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16 FIRST EALE BROUGHT 12 CTS. SOLD FOR NEARLY TWICE LAST YEAR'S FIRST DALE, C. Slieamon the Bnyfr—Claaalflon tion Committee of Cotton Es rlimiK*' Reported tlie Cotton Dry and Well Ginned—Was Received by E. \. Cults From (ieorg;iu Cot ton Company nt Albany. The first hale of new cotton was receiv ed at the Cotton Exchange yesterday by Mr. E. A. Cutes from the Georgia Cotton Company of Albany. As is usually the case the new bale attracted general atten tion on the Bay. and was closely examined by cot ion men, many of whom took sam ples from it. Superintendent J. P. Merrihew mikes a good au tioneer once every yctr, and this year was no exception to the rule. After the bale had ben examined it was put un der the hammer. There were several bid ders. starting with a bid of ten cents. The bale was knocked down to Mr. C. A. Shearson at twelve cents. This was con sidered a good price. The first bale last year was received at the Cotton Exchange on the same date as this year’s. It was sold to LeHardy & Cos., at 7 cents u pound. The first bale for the season of IS9S-1899 was received by P. D. Daffln & Son, and brought 7 cents. The first bale for the season of 1897-1808 brought 10 cents at auction, middling be ing then quoted at 7 a i cents. The Classification Committee of the Cot ton Exchange reported that it found this year's bale to be of this season’s growth, and remarkably dry and well ginned for so early in the season. The bale weighed 359 pounds. It was left on exhibition at ihe Exchange. 1 ♦ i t LOCAL* PERSONAE. Miss Leslia Floyd has returned home from iS.vlvania. Mr. Dan Picard of Atlanta is the guest of the Pulaski. Mr. M. C. Talbot of Atlanta Is regis tered at the Pulaski. Miss Cleo Beard of Sylvanla is the guest of Miss Leslia Floyd. Mr. D. G. McAlister of Columbia is registered at the Pulaski. Dr. Richard Reach left to-day for a two week’s pleasure trip East. Mr. John W. Parker is making a busi ness trip through Alabama. Mrs. C. Kuck and Miss Martha Kuck are at Hendersonville, N. C. Mr. Cecil Gabbctt will Rave for New York to-day via ihe Southern. Mr. W. G. I*. Mills and sister of Lind sey arc the guests of the Pulaski. Mr. and Mrs. Marion \V. Harris of Ma con are the guests of the De Soto. Messrs. E. T. Riley and J. L. Riley of Atlanta are the guests of ihe De Soto. Mr. M. S. Corbe.tl of Macon was among the ariivals at th De Soto yesterday. Mr. W. A. Bisbee returned to the city yesterday after a visit to Jacksonville. Ml~s A. L. Smith and Miss Bessie Smith of Coidele are the guests of the De Soto. ; Mrs. J. E. Prather left to-day for an extended visit to friends in North Geor gia. Miss Julia Enright will leave soon for Macon where she w ill spend s veral weeks with friends. Miss Roberta Prather who has teen vis iting th* family of Mr. J. E. Prather has ie*urned home. Deputy Collector of Customs J. P. John son has returned from hie annual vaca tion at Griffin. Miss Mary Wylds of Augusta is spend- j ing a few weeks with her sister, Mrs. C. A. Fleming. Miss Josie Schell has returned to Macon, after a delightful week with her friends, the Misses Zink. Col. an 1 Mr.. A. R. Law’ton will be among ih passengers via the Southern to-day for New York. Mr. Moritz Hirsch, Mrs M. M. Hirsch and Miss Lilli? Hirsch of Columbus are the guests of tlie Pulaski. Miss Ammle Beckett leaves Friday next for Atlanta, where she will be the guest of Miss Edith Bradley. Miss Jpssie Kehy. a charming young lady of Charleston is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Morrison on Henry street. Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Player entertained their guest, Mr. L. D. Morrison, of New York, at Bannon Lodge on Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Stonewall J. Williams of Hoeky Ford were among the passengers of the Tallahassee yesterday for New York. Mr. and Mrs. H. D. Williams of 1310 West Broad street, have returned from a pleasant visit to their former home in Valdosta. Mrs. John Scarborough who has be<*n spending several w*eks in Savannah, ac companied by her daughters, Misses Stella and L ila have returned to her home in A meric us. Mrs. G. B. Whatley and Miss Bessie Whatley left by the Tallahassee yester day for New York. Miss Whatley goes to take a second summer course at itie New* York College of Music. Miss Minnie Schley Nichols and Mrs. Frank T. Nichols and children will leave via the P ant ?ys em to-night for Mor gan City, La, wrheie th y will be the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Davis. Miss Ammie Beckett planned a bicycle j party Friday evening in honor of her j guests. Miss Edith Bradley of Atlanta j and >nss Longsiaff of Saratoga, As the | rain prevented the ride, the guests en- 1 Joyed a watermelon cutting. Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer entertained a few friends Wednesday evening at their residence on Anderson street, east, eom plimetary to Mrs. J. E. Dow of Mont gomery. Ala. Music and singing W’ere the principal features of the evening. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. John Meyer, .Mr. and Mrs Ward J. Shiver?, Mrs. T. C. Madison, Mrs. J. F. Revels, Mieses Annie Meyer, Dora Meyer, Ban nah Revels, Clara Revels, Fannie Mad ison. Josie Madison, Mamie Beckett, Messrs. Matthew’s, H. Meyer, E. Bethel, A. Bethel. CITY UHEVITIGS. The retail clerks’ picnic at Tyhee was a success in every way. A large crowd went down to the island with the boys and the day was an enjoyable one to all. It was the first annual picnic of the new as sociation. It has enrolled upward of 100 rm-mbors and is becoming popular. Mr. Richard baughn la president of the asso ciation. a • j Tettersne In tlie Name of It If you have any skin disease such as eczema, salt rheum, ringworm, or tetter, nothing will cure you so quickly or thor oughly as Tetter.ne. It has cured thous onds and will cure vou. Numerous teall. menials f. r the asking. Accept no substi tute. J. T. Uhup'iltts, M&nuf r., Savan nah, (la., will tend yc.u a box postpaid for 60c. In stamps if your druggist doesn't keep It.—ad. —The Missing Word.—Dimley: The books are very helpful to children, in my opinion. Thnrpe: First steps to composition, so to speak? Dimley: Kactly; they leave out Import - nti! words for the children to supply, thus: “Father says u la hoi to-day."- Brooklyn Life. IN SOCIETY. Continued from Page Twelve. Fd th Lockhart, left yesterday for Indian Springs and Asheville. Miss Mayme*Payne has returned to home in Savannah, after a visit with Mrs. J. M. Fesperman. Miss Morrison of North Carolina, is visiting her si6ter, Mrs. George N. Mor ton. Miss Georgia Waldron and Mr. J. E. Bryant, who were married by Judge B. Sweat Sunday afternoon, are spending the honey moon at the home of the groom’s father, Mr. R. S. Bryant, near Traders’ Hill. Miss Mamie Strickland, who was ra.tr. rled Sunday to Mr. J. D. Strickland at Stillson, was well known, and very pop ular in this city, where she lived for some time. Solicitor General Bennett and family are enjoying an outing at St. Simon’s. Mrs. E. Eshe, after a pleasant visit with her sister, Mrs. J. R. Knight. las returned to her home in Jacksonville. After the big fish fry out on the -Satilla, near Jamestown Sat unlay, Mr. Brad James gave the young people a delight ful social party. Mrs. J. Weichselbaum has returned to her homo in Savannah, after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. C. Hohenstein. Mrs. Sallie Murphy of Eastman, is vis iting old friends in Waycross. Misses Bessie and Ora will spend n month at Asheville, N. C. Miss Lillie Weichselbaum has returned to Savannah. Mrs. E. M. Whiting came home last week from Fortson, but will probably return there in a few days to spend ihe remainder of the summer. Mr. J. D. Gould has returned from a visit of a week to Ash burn. He is 87 years of age. but is hale and hearty and bids fair to live years yet. Mrs. J. W. Ferris of Ocala, Fla., # is visit ing at the home, of Mr. T. H. Morton. Miss Lily Thigpen spent Tuesday in the city. Mrs. R. C. Hawkins of Thomasville was among the visitors to old friends and ac quaintances last week. Mrs. G. R. Moore and three children ;tvere in town with friends Tuesday. Mrs. Hofner was in Waycross last week from Evansville, Ind. Maj. R. P. Bird is improving and will soon be out. Miss Allie Hughes, who has been visit ing the Misses Folsom, rear the city, will return to her home in Liberty county. She will be accompanied by Miss Jeanette Fol som, who will spend some time in that county with relatives and friends. A party of prominent people from Ir winville were in Waycross Tuesday. They were J. B. Clements and wife. Marcus Luke, T. J. Luke, Miss Bessie Luke and Miss Kate Whiddon. Waycross’ military boys are in high glee over their encampment at Gaskin Spring the second week in August. The Rifles are the crack military company in South Georgia. Mr. and Mrs. Joel Lott expect to go to Gaskin Spring for a few days next week. Mr. and Mrs. C. M. Williams are among the Waycross people at Indian Spring. Waycross is pretty well represented at all the summer resorts and watering places. There have been forty to fifty at Indian Spring, probably that many at St. Simon, a number at Cumberland, quite a party nt White Sulphur Springs, and a good delegation at Asheville, N. C. Mrs. L E. Faison of Moultrie is expect ed this week to visit her mother. Mrs. W. R. Mallon anticipates a visit of some length to White Sulphur Springs. Mrs. J. H. Lalinaer and Mrs. Brinson have returned home from Hazlehurst. WILL PLAY JULIUS CAESAR. Colored Actors Appear at the The ater To-morrow ftlirht. "Julius Caesar” will be pulled oft at the Theater to-morrow night. The Sa vannah Dramatic Association, a colored organization, will put on the play, and the posters that advertise it announce that something very smooth in the Shakespe rean line may be expected. In language that, though a bit mysti fying. has all the empressment of three or-four syllabled words, the promise of a fine performance is given. Here is what the posters say: "This association is composed of some of the very best colored talent in the South along the dra matical line, with shining and costly cos tumes in compliance with parts assigned, togt<her with the qualification that the players possess In all the Arts of Trage dy, will distribute complacency to the most astute critic.” For several weeks the company has been engaged in rehearsal, and lusty voices have floated out from the old Ford's Theater in the enactment of the parts played in the great tragedy by Cas suis, Brutus and the rest. Such an am bitious undertaking Is unusual for col ored Thespians, but they seem to believe they can put up something very merito rious in the way of acting. After the success they expect to achieve to-morrow night, they will turn their attention to “Damon and Pythias," which they will also put on. "Othello” is also in the rep ertoire. Following is the cast: Casca J. H. Baldin Trebonius W. L. Jones Decius C. A Miles Soothsayer J. W. Roberts Uinna J. H. Hopkins Pindarusand Popilius A. W. Gibbs Metellus T. J. Hopkins I.uoius and Servius ..Master E. T. Lewis Beading Plebeians Gibbs and Bryan Flavius and Varro Alonzo Davis Julius Caesar and Titiniu? John F. Andrews Octavus Caesar J. F. Ixvvett Stark Antony G. M. Brown Cassius B. H. Godfrey Brutus R. x. Rutledge Caiphurnia Nellie Sheckeils r*ortin Anna B. Tweedy Soldiers, plebeians, attendants, etc. Sny Prosecution Ills Only Remedy. Savannah, July 2S, 1900—Editor Savan nah Morning News: The quotation in the Morning News of one of he jurymen in the Brooks case, tried In the Superior Court, this week to the effect that it was a crying shame that the prosecution had ever been brought. In view of the facts, does me a great Injustice. The facts of the case, as they really exist are that there was no partnership whatever between the defendant, E. B. Brooks, and his deceased brother, B. B. Brooks, in ref erence to tire dead man's general busi ness. This debt was contracted between Dr. Cowart and 1.. B. Brocks individual ly. The money order sent In payment of the same was sent in the name of B. B. Brooks individually. E. B. Brooks re ceived, signed B. B. Brooks' name and collected the money after B. B. Brooks was dead, and though often demanded ol hint, he has persistently refused to re turn the money to me, B. It. Brooks' ad ministrator. lam not familiar with the rules governing the admission of evi dence. The books of the business of 1., B. Brooks were ruled out of evidence by the court, and we were not permitted to introduce them. Whether the court was right or wrong. I cannot say, but I do know that if the books had been Intro duced they would have shown that E. B. Brooks never had any interest In the business of B. B. Brooks, about which this debt was contracted. This prosecution was not brought by me through any spite. As the defendant. T b llev and was insolvent, the only remedy I had for th widow and chi! Iren of the deetased was to bring a prosecution agu ihi him. Respectfully. C. M. Roberts, Administrator Est. of L. B. Brooke. THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY 29, 1900. THEATER SEASON NEARBY. I SAVANNAH THEATER WILL OPEN IN ADOPT THREE WEEKS. Manager Weis Says the Season Will He a Brilliant One—Some of the Largest Attraetlons on the Stuge Hooked for Savannah—Presiden tial Years Will Send Ylany’ Attrac tions South—A Few of the Ills: Stars That Will He Here. The fall theatrical season will open in .about three weeks. The opening play at the Savannah Theater will be on Aug. 24. The new manager, Mr. Fred A. Weis, is expected to arrive here in a few days, nnd will at once put the Theater in readiness for the season. There will be no changes, it is understood, in the Theater staff, the same employes as last year being retained. Manager Weis of the Greenw’ald Theatrical Circuit Com pany writes from New York that the coming season will be a brilliant one in Savannah in point of attractions. Some of the largest of the great stage attractions will be here. There will the season and until October the attrac tions will be mostly of a lighter class. The amusement managers are already sending out their prospectuses. One of the lead ing attractions booked for Savannah is Louis James and Kathryn Kidder in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and Modjeska in a revival of “King John.” Mr. James and Miss Kidder were seen here last year with Mr. Hanford in “A Winter’s Tale,” and gave one of the finest performances even seen in the theater. Wagenhals & Kemper, who will continue their manage ment of James and Kidder in ”A Midsum mer Night’s Dream,” will also direct a farewell tour of Modjeska. ‘‘King John” has not bet?n given on the American stage in many years, but was recently revived in London by Beerbohm Tree with great success. Modjeska will be seen as “Con stance,” a role she has much desired to play for many years. The “King John,” it Is promised, will be played by one of the best legitimate actors in this country, nnd the “Prince Arthur” by a distinguished woman. The version of “King John” to be used by Modjeska for this tour has been especially arranged for her by the distinguished Shakespearean scholar. Mr. William Winter, dramatic editor of the New York Tribune. The production will be on a par with (he revival of ‘‘The Winter’s Tale,” made for James and Kidder by Wagenhals & Kemper last season. As this will be Modjeska’s farewell tour, an effort will be made to make it memorable. A significant circumstance in onnecticn w.ih the.UMial speculation indulged in reference to the coming season, is the al most entire absence of allusion to the fact that ihis Is “presidential year.” Four years ago managers figured cn this event as quite a factor; this ysar it seems to have little or no influence on their plans. Managers who held back their attra t ons four years ago until after the election, are sending them out early this year. Klaw & Erlarger launch two of their strongest companies in September and October, Joseph Brooks sends out two new and untried stars in September and Frank McKee presents Mary Mannering as a star Oc*. 1, and Peter F. Dailey and the Agoust family in September. Theatrical managers are very weather-wise gentle men end do not figure superficially on events that are lik ly to affect their busi ness, the most susceptible of all to ex traneous influences. The fact that they seem to have thrown this presidential year out of their calculations is a point w’orthy of the consideration of the politic ians. THE WEATHER. Forecast for Sunday and Monday— Georgia: Local rains Sunday. .Monday partly cloudy; light to fresh northeasterly winds. Eastern Florida and Western Florida: Local rains Sunday and Monday; light to fresh southeasterly winds. South Carolina: Generally fair Sunday and Monday; light to fresh northeasterly winds. Yesterday’s Weather at Savannah- Maximum temperature 3 p. m.. 90 degrees Minimum temperature 5:30 a.m. 72 degrees M-an temperature 81 degrees Normal temperature 82 degrees Deficiency of temperature 1 degree Accumulated excess since July 1 7 degree-s Accumulated deficiency since Jan. 1 179 degrees Rainfall 06 inch Normal 21 inch Deficiency since July 1 3.76 inch Deficiency since Jan. 1 3.28 inches River Report—The hight of the Savan nah river at Augusta, at 8 a. m. (75th mer idian timt) yesteiday, was 10.6 fee , a rise of 2.7 feet during the preceding twenty feur hours. Cotton region bulletin, Savannah, Ga., , for the twenty-four hours ending at 8 a. m., 75th meridian time. July 28, 1900. Stations of jMax.j ~Mtn.|Kaiti Savannah district. ITcmlTem. 1 fIL •Alapaha, Ga.. cloudy | 91 | 69 | .70 Albany, cloudy | S9 | 73 |1.24 Americus, cloudy | 80 j 71 j .50 Bainbrklge, clear | 89 | 72 | T Eastman, cloudy | 97 | 70 | .50 Fort Gaines, cloudy | 90 | 73 | .77 •Gainesville, Fla., pt cldy. | 93 | 73 | .91 Millen, Ga.. threatening..; 98 | 70 |1.35 Quitman, clear | 91 j 69 | .30 Savannah, partly cloudy.; 91 | 72 | .10 Thomasville, cloudy | 89 j 72 | .53 Waycross, clear 96 | 71 .1! •Received too late for telegraphic means. Special Texas Rainfall Report—Beau mont, .01; Houston, .36; Lullng. .08; Temple, trace. Heavy Rains—Kingstree, S. C., 1.64; Florence. X. C., 1.88; Natchez, Miss., 2.00. | iDlst. Averages. |No. | 1 1 I Sta-!Mnx I Mln.|Ral Central Btationa. |tlons Tem.|Tero.| fall. Atlanta |'l2 | 82 | 71 | .20 Augusta | 10 | 86 j 7(1 | .10 Charleston | 6 j 90 | 72 | .58 Galveston | 28 j 90 | 72 | .02 Little Rock. j 12 j 88 j 68 | .00 Memphis | 15 | 81 j 72 | .10 Mobile | 6 ; 86 | 72 | .18 Mooegomery j 8 | 86 | 70 | .46 Net/ Orleans ! 14 j 86 j 72 j .34 Savannah | 12 j 92 j 71 | .58 Vicksburg | 11 | 86 | 70 | ,56 Wilmington | 10 | 82 j 70 | .26 Remarks.—Showers in all districts ex cept Little Rock; cooler over the Mont gomery, Wilmington, Atlanta and Au gusta districts. Observations taken at the same moment of time at nil stations, July 28, 1901, 8 p. m., 75th meridian time. Names of Stations. | T | *V ißaln. Norfolk, clear j 71 j 6 fax) HaUeras. partly cloudy 78 | 6 | .00 Wilmington, raining j 71 | 8 | .10 Charlotte, partly cloudy | 76 | L | .CO Raleigh, cloudy | 76 ; L | .00 Charleston, cloudy | 76 | L | .72 Atlanta, cloudy ; 71 | 8 | .30 Augusta, cloudy | 76 | L ( .08 Savannah, raining | 71 | 6 | .04 Jacksonville, cloudy ; 76 | 8 | ,u} Jupiter, clear | 78 j 6 | T Key West, partly cloudy [ 82 | 8 j .00 Tampa, cloudy | 76 | L | .22 Mobile, cloudy | 78 | L 36S Montgomery, cloudy | 76 | 6 .18 New Orleans, partly cldy 1 78 | I. j T Galveston, clear ] 82 | L j .00 Corpus Christl. cloudy ...| 84 | 14 | .00 Palestine, cloudy | 86 | L | .00 T. for temperature; V. for velocity, il. B. Bayer, Weather Bureau. —Charles J. Hum and his wife of Dc ttoit, have given to the University of Michigan a large tract of redwood timber land in California. TEMPTATIONS IN HOME DECORA TIONS. Fumed Oak In the Last Novelty nnd Most Attractive Article. New York, July 27.—Fumed oak with pewter trimmings is the newest thing in house decoration. Every woman who is doing over the bed rooms especially, finds it a desperate struggle to decide between the lovely furniture made of wood colored by a process of artificial staining and seasoning and the colonial mahogany. Both are equally good in s.yle. but the oak is less costly and exceedingly novel and good in its decorative effects while genuine old Georgian mahogany is getting to be as rare as rubies and pretty nearly as cosily. The situation, therefore, i? promising for the future of this new wooden bedroom furniture that is not only novel in its material and shape, but also in its decoration. Fumed oak is never carved, but inlaid instead, and so beautifully is it dyed, hardened and polished that it gives on i(s surface all the rich color and sheen and grain of the rarest natural woods known to the cabinet maker. It may bo had in glowing cedar red, teak browns, bamboo green, and pine yellow’ and what is yet more fascinating to the housekeeper of good taste is the excellent lines on w’hich it is made. The most severe Jaco bin and Empire forms have been adopted to this twentieth century departure in chair, table and bed making, and instead of the decoration laid upon the surface, as in the Napoleonic era, ebony and pew- NEW OUT-OF-DOOR FURNITURE. ter are mosaieed into the skin of the oak in classic and chaste patterns. Very lit tle brass is ever employed for ornamen tation, though for certain pieces made for the Princess of Wales, especially a settle carved in Norse patterns, the inlay work was all done in silver contrasted with the blackest teak. Over the seat of the settle was flung a very thin cushion covered with scarlet atolia, a goods very like the heaviest sat enn which is particularly recommended for use with fumed oak. Along with the introduction of this new wood have come some delightful scientific and artistic discoveries in the making of bedroom furniture. For instance, the treatment given, this oak in preparation renders it quite impervious to germs, and, therefore, it is to be as highly recom mended for beds as the hygienic iron. As a matter of fact, the fumed oak beds are built on iron frames with the admirable spiral spring mattress resting on corru gated copper wire foundations and then the head of the ariistic oak bed is not made tolidly of wood. Instead, a frame TSUPIiSI mmm Wakmobc tr Oak, TB-. - :—': “Tf aJt-A.t with ! ‘ 1 i Mi ’ M* NOVEL AND ART ISTIC FURNITURE. like that often put at the back of a washstand, springs up at the head of the couch and from this hangs a charming drapery of green or blue or tunic yellow Ruskin linen, heavily embroidered with a flight of birds or more attractively still, with the owner’s coat of arms. Over the bed, when dressed for the day, is then flung a counterpane of atolia or linen, matching in color the drapery at the bed’s head, and bearing in its tenter the arms embroidered again but in larger and more elaborate design. Even more of a departure from the or thodox is the very modern fume 1 oak dressing table which is often In ebony and polished bone inlaid in domino pat tern. provided with pewter handles an 1 an eight-sided pivoted mirror. The top of this type of dressing table is always cov ehed with a heavy sheet of proven glass on which hot curling tongs and drops of cologne have no effect, and beside every convenience for stowing all the dainty utensils of the toilet there are one or two secret drawers to which the mysterious and most precious agents for beauty can be confided in perfect security. The wash stand. quite unlike the common-place “lavabo,” as the French call it. is topped and backed with the most beautiful trans parent tiles of glass, emerald green when the oak is bamboo color, or ruby red lor cedar-dyed wood, and according to the new mode in furniture building, a ward robe or what is better described as a clothes cabinet, forms an important item in a fumed oak set. It is hardly more than a commonplace chiffonier, but provided with wings that serve especially as hanging receptacles for delicate dress waists. Down the ren ter of the bone and ebony inlaid pewter handled clothes cabinet runs a row of shallow, delightful bow fronted drawers for holding laces, end gloves, and hand kerchiefs, and fans, and things, while in the wings is hanging space for posses sions too delicate to swing among heavy skirts, or if shelves are wanted, it is per fectly easy to slip in a series of the very highest woven wire traps, that take up so HUle space that they' add nothing to the weight of the wardrobe and are ad mirable inventions for the simple con version of a press into a hanging closet iat a moment’s notice. The traps have locks on their edges along the wall of th** ! press and when the shelves are not in use they present no difficulties in storage. While the charms of this entirely mod ! ern discovery in cabinet making are rev olutionizing the fitting of bedrooms, there has come into existence a revival on I lawns of the use of complete sets of Dutch bowling green furniture. A set of seven remarkable nnd attractive pieces is necessary, according to the newest no tion, for adequately fitting a garden. These pieces consist of low benches, gar t den foot stools, dos-a-dos seats and tea tables, and if you possess a lovely gar den or a fine lawn they mut be distrib uted under arbors and trees or beside fountains, in order to give the out of doors a thoroughly habited and inviting expression. Most of this furniture is made of cy press or locust wood, and is soaked in a chemical preparation to make it impervi ous to dews and rair.s, and then painted an agreeable green. These ponderous benches are always arranged in groups of three to form a half circle about a tea table and secure a sociable effect, and de nim cushions and a straining kettle do ; the rest to produce an al fresco air. In ■ the days of Dutch King William they first | introduced this ponderous open-air furni ture into England, along with Dutch gar dens and to-day, for the American ns well as the English garden, the stout : seats and tables have been revived and introduced on a croquet lawn or near a tennis court. The result striven for is that produced two centuries ago in Eu ropean back lawns, when the men col lected on the half circle of benches, drank their ale and watched the progress of a game of bowling on the green. Fanny Enders. HOW TO UNDERSTAND HORSES. Horae Sense la it Donltle-E-dged Phrase. You can never even begin to understand horses until you have watched them at grass throughout long summer days. The understanding is more perfect if the watching begins early—say when the foal is trotting after his sleek full-uddered dam, going all the gaits, though he may be no more than a week old, nipping grass daintily, or nuzzling in the feed-trough on the ground, making a pretense of eating grain the same as his mother. It is only a pretense until the saucy fellow is a month old. He is foaled with teeth, but does not for a w hile learn the use of them. Men are said to wear their souls in the pineal gland! if they have souls, no doubt locate them in the upper lips. It is a wonderfully efficient lip, soft as velvet to the touch and sensitive to the least inequality. A horse sweeps the manger with it almost the instant he be gins feeding, and if it touches upon knots or splinters, keeps ware of them after ward. Before wallowing, even the dullest horse puts down his head until the upper hp touches the ground, and turns slowly round and round, feeling thus ail the space upon which he means to fling him self down and roll with all his force. If he finds sharp stones, or stubs, or sticks, he lifts his head and goes in search of an other place. The lip also tells him when the ground is mellow enough to make wal lowing a supreme pleasure. Though horses wallow in wet weather, sometimes coming up coated with mud, they do it ap parently from a sense of duty, with none of the abandon they display, tossing and tumbling upon light, sun-warm earth. Often, indeed, they jump from pasture into plow land solely for a wallow exact ly to their minds. The wherefore of wal lowing is still a mystery. It belongs in the category of involuntary motions, along with stretching and yawning. 1 1 Ali ens orcrtulity to hear how far a horse will thrust h s lip through an open ing to reach and bring in a coveted tit bit. Thus he gets apples lying just inside a fence, first pawing a hole in th© earth upon his side, then half kneeling to reach under hit substitute for fingers. Thus, too, ho brings to mouth lush grass ttpring ing up beneath the net of a dead brier clump. A thrust of the lip also flips up a gate latch, when he wishes to go through, ns many thrusts. Jarring up and down, work loose the pin that fastens his btall door. Draw bars he learns to take down with his teeth, catching the bar fast and shak ing his head sidewise until one end is Jig gled from the socket. Sometimes, if ex perience has taught him that a gate is weak in either latch or hinges, he runs violently against it. bears it down, and is ofT. Horses in herd have spells when Jumping out or in is a necessity. They may be full fed, have shade and water, everything Indeed to satisfy a reasonable animal, not to say a well bred one, yet out they go. Where there is a big range NOTHING LIKE IT! There is nothing on earth to equal “Infants’ Friend Powder.” Where it has been tried it ha< taken the place of all other preparations for the face, prickly heat, and a thousand and one uses to which ladies put it. The baby needs nothing else Try nothing else for it. READ THE FOLLOWING TESTIMONIALS Rowllnskl, Pharmacist, Broughton and Drayton Sts., Savannah, Ga. July 6, 1300. Columbia Drug Cos., Savannah, Ga.: Dear Sirs—Please send me half gross Infants' Friend Powder. I have sold It for some years and It has been a good seller—give satisfaction: package unique, and from personal use I can recommend It highly for chafing and prickly heat. Yours truly, ROET. A. ROWLINSKI. This Is unsolicited. Ribbon, the latest, best and cheapest. All-silk, heavy satin and taffeta, assort ed colors. Write for samp’es and prices. No. 1 Baby Ribbons, lc yd., 48c spool. No. 2 Ribbons, %-in., yd.. 20c bolt. No. 4 Ribbons, s 4 -in., 5c yd., 38c bolt. No. 5 Ribbons. 1-in., 5c yd., 45c bolt. No. 7 Ribbons, l'i-in., 5c yd., 30c bolt. No. 9 Ribbons, lVi-in., Sc yd., 75 bolt. No. 12 Ribbons. -2in., 10c yd., 90c bolt. No. 16 Ribbons, 2Vi-in., 12'ic yd., sl.lO bolt. No. 22 Ribbons, 2-4-In.. 150 yd., $1.35 bolt. No. 40 Ribbons, 3:4 -in., 17’ic yd., $1.60 bolt. No. SO Ribbons. 4-in., 20c yd.. SI.SS bolt. No. 100 Ribbons, 5-in., 25c yd., $2.25 bolt. All above run ten yards to bolt. We mail ribbons free all over United States. EDUCATIONAL. Wesleyan Female College, Macon, Ga. Oldest college for women in the world. j ts graduates are everywhere. A diplo ma from it is high honor. Highest curri cu ium for young ladies In this section of the South. Elective and special courses. Every member of the faculty a specialist In his department. 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Rooms reserved for those who apply first. Fall term begins Sept. 12, 1900. For catalogue, rates, etc., apply to J. W. ROBERTS, D.D., President, Macon, Ga. ]Smor\> dolleoe—s^- ® Forty miles east of Atlanta. Situation high and healthy. No liquors sold in county. Intercollegiate games pro hibited. Full college courses offered leading to A. B, B. Ph . and H. S. Degrees. Entire necessary expenses with in S2OO 03rd annual session begins Sept. 19, 1900. For catalogue and full information, address (X. £. Bowman, preatOent. Elizabeth College, Charlotte, N- C. High grade college for women. Experienced teachers from noted foreign and American universities and conservatories. FINEST MUSIC AND ART CONSER VATORIES IN THE SOBTTH. Fire-proof building. Healthfully located. 30 acres beautiful campus, on the hights one-half mile from the city. Catalogue free. Ad dress CHARLES B. KING. President. 11l 1 O lllliOTnEil O T SIUS In \/ 36 North A venue, Atla n ta. Ga.-School for Girls WANhlrlh till .\rm K AnT Twenty three teachers, graduates of Wellesley II nO It III U I Ull OLllill'lMll I Harvard Handolph-Macon and Baltimore Womans College. Primaiy. Aeailemtc, Music. Art, Elocution and Business courses. Small (lasses. In dividual T vork. New building. Home life. Pupils enter Vassar. Wellesley and Handolph Ma con on certificate* Next session begins Sept. 0. For illustrated catalogue address Mrs. W. T. CHANDLER. Principal. LLEWELLYN D. SCOTT, Associate Prlncipa. that is to say, wide commons—they often run for ten miles as hard as they can leg: it, then come trotting back in the most in nocent fashion to their own proper quar ters. It is not only blood horses that race among themselves, free of girth or rein. When a storm threatens horses of every sort grow so full of running needs must they race and jump. Then in a wide pas ture you may see sights such as no course can offer. In every herd there is a leader, usually a mare, and oftenerthan not a bar ren one. As the cloud mounts and the air grows thick and lifeless, she stops grazing, turns her nose to the wind, snorts, then falls again to feeding, but only for a minute. Her snort was a sort of bugle call. The rest answers it, some with low whinnies. She whinnies back, flings up her head and starts off in n trot, looking over her shoulder to see if she is followed. The rest come streaming after —she breaks into a sweeping run. Round, round, faster, the herd follows. It is a race for blood, where the best horse al ways wins. Generally it i* not the leader. She may even be distanced in the second round or the third. Sometimes the pasture's circuit is made twenty times before stopping. The best horse gains sometimes a whole round upon his mates. It is he who ends the heat. When he has had enough he slacks up. turns sidewise, lifts his head and tail and whlnnys shrill triumph. But the tri umph never goes to his head. After it he is submissive as ever, coming or go ing, jumping out or staying meekly at home, quite as the lead mare ordains. Until foals are a week old, they are not safe in the company of grown-up horses. Barren mares especially will at tack the little creatures, biting, kicking and trampling them to death. That is not Infallibly the case, but there is al ways a chance of it, hence horse breeders are careful to keep brood mares away from other stock. It is most unusual for brood mares to harm colt, either their own or their neighbors*. But cases have been known of mares still wdth foal at tempting to steal colts dropped in their pasture. In size hardly any other domestic ani mals is so diverse as the horse. The av erage weight of a standard Percheron is near 2,000 pounds; a Shetland, on the other’ hand, may weigh less than 2(b). But ani mals cross bred between the diverse races are true horses, not hybrids, such as re sult from the interbreeding of Asiatic and South African asses. Thoroughbred stock all traces back to Arabia, Percherons to the barbs left behind by the Moors whom Charlemagne overthrew in battle. Only the Percheron bulk could have carried the weight of knlghls in armor. But it is demonstrab e that.weight for weight, the thoroughbred is stronger, both in hone and muscle, than his big, handsome feather-legged compeer. A thoroughbred has bone something be tween ivory and flint for hard, eompact nfss. Percheron bone Is soft and spongy. The big beasts pull great loads over smooth roads, but in mud soon become leg-weary. A blood cross, otherwise a thoroughbred one, gives staying power— endurance—to any sort of stock, and very often symmetry as well. Pure blood is pro-potent—that is to say, it impresses it self consistently upon offspring. By The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga. Woman’s Department. Mrs. Wm. King, Editor. 4SO Courtland avenue Atlanta. Ga.. April 26, Doo’ Columbia Drug Cos.. Savannah. Ga Gentlemen—lt gives me pleasure to heartily recommend Infants' Friend Powder, and to give to you a slngu iar little coincident connected with”it During the Cotton States and In ternational Exposition I was presen ted with a little box of this powder and was eo pleased with it that i was exceedingly anxious to get more but on looking at the box I found nothing but Savannah, Ga , no other address. I have often wished I knew where to get It. This morning's mail brought your circular with en closed sample I Immediately re ferred to my box, and found it was the Infants' Friend Powder. it | 8 without doubt the best powder I have ever used. Respectfully. MRS. WM. KING. Wheeler & Wilson No. 9 Ball-Bearing Sewing: Machine, guaranteed to be the lightest and fastest running, easiest and less trouble with threading and filling the bobbin, and can do more work in a day than any other sewing machine made, at prices never heard of before. Listen: We will give you a $55, $69 and s6*s Wheeler & Wilson Sewing Machine a$ S3O, $35 and S4O for next 30 days. This is a saving of $25 on each machine. Don’t fail to call and see those ma chines at 14 East Broughton street. thoroughbred blood one means always running blood. Trotters are in a class apart. They have been developed by Ju- * dicious admixture of running blood, with common road stock, and fixed and per petuated by careful breeding for trotting conformation from trotting stock, with still more crosses of running blood. The young horse, kind and prankish, '* the very best play fellow in the world. At leasi one solitary child found it so. The child was a sad tom boy. Her black mammy said, indeed, “she wouldn’t neb ber git mar’ied—nebber in dis worl’—wid out she took’n stopped de boy-walk, an’ hoy-ways she had.” But the tom hoy did not very greatly mind anyth ng so long as she had Princess—and time to frolic with her. Princess, was three years old, a blood bay with black points, gentle as a dog, full of frolic as a kitten. She pas tured all summer in a big old field, hut her mistress was hardly over the fence of it befere she came prancing and whic kering to meet her. Th n when the two of them had pew-wowed, wHen the sugar or apples had been eaton and the salt basket hung in a high sapling. Princess stretch (d herself tili her back was low enough for her playmato to leap upon it, then went career.rg off, with her head high, her tail likewise, rranclrg a li tie as she ran, and giving the bast small sidewii* jumps. Sometimes she ran thrice around •he field, sometimes it was half a doz p n times. No matter how many, the rider r> ver got down. Beirg thrown was the very b f st part of the fun. Princess did with the nicest care and fe ling it nv,s * wi h her nose as though she herself mean to wallow'. Commonly she chose a place slightly sloping, where the grass wa thick and short. Once satisfied with she put her head down, kicked up her hind fe t, gently but decisively, and sent her rider over her head, then stood look ing at her, wagging the head up a down, and flipping a derisive lip But on e when in pay the little grl lay iner . with ou;sir tch* and, motio^l© 5 * arms mr two or three minutes. Princess caugn the shoulder of h r frock gently, until *h opened her eyes, sat up and laughed AH this before the mare had ever been bitted She had b>en raided a pet. being orphan and at little more ihan a monin old. But when It camo to regular break ing she and and not belie experience, which is that a pd colt is the hardesi thing the world to break properly. The reason possibly is they hi\e been so indulge they can hardly be made to believe t breaker moans w'hai he says. —Question of the scarcity of fuel in Rus sia has long occupied the attention of Russian scientists. Coal is found only In small quantities, while wood Is by t>° means sufficiently abundant to warrant e - tensive consumption. It is proposed surmount the difficulty by turning enormous quantities of peat to accoun • In many districts the turf comprises a most the staple fuel. Its calorific power said to be double that of wood. The tun is compressed into small briqueites' ab sent to the market. It is estimated t the cost of manufacturing the turf lov commercial purposes Is about $6 per o’ l * which compare* favorably with the P r c of coal.