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THE WEATHER.
Forecast for Monday and Tuesday:
Georgia and South Carolina—Local
rains Monday. Tuesday, fair in -western,
local rains in eastern portions; light to
fresh southerly winds.
Eastern Florid**—Local rains in north
ern, fair in southern portion Monday
Tuesday, generally fair; light to fresh
southeasterly winds.
Western Florida—Local rains Monday.
Tuesday, generally fair; light to freoh
southwesterly winds.
Yesterday's Weather at Savannah-
Maximum temperature 3:30 p.m,.90 degrees
Minimum temperature 5:30 p. m.. 70 degrees
Mean temperature SO degrees
Normal temperature 82 degrees
Peflciency of temperature 2 degrees
Accumulated excess since July
1 5 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. 1 181 degrees
Rainfall 2 inch
Normal 21 inch
peflciency since July 1 3.35 Inches
peflciency since Jan. 1 2.87 inches
River Report—The hight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta at 8 a. m. t7sth me
ridian time) yesterday was 11.0 feet, a
rise of 0.4 foot during the preceding twen
ty-four hours.
Observations taken at the same moment
of time at all stations, July 29, 1900, 8 p.
m., 75th meridian time:
Names of Stations. | T j *V |Raln.
Boston, clear | 73 | 14 | .00
New York city, clear ...j 74 | 20 | .00
Philadelphia, pt. cloudy.| 76 j 8 j .00
Washington city, cloudy, j 76 6 j .00
Norfolk, clear | 76 j 6 | .00
Hatteras, clear j 78 | 10 | .00
Wilmington, cloudy | 76 |Calm| .20
Charlotte, raining | 76 | L | T
Raleigh, pt. cloudy | 76 | L | T
Charleston, cloudy | 78 | 8 | .03
Atlanta, pt. cloudy j 78 | L |I.9S
Augusta, raining j 76 | L | .02
Savannah, cloudy | 72 ] 8 | .60
Jacksonville, raining | 72 | L | .28
Jupiter, clear | 82 | 6 | .00
Key West, clear | 82 | 8 | .00
Tampa, pt. cloudy | 82 | L j .00
Mobile, pt. cloudy j 82 j 6 | .26
Montgomery, pt. cloudy/| 82 [ 6 j .00
Vicksburg, cloudy | 78 | L | .02
New Orleans, pt. cloudy. | 82 j 6 j T
Galveston, clear | 82 | L j .01
Corpus Christ!, clear ...j 82 | 14 | T
Palestine, clear j 76 j L j .14
Memphis, cloudy | 80 | 8 j .10
Cincinnati, pt. cloudy ...| 76 | L j .40
Pittsburg, raining | 76 ] 10 j .01
Buffalo, raining j 74 j 42 | .01
Petroit, raining | 80 | S | .06
Chicago, clear j 74 | L | .0)
Marquette, clear | 68 j L | .00
St. Paul, clear j 78 [ 6 | .09
Davenport, clear | 80 | L | .00
St. Louis, clear | 82 | 10 | .00
Kansas City, clear | 82 | 6 j .00
Oklahoma, clear | 86 j L | .00
Dodge City, clear j 80 L j .00
North Platte, clear j 82 | 6 | .00
T. for temperature; V. for velocity.
H. B. Boyer. Weather Bureau.
NOT FROM A CENTRAL SLEEPER.
Mr. Halle Soys Central Is >'ot to
llla ine for F.vlrtion of Mrs. Miller.
Mr. J. D. Haile says that the action for
damages brought by Mrs. J. D. Miller of
Mclntosh. Fla., against the Central of
Georgia Railway Company, of which he is
the general passenger agent, is not found
ed on any facts that would justify a re
covery against the Central.
“The sleeping car from which Mr?. Mil
ler was ejected, if she was ejected from
any, was not one cf those owned and op
erated by the Central on its regular
trains,” said Mr. Haile. “She boarded in
Atlanta a Pullman car which fan from
Nashville to Jacksonville, and which was
being hauled on the Central train only
from Atlanta to Macon. If there was an
ejectment or any improper treatment, it
must have been at the hands of the Pull
man people. I beg leave to state posi
tively and upon authority that there was
no ejection from a Central Railway
deeper, and that there was no improper
treatment by any of the employes of the
Central of Georgia Railway Company.”
There is. of course, an issue of fact be
tween Mrs. Miller and her attorneys,
Rosser & Carter, of Atlanta, and the offi
cials of the Central. She is suing the
Central of Georgia Railway, and not the
Pullman Palace Car Company for dam
ages. though it was a Pullman sleeper,
and she claims to have been rudely and
discourteously treated by the employes or
an employe of the former. What the
actual facts in the cose are and whether
the- plaintiff or the defendant is in the
right, the Morning News cannot under
take fo say. The story of the plaintiff’s
side of the controversy is taken from the
petition filed by her counsel in the office
of the clerk of the United States Circuit
Court; Mr. Halle gives the contention of
the Central. The trial of the case wi.'l
decide which is in the right.
Railway tickets do not contain a con
tract to stop the train and recover any
property that a passenger may have drop
ped overboard, but Q?e Burlington people
seem to be nearly accommodating enough
to do this. Recently a pocket book con
taining $109.25, a gold ring, four rubies
and other valuables, was lost by a pas
senger on the Saint Louis-Portlaml Ex
press. Just where was not known, and
the train was advancing fifty miles an
hour. From the first ©top the lose* was
wired to Supt. Phelan at Alliance, Neb.,
who immediately sent out a searching
party. The pocketbook and jewels were
found near the track, three miles from
Whitman, and were returned to the sur
prised owner the next day.
A law' went Into effect in Virginia on
July 1, requiring railroads to furnish
separate cars for white and colored pas
sengers on local trains. An effort is be
ing made to have the provision applied
as well to through fast trains and to s a
tion waiting rooms.
A Colorado road will discontinue the
name "brakeman” on irs passenger train?,
for the reason that the braking is now
done by air instead of muscle, and sub
stitute the title “first assistant conductor.'
"second assistant conductor,” and so on.
W’hile f>62 persons in the United State
*rere killed by lightning last year, only
239 passengers were killed in railway ac
cidents. “As likely as being struck by
lightning” should be superseded by “as
likely as being killed on the cars.” re
marked the Railway Age, when compar
ison with an improbability is desired.
Increased traffic and deceased rates Is
Mill the annual showing of the railways
In the United States. The last figures of
*be Interstate Commerce Commission re
port an Increase In comparison with the
preceding year of 22,109,827 passengers and
*0.757,276 tons of freight carried. But the
average earnings |>er passenger per mile
w *re only 1.925 cen, against 1.973 ient the
year before, and the freight
revenue was but .724 cent per
ton per mile, compared with .753 cent In
•he previous year. No other country be
gins to show transportation rates so low.
The Central Railroad has stopped car
rying passengers on its freight trains in
( Borgia. For several years the company
permitted passengers holding mileage
***** to travel on freight trains, provided
,h *V signed an agreement releasing the
fotppany from any liability for personal
injury or loss of baggage. The privilege
riding on the train was Important to
traveling salesmen. Some time ago a pass
*ng*r was Injured on a Central freight
,r aln He claimed that his Injuries re
julterl from the Jerking of the train and
recovered damages. The Supreme
1 n urt sustained the decision of the lower
Co,J rt. which held that the release con
tract between the passenger and the com
pany was invalid.
A W ORD ABOUT THE SPHI3XE9
Aud Some Verses That May Meet
Public Approval.
Editor Savannah Morning News: I am
somewhat of an interloper here, but, hav
ing chosen Savannah as my future home,
would like to see everything work well
here—as though “on golden hinges turn
ing,” as my friend John Milton says.
The sphinxes have, of late, been the
subject of much dispute. I have traveled,
perhaps, over more than 50.C0J miles in
the last thirty years, both in this country
nnd abroad, and, according to my taste
(although I may err—who does not, some
times?) I think I have never seen great
er monstrosities than these same pigmy
sphinxes. \V hy should they not We put
out of sight?
Mhn I was but a boy, in my then old
home. Charleston, S. C . I well recollect
when the bodies of Bartow and Bee were
bing in state in the ci.y hall. Like all
bo\s 1 wanted to see all that went on,
and I shall never forget that sight and
the impression that it made on me.
It has been suggested that the monu
ments of Bartow and McLaws be erected
In some suitable place. Why not remove
the objectionable sphinxes and place the
monuments there? Everyone who visits
the perk would see them, which would
not be the case if they were placed in
the Park Extension, for not every visitor
to Savannah goes that far. Facing each
oth*r. these heroes of the lost cause, al
beit in effigy, might be considered as hav
ing found in Forsyth Park their “Fame's
eternal camping ground,” and teach a les
son to future generations of valor and
virtue, and give food for thought to all
the youth of our land who might pass that
wa Y* Hugo Knott.
Savannah, Ga., July 26.
The Riddle of the Sphinx.
I had a dream and, in that dream, me
thinks;
I Faw a monstrous something called a
sphinx—
A r-or.defcript, sprung from distorted
thought.
Which only by mankind could have been
wrought.
For the Creator ne’er produced a thing
Like it in all Hie grand Imagining.
It seemed I strayed in a cool place
yclept.
The Forsyth Park—a pre ty spot, that’s
kept
For r< Creation—often sought by those
Who find themselves entangled in the
throes
Of strange sensations, which come to us
all
Sometime in life, and hold us In a thrall.
It was not when the day was at its hight
That first appeared the monster to my
sirrht.
But at the pleasant hour that is called
eve.
That I the first impress on did receive,
Of the disgusting aspect of the thing.
(Which represents nor beast nor human
being).
Sprinkled all over with electric light.
Which dashed upon it all its rays so
bright:
I stood and gazed upon it for awhile.
And could not curb the impulse of a smile.
To think (hat such a gross monstrosity
Within the human thought could ever lie:
Bur so it was, for there the thing appeared
Full to the view, looking quite freshly
smeared
With that new hue for animals—dark
green,
(For 'tis now in (his unique cdlor seen)
Bearing a woman’s face, that’s coarse and
bold.
And with a pair of wanton 1 paps unrolled
To all (he public’s gaze, which doth offend
Dally the sight, and surely can but tend
To thoughts disgusting to a taste refined—
Great heavens! a woman’s and beast's
form combined!
One half a woman—t’other half a bru(e!
A combination that can scarcely suit
To be an educator, or impart
One thought to cultivate a taste for art!
O powers that be. spare ihe comparison!
For ’tis a thought one would not dwell
upon!
There is a gentleman now’ living here.
One tv ho moves in an enviable sphere,
Possessed of talents, cultured and re
fined.
And quite aesthetic in his mould of mind,
From whom, but very recently, I had
The pleasure of hearing a Jeremiad
About this celebrated monster, and
For which I’d like to warmly shake his
hand,
And tell him that he said what w r as quite
true.
For many of hers, and I, thing so. too;
For ’tis not elevating, in the least.
To feast the eye on woman blent w’kh
beast.
But rather tends to lower and debase.
Instead of elevating thought and taste.
Savannah is no* Thebes. On Egypt’s
plain
Forever let the montrous sphinx remain;
But, city fathers, earnestly, I pray
You, take this nasty, pigmy thing away;
That ye no longer pig-headed will be;
Hear my petition, sirs, for, if not, see
If ever I will vote for you again—
So let my prayer to you be not in vain!
O for an Oedipus! to make a call
Ui>on ihe Sphinx, and see her (or him?)
fall.
As before Thebes’ gate 4he monster fell
When there came one who could her rid
dle tell. \
—Hugo Knott.
Savannah, Ga., July, 1900.
A QI EEIt C RY FROM FLORIDA.
Northern “ I nvn tiers’* of Ynrlon*
Sorts mill of Very Little Profit.
From the Jacksonville (Fla.) Times-lJnion.
An old Florida farmer gave a new
comer the following shrewd bit of advice:
"We raise two kinds of corn in Florida;
one kind is ('ailed Merchant’s corn, worth
80 cents to $1 n bushel; the other is call
ed Farmer’s corn, worth 60 to 75 cents a
bushel. I advise you always to plant
Merchant’s corn.”
An important difference between the*e
two varieties of corn not remarked ui>on
by the old farmer, is (hat one variety
is raised with cotton seed and the other
with cotton money. The latter kind, very
naturally, tastes of money; therefore it
makes better corn bread.
It has been computed by a distinguish
ed scientist that a four-year-old Florida
steer travels 18.000 miles In quest of his
feed before he is finally brought to the
block. This, of course, Imparts length
nnd strength to his muscular fibre; and
jumping over so many logs In the course
of four years tie? knots In it. makes it
tough# The Northern steer is raised in
a narrow’ field, spends his life in inaction,
principally in eating, finishes It in a
cramped stall, and is finally wedged Into
,i refrigerator or a ©till smaller tin can.
which makes his flesh short, thick, and
tender. His car(*as? sells in Jacksonville
for 10 cents n pound, the range steers
for 6>2 or 7. The principal difference be
tween* the two breeds, you perceive, Is
that one does the most of his traveling
while he is alive, the other after he s
dead. Florida farmers ought to raise the
breed that travels after U is dead. The
greatest objection to this breed is th*4f
the ow r ner has to get up in he morning
and feed them corn and timothy, ond
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the Sp
Signature of
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY, JULY 30, 1000.
again at noon, and once more at night, j
and batten the cracks in the stable, and
feed them cracked ice, especially after
they are in the refrigerator; while the
other breed will feed themselves wire
grass and Spanish moss while the owr.tr
etls in the shade.
Another invader of the sacred soil of
Florida is the universal Yankee consump
tive, but this breed, fortunately, we do
r.ot raise in Florida; hence we do not
"plant” him—well, hardly ever—but we
cultivate him; we “do" him. we harvet-t
and we cure him and send him on his way
rejoicing. Said a noted dealer in orano
nursery stock. “Before the war I sold
slaves; after the war I sold Yankees.”
Well, is it quite so certain as to who ww
sold? The “sick Yankee” comes down
here, erects his hotel, and conducts it
with his hired help, and when the Flor
ida farmer calls to visit him he invites
him in and feasts him on Northern cei
ery—an article which the Florida farmer
wanted to sell him, but could not because
he had not enough to make a dinner.
He sells the Northern invalid orange
trees and fertilizers; perhaps no oranges
result, and the Northerner feels that he
has been sold. Presently the Flori la farm
er ship? some produce to the North, and
when it arrives the startling discovery is
made (hat the railroatl companies and
commission men raised it and It belongs
to them. It was not the right variety of
produce. The right kind of stuff is raised
in gilt-edged crates and the leaves ate
made of greenbacks. The railroad compa
nies do not raise that kind of produce, it
has to be manured with brains, not with
fishplates. When the Northerner ships po
tatoes and cahhages down here, they are
of the right variety. We have to pay
good money for them before we get them.
As remarked - above, Florida does not
raise consumptives, so there is only one
variety, the Northern. Bur we do raise
tourists, and the variety is different from
that of the North. The Northern variety
migrate in the winter and they purchase
chiefly climate; the Florida variety mi
grate in the summer, and they purchase
a little climate, hut a vast deal of fash
ion, besides wardrobes, carpets, furniture,
etc.
Florida grows hickory as well as Indi
ana. but it does not seem to be of the
right variety for the manufacture of wag
on spokes. If the trees are cut and shipped
up North, however, and the lumber is rasp
ed with silver and sandpapered with
greenbacks, they make excellent w’agon
wheels, which Florida farmers greatly ad
mire and purchase. The trouble is with
Florida hickories cut to be manufactured
here, they are not felled .In the right
“sign of the moon.” And the, sign is never
right, because in the summer it is too not,
and in the winter the people have a crop
of Florida’s money-bringers to look after.
Among the latest Northern Invaders of
Florida and the most unwelcome of all
are the rot and the curcullo in our peaches
and the blight in our pears. Where once
these fruits grew’ in primitive purity and
w’Jthout blemish, they are now polluted
with these vile intruders, fo that only the
utmost vigilance on the part of the grow
ers. w'ith spray and Insecticide, can save
our crops In decent condition.
In the face of the apparent heavy bal
ance of trade against Florida—everything
invading the state in quest of our ready
money—it is some consolation to reflect
that Florida must have the money, or
these invaders would not be so persistently
coming after it. As the farmer said,
after he had been swindled out of his
year’s crop of cotton 'by the bunko men, “I
made my money before I lost it. I can do
it again.”
WHY HE DOES NOT WRITE.
Fond Husband Is Willing, bat Is
Forced to Hold His Hand.
From the Baltimore Sun.
“Liberal reward to any one who will fell
me the name of the place w’here my fam
ily is spending the summer,” is about the
substance of on advertisement which a
certain gemleman of this city is thinking
of inserting in the Sun.
The Chinese situation or the national
election are just at present givinig him
much less concern than the whereabouts
of his charming family. Strange as it
may’ seein, the family know nothing of
be predicament of its head and would re
lieve it at once if it did. In fact, he is
in receipt of letters from his w’ife almost
daily and she is worried because the let
ters are not answered. This peculiar
state of affairs came about in this wise;
Mr. P was informed some days ago
by his wife that she had arranged <o
spend some weeks nt a country place and
in due time, with the children, she start
ed, leaving admonitions to write daily.
That evening, w’hen the husband and
father had written the “daily loiter,” he
discovered he had entirely forgotten the
name of the postoffice at which his better
half w’as to receive his letters. He ran
sacked his memory’, but all to no pur
pose.
He remembered Pekin, Tien Tsin, Che
fu, and even Pcxgeiters’ Drift, but the
name of that summer resort—it had gone
entirely. Never mind, he would know
when his wife wrote.
But he had not reckoned on the femi
nine method of dating or not dating let
ters. It began as most such letters do
bc-gin—without date line, just plain
“Thursday” written at the bottom, to the
left of the signalure. Then he studied
the postmark, but it was mailed on a
train and unintelligible, anyhow. The
days passed. He is still getting letters,
dated “Monday” and “Wednesday” and
the other days, but containing no inkling
of the name of their starting point.
M rs p cannot understand why her
husband does not write, and her letters
contain reproaches mingled wlrh fears
that Mr. P is sick; but, she says, sure
ly’ If he were sick he would write or tele
graph or get someone else to.
The husband Is getting grayer rapidly
w’ondering how it will turn out, and
whether the family will believe him when
he tells how’ it happened.
DOG STOLE MARRIAGE LICENSE.
Heartless Act of Fiancee’s Pet Al
most Gnve Her Hysterics.
From the New York Times.
Chicago. July 27.—I#ast Wednesday Ste
phen H. Simpson and Williams
decided it was time to marry. He got the
licence. He took it to his fiancee. She
looked at it and -*aid it was “lovely.’’
Simpson admitted it was “pretty fine. - ’
and that night the girl laid it on a i.i *le
in her room. Her spaniel dog ran into
the room barking to wake hi? mistress.
She awoke and sow’ the dog running out
with the precious license gripi>ed firmly
between its teeth. She cried. It was
no use. The dog w'ould not come hack.
This morning Stephen H. Simpson came
hack to Clerk Salmonson. “The girl’s
dog ran away with the license you gave
me last Wednesday, and I want another,”
he said. He got it.
HELD HIS FEET FOR FAIR RATHE*.
| C rowd Sow n Funny, but Brave Res
cue nt tlie Shore.
From the Philadelphia Record.
Atlantic City, N. J.. July 27.—While
Miss Addle Brown, a Washington belle,
was in the surf for her morning’s barn
to-day she was unexpectedly by
the current out into deep we:er. Charles
Allison, a business man of Philadelphia,
saw Miss Brown? danger from a pier.
He dropped over the edge of the pier,
i to w’hleh he clung with both hands and
dangled his feet close to the water. Then
he called to Miss Brown to catch on.
and so rhe did. Friends held the man’
hands and Life Guard New. omb came
to the rescue and took the girl to shore.
Allison then dropped and aMempted to
swim ashore, but found the current too
stroog. ond was being carried out to set
when a rope was thrown to him and he
was hauled in.
GHOST HAD RHEUMATISM.
Old Salt Tell* of Meeting a Loqua
cious Spirit.
From the New' York Times.
” ’Taint always the smell of gunpowder
nor the rattle and bang of guns in battle
that scare a man most." said the boat
swain’s mate during a discussion of fislu*
near the navy yard gate the other day.
The speaker had worked a gun on the
Gloucester under Wainwrlght during the
Spanish war. had served ihree months be
tween cruises on a rebel gunboat that was
shot almost to pieces under him during
the Brazilian insurrection, and had iwo
fingers missing which had gone to feed a
hungry shark off the Nicaraguan coast.
"No, Sirree. Not by a long shot," con
tinued the speaker positively, blowing the
foam off gemly, “and it isn’t always tho
tight places a seafaring man gets into in
the weather line that will throw’ the gen
uine panic into him. I’ve been caught in
a howling pampero in Montevideo harbor
while going off to the ship in a steam
launch, and was on one of ihe old frigaies
once that was whirled about for two <lays
in a typhoon off the Java coast, and I’ve
caught as many hurricanes about the Lee
ward Islands as any of this present com
pany, I guess, but none o’ these sort of
things, as you know, ever propertly makes
a feller’s hair rise and sends a paper of
needles cavorting up nnd clown his spine.
“They is times of that kind that’ll make
a man think of home and mother a bit.
but I won-In’t call it exactly a scare, and
I never run acros* the genooine six
strand article in (he fight line but onct. as
I recollect, and it came at a lime and
place where a man w’ould leastwdse ex
pect it. It was ten years ago and more,
and whenever I think about the darn-fool
occurrence I feel the need of a drink.
\ GrneKoine Harbor.
“It happened in the harbor of Callao,
which place I guess some of you know
well, nnd those that do remember old 6 m
Lorenzo Island, which stretches gloomy
like olong the harbor with big wastes of
peculiar lookin’ sand #hat not even
will inhabit. Well, we was a lying thPiv
in the harbor on the occasion I’m spenkir.'
about in the San Francisco, Capt. fvamp
eon. and the Chaplain one Sunday was
for givin’ us the history of San Lorenzo,
which stretched along our storboard side.
He said that from the stories of the- Peru
vians. old Padre Lorenzo lived around
them parts a saving of souls and curing
of the sick in the days when the bay didn't
have a iainnrl to bless itself with.
“One doy the good man was out in the
bay in a small boat fishing when a storm
came up nnd the padre’s boat was ship
pin' water and threatenin’ to capsize, wnen
suddenly the land rose up out of the
water and left Father Lorenzo nnd his
boat high and dry. Thle island was named
San Lorenzo. Nothing much ever grower!
on It, however, and Iho Peruvians have
used it principally for burial ground?
Every time Cnlino has a plague of fever
(and that's pre(ty frequent) they dumps
the dead over San Lorenzo and covers
them. Sometimes they didn’t cover them
very deep, either, and the climate is so
dry, it raining there, that the bodies
just dry up. mummylike, and frequent
the hair just keeps on a growing. Maybe
it’s this that keeps the innabitants con-*
fined to one little settlement of fishermen
nt the point nearest the city.
“Well, as I was saying, we were lying
about three miles from the city, and my
port of the ship was sent across to San
Lorenzo one day for small-arm target
practice. I had leave to go ashore that
evening, and when we finished target
practice the officer in charge told me if T
wanted, instead of going back to the ship
and getting ashore in the ship’s boat, I
could walk down the island to the fishers’
village nnd get one of the dagos there to
row me across to the city.
The GhoNt’s Walk.
“It was getting pretty late in the even
ing when I started aeross the. gloomv
old island, and the peculiar stories I had
listened to about the place made me a
little shaky; and the sights was depress
ing. Every little while I’d run across a
few human hones sticking out of the
ground, and here and there would show a
dried-up, withered skull. There wasn’t
a sound anywhere, ond I began to wish
pretty bad that I was in one of the big
dance halls in the Call? de Piuro. It was
settling dark fast, and I was stumbling
on in a panicky way, trying to laugh at
my foolishness, when just as I turned a
sand humm-uek I came on a sight that
made every hair a sail needle. I stopped
dead etlll, for I couldn’t ’a' moved a mus
cle if my life depended on it. I seemed
;o turn sick all over.
\ Rheumatic Spirit.
“There, not half a ship’s length away,
sticking out of the sand, was a human
head, and turned directly toward me. The
horror of it was that this head didn’t have
the eyes dried up into black holes, but
burned 'bright and stared nt me. Stared
right into my innermost parts and froze
’em up. This- must have been all for a
second, of course, but It seemed an hour
that I stood there like a stone, not being
able to take my eyes from the thing. The
hair was not long, but it needed a comb,
and the cheeks were dull and leathery. I
had no mind to think of ghost stories or
anything. I couldn’t think. My eyes
couldn't do nothing but look into them
other two coals. Then I saw the face of
the thing break into a horrible grin.
“ 'Hello, my lad.’ it said in rather a
weak voice, but In good old English. You
seem to be frightened a bit about some
thing. Don’t be alarmed, howsotnever.
I’m the captain of that English bark you
see over in the harbor there. I'm ’alf lead
with rheumatism, and I’m Just over here
takin’ the San Lorenzo sand bath. It's
great for rheumatics.’
“Then I knew that I’d been a fool and
my eye* began to swim, my heart, which
had been stopped still, began to pound my
ribs like a trip-hammer, and I became as
weak as a cat. I sat right down in the
sand nnd wiped the sweat off my fevered
brown for five minutes.
Tin* Head Treated Him.
“Then I began (o notice things and saw
this British bloke's clothes piled up a doz
en yards away, and took In ihe situation.
" ‘Yes,’ broke in this weak voice again, ‘I
come over her© every evening to this God
forsaken place and get this sand treat
ment. One of my men Is whh me, but
he has Just gone over to the village to get
a bit of aguardiente. Here he Is now com
ing back wiih it. You’d better have a
drop. You don’t look well.’
“The other sailor came up with ih •
liquor, and I took a pull nt it that made
the botile look sick. 1 finally got across
to Callao and got on such a spree that a
guard of marines had to round me up and
lake me back to the ship a week later,
and that’s about he only time I might ?.ay
I was really scared In my life."
How Lorimer Got Hi* Start.
Washington Letter in New York Pa j t.
"Did you ever hear,” asked a Chicago
man to-day, “how ‘Billy’ r, one of
our representatives in Congress, got his
start in politics? It whs about fifteen
y .irs ago. when Joe Mnckin, Mike Mc-
Donald. nnd others of their class were su
preme In the management of local public
affairs. One of Mai kin's lieutenants came
io the chief one day, just after the pri
maries had been held, and remarked that
there was a young man named Ix>rhrier
who ought to be 'taken care of’ before
things went any further. Markin an
swered that he had no more place* to
give. The lieutenant explained to him
that Lorimer’s case wafc a very pressing
one, as he. kept the street cor rmn ‘round
ed up,’ always 'delivered' them, made no
trouble, and altogether was too
fo be neglected. This interested Marrkln,
who sent for Lorimer, and after a talk
decided that he was. as described, h man
to be taken care of. Taking from his
pigeon-hole a list of the names of the m'n
selected as candidates at the primaries,
he ran over them with tomo care, and
finally put a check against that of a Pol sh
Jew who had been chosen as a candidate
4&r constable. This was a pretty good
Job if all the fees were gathered In, and
it struck Maekin that a bright young fel
low like Ix>rimer would probably make a
good deni more of it than the man who
had been picked out; so ha decided that
the primary voters must have made a
mistake, and running his pencil through
the name on the fist he wrote over It
that of Lorimer. The substitute candi
date was elected, did take, advantage of
the opportunities offered. as Maekin
thought he would, ond rose steadily in
politics until he was landed in a seat in
Congress.
“I don’t know whether Lorimer ever
heard how he got upon that ticket or not.
Maekin ha.l a way of doing what he
pleased, nnd ‘saying nothing to nobody.’
This practlce.carried to extremes.resulted
some time later in sending him to the
Joliet penitemiarv for a five years’ term.”
M AGAZINES.
Continued from Seventh Page.)
mala I Have Known,” etc., contributes
“Tito, the Story of the Coyote that Learn
ed How,” illustrated with a number of his
own lnimitahle drawings. Ho describes
•he eventful pupyhood am! education of
this wonderful little animal, that by her
knowledge of the ways of men saved her
kind from annihilation. This magazine
has been a leader in the use of color for
several years. In this number the coior
feature Is a series of original landscape
drawdngs hy Henry McCarter.ealled “Mid
summer.” Interpreting a number of na
ture's aspects at this season. The sub
jects include "By an Inland Lake,” “In
•he High Hills," "In the Depths of the
Woods," “A Sunrise Path,” “Rain in Ihe
Valley,” "Cliff and Canon," nnd “A Sum
mer Moon.” Charles Scribner’s Sons, New
York.
The August number of the Cosmopolitan
is a particularly fine one. The illustra
tions are excellent, and the articles and
stories are of a very high standard. "The
Paris Exposition,” by William T. Stead,
and illustrations, is one of the best arti
cles on (hat subject which have appeared
in American magazines. “Some Notable
Murder Cases." by William F. Howe, the
noted criminal lawyer of New York, Is cer
tain to attract wide attention. "What Is
a Gentleman?—a Lady?” by Adam Single
ton. Is a fine presentation of an interest
ing question. There are many other arti
ces of me !:. 'lhe Cosmopolitan, living
ton, New r York.
To the Mountain*.
In the nick of time.
Just when you are yawning and foefine
tired out and broken down, n bottle of
Graylwurd is better than a trip to the
mountain*.
Are you constipated? Take Oraybcard
pills. Little treasures—2sc bo box. Rea
pers Drug Cos.. Proprietor*.— ad.
A High-Grade Institution for Ladies.—
Shorter College, Rome, Ga. Write for
catalogue.—ad.
LEGAL NOTICES.
In thr* District Court of (he United
States for the Eastern Division of the
Southern District of Georgia.—ln the
mailer of Mrs. MlnnD 1 Sims. Bank
rupt. in bankruptcy.—To the creditors of
Mrs. Minnie L. rfims of Manor, in the
county of Ware and district aforesaid, a
bankrupt: Notice is hereby given hat on
the 17th day of July, A. 1). 1900, the sai l
Mrs. Minnie L. Sims was d/ly adjudica
ted bankrupt, and that the first meeting
of her creditors will be held at Bruns
wick, in Glynn county, on the 7th day of
August, A. D. 190), at dO o'clock in the
forenorn. at which time the said creditor a
may attend, prove their claims, appoint
a trustee, exom’ne the bankrupt, and
transact such olhr business as may prop
erly come before said meeting.
A. J. CROVATT.
Referee in Bankruptcy.
Dated at Brunswick, Ga., this the 25;h
day of July, 190).
GEORGIA. CHATHAM COUNTY—
Notice is hereby given that I have made
application to the Court of Ordinary for
Chatham county for leave to sell a part
of lot No. 6 of the P.acentia tract in Chat
ham county, Georgia, with tho improve
ments thereon, belonging to estate of
Mary Play ter, deceased, for the payment
of debts and distribution, and ihat said
order will be granted at August term, 1900.
of sold court, unless objections are filed
thereto JORDAN F. BROOKS,
Administrator Estate of Mary Playter.
July 6, 1900,
CITY GOVERNMENT.
Ofllrinl Proceed I hr. of Connell.
Savannah. Ga., July 27, 1990.
An adjourned meeting of Council was
held this afternoon at 4 o'clock. Present:
The Hon. Geo. '.V. Tiedeman, Chairman
of Council and Acting Mayor, presiding;
and Aldermen Doyle, Schwarz, Hacon and
Dixon.
No quorum being present the meeting
was still further adjourned until the next
regular meeting of Council, Wednesday,
Aug. 8, 1900, at 4 p. m.
WM. P. 11AIDKY, Clerk of Council.
BRENNAN BROS.,
WHOLESALB
Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc.
$22 BAY 3TRLKT. WssL
Telephone
JOHN G. HITLER,
Paints, Oils and Glass, sash. Doors, Blind*,
and Builder**’ Supplies, Plain and Decora
tive Wall Paper, Foreign and Domes
Cements, Dime. Plaster and Hair. So,.
Agent for Abestlne Cold Water Paint.
20 Congresa 6treet. west, and 19 St. Julian
street, west.
J. D. WEED * CO
•AVAMIAU, UA.
Leather Belting, Steam Packing & Hose.
Agents for NEW YORK RUBBER
BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY.
■ I'IIMER RESORTS.
ASHEVII.I.E, N. SELECT BOARD-
Ing In choice neighborhood; house mod
ern; prices reasonable. Mrs. Marie Tison-
Hmlth, 161 North Main street.
BOARDING HOUSE, FIRST-CLASS
and reasonable rotes. For full pa Oculars,
rjies, e'C., andr, ss Mr. I. Baumberger,
Saluda, N. C.
! 1
MISCELLANEOUS.
STRICTLY I'l RE UNSEED OIL
sold at Adams Paint Cos. 'Phone 117.
ELECTRO I DATING, ELECTRIC RE
pairlng, contracting and construction Ba
vai nah Electrical Company. 40 Drayton
15c WORTH THREE B WALL PAPER
cUans one room. Adams Paint Cos. 'Phone
117.
EDECTRIC SUPPLIES, DYNAMOS,
motors, fans, tells, lights Installed, Sa
vannah El ctrlcal Company, 40 Drayton.
GERMAN MIXED PAINT. BEST
mixed paint In market, $1.23 gallon, guar
an'ee l, Adams Paint Cos. (
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISEMENTS.
PERSONAL.
iTi“i ychTmust
get the ring from Fegeos. 2.8 East Brouga
ton. My sister got her’s there 11 years
ago. and it is to-day as good as new—
they have been lucky and happy ever
since. Remember my finger’s number is
6 1 ~. You wifi see them in his Jewelry win
dow; if you have no time to go, he will j
©end it I" insun-l mall, or ♦:
think best; prices range from $1.50 up to
sls.
FLORAL DEI FW ERS AND
plants, at Gardiner’s Bazaar, agent Oel- i
schig’s Nursery.
ART METAL BTOOLB, CHAIRS AND
tables for up-to-date confectioners, drug
stores and restaurants. C. P. Miller, Agt.
ENGLISH FOLDING GO-CARTS
something new, for the babls. can b*
taken on street cars. (J. P. Miller, Agt.
SOUTHERN UMBRELLA FACT! >RY
largest umbrella factory south of Balti
more; all repairings neatly done; all covers
cut from piece; mourning umbrellas made
to order; we call your special attention to
our fresh stock of alpaca covers. 330
West Brood street; second block of Cen
tral depot.
HAMMOCKS. HAMMOCKS. CHEAP
ones; nice ones; fine ones; closing them
out cheap this w r eek. C. I*. Miller. Agent,
207 Broughton, west.
FINE RICEFIELD I AMB AT “BA
ker's,” every day; best of all other m ala
In market.
BERMUDA LAWN GRASS BEED, AT
Gardner's Bazaar.
FOR CARPET TAKING UP. CLEAN
ing. storing and relaying, ring telephone
2, District Messenger Company.
IF ITS RUGS YOU WANT. YOU CAN
get them cheaper from McGlliia.
CASH BUYERS' PICNIC EVERY DAY
thi week, our largo stock must be re
duced, and we will exchange it cheap fer
cash. C. P. Miller, Agent, 207 Broughton,
west.
RIN(J UP 2464 1F YOU WANT TO
have your furniture moved or packet! for
shipment or storage. I guarantee prices
the same as I do the work that's given
to me. A. S. Griffin, 314 Broughton street,
west; mattresses made to order,
PULLEY BELT BUCKLES. WORTH
50c, for 30c. nt Gardner’s Bazaar.
BALDWIN DRY AIR REFRIGERA
tors, still in the lead; also full line of ice
boxes from $3 up. C. P. Miller, Agent,
j 207 Broughton, west.
MTI.I.EirS AWNINGS GIVR SATlS
faction; you had better get our estimate
ond let us put you up one nt once. C. I*.
Miller, Agent, 207 Broughton, west.
W EPPINO PRES ENTS. SCHOOL
presents, presents of all kinds; large va
rieties at low prices. C. P. Miller, agent,
207 Broughton, west.
WATER COOLERS. ALL SIZES. FROM
SI.OO up. C. P. Miller, Agent, 207 Brough
ton. w’est.
FOR FURNITURE AND PIANO
packing, moving or storing, telephone 2,
District Messenger Company, the only
warehouse in the city especially fitted to
care for furniture and carpets.
~M'GILLIS SELLS SIXTY-INCH RUGS
—Smyrna patterns—for 99 cents.
M’GILLTS IS CHEAP ON RUGS, NETS*
lnee curtains, hammocks, water coolers,
pillows, pictures, stoves, bedroom suites,
and furniture of every descrljrtlon.
MOSQUITO NETS, 9S CENTS. AND
up; all grades of American Imported ln~©
with best fixture*, at reasonable prices.
C. P. Miller, Agent, 207 Broughton, wesr.
CROQUET SETS. Sc; CROKINOLE,
$1.25, at Gardner’s Bazaar.
M’GILLIS’ LACE CURTAINS WILL
beautify your parlor.
WHEN YOU SEE M’GILLIS’ BlXTY
inch 99 cents rugs, you will buy them.
Just can’t help it; will sell In onv quan
tity.
~ M’GILLTS MOVES. PACKS. SHIPS
j nnd etores pianos and furniture; best work
only; no “Cheap-John” prices—no “Cheap-
John” Jobs.
“FURNITURE MOVED WITH CARE,”
Is a specialty with McGlliia.
mmioAk
HOW ARE YOUR FEET? IF YOUR
feet are troubling you, call on mo i.nd I
will give you relief; I care Ingrowing
nails, corns and all diseases of the feet
without pain; charges reasonable; can
give ihe best references In the city; pa
tients treated at residences; orders can
be left at Livingston’s drug store. Bull
and Congress streets; telephone 293. Lem
Davis, surgeon chiropodist.
HELP WAVIKD—• MAI.K.
Lwrlghr to rebuild our mill recently burn
ed nt Rich wood.
'WANTED. LICENSED OR EXPE
riem ed druggist; state experience and sal
ary expected. Drugs, care Morning News.
‘'YOUNG MEN, OUR ILLUSTRATED
catalogue explains how we teach bnrber
trade in eight weeks; mailed free. Moler
Barber College, St. Louis, Mo.
III:LP WAXTED-FESIALE.
boy about 14 years old to work In store.
Address E. W., St. James City, Fla.
AOEVrai WANTED.
anTed at TIncTT IXZiXXT,
agents to represent reliable benefit society;
large renewal contracts. U. S. P. Society,
Salisbury. Mo.
EMPLOY >IENT WADTKI).
edge of luml>er. desires position; refer
ence given. Address 8. A., care News.
"COMPETENT MECHANICS AND LAB
orers furnished sawmills, logging camps,
miners, turpentine farms, contractors,
fruit growers, etc. Addresn 317 West Bay i
street. Jacksonville.
~ YOUNG MAN OF GOOD ADDRESS, !
went! position as book keeper; good ref- |
enecs. Address L. P. H. t care News.
EXPERT ACCOUNTANT WANTS|
situation; long experience as bookkeeper.
Address Box 227. Postoffice.
ROOMS WASTED.
and one child, a fiat of rooms, between
New Houston and Taylor streets; east
of Whitaker. G. L., this office.
HOARD WASTED.
Scotch family preferred. Address Cash, |
Morning News.
WA A TED—M XscEL LA * RUTi.
WANT FOR
eral houses from fifteen to twenty-five
hundred dollars. Robert 11. Tatem, real
estate dealer.
IF YOU WANT A PLAC’D TO DUMP
earth, dirt, aand, manure, etc., free of
churge, just at city limits, hauling over
hard road, writ© or telephone Brown
Bros., 'corner Anderson and East Broad
a treats.
IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL
and work, order your lithographed and
printed stationery and blunk books from
Morning News, Savannah. Go.
FOR HEM -ROOMS.
~FLAT\ SIX
with bath, first floor; Lyons block; suita
ble for any purpose. John Lyons.
“FORT RENT, NICELY FURNISHED
front room; southern exposure; facing
park. 212 Oglethorpe avenue, cast.
FOR RENT, ONE OR TWO WELL
furnished rooms; ba:h on same floor. 513 !
Last McDonough,
ALCTIO* SALES THTS DAY*
MONDAY’S AUCTION SALE.
SHOES, SHOW CASES, SCALES AYD
FI RMTI RE.
(. If. DOR SETT, Auctioneer,
Will sell MONDAY, 30th, 11 a. m., 22
Congress, west:
Three Show Cases, 5 cases Oxford Tiea,
1 pair Platform Scales for hay, largo
Stove with water hack, 3 Rclis Matting,
Dining Table, Sideboard, Bedsteads, rix
foot Standing Desk. Conversation Chuir.
Piazza Extension Chairs, Army Cots, Bod
I/Dunge, Springs. Mattresses, Sewing Ma
chine, Trunks, Ice Che;-t, 26 Horse Col
late. and a lot of other articles.
FOR HEAT—ROOMS.
ITH EVERY
modern convenience; good location; ref
eiencev-s if desired. 35 Habersham street,
neor Broughton.
"to KKNT, TWO NICELY FURNISH*
ed rooms each suitable for two gentlemen
mar badness ctntre of city; all conven*
ionce. 109 East McDonough street.
FOR RENT. PARLOR FLAT 214 DUFV
fy, west; done over new; three rooms.
Foil rVCfI T*-HOUSE I.
Wuldburg street, west. M. S. Baker.
"RESIDENCE OVER DRUG STORE
for rent from Oct. 1. Apply to Reed &
Cos., Jones and Abercorn.
Volt RENT, THAT DESIRABLE
dwelling No. 13 Gordon street, west; imme
diate possession. I D. Laßoche, Agent.
COTTAGE OF 7 ROOMS. sl7 PER
month. sf>9 Maple street, M. Joseph.
FURNISHED HOUSE OF 10 ROOMS;
$2 f > a week. 212 Houston etreet. M.
Joseph.
RK NT Sli VEN - ROOM HOUSE* 414
Price, street. Apply 310 Liberty, east.
FOURTEEN-ROOM HOUSE FOR
rent, near Central Rond Apply A. S. Co
hen, Ri\er and Lincoln street.
FOR RENT. RESIDENCE SOUTH
oast corner Bull and Gordon streets, from
Oct. 1. C. H. Dorselt.
FOR R V N’T. RES ID EN<’ ES 321 AN I>
313 Hall, oast; also 707 and 709 Habersham,
all In first-class order; hot nnd cold wa
ter; immediate' possession. Apply \V. W.
Swlnton. 20S Eighth street, east.
THUNDERHOLT, DESIRBLY ~ SlT
uatfd house on river front; also small
house. Inquiie two-fourteen Bryan street,
en st
roll RENT—IIOJUiS.
For KENT, STOKE AND BASEMENT
under odd Fellows' Hall, corner State and
Barnard streets. Inquire Room 7. upstairs.
NEW STORE. CORNER BULL AND
Third streets, for rent; desirably located,
for grocery business.
FOR KENT. i HAT DESIRABLE)
store and warehouse formerly occupied
hy George W. Tledeffian & Bro., corner
i Bay and Montgomery street; In perfect
order and condition; right rent to right
; tenant; possession can be given immedi
ately. Est. Salomon Cohen, corner West
Broad and Broughton streets.
1 .... -
FOR SALE—URAL ESTATE.
TWO
purchased at ca h sale cheap. Owner leav
ing city. "PHJ,” News.
FOR SALE, LOTS ON NINTH STREET
near East Broad; no city taxes, at S2OO
each; twenty-five dollars cash, and easy
monthly payments. C. H. Dorsett.
"FOR SALE, LOTS ON NINTH. NEAR
East Broad, a4 s2t>o each; will soon b©
j advanced to $225; when a lot has been
paid for I can arrange to get a home
i built. C. H. Dorsett.
FOR SALK A LOT FOR TWO HUN
dred dollars; easy terms, on Ninth street,
near East Broad; no city taxation. C. H.
Dorsett.
“for SALE. THOSE LOTS ON NINTH
street, near East Broad, have only been
sold 4o first-class parties, who will make
good neighbors; and none other can buy.
The terms are very easy, and they are
cheaper than any other in the vicinity.
C. H Dorsett.
Xbeautiful site for a dwell*
irrg, a corner in Collinsville, 91x115, Duffv
nnd ott streets, high ground and beautiful
surroundings; can he bought cheap and on
easy terms. C. ft. Dorsett.
LOT. CORNER OTT AND ROCKF3-
feller streets. .VJxllO, with large building
on corner, 26x50; at a bargain. C. H.
Dorsett.
'THREE STORY ON BASEMENT RES-
Idence, southeast corner Bull and Gor
don streets, fronting Monterey Square,
known s the Wheaton residence. C. H.
Dorsett.
FOR SALE, NINE ACRES OP’ THE
Spear farm on the Thunderbolt road, near
the toll gate. It has a large road frontage
nnd will make a grand suburban home. C.
11. Dorsett.
FO R S A LOVELY SUM MER
home, ten ro ms, modern conveniences, in
mountains of North Georgia; climate de
lightful; pure freestone water; also mln
eiul Water In vicinity. If interested, ad
dress “T .” this paper.
RESIDENCES AND BUILDING LOTS
for sale all over the city. Robert H.
TH4eni, real estate dealer, No. 7 York
street, west.
FOII ALL—MiC ULIiAXKOUS.
as soft and smooth as velvet; one appli
cation relieves the pain and destroys the
redness from sunburn, 25c. At Persse’a
Drug Stores, Henry and Abercorn and
Whitaker and Taylor.
HAVE SEVERAL VALUABLE LAW
hooka that I will dispose of chtap for
cash. "PHJ,” Npws.
FOR SALE. SAW MILL. I.OQ CARTS,
mules and all necessary tools and tim
ber. J. it. Williams, administrator, New
berry, Fla.
“for SALE. FIFTEEN HUNDRED
pound© fishing twine, in skeins; for making
fish nets; three sizes; five hundredk pounds
each size. J. W. Comer, P. A.
FOR SALE FIVE CASES OXFORD
ties at auction Monday, 30th, 11 a. m. C.
H. Dorsett.
FDR SALE7TWO FINE MILK'COWa
at 523 William street; can be seen iron*
five in the evening till eight-thirty a. m.
FOR SALE, ONE BICYCLE. COST
as good as new; as good wheel as Is
made; in perfect order, for sl2. One dou
ble barrel breech load No. 12 gauge shot
gun; a fine bird gun, nearly newr; cost
$16.50; for $lO. Address E. Lee, Stlllmore,
<;
FOR SALE, SECOND HAND ELEC -
trie devator machinery; good condldon.
Favannah Electrical Company, 40 Drayton.
ASH AND CYPRESS LUMBER FOR
sale—lso,ooo feet of ash suitable for wheel
wrights, carriage m kera, car work© and
interior house finish. Also cypress lumber
of all sizes. We lu;ve resumed rutting our
famous brands of cypress shingles and will
soon have a full line of them for sale. Val®
Royal Manufacturing Company.
IlUAllDllH*.
SECURE
large room and good board, private family.
424 Barnard street.
“FRONT SOUTH ROOMS; SUITABLE
for gentlemen, with good tabic board. 212
Wer4 Jones street.
SCHOOLS AM) COLLEGES.
PA NTO PS AC ADE SAY
Neah CHAr£U)TTESVILI.E, VA.
For bys, Ttilly equipped. Send for catalogue.
JOHN' R SAMPSON. A M., Principal.
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