hits and 5 errors, while Battery F made 4 rune. 13 hits, and 3 errors. The score was as follows: Battery F 0 0 1 0 1 0 2—l Battery C 0 0 0 0 1 2 I—4 The line-up follows: Battery C. Battery F. Dobson pitch..., Parnell Watson catch Ivey C&ten first base Anderson Wesnesky second base McChesney Scanlan third base Colley McCarroll right field Miller Burke center field Pickering Ghent left field Jones McDonough ...shortstop Slbert In a few days a picked nine from the two teams will play rhe Jacksonville pro fessionals at Tybee. From the ktn.l of ball which was played yesterday, the chances are that a good game will be played when the two mentioned cross hats. The time will be arranged and an nounced later. Another Improvement Suggested. Savannah, Ga., Jfiiy 14, 1900.—Editor Morning News: The writer fully concurs In your tribute to the management of Mr. Lofton of the electric railway sys tem. He Is a thorough, up-to-date rail road map. who has done much for the public, but one thing appears to have es caped Ms attention. The passengers from Thunderbolt, who desire to use the belt line of East and West Broad streets on their arrival from that pleaasnt re sort are obliged to wait from five to fif teen mulntes In the open, without a seat or shelter, on the corner Of East Broad and Bolton, True, If ii rains, they can seek shelter In the hospitable grocery on the corner, but ladies, as a rule, do not care to avail themselves of 4hls shelter. Can not Mr. Dofton so arrange hts schedules • s to mitigate this glaring Inconveni ence? Yours truly, Pro Bono Publico. LOCAL PERSONAL, Mr J M. Averett of Atlanta is si the Pulaski, M as Gilbert of Worth Is the guest of the Pu.aski. Mrs. Ruby Daniels of Union is the guest of the Pulaski. Mr. M. C. Talbott of Millen is the guest of the Pulaski. Mr. W. B. Spain of Macon is registered at the Screven. Mr. S. H. Wilcox of Wedley is register ed at the Pulaski. Mr. A. P. Gamble of Atlanta is regls t red at the Pulaski. Mr. H. L. Irwin of Jacksonville Is the guest of the Pulaski. Miss Emma Prescott of Mldvllle is the guest of the Pulaski. Mr. W. M. Francis of Atlanta is the guest of the Pulaski. Mr. James S. Sims of Charleston Is reg istered at the Pulaski. Mr. T. R. Maxwell of Augusta Is reg istered at the Screven. Dr. Albert A. Davidson of Augusta spent yesterday in Savannah. Mr. John H. Devereux of Charleston is the guest of the Pulaski. Mr. C H Hargrave of Romeo, Fla., is registered at the Pulaski. Mr W. J. Pro we 11 left via the Central yesterday for Birmingham. Mr. Jack E. Brant 1 y of Macon is In the city the guest of the Pulaski. Miss Helen Einstein will leave via the Southern to-day for Asheville. Mr. G. 8. Westcott of Macon was regis tered at the Pulaski yesterday. Mr. G. F. Craig left over the Plant Sys tem yesterday for Philadelphia. Mrs. H. Foley will leave for New York Tuesday on the CUy of Birmingham. Mr. M. L. Wood left via the Seaboard Air Line yesterday for Hersey, Mich. Mr. O. F. Mcßae of Mcßae was among the arrivals at the De Soto yesterday. Mr. A. H. Morris of Macon was In the city yesterday, a guest of the Screven. Mr. C. G. Carpenter left via the Sea board Air Line yesterday for Richmond. Mr. B. J. Rouse of Cyclone was in the city yesterday the guest of the Screven. Mrs. S. A. Doyle of Alley was In the city yesterday the guest of the Pulaski. Mr. Joseph Hull was among the passen gers of the Central yesterday for Atlanta. Mr. W. K. Haile of Jacksonville was among the arrivals at the De Boto yester day. Mr. Y. T. Stroud of Yatewvllle was among the arrivals at the Pulaski yester day. Mr. James E. Mclntyre will sail for New York Tuesday on the City of Birming ham. Mias Nellie Jordan will sail for New York on Tuesday on the city of Birming ham. Mr. F. M. Hawkins of Waycross was in the city yesterday tho guest of the De Soto. Mr. H. M. Griffin of Hartwell was in the city yesterday and stayed at the Pu laski. Mr. J. Dee Ensign of Worth was In the city yesterday the guest of the Pu laski. Mr. H. D. Johnson of Milieu was among the arrivals at the Pulaski yes terday. Mr. Charles Witsell of Walterboro was among the arrivals at the Screven yes terday. The Misses Mclntyre will be passengers on the City of Birmingham for New York Tuesday. Mr. Frank D. Roberts will leave to night for a week's visit to relatives in Augusta. Mr. 8. J. Hermann and Miiss Bertha Hermann of Sandersvllle are the guests of the Screven. Mr. and Mrs. A. Kirkland of Cordele were In the oity yesterday and stayed at the Pulaski. • Mrs. Frank Brown will leave for New York on Tuesday, sailing on the City of Birmingham. Mrs. H. M. Branch and Mr. H. M. Branch left via the Southern last night for Charlotte. Mr. W. J.'Porter will be among the pass engers of the City of Birmingham for New York on Tuesday. Miss Smith and Miss Bessie Smith of Cordele were among the guests of the Pulaski yesterday. Mr. G. Noble Jones and a party of friends left yesterday on the Yum Yum for a short cruise. Miss Birdie Einstein will be among the passengers of the City of Birmingham Tuesday for New York. Mr. and Mrs. I. Epslein will be among the passengers of the City of Birmingham on Tuesday for New York. Mrs. W. A. Alexander left last night for Mount Pleasant, S. C., where she an ticipates spending some time with rela tives. Mr. and Mrs. Dlonel Barton will leave on Tuesday for Baltimore, whence they will go to Norfolk and the Rockbridge Alum Springe. Va. Mrs. J. S. Oppenheimer and the Misses Carrol and Clare Oppenheimer, also Mas ter Harry Oppenheimer, left via the South ern yesterday for Asheville. Miss Mamie Anderson returned to the city Thursday from Wilmington Island, where she has b en spending some days as the guest of Miss Ruth Cannon. Miss Mira Morgan, daughter of Mr. H. M. Morgan, left Wednesday for Wrlghts vllle, where she will spend the summer with her uncle, Rev. E. T. Morgan. Miss Kate Haynesworth, of Jackson ville, who has been visiting the Misses Ella and Bessie Alexander, on Anderson street, for the past two weeks, has re turned to her home. Mrs. Edwin L. Cheshire returned to her home In Atlanta yesterday, after a pleas ant visit to her mother, Mrs. A. M. Pal mer. and her sister, Mrs. R. Angus An derson, of this city. Mr. J. L. Gallagher left via the Plant System yesterday for New York, where he has been called In connection with the Greene-Gaynor case, now being heard be fore Commissioner Shields. Master Sammy Brown was a passenger over the Seaboard Air Dine yesterday for New York, where he goes to join the the atrical troupe with which he will play during the coming season. A party consisting of Messrs. G. M. Willett, A. J. Black, Charles Fretwell, and J. R. Davis will leave Isle of Hope this afternoon for e week's fishing trip at and near Blackheard Island. All mem bers of the party are expert fishermen, and as the yacht Star, on which the trip CAN SLEEP NOW Since Leaving; Off Coffee. "Up to five years ago, I had used cof fee all my life, but was finally forced to give it up on account of the way It acted on me. Right after drinking It, I would be taken with n dizzy headache and sour stomach, and have to make a cup of strong tea before I could go about my work. "Two years ago I started on Ponttim Food Coffee, and wince finding how to make it properly. I would not exchange It for the best coffee I ever saw. My old troubles have disappeared entirely, I have gained considerable flesh, and what la still better, sleep perfectly at night, which wus not the case while using coffee. When I fir'd uwed Postum, my himband complained of it* being tastelcs*. so 1 tried to use more of It, but as that did not help matters. I tiled more boiling, which proved to be the right thing, and nowr it is delicious. Mr#. W. A Eckels. ffloson, Cal. THE MORNING NEW S, SUNDAY, JULY 15. 1900. SOSVIA, THE Brain and Nerve Food, SOMA cures iha' tired feeling. SOMA cures loss of memory, confusion of thought, attacks of vertigo, despondency, softening of the brain. SOMA cures prematureness, weakness from debilitating losses, pa n in the back. SOMA cure- oss of appeifte, dyspepeia and constipation. SOMA cures sick and nervous head ache. SOMA cures banquet ar.d club headache. SOMA is nature’s own remedy, distilled from the freh Juices of the Giant Soma plant, found in Northern India, imported and controlled by the Abbo Institute, The most thorough and completely equip ped medical institution in the South for the treatment of all chronic and long standing diseases. 24 Liberty Street, West. will be made, has been well provided with provisions and such other things as usual ly accompany fishing trips, there is no doubt that a pleasant trip will be enjoyed. QUIT BUILDING TRADES’ COUNCIL. Carpenter* l nion No. 31R Ha* Hail En on r!) of It. The dissatisfaction that apparently has existed for some time among the unions represented in the Buildin Trades Council took the form of an open rupture at the last meeting of the Carpenters and Join ers Union No. 318, when in a preamble and set of resolutions it was decided that Inasmuch os “we, the local Union No. 318 of Carpenters and Joiners have reluctant ly w’alted for the Building Trades Council to declare the strike off and the Building Trades Council having repeatedly failed to me t ai the request of its president. Mr. G. W. Gruver, and has furthermore al lowed its business agents to enter into gigantic contracting and building business without the consent of the local unions whose delegates constitute the Building Trades Council, we, the members of the local union of Carpenters and Joiners No. 318, deem It eminently befitting that we should show to the people our unreserved disapproval of the selfish and unjust meth ods adopted by the business agent, which methods are strictly repugnant to the tenets of unionism and to our principles. Resolved, therefore, that we, the said local union, do hereby withdraw and re call our delegates from the Building Trades’ Council forthwith and forever, and that we are willing to act with all trades in any measure that is Just to the contractors of Savannah, as well as our selves, and that will establish peace be tween the contractors and our union.” The paper further contains Indorsements of President Gruver of the Building Trades’ Council, and President Davis of the Union No. 318, also those delegates w'lio acted with them. It contains likewise a vote of thank* to the Mayor and Aldermen for the grant ing of a nine-hour law to the city lab orers. There are resolutions of thanks and in dorsements of a number of the local con tractors and foremen. Business Agent James M. Wilbon of the Carpenters’ and Joiners’ Union, of white carpenters, could not be seen fast night, and it is not known what effect this dismemberment of the Council may have on the other unions. 'The member® of the committee signing the resolutions, are A. W. White, C. W. S win ton, M. G. Knowles. J. A. Mills, W. H. Burgess, C. P. Davis and James McLotie. WAR ELY DIDN’T LOSE *20.000. He <y the Story In a Narcotic Dream. The story published In the New York papers of the yellow journal type to the effect that Jim Wakely, a well-known sporting man of that city, had lost $20,- 000 In a forty-hour sitting at poker, at tracted considerable attention here, as Wakely is well known and in high stand ing among the local sporting fraternity. The older members of the fraternity at once pronounced the story a fake. The veriest tyro in the profession, they said, would hardly do such foolish things with a poker hand s an old veteran like Wakely was described as doing. Conse quently, they were not surprised when they saw’ an emphatic denial from Wake ly himself of the w’hole canard in the New’ York Telegraph, the recognized sporting journal of New’ York. The Tele graph has the following to say about the matter: “When the young men who have been writing how Mr. James Wakely lot $20,- 000 on a bobtail flush in a friendly poker game recover from the effect of the drug, that eminent sporting man and publicist would be pleased to hold heart to heart converse with them. He wishes to learn where they obtain this new sort of nar cotic, and also to tell them a few things. He Is particularly desirous of meeting the young persons who signed his name to a fool statement in one of the evening pa pers. He is willing to pay to have bis head examined, and will then pay his In itiation fee Into the proper sort of foolish house. “The story as published was to the effect that Mr. Wakolv, who owns a hard liquor establishment at Forty-second street and Sixth avenue, and who is noted for his willingness to bet on anything from a prize tight to wheat deal, sat in a poker game with Tom Powers, Tim Keeney ar.d a son of a London banker. They played for forty consecutive hours. “The game was $1 ante, and the highest chips SIOO. At one time Wakely was $2,C00 ahead, but on the “consolation pot’’ sat in with a bob flush and kept betting the limit until called. He paid out SI,OOO cash and then took Messrs. Pow’ers and Keeney over to the hack room of his resort and paid them $20,000 additional. Whereupon the pair went to the bar and each paid SI,OOO for a pint bottle of apolllnaris water, thus giving Mr. Wakely a conso lation gift of $2,000. “Said Mr. Wakely: ‘I wish It under stood that I am somewhat over 7 years old. Also I have played cards and gam bled In other ways for more than a few brief moons. I flatter myself I know the vaftie of poker hands, and if I ever roach the stage where I become so imbecile as to try to force a bluff when I draw a card to a bad flush and don’t fill, two other men each draw one card and the fourth stands pat, then I hrp* they will ship me to Bloomlngdale with all possi ble speed. " *1 really don’t know’ where this story camo from. I have played poker lately with varying success. I have won and lost, but not in large amounts, but you can bet your last dollar I did not drop my money in a fool play such as that describ ed. Why, a child would know better than to try and bluff a “lob" through against a pat hand and two one-<fctrd draw#. " ’This is the first time I have ever been accused of throwing money to the birds or of not knowing what a gambling chance Is. The story Is a lie, and a foolish one. As for the youth who signed my name to an alleged statement, he should either bo in Jail or an asylum, and T don’t know yet which I will try and have him sent to. I never saw or talked to him, and his nerve in doing what he did 1# some thing wonderful.’ "Incidentally, thoae who know Wakely intimately say that while he is on* of the nerviest gamblers in the country, does not take long chance- H;s biggest oss was when he backed John L. Sullivan in his fight against James J. Corbett. In that affair he lost upward of $25,(V0. He has at other times won and loei $5,000. SIO,OOO and sls,'Jou on various occasions, but he never sat for forty hours in a poker game, nor has he ever lost $20,000 in a consecu tive* sitting at any sort of game of chance.” Someone* evidently had an object In spreading the story, as marked copies of a New York “yellow’’ combining the hy pothetical account of the affair were sent to the Morning News and other papers in this section. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Sunday and Monday: Georgia: Generally fair Sunday and Monday, except rains on the coast; fresh southwesterly wins. Eastern Florida: Local rains and thun derstorms Sunday and Monday; light to fresh southeasterly winds. Western Florida: Local rains and thun derstorms Sunday and Monday; fresh southerly winds. South Carolina: Partly cloudy Sunday and Monday; light to fresh southwesterly winds. Yesterday's Weather at Savannah- Maximum temperature, 1:20 pm.9o degree* Minimum temperature, 4 am... 74 degrees Mean temperature 82 degrees Normal temperature 83 degrees Deficiency of temperature 1 degree Accumulated excess since July 1 : 10 degrees Accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1 176 degrees Rainfall 03 inch Normal 17 Inch Deficiency since July 1 1.40 inches Deficiency since Jan. 1 92 inch River Report —The hight of the Savan nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m.. 75th me ridian time, yesterday, was 8.5 feet, there being no change during the preceding twenty-four hours. Colton Region Bulletin, Savannah, Ga., for the twenty-four hours ending at 8 a. m., 75th meridian time, July 14, 1900. B<aiions of |\lqx. Mtnjßafu Savannah district. |T*m.)Tem.} falL Alapaha, Ga.. cloudy —| 81 | 71 | .06 Albany, cloudy j 78 ' 72 1 .16 Americus. cloudy’ j 77 J 68 | .10 Balnbrklge, cloudy j 83 j 72 j .55 Rastman, clear j 85 j 70 j .CO Fort Gaines, cloudy i 78 j 71 j .17 Gainesville, Fla., pt. cldyj 93 j 75 j .CO Millen, Ga.. clear I 8h j 67 j T Quitman, Ga.. raining: ....j 88 | 71 .95 Savannah, partly cloudy j 82 | 74 j T Thomaavillo, cloudy ] 83 j 72 | .00 Way cross, cloudy j 86 j 73 j 05 Special Rainfall Reports—Weath erford. trace; Galveston, 7.85; Waco, trace; Corpus Christi. 3.04; Temple, .30; Palestine, .02; San Marcos. .44; Cuero, 2.44; Ruling’, .26; Houston, 2.74; Rongvlew, .04; Colum bia. 2.00; Lampasas, .42; Blanco. .02; Hunts ville. .90; Beaumont, trace; Dublin, 1.50; Beevllle, .44; Corsirana, .18; Brenham, .40. Heavy Rains—Galveston, Tex., 7.88; Corpus Christi. 3.94; Cuera. 2.44; Houston, 2.74; Dublin, 1.50; Columbia, 2.00. l jDlst. Averages. INo. | 1 1 i Bt*-1 Max. I Min. | Rais Central Stations. |tlons;Tem.|Tera.| fall. Atlanta ....fl2'f~B2~T B~°B Augusta U | 82 j 68 I .02 Charleston ] 5 j 84 | 70 | .10 Galveston 1 29 j 88 | 72 | .70 l. Hock | 13 i 20 | 68 | *Ol Memphis | 13 | 92 | 70 | T Mobile | 9 | 86 | 70 | .03 Montgomery | 8 80 68 j .OB New Orleans j 14 ] 84 | 72 .06 Savannah j 12 i 82 | 71 | .07 Vicksburg 11 i 86 | 70 .08 Wilmington | 10 ! 84 j 63 .04 Remarks—Slightly cooler during the day over the Wilmington, New Orleans, Galveston. Charleston and Augusta dis tricts; no marked changes elsewhere. Light showers have occurred over the whole belt, with heavy to excessive rain falls over the immediate coast districts of Texas. Observalions taken at the same moment of time at all stations, July 14, 1900, 8 p. m. 75th meridian time; Semes of Stations! j T |• V |Rtln. Norfolk, pt. cloudy | 76 | 8 | .00 Hatteras, clear j 76 | 8 1 .00 Wilmington, pt. cloudy ..j 76 j 8 | .00 Charlotte, clear j 82 j I. ) .00 Charleston, pt. cloudy ~| 80 | 12 | .00 Atlanta, clear j 84 j 6 | .00 Augusta, pt. cloudy j 80 | L. | .00 Savannah, raining . j 76 | 10 ! .02 Jacksonville, raining ....j 72 | L. | .26 Jupiter, cloudy j 80 j L i .00 Key West, pt. cloudy ...| 82 | 10 | .04 Tampa, raining | 72 | L [ .88 Mobile, cloudy | 80 | L, ( T Montgomery, clear |' 76 | 6 | .00 New Orleans, cloudy .... 82 j 8 | .08 Galveston, cloudy 82 | 12 |1 20 Corpus Christi, cloudy .. 82 | 12 | .40 Palestine, cloudy 74 | 10 | .35 T. for temperature; V. for velocity. H. B. Boyer, Weather Bureau. CITY BREVITIES. Messrs. Harty & Apple are distributing a neat vest pocket edition of the Voters' Arg-ument Settler. This Is a valuable con tribution to the coming political cam paign, and every voter will want one. The book is Issued by ths Massachusetts' Mutual Dlfe Insurance Company, for which company Messrs. Harty & Apple are the general agents. Mayor in Police Court. In the Recorder's Court yesterday May or Myers presided and disposed of the even dozen cases that were on the docket. None of them was of more than passing Interest. LEMONS AS MBOICINEI. They regulate the liver, stomach, bowels, kidneys and blood as prepared by Dr. H. Mozley, In his Demon Elixir, a pleasant lemon drink. It cures biliousness, consti pation, Indigestion, headache, appendici tis. malaria, kidney diseases, fevers, chills, heart feallure, nervous prostration and all other diseases caused by a tor pid or diseased liver and kidneys. I* Is an established fact that lemons, when combined properly with other liver tonics, produce the most desirable results upon the stomach, liver, bowels, kidneys and blood. Sold by druggists. 60c and J 1 bottles. UFA'. JOHY P. SANDERS WRITES! Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga,: I have been relieved of a trouble which greatly endangered my life, by using Mozley's Demon Elixir. My doctor declared my only relief to be the knife, my trouble being appendicitis. I have been perma nently cured and am now n well man. I afn a preacher of the Methodist Episcopal Church, Bouth, located In the town of Verbena, Ala. My brother, Rev. E. E. Cowan, recommended the Demon Elixir to me. Ship me a half dozen large bot tles C. O. D. MOZLEY'S LEMON ELIXIR. Cured me of a long standing case of chills and fever by using two bottle*. J. C. STANLEY, Engineer E. TANARUS., Va. & Ga. R. R. MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR. Cured me of a case of heart disease and Indigestion of four years' standing. I tried a dozen different medicines. None but Lemon Elixir done me any good. TUDES DIEHL. Corner Habersham and St. Thomas Sts., Savannah, Ga. MOZLEY’S LEMON ELIXIR. I fully Indorse It for nervous prostrn tlon, headache. Indigestion and constipa tion. having used It with most satisfac tory results, after all other remedies had failed. J. W. HOLLO, WeM End, Atlanta, Ga. The challenge sale is finding interested buyers, and many of them. My line of Children’s Shoes is unexcelled. It comprises only the best shoes, and if you can find your selection you save money. Prices range from 50c to $1.49. Original price was SI.OO to $3.00. My line of Ladies’ Shoes is unsurpassed. The very best things only. Can’t be beaten in America. Prices on the counter goods at half price. Men’s Shoes on counter cut proportionately. Try your hand to-morrow. Come early. Avoid the rush. A.. S. NICHOLS. 8 BROUGHTON, WEST. The Turtle Handicap. rhe. Wlnirr, Vl.irfd a Tnrll,. Was. Very Fair in the Gallop. By B. J. WEBSTER. "After Eben Brown sold hie farm," said Deacon Tods: era reminiscently, "time hung pretty heavy on hts hands and he got in to the habit of coming down to the tav ern and betting with the boys. The moral element of the community being against cards and dice the good old man had to stir up the sporting blood of the boys by getting them to get on races of various kinds, horses, fast dogs, and fin ally matches between donkeys. Eben could generally hold his own In the bet- j ting game, but Squire Rogers, who was a THE FAT TURTLE SIMPLY' GALLOPPED OVER THE COURSE. pretty smooth old codger hlmeelf, ran in a ringer donkey in a race that Eben thought he had all fixed. The result was the transfer of a wad of bills to the squire and a buneh of experience to Eben. Eben felt sore at this. “ 'For an elder of the church to run In a trick circus animal In a race supposed to be limited to non-professtonal Pike county donkeys is enough to curdle the milk of human kindness,' observed Eben sadly. "I'm a good man and a pious, tut I’ll get even with the squire If I develop paresis trying to think up some plan.' "And Eben sighed in an honest, grieved sort of way that showed he had forgotten I L,. THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE A RE PAST FINDING OUT. all the money he had won from the boys on other events of a sporting nature. "Eben always had been given to fuss ing with electricity, and magnets, and scientific foolishness, wo when he didn’t show up at the tavern for a spell, every one thought he was busy with what he called his 'invention*.' But one Saturday afternoon he cams to the tavern carrying a big overgrown land turtle. " ‘lt’s only a poor homeless turtle I pick ed up and tried to make comfortable,' he said In answer to the boys' question*. 'No candidate for first prize at a beauty show, but an animal with good points, despite his unassertive appearance.' "And beyond hts good looks, what might be the particularly prepossessing qualities of that new pet of yours?” inquired Squire Rogers. "He's a turtle, an honest, open-faced turtle, and no galloping Bucephalus dis guised as a donkey,’ answered Eben, sort of tart like. ‘But while he don't look like a sprinter, I will back that turtle in a race against any turtle in Pike county.’ "Eben's turtle looked too fat and too heavy to carry off any honors in the rac ing line, and the turtle match being a new game, all the boys took to it. Eben made a few small bets. I thought he had things fixed and was looking to see hts pet win, but when Eben set the turtle down, it blinked its eyes and acted more as if it wanted to go asleep than engage In a turtle running match. EDer. seemed heart-broken. " 'How much sharper than a serpent’s tooth is an ungrateful land turtle,’ he, groaned. 'Haw meat and affection and good advice have always been that tur tle's portion, and now he settles down and sleeps as calmly as If his owner’s good money haln’t been wagered on his recreant legs and lazy disposition.' "Eben took the turtle up, turned him upside down and seemed to be giving him n mo6t powerful shaking. Then he said to the crowd, who were grinning at his downfall: “ ‘Maybe my admonitions and tender chastenlngs will touch the heart of this ungrateful turtle. At any rate we ought to have another race to give me a change to get back my money.' “The boys felt it was just like finding money to bet against that fat turtle. This time Eben held the turtle in his hands until everything was ready for the start. Then he placed the turtle on the ground and gave him a little poke. Talk about racing turtles! The fat turtle simply gal loped over the oourse. He didn't stop at the end, either, but kept on at an Increas ing speed until Eben ran and picked him up. Eben collected his bets, this time taking about all the money In the crowd. " 'That turtle Isn't a ringer donkey.” he said to Squire Rogers, 'and he's no ex press train, but viewed us a turtle, he’s very fair on the gallop.' "Squire Rogers was clean puzzled. " '1 don't mind losing my bet,’ he re marked to me In a perplexed way. 'But whnt gets me Is the actions of that tur tle. Man and boy I've known Pike coun ty turtles for years, but this is the first time I ever eaw one gallop.' "That evening Eben called at the home and began to gloat over tha victory of his turtle. "That'a a turtle In a oilman.’ he staged emphatically. 'The only galloping land turtle in the country. Your Uncle Eben's name will be thundering down the ages as the trainer and foster father of that turtle. I'm going to get up a grand tur tle handicap, open to all Pike county tur tles of good reputation. That will in crease my fame, and, If any benighted owners of vagrant, untrained turtles are looking for bets, they will be accommo dated.* " 'You've made a good thing of It, al ready,’ I warned him, 'and now Is the time to stop. Even a turtle that adopts a joyous galop as its means of travel may go up against the real thing, it s the pitcher that goes too often to the well and the owner of sure things in rad Ing that get broken.’ "But Eben wouldn’t listen and kept booming up his turtleliandicap scheme until nearly every one of the boys had a turtle entered. The committee in charge of the race handicapped Eben’s turtle back nearly half the distance of the course, but Eben din’t seem to care and kept plunging- until he brought the odds on his turtle down from 3 to 1 to than even money. “The day of the race Squire Rogers, who had been growing- more and more suspicious of Eben’s galloping turtle, managed to get Eben ffc the tavern, and filled him up with Pike county apple jack. Eben had been toting his precious turtle about In a basket all day. but, growing careless under the seductive in fluence of applejack, he put the turtle on the bar and let the squire have a chance to examine it carefully. The squire came out of the tavern fairly boil ing with indignation. “ ‘No wonder that turtle gallops when he’s on the ground,’ Squire Rogers splut tered wrathfully. ‘That’s a regular elec tric automobile turtle. Eben Brown has tucked a tiny storage battery under the back part of that poor abused turtle's shell. When he put the innocent creature on the ground the circuit is complete, and tortured by the electric current, the poor animal has -to gallop. It’s cruelty to ani mals, and an outrage on unsuspecting men who thought they hod an easy thing bet ting against a fat land turtle. “Then an idea seemed to strike the squire. “ ‘Seeing that abused turtle is used to electric racing,’ he sort of murmured to himself, ‘maybe it would be cruel to take that battery out altogether, but it must be monotonous for the poor creature i have it in the Fame place ell the time. I will jusit tuck tint little battery in under the front part of his shell. That’s the least a humane man can do to aid a poor dumb animal which has undoubted gif 4 in the sprinting line. “So while Eben’s attention was distract ed, Squire Rogers managed to take out the little battery from the back of the tur tle and slip it under the shell near his neck. “At last the time came for the race. All the other turtles were on the ground, but Eben held his carefully in his hand until the word was given to start. Then Ebon put the fat, lazy looking turtle n the ground, and watched to see it gallop. “And that turtle did gallop. But it was a backward sort of gallop, ns if the ani mal was trying to get away from itself. Eben. of course, didn’t understand that his pet was trying to back away from the electric current, which was getting in its work under the turtle’s neck. “ 'l’ve heard of alternate current?.* aald Eben, amazed like, as his turtle backed out of sight in the bushes io the rear of the handicap course, ‘but this l-i the first time I really ever saw electricity working backwards. The wonders of sci ence are past finding out.’ And Eben shook his head like a man who had mad# u great scientific discovery. “Just then Bben sntv Squire Roerrs doubled up with ribald laughter. Then Eben understood what had happened to his galloping turtle. For a church mem ber and a man who had been a profes.-or of religion two score and ten years, Eben’s language was fluent and shocking! but Squire Rogers took it calmly. “‘I never dreamed euch a respected man as Eben Brow 9 put that baM* r\ in so as to win a race unfairly,’’ replied the squire. Knowing you for n kind-heart- person. I thought you would be pleas-d at my endeavor to make life less monoto nous for that big turtle. And Judging from the efforts he was making to trot backwards as he disappeared in ,lie bushes, my humane attempt to introdu- a variety into his life was meeting with un qualified success.’ ” POLICE GOT AN EVEN DOZEN. That Number of %rre*t Up to Mld •i I K Ht. The police did a pretty good business yesterday, for even a Saturday, aw up <° midnight they had gathered in a round dozen prisoners, wilh excellent prospect* of getting more before morning. Th® charges were ail of a minor chara ,cr, i :i 1 none of the arrests wi re of interest < x cept that of a young white man, H (^)r " don, charged with stealing a bicycle. In the Recorder’s Court Tuesday morn ing W. F. Corbett, who keeps a sal- on <t Bryan and West Broad streets, wi;l, given a hearing on the charge of se liquor on Sunday. Maggie Lyons. " ° lives in the immediate vicinity ol t' l ei ' loon, made the charges, and says that t * sale took place on Sunday, July 1. AGENT 91*14 M-H** SI Cl ESSOII Mobile Mnti Will lie Southern prrsi Affeitl llfrc. The resignation of Mr. E. C. Spent e. agent of the Southern Express Conn" ' In ihla city, wue confirmed yesterday Supt. Leary of [he Express (''impair l . who spent the doy in Savannah, resignation, It Is unilerstood, will K° 'J’ effeet on Amt. 1. Mr. Spence will pro. i bly be located after that Bate at lllrnun ham. It 'ls said that hlw successor >•'' will be Mr. Brown of Mobile, who doubtless take charge on. or imme.fi ' < > after Aug. 1.