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Valley ... 34 ! do pref 79*5
cent. ...119*4 Am. Tobacco .... 91
h r O-nirul ... 1 i Jo* PK* 133
10 * nrfr - 46*4' A pa. Min. Cos. ... 40%
, , p & G... 16 Brook. R. T 544s
, w B & W... 26*4 ]3ol. F. & 1r0n.... 33*4
pref 90 Pont. Tobacco ... 25
. ke chore 210 1 do pref 78%
. c; 73 Federal Steel 33*4
I, 89*41 do pref 634s
:. . a t Ry 150% (Gen. Electric ....129
,L cmtral ■■■ 134s|31ucose Sugar ... 51
M(nri * St. L.. 54*41 <1 Pref 99
*do I 1 ref. 91 |lntl. Paper ....... 2244
pacific .... 3044! do pref 6444
Mobile * Ohio .. 37 jLaolede Gas .... 74*4
“ K & T. 944 Nailonal Biscuit. 29
‘ rto pref 30%j do pref 8244
„ j Central . ..126%]National Lead .. 20
.• y central ..l%i do pref 9744
\- or & West. .. 33*iiNatlonal Steel ... 2444
'do pref 77 | do pref 8344
v> Pacific 50%|N. v. Air Brake.l3o
‘ , p r ef 71 j'forlh American.. 1544
y nt &W. 20% Pacific Coasi .... 52
-,,'j R & N'av. . 42 1 do Ist pref 83
' do pref 76 | do 2nd pref 6244
p„rn.-\ Icania ..128 ]Paclfk* Mnll 31%
Reieling 17 (People's Gas .... 98%
,lo i ? t pref. ... 5944 ! Pressed S. Car... 42*4
do 2nd pref. ..28 j do pref 73
Pi,., West 5944;Pu11. Pal. Car.... 18144
,lo pref 90 |5. Rope & T 5
Si L. 82 s. F... 9*4|3ugar 124%
"do Is* pref. ...68 | do pref 11644
(io 2nd pref. ... 33 |Tenn. C. & Iron. 67*4
S' L. 944jU. S. L<eather ... 8%
do pref 25 ! do pref 6744
; t Paul 110441 U. S. Rubber .... 23%
do pref 170*41 do pref 92* 2
5t P & Om 110 ;West. Union 79
io Pacific 32%]R. I. & S 11%
Jo Railway 11 I do pref 53
do pref 51441 P. C. C. & St. L. 57
Tex. & F'ac 14%|
Bonds.
u. S. 2s,ref. reg 104 |L. & N. Uni. 4s 98 |
do cou 104 |M., K. & T. 2ds 6944
do 2s. reg 100 | do 4s 91*4
do 3s, reg .... 10944|M. & O. 4s 85
do 3s. cou Uo*4| N. Y. C. lsts .. 108
do new 4s,reg 13:1 |N. J. C. gen. 5s 122
do new 4s, cou 134 (Northern P. 3s .. 66*4
do old 4s, reg 115*4: do 4s 10444
do old 4s. cou 11544 N. Y., C. & St.
do ss, reg .... 113*4! 4s 106*4
do ns. coil ... 114*4 N. & W. con. 4s 97%
I), of C. 3 655.. 123 jOre. Nav. lsts.. 107
Atch. gen. 4s .. 101%] do 4s 102%
do adjt. 4s ... 8344|0re. S. U. (is .. 12744
Can. Sou. 2s 107*4| do consol 5s 111%
C A- O. 4*/2S 9944]Reading Gen. 4s 88
do 5s 11644] R. G. \V. lsts .. 97%
C. of Oa. con. os (St. I* & Ir. M.
(bid) 91 | con. 5s 110
do Ist inc (bid) It jSt. L. & San F.
do 2d inc (bid) 1244] Gen. 6s 122
C. & N. W. con. |St. P. consols.. 168*4
7s. 141 |St. P., C. & P.
C. A- N. W. S. F. ! lsts 117
Deb. 5s 120 i do os 118%
Chi. Terminal 4s 92 (Southern P. 45.. fs%
Col. Southern 4 Ss4i,Southern Ry. 5s 10S%
D &• R. G. lsts 102 |Slan. R. & T. 0s 73
do 4s 97*4iT. & P- lsts .. 112
Krie Gen. 4s 68-%] do 2ds 55
Ft W. & Den. (Union Pac. 4s .. 105%
City Ist 70*4] Wabash lsts ... 110
Gen. Electric 5s 117*4] do 2ds 103%
la. Central lsts 112%jWest Shore 45.. 112
K. C„ P. & G. jWls. Oen. 4s .... 88
lsts 73 jva. Centuries .. 99
New York, July 19.—Standard Oil 540§645.
Note.—Reply to inquiries it may be ex
plained that the quotations received
through the Associated Press refer to
prices established by sales either the same
day or previously. The letter “b" is the
universal custom of carrying a bid price
a- showing at the time of the bid the only
price that could be realized on securities
involved.
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Note.—These quotations are revised
daily, and are kept as near as possible
in accord with the prevailing wholesale
prices. Official quotations are not used
when they disagree with <he prices whole
saler? ask.
Country nod Northern Produce.
POULTRY—The market is steady. Quo
tations: Broilers, 20®25c per pair; half
grown. 3.V540c; three-fourths grown, 45®
65c; hens, 56®60c; roosters. 40c; ducks,
geese and turkeys out of season.
EGG-S—Steady at 7® 10c.
BUTTER—The tone of the market is
ifeady. Quotations: Extra dairies, 19®20o;
extra Elgins. 22®>22Hc.
CHEESE}—Market Arm ; fancy full
cream cheese, ll®l2c for 25-pound aver
age.
ONlONS—Egyptian. 2.75®3.00 per sack;
crate, $1.25; New Orleans, $1.50 sack GO
pounds.)
BEANS—Navy or peas, $2.25®2.60 per
bushel; demand light.
Early Vegctublcn.
IRISH POTATOES—New, No. 1, $1.75*8
2.00 per barrel.
EGG PLANT—Nominally; half barrel
crePs. 50c'g$1.00.
CABBAGE—Per barrel crate, $1.75®
2.00.
BrcarisitnfYft, Hny and Grain.
FLOUR— Market firm and advancing;
patent. $4.75; straight, $4.16; fancy, $4.30;
family. $4.00.
MEAL—Pearl, per barrel, $2.85; per sack,
$l-85; city meal, per sack, bolted, $1.25®
1.30; water ground, $1.35; city grist,
sacks. $1.30; pearl grits, liudnuts’, per
barrel. $2 95; per sack. $1.37%; sundry
brands, $1.32% sack.
CORN—Market firm; white, job lots,
arload .©te, 63c; mixed corn, job lots,
*>4° carload 10-ts, 62c.
RICE— Market steady, demand fair;
fancy head, 6c; fancy, 5%c.
Prime 5
r,< *>d 4%@4%
Fair 4 ®4Vi
Common 3%
OATS—No. 2 mixed, carload, 35c; job
lof* 37c; white, clipped, 39c cars; 41c job.
BRAN—Job lots, 97%c; carload lots. 95%c.
MAY—Market strong; Western job lots,
9vc; carload lota, ®2-,ic.
line on, flams and Lard.
BACON— (Market firm; D. B. C. R. sides,
&V D S. bellies, B%c; smoked C. R.
HAMS—Sugar cured. 12%®13%e.
LARD—Pure, in tierces, 7%c; in 50-pound
Y s n,| d 80-pound tubs, B%c; compound, in
1 1 e^ 6%e; 50-pound tins and 80-pound
tubs, 6 7^e.
Sugar nnd Coffee.
SI GAR—Board of Trade quotations:
( ut loaf 6.78; Diamond A 6.38
v l ushed 6.78 Confectioners’ A.6.1S
Powdered 6.48, White Extra C..0.M
XXXX. powd d.6.46, Extra C 5.73
F.nd gran. ...6.3S ; Golden C 5.73
Cub's 6.s3|Yellows 5.63
M >ul<4 A. 6.03 j
COFFEE—Board of Trade quotations:
Horha 26c I’rime, No. 3 lO^c
lav 26c |Jood, No. 4 10%c
Peaberry 13c No. 6 100
Pat oy, Mo. l No. 6.. 9%c
• holes, No. 2... .ll%c|rommon. No. 7.. 9c
Hardware auil Building Supplies.
J-IME. CALCIUM. PLASTER AND
{ EM ENT—Alabama and Georgia lime in
•air demand and sell at 80c a barrel; *pe
cJaJ calcined plaster, $l.OO per barrel; hair,
Rosedale cement, $ 12*>® 1.25; carload
l'> r e special; Portland cement, retail, $2.25;
carload lots. $2 00®2.20.
lumber, f. o. b. vessel savan-
N AH—Minimum yard sixes.
fills. $14.00®1.00: difficult sizes, $16.50
ship stock. $25. OO® 27.50; sawn ties,
•1100®11.50; hewn ties, 33®36c.
’IL Market steady; demand fair; sig
-45®.60c; West Virginia, black, 9@l2tf;
r\. ncatsfoot, 60(3/70c; machinery, 16
- linseed oil, raw. 73%c; boiled, 75c; ker
prime white, 15c; water white. 14c;
; raf * * astral, 15c; deodorized atova
•Moline, drums, 12%c; empty oil barrels,
C olive red. 85c.
GUN POWDER—Per keg. Austin crack
J'JJ* 00; half kegs. $2.25; quarter kegs,
r hnmplon ducking, quarter kegs.
?“ * ' Uupont and Hazard smokeless, half
H 1.36;.36; quarter kegs. $5.75; 1-pound
' a, u*uer. $1.00; less 36 per cent.; Troiadorf
■ "Keiess powder, 1-pound can*. $1.00; 10-
ca nai j** poun< j.
rtf? < ? T ~ Dr °P' 11-80; B B and large. $1.73;
11-7 R.
BIN-Marks! very steady; Rwede, 5%.
r?ii LS ~ C Ut, $2.60 base: wire. $2.85 base.
harred WIRE—S3.SO per 100 pounds.
PrnltN and Kata.
melons per ioo. Demand
goon.
Six-basket carriers, oc@
Southern Railway.
Trains Arrive and Depart Savannah on 90 th Meridian Tima Ooe Hour Slower
Than Cl ty Time.
Schedules in Effect Sunday, June 10. 1900.
AeaD DOWNH TO TH E EAST. |] HEAD LTT
N0.34 I No. 36 Ti I|No:3sTNo"3r
*1 11 (Central Time.) jj |
12 20pm|12 20am ,Lv Savannah Aril 5 10am 316 pm
. _ I ll (Eastern Time.) II
4 21pm| 4 2Sam iAr Blackville Lv | 300 am 107 pm
6 ft*pm, 6 10am Ar Columbia Lv 1 1 25am 11 25am
o 10pm t 9 45am Ar Charlotte Lv|! 9 55pm S 10am
11 44pm|h 23pm Ar .Greensboro Lv|| 7 10pm 5 48am
25am : i|Ar Norfolk i,y|[ igpm
12 51am| 1 38pm||~Ar *. Danville Lvi, 5 40pmf4~:;8am
_6 00am' 6 25pm Ar Richmond Lv|Tl2 01pm,U 'Opm
2 40am; 3 43pm;,Ar Lynchburg ~ I.v;| 3 52pm| 2 Stem
4 Ham; o 33pm Ar Charlottesville Lvij 2 06pm|12 61prr.
‘ ® am l f 50p n >l:Ar Washington I.v 111 15am| 9 50pm
35pnt:|Ar Baltimore Lvll 8 22am! 8 27pna
, „, am 2 56am Ar Philadelphia Lvi| 3 50amj 6 C6pm
-03 pm; b -3am Ar New York Lv;!l2 lOaml 325 pm
_ oppm i OOprajjAr Boston Lvjj 5 OOprojlO 10am
No - 36 II TO THE NORTH AND WEST. " j^o.H
H 8 (Central Time.) ||
12 20am,'[Lv Savannah Arji o 10am
U (Eastern Time.)
fi 30am ;I, v Columbia Lv,| 1 Ham
9 ooam[|Lv Spartanburg Lv 1 6 15pm
9 50am;|Lv \shevllle Lv[| 305 pm
i ” 2 P m l|Ar Hot Springs Lv[ 111 46am
7 20pm;!Ar Knoxville Lvjj 8 25am
6 10am||Ar Lexington Lv||lo 30pm
7 45am |Ar Cincinnati Lv | 8 00pm
i oOam Ar Louisville Lvjj 7 45pm
6 00pm; lAr St. Louis Lv|| 8 OSam
All trains arrive and depart from the Plant System Station.
THROUGH CAR SERVICE. ETC.
TRAINS 33 AND 34 DAILY, NEW YORK AND FLORIDA EXPRESS Yestl
buled limited trains, with Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars between Savan.
nah and New York. Connects at Washington with Colonial Express for Boston.
Pullman Sleeping Cars between Charlotte and Richmond and Charlotte and Nor
folk. Dining Cars serve all me<ss; between Savannah and Washington.
TRAINS 35 AND 36 DAILY. THE UNITED STATES FAST MAIL Vestlbuled
limited trains, carrying Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars between Savannah
and New York. Dining Cars serve all meals between Savannah and Washington
Also Pullman Drawing Room Sleeping Cars between 6avannah and Cincinnati,
through Asheville and “The Land of the Sky."
For complete information as to rates, schedules, etc., apply to
O. GROOVER. Ticket Agent, Plant System Station.
JAMES FREEMAN, C. P. and T. A., 141 Bull street. Telephones—Bell, 850;
Georgia, 850.
S. H. HARDWICK. Assistant General Passenger Agent, Atlanta. Ga.
IWIURPHY fit CO., INC.,
Board of Trade Building, Savannah.
Private leased wires direct to Naw York.
Chicago and New Orleans.
COTTON, STOCKS AND GRAIN.
New York office. No. 61 Broadway.
Offices In principal cities throbgtiout the
South. Write for our Market Manual and
book containing instructions for traders.
PINEAPPLES—SOc@SI.SO per standard
crate.
LEMONS—Market steady at $5.0005.25.
NUTS—Almonds, Tarragona, 16c; Ivicas,
16c; walnuts, French, 12s; Naples, 12c; pe.
cans, 12c; Brazils, 7c; filberts, 13c; assort
ed nuts. 50-nound and 25-pound boxes, 10c.
PEANUTS—AmpIe stock, fair demand;
market firm; fancy hand-picked, Virginia,
per pound, 4*ec; hand-picked, Virginia, ex
tras, 3* 4c; N. C. seed peanuts, 4c.
RAISINS—L. L., $2.00; imperial cabinets.
$2.25; loose, 60-pound boxes, B®B'4e pound.
Dried null Evaporated Ernite.
APPLETS —Evaporated, 7*4080; sun-dried,
6%c.
PEACHES—Evaporated, pealed, 1714 c;
un pealed, 9*4@loc.
PEARS—Evaporated. 12*4e.
APRlCOTS—Evaporated, 15c pound; nec
tarines, 10*4c.
Salt, Hides and Wool.
SALT—Demand Is fair and the market
steady; carload lots, 100-pound burlap
sacks, 44c; 100-pound cotton sacks, 45c:
125-pound burlap sacks. 54%c; 125-pound
cotton sacks, 55*4c; 200-pound burlap sacks,
85c.
HlDES'—Market firms dry flint, 14c; dry
salt, 12c; green salted. 6*,4c.
WOOl.—Nominal; prime Georgia, free
of sand, burrs anil black wool, !9(S2Oe;
black, 16017 c; burry, 10@12c. Wax, 25c;
tallow, 3*4c. Deer skins, 20c.
Cotton Hugging nnd Ties,
BAGGING—Market firm; Jute, 2*4-
pound, 9*.c; large lots, 9>4c; small lots,
2-pound. B%<g9c; 1%-pound, B*4gß*%c; sea
Island bagging, 12*4c.
TlES—Standard. 45-pound, arrow, large
lots, $1.40; small lots, $1.50.
MISCELLANEOUS.
FlSH—Mackerel, half-barrels, No. 1,
$9.50; No. 2, $8.00; No. 3, $6.50: kits, No. ),
$1.40; No 2, $1.26; No. 385 c. Codfish,
1-pound bricks, 6%c; 2-pound bricks, 6c.
Smoked herring, per box, 20c. Dutch her
ring, in kegs, $1.10; new mullets, half-bar
rel, $3.50.
SYRUP—Market quiet; Georgia and
Florida syrup, buying at 28a30c; selling at
32&35c; sugar house at 10® 15c; selling at
straight goods, 23@30c; sugar house mo
lasses. 15©20c.
HONEY—Fair demand; strained, in bar
rels, 55'tf600 gallon.
High wine basis, $1.23.
OCF, 4N FREIGHTS.
COTTON—Savannah to Boston, per
bale, 25c; to New York, 20c; to Philadel
phia, per bale, $1 00; to Baltimore, per
bale, $1 00; via New York—Bremen, Sue;
Genoa, 43c; Liverpool, 40c; Reval, 60c; di
rect. Bremen, 42c.
LUMBER—By Sail—Freights dull; to
Baltimore and eastward, $4.50 to *6.00 per
M. including Portland.
LUMBER—By Steam—Savannah to Bal
timore. $6.50; to Philadelphia, $8.00; to New
York. $6.00; to dork. $6.75; lightered—to
Boston, to dock, $8 00.
NAVAL STORES—The market Is firm;
medium size vessels. Rosin—Cork for or
ders, 3s per barrel of 310 pounds and 5 per
cent, primage. Spirits, 4s 3d per 40 gallons
gross and 5 per cent, primage. Larger
vessels, rosin. 2s 9d; spirits. 4s. Steam,
lie per 100 pounds on rosin; 21*%c on spirits,
Savannah to Boston and 9*40 on rosin,
and 19c on spirits to New York.
CRUX, PROVISIONS. ETC.
New York, July 19.—Flour market
steadier with wheat, but still without im
portant buying interests, jobbers doing
about all the business.
Rye flour dull.
Corn meal steady; yellow Western, 940.
Rye quiet.
Barley nominal.
Barley malt nominal.
Wheat—Spot, firm; No. 2 red. 84c. Op
tions opened weak under disappointing
cables, after which they recovered on war
talk, a rally in late English markets and
a resumption of bullish spring wheat ad
vices. An absence of short selling con
tributed to the afternoon firmness and the
market closed strong on tin active de
mand from shorts at net advance.
July closed nt 82%c; September closed at
91%c; October closed at 81c; December
closed at 82V4c.
Corn—Spo<. Arm; No. 2. 46c. Options
opened weak under liquidation and weak
cables. Rallied from this by enormous
seaboard clearances. The market was
firm all the afternoon, and closed quite
strong at *4o net advance. Julv closed at
44*4c; September, 44*4c; December, 4114 c.
Oats—Spot, weaker; No. 2,28 c. Options
dull hut steady.
Beef quiet.
Cut meats quiet.
Lard steady; Western steamed, s7.fl<w
7.95; July closed at $7.02% nominal. Re
fined steady.
Pork quiet.
Tallow quiet.
Petroleum steady.
Rosin steady.
Turpentine quiet.
Rica steady.
Molasses steady.
Butter firm: creamery, 16Vj@19'4c; state
dairy. IMV& l*Vi.e.
Cheese weak; large white, 9'49%c;
small white. 9%'fi9%c. ,
Eggs firm: state Hnd Pennsylvania at
murk. 144i 17c for average lots.
Potatoes steady; Chill, $1.0001.12*,;
Soul hern. 11.1X101.23.
peanuts steady; fancy hand-picked, itf
4’c; other domestic, 3ift3%e.
Cabbage quiet; Long Island, per 100,
*1.0001.50.
Cotton by steam to Liverpool, 25c.
Coffee, spot Rio, strong; No. 7 invoice,
THE MOEN3NG NEWS: FRIDAY, JULY 20. 1900.
9 15-16 e; mild, quiet, Cordova. 9%®13*%c.
Futures opened steady, prices 10020 points
lower, and continued to ease off all the
forenoon under foreign and local selling,
prompted by boorish European market
cables and on absence of speculative sup
port. Later the market reacted on cov
ering. friendly cables from Brazil and th
firmness in the spot department. Trading
was very active throughout. Market
finally turned strong In the last five min
utes on active covering, closing firm In
tone with prices 5 points higher to 5
points net lower. Total sales, 71,000 bags
including July, 8.2008.30 c; August, 8.30®'
8.43 c; September, *.40®8.65c.
Sugar, raw, strong; fair refining, 4%e;
molasses sugar, 4%c; refined firm.
COTTON SEED OIL.
New York. July 19 Cotton seed oil was
dull and about steady a< old asking
prices. Prime crude, barrels, 33c, nominal;
prime summer yellow, 36*4©37e; butter
grades nominal; off summer yellow, 36*%e;
prime winter yellow, 40041 c; prime white,
40c; prime meal, $25®25.50.
CHICAGO M4RKRT9,
Chicago, July 19.—Numerous denials of
improvement in the Northwest were in
fluential In rescuing wheat from Its early
slump to-day, September closing %®lo
over yesterday. Corn was firm on an ex
cellent cash demand, closing %c higher.
Oats closed unchanged and provisions 2*j
®sc lower.
The leading futures ranged as follows;
Open. High. Low. Close.
Wheat No. 2.
July 74% 75*4 74*4. 75%
Aug 74 ®74’/-> 76% 74 76*4
Sept 75 @75% 77*4 75 77*%
Corn No. 2
July 37% 38% 37% 38%
Aug 37%@37% 38% 37*4 38%
Sept 37*4®38 39 37*4 3574039
Oats No. 2
July 23 23 22% 22%
Aug 22%@23 23 22% 23
Sept 23*4 23 % 23 23%
Mess Pork. pr barrel.—
July .... .... sll 50
Sept .sll 67% sll G7*2 sll 62*4 n65
Lard, per 100 pounds.—
July . 6 65 6.65 6 62*4 6 62*4
Sept . 670 6 70 665 6 67*4
Oct .. 6 72*4 % 72*4 6 67*4 6 72*4
Short Ribs, per 100 pounds.—
July 6 70
Sept . 675 675 670 6 72*4
Oct .. 670 6 70 6 67*4 6 70
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour
easy: No. 3 scrlng wheat. 70’4@73*4c; No.
2 red. 76%@77*ie: No. 2 corn, 38%@38%c; No.
2 yellow, 38T4@39c; No. 2 oats. 2?%@20*4e;
No. 2 white, 2.5*40270; No. 3 white. 24%@
2 *4e; No. 2 ryn. 54*4@55c; good feeding
barley, 38@42e; fair to choice malting, 46®'
48c; No, 1 flax seed. $1.70; No. 1 North
western, $1.75; prime timothy seed, ;
mess park, per bbl., $10.55011.60; lard, per
100 lbs., $6.50@6.65; short ribs sides (loose),
$6.6106.90; dry salted shoulders (boxed).
6%07c; short clear sides (boxed), $7,250
7.35: whisky, basis of high wines, $1.23;
clover, contract grade, B.ooc.
M.4RIM2 IKTEI-I.IOF.HCE.
of Interest to Shipping Mpn
Genernlly.
The lively season In the steamboat bus
iness is approaching, and the fact it Is
in sight will not worry those In the busi
ness. For a considerable time during the
summer months the business on some
lines does not pay, and owners of boats
are anxious that these seasons pass
quickly and come seldom.
Freight from the North will soon be
moving to the Interior by the Ocean
Steamship Company’s line and the Sa
vannah and Augusta line of steamboats.
This will probably warrant the manage
ment In putting on the boats which are
now out of service. Other business will
come to the stenmboat lines shortly, when
they expect to enjoy a better business.
So far the excursion business has prov
ed a success on all the lines which have
undertaken it. The steamers running to
rmufuskle, Beaufort, and other points,
have been Itberally patronized, and the
management of all lines are fairly well
satisfied with the results so far.
Having eeased to deal with sea law
yers, says an exchange, two hale old ship
captains have been spending their sub
stance on land lawyers, and as a result
their friendship of long standing has gone
by the board. They hove not walked the
quarterdeck for many a year, for each is
more than ninety years old. They retired
nnd made their homes in Rlverhead.L.
I. They lived In adjoining cottages, and
it was their custom to visit from one
Wool, Hides Wax,
Furs, Honey,
Highest market prices psi<L Georgia
Syrup for sale.
A. EHRLICH & BRO,
Wholesale Grocers sod Liquor Dealers,
111, US. lit Bay street, west.
1,000,000 HIDES WANTED.
DRY FLINTS lHc
DRY SALTS 13Hc
GREEN SALTED c
R. KIRKLAND,
417 to 421 St. Julian street, welt.
EXCURSION
-TO-
Jacksonville,Fla.
SATURDAY,
JULY 21,
VIA
i) sis ii Him
AA ROUND
TRIP
Tickets sold for train leaving Central depot at 5;08
a. m., good to return on any regular train leaving Jack
sonville on or before July 23, 1900.
D. C. ALLEN, W. P. SCRUGGS,
C. T. A., Bull and Liberty sts, s—both phones—2B P.&T.A., cor. Bull & Btyan sts.
F. V. PETERSON,
Traveling Passenger Agent.
E. ST. JOHN. L. S. ALLEN, A. O. MACDONELU
Vice Pres, and Gen. Mgr., Gen'l Pass. Agt., Asst. Gen l Pass.
Portsmouth, Va. Portsmouth. Y'a. Jacksonville, Fla.
porch to the other and spin yarns of their
adventures. Each had known the other
as a bov and man for eighty years. Often
their craft were in neighboring berths
in strange ports.
Charles T. Strong and Jacob Smith are
the names of the litigants. How Copt.
Smith happened to give Capt. Strong a
note for $75 does not appear. Both are
well off financially, and the only possible
reason advanced for Capt. Smith borrow
ing the money was that he did not need
It Is said that lxxh ore so unaccustomed
to note transactions that they had some
difficulty in conducting the negotiations
In strict accord with commercial usage.
“As man to man," said Capt. Strong,
“you promise to give me this money when
14 is a-fitttng and a-sutting that 1 should
have It?”
“Asa man to man,” was the reply,
“when it is a-fitting and a-sulting, I pay
the money."
It Is said that for a time the man who
made the note krp4 It in order to remind
himself that he owed the money. It is
alleged to have been his intention as soo>.
as It was paid to have turned it over to
Capt. Strong so that the latter might have
a constant reminder of the fact that tne
obligation no longer exised,
.uese venerable sons of the sea. might
have finished this transaction amicably
had they not become involved in a mis
understanding with regard to a part pay
ment of the note. Capt. Smith paid SSO,
and Capt. Strong was so impressed by
the importance of the affair that he deter
mined to get oil the diversion out of it
possible, and hired a lawyer. The lawyer
set them right as to whom the note really
belonged, and then gave a receipt for the
SSO. Through some Inadvertence he re
ceipted in full.
Capt. Strong discovered the mistake,
and when the other old salt refused to pay
any more money he brought suit. The de
cision was in favor of Capt. Strong.
Capt. Smith appealed the case to the
County Court, which handed down a de
cision adverse to him. Some of the best
known lawyers In Suffolk county appeared
In the case, and the affair will cost the
nonogcnarlans much more than the
amount of the original note.
Pnsfiengers by Steamships.
Passengers by steamship City of Au
gusta, New York for Savannah, July 17—
Mrs W P. Mitchell. T. W. Lyon, J. W.
Hulve, L. Waltham, W. H. G. Morrell,
Mrs. Morrell, F. Gehrken. W. T. Dan
iels Jr Mr. Oppenheim, C. 1,. Hosir,
Miss Dean. W. Burwell, F. W. Pettit,
Mrs E Nichols, Master Nichols. Miss A.
Hevfron. F. Levy. L. Levy, P. Joy, Mrs.
l. Nelson, B. Wasur, Hanc Schwartz.
SnvAiuwih Almanac.
gun rises at 6:06 a. m. and sets at 7:07
p. m.
High water at Tybee to-day nt 1.49 a.
m. and 2:26 p. m. High water at Savan
nah one hour later.
rimers of the Mnnu for .Inly.
D. H. M.
First quarter 4 7 13 eve.
Full moon 12 7 22 morn.
Last quarter 18 11 31 eve.
New moon 2o 7 43 morn.
Moon Apogee .1 & 31. Moon Perigee 15th.
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Vessels Cleared A'eslerdny.
Bark Affezione (Ital), Calderone, Anjer,
for orders—Dahl & Cos.
Vessels AVent to Sen.
Steamship Slate of Texaa, Foster, Bal
timore.
Steamship Therapla (Br), Beadle, Bre
men and Rotterdam.
Bark Leopold, (Ital), Pezce, Buenos
Ayres.
Schooner Mary B. Baird, Cook, Phila
delphia.
Schooner Joel F. Sheppard, Hunter,
Philadelphia.
Schooner Sadie C. Sumner, McLcary,
New York.
Hhlpiilng Memoranda.
Greenock, July 19.—Arrived, steamer
Kuskaro, Pansacola.
Baltimore, July 19.—Sailed steamer Itas
ca, Savannah, George Tulane, Jr., and
Isaac W. Kerline, Savannah.
Philadelphia, July 19 —Arrived, steamer
Anna L, Mulford, Charleston.
Baltimore, July 19. —Arrived, steamer J.
S. Hoskins, Jacksonville.
Fernandlna. Fin., July 19.—Salieri,
steamer Thomas Melville (Br), Grelg, Ant
werp.
Charleston. S. c., July 19.—Arrived,
steamers Comanche, Pennington, Jack
sonville, and proceeded to New York;
Carlb, Ingram, Boston, via New York,
and proceeded to Jacksonville; tug Wil
liam E. Chapman, from Southard, bound
to New York.
Sailed, tug Rescue, New York, with
Norwegian steamship Songa In tow.
Jacksonville, Fla., July 19.—Entered,
schooner Phoenix. Courtney, Ky West.
Cleared, schooner Grace Davis, Doelgc,
Philadelphia.
Port Tamps, Fla., July 19.—Arrived,
steamer Msseotte. Miner, Havana, via
Key West and returned.
Sailod, steamer Kvrrlyn, New
York.
Notice to Murlnern.
Pilot charts anti all hydrographic infor
mation will be furnished masters of ves
sels free of charge In United States hy
drographic office in Custom House. Cap
tains are requested to call at the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department.
For*ljci Fhiportß.
Per T4n!ian bark Affezione. for Anler
for orders, f>,r>f>2 barrels rosin, $17,059.6tF
Cargo by S. P. Shotter Company.
< nnstwinc I'lportN.
Exports per Steamship Texas for Balti
more—72s bales upland cotton, 2,700 bar
rels rosin. 130 barrels ro.s4n oil. 80 barrels
pitch, 84,337 feet lumber, 810 bundles green
suited hides, 148 puckages domestf -s and
yarns, 25 packages fruit, 138 packages
merchandise.
Per schooner Sadie C. Sumner, for
Berplanck, N, Y.—594.527 feet yellow pine
lumber—Cargo by G* orgla Lumber Com
pany,
per schooner Joel F. Sheppard, for
Phlladelphla—4sß,3(7 feet yellow pine lum
ber—Cargo by John A. Calhoun.
FORTINF. IN FOI R SKYRVS.
I/f-ser Bet the Wages of Working
men and Skipped—Winner Paid
Them.
From the Minneapolis Tribune.
"Y'ou don’t hear much of stud fokcr
nowaday," said an old railroad man the
other night, “but there was a time when
it was favorite among gamblers nd
they played it with a vengeance. I was in
one game where three good hands came
out together on one deal nnd u player
who held a full house raked In about $lO.-
000. including a bill of trnnMVr of SG.<OO
worth of railroad ties. The man with the
cross ties took a wild shot, but he con
sidered it safe, and, In fact, almost any
player would have taken similar chances.
It was u play where only one card, a sew
en spot, could win, and three of the four
seven werA face up on the table. Only
twenty card.*-’ had been dealt and there were
thirty-one chances to one that the seven
was not the card In the hole. But it was.
“Thi* game happened a good many ye-ara
ago. when I was out with the officials of
my road on a tour of Inspection. I had
been traveling with the general manager
Jn his private car. but was left over at a
small town one afternoon to take a train
at midnight over one of the brunch lines.
I was dropped into the town about 3 |. in.
and it looked like a weary wait for me.
There was a little work, as J had to In
spect and receive 20,000 cross ties, already
delivered at the railroad track. The sec
tion man, however, had really inspected
the tics, and nil 1 had to do was iasne a
voucher for payment, based on the state
ment given me. The ties sold for 30
* ‘*t>ta each, and so my voucher called frr
SO,OOO, a snug sum for the man who got
them out. When this work was finished
1 went over to a rather dilapidated-look
ing hotel and sat down by the office stove.
Mr. Buckner, to whom I had given the
voucher for the ties, was with me, and
he Introduced me io several men about
the hotel. We had an early supper, i>nd
fo knock away the dull moments some
body—l think it wus Buckner—suggested
that we have game of cards.
“Men who were sidetracked os we were
are r.oi slow about getting into a game of
any kind. If they have sporting blood, and
we must have had It. A small room,
known as the reading room, was delivered
to our care by the landlord, who made no
pretensions to style, as he did not
even wear a collar on his shirt, and in a
lit th* while we were playing. Stud poker
had been suggested, and it was adopted.
I had played the game few times, but
it was not my strong suit, and I wan slow
about risking too much on chance shots.
I played carefully, and 1 might he put
down as the luckiest man, save one, as
I got nway not far from an even break.
The stakes at first were not high, hut an
understanding was that If two players,
or all. for that matter, wanted to make
a sky limit they could do so.
“Before I had been playing an hour I
saw that I was up against plungers, and as
my cash was not big I played cautiously.
Besides. T had to stop before midnight to
c.iti'h h train. There were four of us ni
the table, rnyaelf, Buckner, a drummer
named Whitfield and n lawyer, Maj. Mott,
who had come to the town on legal busi
ness. He was 50 years old and gray and
1 heard afterweid that in his younger
days he was a rounder of the 11 nest type.
He still showed signs of it in his playing.
The game went along nicely for a time,
and the luck was about even, although
Whitfield must have been way ahead
One or two failures to land a iot had made
Buckner rather reckless and he seemed
determined to hit hard to win. His luck
came hack to him, arid he played with
skill.
“1 will always remember the hand that
ended the game and sent Buckner away
from the station that night on the train
with me, unnoticed and unannounced,
while a hundred workmen were sleeping
quietly with the expectation of getting
Plant System.
of Railways.
Trains Operated by 90th Meridian Time—One Hour Slower Than City Tims.
. ll Effective June 17, READ UP. ~*.
In | jrr[ if LttiJ 78 |[ ~ sfoiTh~and South.' || 23 | 35 | t 5 | 913 | 817
®P r SlaTl? 1 1(V 5 4ia| 2 lffalTtv ....Savannah.... Ar I 'tST 7 55a| 6 IOpOnSsTfSOp
U 16a 11 50a| 4 19p|10 30a 6 ?6a,|Ar ...Charleston.... Lv]|ll 15pj 5 50a| 3 10p[ 7 41a 8 OOp
I 8 28aI I 7 25p|]Ar ... Richmond... Lv|i 9 05a| 6 48p| |
j 7 01a| jll 20pl|Ar ..Washington... Lv|j 4 30a| 3 07p| i
- 8 20aj l 03a||Ar ... Baltimore.... Lv|| 2 65a| 1 46p| { -
|lo 35a| 3 50a jAr ....Philadelphia.. Lv||l2 20p|ll 3Sp| |
I 1 15pj 7 00;i||Ar New York.... Lv|| 9 23p| 8 53a) j -
•• • I 8 30pj 3 OOpjjAr Boston Lv|| 1 00p|120#nt| j
33 i S V ■ = iou nr ff is ~i arr 34 i Z2 ~~~jfZ
00p| .8 26p| 8 05a| 5 Lsott| 2 ISaljLv ....Savannah Ar! 1 I Qa 12 9S 12 Ss|S 50a 10 15a
8 or.|>| 6 45pj10 50a | 7 35n| 4 50a, Ar .... Way cross.... LvlllO 56p! 9 55p| 9 66a 9ia 7 CO*
12 50aJ 9 30p| 2 15p| 2 lfpj 2 15pj Ar .. Tl#ina svillo Lv 7 fiOpj 7 OOp 5 45a 5 15* 3 2ua
10 30p| 7 40p;12 50a, 9 25a| 7 30ai|Ar .... Jacksonville.. Lv! 8 30p| 8 00p| 8 00a 7 30a 5 00a
ilo 3 00p; 12 02p,12 02pj|Ar Paiatka Lv|| 2 40p| 5 OOp 4 05a 4 05a
| 2 05a| 6 40pj j )( Ar Sanford Lv|<l2 05p 100a 100a
I | | 2 20pj 2 20p||Ar ...Gainesville l,v|| 2 40p -
I I | 3 16p| 3 16p||Ar Coiila Lvjj 1 40p
1 1 1 10 50p|10 50p,Ar .St. Petersburg.. I.v' 1 S 00a| -
| 7 30a|10 OOpIIO 00p|10 oOp||Ar Tampa ... Lvj 7 (41a 7 00a| 7 3Sp 7 35p -
| 8 lOajlO 30p|10 30|>|10 30p iAr ... Fort Tampa.. 1.v.; Ha 6 25a| 7 OOp 7 OOp
I i 1 10a| 1 10a| 1 10a||Ar ...Punfa Gordn.. Lv;| ~| 4 35p 4 35p
I [ ,110 45a|10 45a||Ar ..St. Augustine. Lv|| 6 3)p| 6 30p| ..
• •••••■I S 00,. J t;.., ■ 3‘2spj r, 20a] |Lv . Bavannafi .. l.'v l" ir,i 12 10a] 77..... .......
I 6 46p| ” 47a| 4 50p| 6 40a||Ar Jesup Lv|j 8 20a;10 Bop|
I s Ssp| 7 10aI 6 25p| 8 05a| Ar ....Brunswick... I.v, 1 6 40a, 9 05p| -
NORTH, WEST AND SOUTHWEST.
16 163 ii Via Jesup. || 16 |36 15 |35 |,Via Munigomery.j| 16 |3B
6 OOp| 5 20a||Lv Savannah Ar 110 15a!13 10a | 5 op| “osu]jLv Savannah Ar |lO 16a 12 Ida
4sp| 6 40aj|Ar ...Jesup.. Lv|| 8 20a|10 50p j 8 Ioa| 9 20f,l|Ar M'tgomery Lv | 7 45p 8 30a
3 00a| 1 15p| Ar.. Macon ..Lv ,100a 2 30p 7 10p| 6 50a||Ar Nashville LvU. 9 00a 2 21a
6 20a 3 50p| Ar.. Atlanta . .Lv |lO 45|> 12 05p 2 30a|12 25pi Ar Ixiulsvllla Lv" 2 55a 9 12p
9 45a 8 40p| Ar Cha'noogn Lv j 6 06p 6 45a| 7 Onaj 4 05p ,Ar Cincinnati Lv jll OOp 5 45p
7 Sip 7 50a| Ar. Louisville Lv 7 45a 7 45p 7 2oa| 7 16p'||Ar St. Louis Lv 365 p 8 28a
7 30p 7 45u| Ar Cincinnati Lv 8 30a 7 OOp! | ;; (I, g. N )
7 04a 6 00p| Ar. St. Louis I.v 9 15p 8 08a; 7 32a| Ar St. Louts I.V 8 OOp
7 16a 5 10p||Ar.. Chicago .I.v R 30p 9 00p| 1 || (yi * o.)
"TTlOa 4 15p||Lv.. Atlanta . .Ar jio 35p 11 30a 8 09.i| 9 ISp||Ar . Chtcago .I.v 7 OOp 1 ROp
8 03p 7 15a Ar. Momphns .Lv 8 20a 9 OOp ” 7~~7r5~-5~:.„
9 45a 7 10a||Ar KansasCltyLv i 6 30p 9 45p 4 12p| 3 o.m |Ar Mobile ..Lv 13 aBp 1- JOa
—— —— r -r- i-r - 8 30p| 7 40a lAr N. Orleans Lv 7 55a 7 45p
t Dally except Sunday. 5 00p| 5 20a||Lv Savannah Ar| 10 16a!12 10a
JSundays only. 1 45n|12 30p|[Ar.. Ttfton ...Lv 2 15a| 5 20p
"Through PullmlTn SleepTng' far Service 3 45ai 2 lOp l ) Ar.. Albany ..Lv 13 Olaj 345 p
to North, East and West, and to Florida I 5 20p |Ar < olUPibUi I.v 10 00a
PLANT STEAM SHIP LINE.
Mon . Thursday, Sat.. 11 00pml|Lv Port Tampa Arjj 330 pm. Tues. ftnirs.. Sun.
Tues., Frl.. Run., 300 pm|:ArKcy West I.v 11 00 pm. Mon., Wed., Sag
Tups.. Frl , Sun.. 9 00pm ]l,v Key West Ar, 10 00 pm. Mon., Wed,, Sat.
Wed., Ret., Mon., 600 om)|Ar Havana Lv|i**2 30 pm. Mon., Wed., Sat.
••Havana time.
J. H. Polhemue, tT P A ; E. A. Arman,l. City Ticket Apt.. IN* Soto Hotel. Phone 78
B. W. WRENN, Passenger Tra (Do Manuger, Savannah, Ga.
McDonough & ballantyne, .w’
Iron Founders, Machinists, JbJL
Uiackauiliha, Hellrriulheil, man,it* rtnrera of Stutlon- jWlj
•ry and Partakta Kaglura, Vertical and Top Kunalag -fV *
(ni MHtc | Sugar Mill na*d I' Shafting, Pulleys, eta. |
TELEPHONE NO. 123. **
their wages the following afternoon. The
play hud been Jumping high, ami it was
my deal. After dealing the first cards,
face clown, there was a little betting, and
this was continued until all live cards had
been given to each of the four players.
“Maj. Mott and Buckner were leading
in the betting and Whitfield was coming
in with raises on his own account. The
best I could show was a small pair, nnd
as Whitfield had three of n kind In evi
dence I simply dropped out. Of his cards
showing MeJ. Motts had two pairs, fives
and sevens, and we all noticed that I had
o pHlr of fives mveslf. a well as a seven
s|Ht. Buckner had four spades on the tu
ble, and from the way he had be**n betting
1 took it for granted that he had another
spade in the 'hole.' He made raise after
raise, and Maj. Mott came in every time
and better. Whitfield stuck for a while,
but it got too hot for his health, and he
fell out after having shoved a good chunk
of money Into the pot.
“The game wus left fo Mott and Buck
ner. Out of two hands ahowlng Mott hml
tin- better, for lie held two pair. There
was Just one chance, ho%vever, out of
thirty-two that In* had the last seven. The
rilfiing was quick and fast. Maj. Molt
got the landlord to fetch his satchel from
the hotel safe, and he opened this to
show a stack of big money. The money
was not the Major’s, hut belonged to one
of his clients, am! was the result of i
big property' transfer made that day. At
home, however, he had plenty of his own,
and ua he saw- tie had a sure tiling he
did not mind borrowing it for the game.
He shot out o ratee that ‘staggered Buck
ner for a moment, but the cutter of cros*
ties was wearing hin plunging clothes,
o he came back and me( It.
" ‘Both of us seem fo have money,’
said Buckner, ‘and we might as well
it, so 1 will Just raise you $6,000. I
haven’t the cash, but I have voucher
for the amount, given me by this gen
tleman, who can apeak for It* worth.’
" ‘The voucher Is os good as gold,’ T
said, ‘and will he paid to-morrow morn
ing when the train from this place
reaches there. But I think you gentle
men are overestimating the value of your
ha nds.’
“ 'Maybe we are,' chimed In Maj. Mod,
as he announced that he would accept
the voucher. ‘As this appears to he vouc
last ready money T will have fo call you.’
and lie dived Into his satchel to count off
the coin.
“ ‘I <!on’t think the bluffers are nil deal,
anyway,’ growk<l Buckner. ‘A mlghtv
fine chance you've got. I’m thinking, to
hold that other seven. It’s a32to 1 shot.’
“ 'Don’t worry yourself on my account,
my dear friend,’ said the lawyer kindly.
T think 1 am able to play nj>' own hand,
if age counts for anything.’
“By this time Mott had counted $6,000
from his satchel of bills, and he ehovc4f
it to the center of the table. ‘I call you,
Mr. Buckner.’ he said in a low’, meek
voice.
“*A big flueh here.’ said the Major.
'Here’s a full hand.’ and with that he
shoved over hie cards, showing a ev*r>
*l>ot In the hole, and raked In the pot.
“ 'Gosh!' said the landlord, who was
watching, as he tugged ut his neck wiin
out finding his collar.
"The result completely knocked out
Buckner. He was paralysed. He had
not looked for It. hilt he managed fo say
with a husky voice, 'lt’s good.’
“The game broke up after this. When
I went to the train Buckner wus there,
going up the road to get eome money, ho
said, hut I thought otherwise. By day
light It was noised about the town that
Buckner had been paid for the tie*, had
lost the money gambling and had skip
ped. leaving his hundred or more work
men behind without their pay. There
vas h howling time. The workmen had
heard from the landlord that Major Mott
hail won the money, and they talked
wildly of what they would k>. Hut the
Major got the crowd up to the hotel.
"'I was In a game with that man Buck
ner last night,’ he said, ‘and In a fair
game I won his money. But you will not
sufTer. Get your foreman to give me i
verified account of the money due and l
will pay every dollar.’
“This brought quiet. The foreman had
the list already in his pocket. It was
produced and the men were paid, about
$2,000 of his winnings going to settle their
claims.
“'After all. It’s not a had night's work,’
remarked the Major, 'and It would not he
fair to deprive these |>oor i>eople of their
money.' "
AN'BEE ED HI 91 SELT INTO WEALTH.
trrldonf Brought n Hartford Man to
a Rich Ancle's Notice.
From the Chicago Chronicle.
Hartford, Conn., July 3.—George Smith
was an everyday telephone man In Crom
well two months ago. His life had no
special feature till this spring, when he
swallowed a tack. He was putting up
a curtain pole and held some tacks in
hts mouth. As 111 luck would have i,
o he thought then, h 6 had to sneeze and
1 0$
R Y CO. J
Schedules Effective June 10, 1900.,
Trains arrive at and depart from .
Central Station, Woat Brood, foot of
Liberty street.
90th Meridian Time—One hour slower than
city time. i
Leave Arrive’*,
—Savannah: Savannah: /
jMaoon, Atlanta, Oovlng-j
•8 tarn (on, MlMedgevllle and tallj—6 OOptfl
IMlllen, Augusta and in-| I
t 8 46atn| termed late points. j| 00pm
I Augusta, Macon, Mont-1
Igomery, Atlanta, Athens,!
*9 OOpmjColumbus, Birmingham, I*6 00am
lAmoricua. Eufaula andl
jTroy. | j
|Tybeo Special from Au-|
jS 16ptn|gnsta Sunday only. (§lO 25am
tS 00pm| Dover Accommodation. jt7~ 48am
t 2 00pm| Guyton Dinner Trains ||4 Copra
•Dally, tExcept Sunday. iSunday only.
BETWEEN SAVANNAH AND TTBEE.
75th meridian or Savannah city time.
HEAVE bA VANN AH.
Week Days—6:oo a. m., 10:05 a. m., 3:35 pt
; m , 5 26 p. nr . 6.50 p. m., 8:85 p. m.
( Sunduya—7:4s u m, 10:06 a m.. 12:06 p.
m„ 3:35 p. m., 6:25 p. tn.. 6:50 p. m, 8:15
p. nv
I.EAVE TTBEE.
Week Days—6:oo a. m., 8:00 a. m., J1:1J
a tn., 6:15 p. in., 7:40 p. m„ 10:10 p. m.
Sundays—6:oo a. tn., 8:36 a. m., 11:10 a.
m, 1:00 p m., 6:50 p. m., 7:40 p. m., 10:13
P- m. _ ,
Con nee* lone made at terminal point*
with all trains Northwest. West and
Southwest.
Sleeping cars on night trains between
Savannah and Augusta, Macon, Atlanta
and Birmingham.
Parlor cars on day trnKns between Sa
vannah, Macon and Atlanta.
For complete Information, schedule*,
rates and apply to
W. G. BREWER, City Ticket and Pass
enger Agent. 107 Bull street.
W R. McINTYRE. Depot Ticket Agent.
J. C. HA I HE. General Passenger Agent.
E. H. HINTON. Traffic Manager.
THRO. D. KLINE, Gen. Superintendent,
Savannah, Ga.
as he sneezed one of the lacks dropped
down his oesophagus. He ran his finger
down his throat, stood on hts head and
became desperate tn Ills futile attempt*
to recover Hu tack. Then doctors were
called In.
After they had used all the means at
their command, including X-rays, they
sent Smith to New York, where he was
told the only thing he could do warn to
wait If the lack became encysted, all
right; If It began puncturing his Insides,
then they would cut down for it. Ap
parently It had lodged In the region of
the trachea. If It would slide down the
oesophagus it mlgh he removed by diges
tive process. There was little hope of
that till one night a big fire startled every
one in Cromwell. Smith ran, yelled and
pumpeo on engine with the rest. In the
midst of It he felt a peculiar sensation,
from which he was certain that the tack
was down. That was the first ray of
hope he had had since the accident.
As days went on. however, and the doc
tors gave no hope life became almost un
endurable. He rend the story of Job and
of others and kept up his courage. Then
one day last inoitth he received a letter.
It came from nn English lawyer and ask
ed If he was really George Smith whoso
ancestors once lived In London. There
are many George Smiths, hut after a lit
tle correspondence this one was able to
show that he was the man the lawyer
was after.
The lawyer was acting as agent for a
wealthy uncle of Smith, who had lost all
track of his relative Hnd had thought him
dead till he saw the tack-swallowing
story, which had been reprinted In the
liOndon papers. He had traced out many
a Oeorgc Smith previously, but could not
find the right one.
Word came soon afterward that the
uncle was dead and that he had left a
large part of his property to George
Smith of Cromwell. The lawyer sent for
the young man to come over at once, and
Georg* Smith railed Saturday, thankful
that he had swallowed a tack and thereby
become known round the world.
Finally, to complete his happiness, the
doctors say that. Inasmuch as he has had
no trouble since the night of the fire,
the; are confident that he need have no
further anxiety about the tack.
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