The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, August 26, 1900, Page 18, Image 18

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18 A TEXAS WONDER. Hail** <.r*nt Discovery. On* small bottle of Hall’s Great Dis covery cures all kidney and Madder troubles, removes gravel, cures diabetes, seminal emissions, weak and lame l &ck>. rheumatism and all irr guiari.irs of the kidneys and bladder in both men and women, regulates bladder t’- uMes in chil dren. If mot sold by your druggist wr.il be rent my mail on r. cc:p of '1 One •mall bottle is ;w: months' treatment, and will cure any cas abov* mertion* and Dr. E. W. Hall, sole manufacturer. I*. O. Box 61'3. St. Louis. Mo. Send * or tes,l_ moniais. Sold by all drugeists and Solo mons Cos., Savannah, Ga. Hrnd This. Dr. E W. Hall. St. Louis. Men: Dear Sir—Please ship me three dozen Hall's G eat Discovery by first express. I have sod over one gross It give' perfect sat isfaction. and I recommend it to my customers. Yours trulv, H. C. GROVES. ProD. Anti-Monopoly Drug Store. Ocala. Fla , Dec 13. • IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA. KEWS A.YD VIEWS OF THR DAY IN TWO STATES. ISacon TV nut* the Seaboard to Es tablish a Terminal There Dal ton Thinks Rnilrond Telegraph Wires Should He Taxed lnvest igating Macon's Claim for latter Fire Hates—W oman Sues the Sherill nt Jacksonville for Alimony Due From Her Ex-Husband—Officers of the Tampa Machine and Foundry Company Changed. Special Agent H. M. T inner of the Southeastern Fire Insurance Tariff Asso c ation is in Macon in ie?pcnse to the re queet made to the a: Iff as ■ ia'.ion about a week eg . Mr Tanner s .n M .con tr> examine the m-rits of .he laiin made by the Chamb'r o? Commerce tor a better rate for Macon Wedding at Dnblin. Th# social event of hist w- ok a - Dublin was ih<i marriage of Miss- Ann! • Graham to Mr. W. \Y Ward The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. N Ainsworth t the home of the bride’s father, Capt. J >hn W. Graham. A number of the friends 01 the your g couple were present to witness t © ceremony. Mr. R A. Hooks acted In Ue capacity cf b-st mon and Miss Ella Graham was maid of honor. Fire ut Fort Gaines. About 2 o'clock Thursday morning fire was discovered at Fort Gaines In the Sutlive block—ell wooden buildings—and only* the hard work of the firemen pre vented the whole block being burned. The law’ office of Hon. Clarence Wilson was the first to burn and all his library and office furniture—said to be quite valuable —was lost. The other three buildings are a total loss, there being no insurance. Wants Seaboard to Hnild. Macon Telegraph: At the next meeting of the Chamber of Commerce the ques tion of offering inducements to the Sea board Air Dine to es ablish a terminal In Macon will be up. Already the officials of this real have been in communication with % the Chamber of Commerce Imre, their idea being to Macon by way of the Macon and Dublin road, the 6oaboard extending their lino to Dublin. Th would gi\e Macon a ahorter route to Savannah. The ex ten eon to be built *\'uld te from Lyons to Dub in From I yon to Dub n is onl> a'out forty mile.*, which vril! put Dub lin within 12> mil s of Savannah, against 3TO as at present At Dub in the Sea board would connect with the Maoon and Dubl n read, and thus give Macon an other line to Savannah. Taxing the Hail roads. Da !ton has raised ano her Interesting point concerning the taxation of rail toads. This time the Dalon authorities ■wish to impose a tax on the private ttlf graph w res of the Wee tern and Atlantic end the Southern Railways, which are strung on poles of the Western Union Telegraph Company. The Mayor and Council of Dalton no l fled the railroad eu’horittes that a tax would have to be paid, ar.d when the roads refused to make the payment the matter was referred to t. e controller gencr.il. Controller Wright wrote to the railr, ad officials, ar. 1 riceived a reply from President J. W. Thomas of th - Nashvi le Chattanooga and St. Louis, saying it was not his opin ion hat the line was taxable. He exp'a'n ed that it was solely a private line ar.d ro revenue whatever was derived t om its opera ion He also said it was an actual necessity for tunning the railr ad. i Attacked the- Condnctor. Four negro tramps assaulted Conduc tor W. N. Johnson of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, between Marietta and Smyrna. Thursday. Just after the freight train left Smyrna, going north, the brake man ran the negroes out of a box car and they stopped near the sidetrack, where the train had gone in lo wait for the southbound passenger. Conductor Johnson told the men they ought to go back to Atlanta, and tried to get them away from the train. When his train started off the negroes started toward him. three of them with rocks and one with a pistol. The negro with the pistol began firing at Mr. Johnson, and tired shree shot*, one of them colng Just over his head. Mr. Johnson drew his revolver and returned the Are, shooiing four times. The negroes then ran into the woods and stayed hid till night, when they went to Marietta and were all four arrested by Sheriff A. A. Bishop. FLORIDA. Lakeland Sun: The strawberry business has proven very prc<fltable to the grower* around Lakeland for the past few year*, end this season will wi nes* a larger acre age In berries in rhi* --tion than ha over been the before. Came for attle. The at earn tug Guuurno laop+z, with two cattle schooner* from Havana, I* in port at Miami awaiting the arrival of 500 head of beef cattle, which they will trans port to Havana. Th*- attle are expect**! to arrive from Fort Pierce. An Old fto ftldent Dead. Mrs. Mary V. Charles, one of the old est residents of Lake City, died Friday morning from a lung trouble. She had been a great sufferer for ninny months. The deceased was born in Camden coun ty, Georgia, and removed to Florida, when she wa* a girl of 10 years. Where'll Tlm*> iirt Them f Florida Index: The Jacksonville apital remover* ray they wll. \ro\\ vote# In that city for capital a A* Duv ,1 county has only 2Js*** Demo nt. voters the question propounded by he p<-n•**">] ?.>* ma to where the badn**- of the s/q© vote* *re to coma from .* \-r .r.* r t Sure ly they don’t Intend to stuff the ballot bos. Morse Rare at Key Ut, A quartor-roilo racs beta tar. Col J. C Whaitoo’s mare Laconda and Levin, otto. *4 by a company, was pulled off Tuesday afternoon at Key Weal si the barracks baas*, at and witnessed by several thousand lf II ss i|w fourth a*tempt >o gaa tba rasa. Xia kvfsit lopad up tv th# line twice, but as they were no* even the wor-1 was not given. On the third trial Lav in had a good start, and dashed off ax>ut a length ahead. Levin W 1 almost the whole way. but when the finish was near. Lacor.da took the lead, and passed the line about a length ahead. Large sums of money changed hands, and the purse was sl.<u) a side. Officer* ( hanged. Owing to business demands there were several changes made in the Tampa Ma chine and Foundry Company Thur.*da> A meeting of those interested was held, and John Mofflt. who was originally the general manager, tendered his resigno tion. His time is demanded a* genera': manager of the extensive interests of the Tampa Lumber Company. Col. t?. L Yarnadoe, president of the company, was elected general manager also, while W. C. Thomas tendered his resignation as secretary and treasurer. All his time is demanded by a similar position with the Tampa Hardware Company. Elija Motfit was elected to this position. Ernest K re lief was elected general superintendent of the work of the company. J. A. Cran ford. a prominent naval stores man, we made one of the directors of the com pany. 1 Peculiar fe. Instituted in the Jacksonville Circuit Court is a case that Is almost without parallel, wherin a divorced wife seeks ali mony from a man other than her di vorced husband. The case is that of An nie M. Rebston. who wants SIO,OOO dam ages from Sheriff N. B. Broward. The ground for the action is a peculiar one. as wdl be seen from the declaration filed: Mrs. Rebston. in 1891, obtained a divorce from A. M. Rebsron. and also a decree for alimony of $lO per month. Though hard fought In both the Circuit and Su preme Courts by Rebston, the decisions were always against him. and he had to continue to pay. At various times when he foiled to pay he was committed to jail as being in contempt of court for not obeying the order to pay. Three months ago Rebston left for Hot Springs, Ark., and has not returned. Mrs. Rebston claims that alimony was due her when he left, and the amount is now more than $l5O. and that i< was to be collected by the sheriff and paid over to her. but was not done. Her attorney now brings suit against the sheriff for allowing him to depart from the Jurisdiction of the court, and for other causes. LACES IN WIFE'S LINGERIE. Baltimore Man %rrete*l for Conceal ing Dnliable Good*. From the New York Herald. Louis Noot, an elderly business man, of Baltimore. Md.. reached this port, with hie wife, on the Red Star Line steamship Friesland yesterday, and by the simple expedient of omitting to mention som*> laces stowed away in his baggage found himself before many hours obliged to give hail to escape passing the night in a cell. Mr. Noot's arrest is a tribute to the American system of keeping customs agents In foreign ports. He brought :hree big trunks and several other pieces of baggage when ho arrived, and. for some reason which government authorities will request him to explain, he concealed in his shirts and in Mrs. Noot's stockings. skirt Hand lingerie, in the bottom of his trunks, about SI,OOO worth of lace. It pays an ad valorem duty of GO per cent. The Friesland came from Antwerp. On the pier at the foot of Fulton street. Mr. Noot’s baggage was examined in the usual fashion by’ an inspector. That |s to say, Mr. Noot’s declaration that he had noth ! ing to declare was virtually accepted, and | hi* trunk? were opened and the contents ! received a few pokes, the lids being then shut down and the baggage marked with chalk in the mystic fashion which signi fies *'Passed.” Mr. Noot and his wife left the pier for the Hotel Victoria, leaving orders for the baggage to be sent thither. But the cus tom* authorities had received word from Europe that Ix>uis Noot was bringing dutiable article* into this country*. Spe cial Employe Theobald and Inspectress Ferris, of the customs service, presently wai-ted upon him at the hotel. Mr. Noot was accused of having concealed dutiable goods 1n his baggage. He admitted it, and accompanied the officers back to the pier. Inside his trunk*, sewed within ah'rt bosoms, rolled up in feminine hosiery’, fastened in sleeve* and tucked in various other convenient places, was the dutiable Ince. which had cost about five thotisand francs. The lac#* wo* seized and bo was Mr. Noot. He was escorted to the Federal building and arraigned before United State* Commissioner Alexander. He waived examination, and was held In SI,OOO bail to await the action of the grand jury. Mr. Noot was well supplied with fund*. He pulled an immense roll of bills from his pocket and gave cash bail immediate ly- Mr*. Soot, who accompanied her hus band to the building, had an attack of hysteria in (he corridor, just before en tering the commissioner's room. She was removed to a side room and revived with ammonia and a fan. PITTING IN ••TEDDY'S TEETH.” Controller folfr Entertains His Vis itors With n PuKcle. From the New York Times. "Can you put In ‘Teddy’s’ teeth?” Controller Coler asked this question of every’ politician who came to his office yesterday to talk about the gubernatorial situation or to ask favors. President Coogan of the Borough of Manhattan was one of the first to have this question hurled at him. He came airily up to the controller’s desk and said: Mr. Controller, have you signed that bill?” Controller Coler had heard that question before. He said: Mr. President, can you put in 'Teddy's' teeth?” “What's that! What's that!” said Pres ident Coogan. Then Controller Coler took up a small puzzle from his desk. On the face of the puzzle was a picture of Gov. Roo*evelt. In the space usually allotted In cartoons of Gov. Roosevelt to a dental display there were little hollow*. Five little ivory balls revolved around the edge of the desk. By a rotary motion the little balls could be made to drop Into the spaces, and Gov. Roosevelt was then revealed with a full set of teeth. Commissioner of Bridges Shea tackled the “Teddy’s teeth” puzzle for a few minute* yesterday and said: “No, I can’t put in ‘Teddy’s’ teeth. They have been pulled out by Mark Hanna, and he will have to have a false set made now.” Private Secretary Baker is the keeper of the puzzle. It Is locked up in a safe ev ery night and is taken out mi the beginning of business hour*. Secretary Baker say* the puzzle saves Controller Coler several pours every day. as |>ol it Irian*, to whom the puzzle Is handed, usually give It up aft -1 r making a few attempts and leave the office. course, you have heard of i the theory that Bacon wrote Bhake*. ptirt's plays?” Cholly—'"As-yea— aw th# Idea la that Bhakespear# was Bacon’s non da plums, la It not."—Puck. 9. _ ■ - ■ J W. F. HAMILTON, Artealan We i Contractor, OCALA, FLA. Am prepared io drill well* up to any depth. W# uaa flrat-riaa* ma binary. can ■'n no'* on atw/rt MXlca i.<J guarani** j aailafacllMto THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. AUGUST 20. 1900. MILITARY MEN AND MATTERS. SOLDIER* OF THIS DAY (NO OTH ERS AHE DHKTSSED. Sidney Herbert on the National En cxampnirnt of tlxe G. t. H.— That Protest of Philadelphian* Regard ing Bryan—Seaboard** Action Sng ggeat* the Old Kale nt the Point. The Two R. H. Anderson* of the (on fed eraey. Pine Crest Villa. Maitland. Fla.. Aug. 25. —To-morrow the Chicago people wMI inaugurate th* ir gala Grand Army week with special patriotic service® in all th“ city churches, followed a: night in th' Coliseum by n grand patriotic and sacred song service. During the afternoon there wiii be sacred music in the park? by mi!- ltary bands. Monday morning the Naval Arch w ill be dedicated and the day given over to the Naval Veterans' Association and other organizations. During the aft ernoon President McKinley will be offi cially received. On Tuesday the Army Arch will be dedicated ond the day given up to the Grand Army of the Republic parade and state reunions, etc. Only Wednesday end Thursday are the official days of the Grand Army of the Republic Na.iorral Encampment, which will meet at 30 . m on Wednesday. These two days are given up to the legit imate business of the organization, and only members can be admitted to the hall during the official sessions. The Ladies** Relief Corps and Sons of Veterans* dele gations come in during a suspension of regular business. Friday is to be devoted :o an excursion on the lake, with fireworks off Lake Front Park at night, end an illumination of streets, arches and the court of honor. Saturday will furnish a.I v.sitors who re main over plenty of day and night amuse ments. Chicago he* expended a big pile of money to make this a notable week, and unless a.l signs fail she will get her money back from nearly a million guests. % liont the PenuM.vl vrtuia Kick. Now in the matter of Candidate Will iam J. Bryan, against which the Phiio lclphia Grand Army of the Republic men kick, he was invited solely by the citi zens’ committ e as one of he outside at tractions to draw n crowd. The Grand Army invites no one outside of its mem bership, except that this year, Gen. Gor don, as uommander-fin-chief of the Con federate Veterans, was officially invited by Commander-In-Chief Shaw. President McKinley is a Union veteran soldier and a member of the Grand Army o' the Republic, consequently needed no invitation except to the outside func tions gotten up by the city. As com mander-in-chief of both the army and nay, he will officially review the naval and the military parades of Monday and Tuesday. In view* of the G. A. R. “kick” in Phil adelphia about Bryan, and the U. C. V. “kick’’ in New Orleans about Gordon, it is likely that the encampment may take fome official action as to how far enter taining cities may go in their efforts to draw- a crowd by outside attractions, as the general public does not know where the G. A. R. line Is drawn between the city’s entertainments and its own official proceedings. The Gordon matter may also call forth a lively discussion. There will hardly be any contest for Commander- In-Chief. as it seems very probable that Past Department Commander Leo Ra sieur of Bt. will be chosen, he being a strong man and popular. The Memorial Day Change. The Jacksonville Metropolis errs in its editorial on a "Change In Memorial Day.” commander-in-ehief Shaw, in his At lanta, Ga., address, did not advocate such a change as the editor refers to— the changing of the G. A. R. Memorial Day from Ma> 30 to the last Sunday in that month. What he did advocate was a joint National Memorial Day of the Blue and ihe Gray, and he favored Sunday as the better day, his purpose being to make the occasion a solemn and sacred memor ial to our heroic dead-on- not to be dis turbed by horse races, ball matches, etc. (Since writing the above I have seen the press telegram from Chicago that Gen. Shaw- wishes lo change the O. A. R. Metn ornl Day—May 3b—to the last Sunday in that month. But this does not materially change my statements as to his Atlanta Blue and Graj’ reunion speech. In that he advocated a National (Sunday) Memo rial Day, and aald: "Let us embrace, all our dead in the loving girdle of a National Memorial Day.” If Gen. Shaw simply desires to change the date of the present O. A. R. Memorial Day he will find strong opposition to his proposed change.) Maj. Gen. Elwell S. Otis, United Stales Army (retired), late commanding general In the Philippines, has been appointed aide to Commander-in-Chief Shaw’ of the G. A. R., and wdll share with Gen. Dan Sickles and Gen. Joe Wheeler the applause that wdll greet the big street parade. Gen. Oils is a member of the Lafayette Post of New York city, the richest and “swellest” post In the G. A. R. Although the mem bership in the South is small and the posts and departments feeble a few promi nent offices are occasionally given this section. The late Gen. John R Lewis of Atlanta, Ga., was once junior vice-com mander, and Judge C. W. Buckley of Montgomery, Ala., filled the same office. The Rev. S. I). Paine of Sanford, Fla., and the late Rev. C. D. Warner of Chat tanooga. Tenn., were once ehaplains-in chief. Each department in the South has one member in the council of administra tion, which is the governing power of the organization. A writer In the Troy. Ala.. Dally Mes s nger refers to the “battle-scan and” vet erans who wore the gray. No doubt there were "battle-scared” vet erans who wore Ihe gray, as there were who wore the blue, but this writer evi dently intended to speak of a braver class, the "bittle-sea red" heroes. W* also had another, or third class of soldiers, the "bottle-scared." or hard drinkers, not a few of which are seen nowadays. In National Cemeteries. It will surprise many readers of the Morning News lo know that nearly 10.600 Confederate soldiers are burled in ihe various national cemeteries of the nation, and that their graves are as well cured for as are those of Ihe Cnion dead. The most of these Confederate, graves are ip the cemetery at Woodlawn, N. Y.. at Jef ferson Barracks, Mo., at Cypress Hills, N. y„ at Hampton. Va.. at Finn's Point. N. J., and at Fort Smith, Ark. Of the Union dead In all the national cemeteries there are over 325.0U0, and of these over 150,000. or nearly one-half, sleep In "unknown" graves. Ai Marietta, Ga., there are 7.205 known and 2.965 unknown, while at Andor sonvtlle there are 12,782 known and 923 un known. Seaboard Was Right. The Scab ard Air I,’ne Railway has taken a step In the right direction, in Its rule requiring empojeu to keep out of debt so far a* p solid liut It Is not a new idio by any imans, for earlj- in the history of Wot Point Military Academy, It wtts put In force hy Lieut, t'ol Sylva in s Thayer. F S A., often call'd The Kaiber" of that Institution One day a vdet put In an order for shirts, but Col Thayer promptly "nun and il down,” wlnn the cadet made a very . arne a apma , being g'eatly In i and of the arilcies. "I tale It for grant'd you a e” ref led th Colonel, "but y- u ore in deb'." Then rain- the filial appeal. "But. Cclonel. I om oimoet destitute I have only one ahlrt to my back, and that I* a fa'lgue ja ket!" Unfit*.ed even by tble plt>ouß appeal, tha Colon*! responded: "Well, Mr. Dewey I would advlae yrni io wair that fa'l*u Jack*l until >ou get out of debt.” Now It Is p aelble that Gila vazlrg and early-acquired debt habit was the cauae of Him t cadet 'a failure at Meet Point and < xp.a t.a why tha name of wil. am Dewey of In dana. is no now In th# ist of h. cored graduates of ha: g cat institution Cd. Thayer well knew that hi <3 bt h*bit in ctde's finally led tx tae c:iinir.a! practice in the \ art of army officers of duplicating their pay ac counts to raie money for ext*av;g/nt purposes. , I**He \\ itlx John*ton. I have never be*n able to quite under stand why Gen Joseph E. Johiutxn C. S. A . uss the f!1 win? largu.g* in hi* ’Narrative of Military pagf* 0): “No o her officer of the United Staus Army of tqual that of brig adier genera!, rtlinqui Ind hi* po-ition in i. to J in the S.uth rn Coniederacy.” No nf r<nce is made by him In tl is connec ti n to the case of Br g. Gen. David E. Twiggs U. S. A., who alto was a brevet m *jor general, both coir.m’sdons dating bick to the Mexican war. at whi h time Johnston was pimply a captoin. It is irue that Gen. Twiggs was dlscnisfd tMarch 1. 1$61) frem the army, because he was * tpprsed to have yielded imp oper y to Southern dfmands, s’ill he vo ud no doubt have res gned at the proper time and jo.ned the Confederate army, el hough a very old n an at that period. This vet eran stldi r entered the ie ular a my n *M2 as a oar lain in the fnm:us Eighth Inf mtry. largely e mpored of Gf'orsDns. ut and r Col. Pa’rlck Jack, ar.d wh n the a-my was reorganized in 1815 he was ma y r °f the Twrnty-elghth Infantry, but was reta nod in tbe s rv : c* as c.io‘a : n of th* Seventh Infantry. Fa-Tin? all the other grades, his gallantry in ho Mexi can war made Uim a brigadier xenial and brevet major g* n ra! in 18!6. Gen. Johnston became the brigadkr general o' Die quartermaster’s <Ppirtment in 188) and could not. I think, clam if Gen. Twiggs in this matter 'without explanation. The Tito Anderson*. Readers of the histories of the Civil ar including official reports, are badly puzzled to know which Gen. R. H. Ander son ia often referred to. a"' 'here were two officers of that name. Richard H. Ander son of Bouth Carolina and Robert H. An derson of Georgia, both graduates of West Point Military Academy. In some cases it is easy from the context to designate them, but in many instances it is hard to tell which Oen. R. H. Anderson is referred to. In army circles they were, however, familiarly known as “Dick” and “Boh.” and both were dashing cavaliers. The At lanta Constitution of Monday contains a fine picture of Capt. Robert if. Anderson. I nited States Army, of 'he famous Nimh Infantry, who has distinguished himself out in China, as young Joe Wheeler has done in the Philippines. These gallant young warriors, “chips of the old blocks.” serve to recall th stirring lyric of that gifted poet. Dr. Frank A. Tlcknor of Co lumbus. Ga., alout the “Virginians of the Valley r “We thought they elept: the sons who kept The names of nobles sires. And slumbered w'hile the darkness crept Around their vigil fires.” God bless and protect the brave sons who bear the names of noble sires wher ever “Freedom’s Flag” is unfurled for God, for Country, and for Liberty to the oppressed everywhere. A Sumner, a Lee, a Wheeler, an Anderson, a Benton, n Henry, a Bell, a Butler, a Ha good, an Elliott, a Hains, a Casey, a Pope, a Stur gis. a Wezsels, a Worth—all, and others— now hear their honored fathers’ names in the ranks of an army to which these gal lant sires in the past gave their best serv ices, and some of them in the same regi ments in which their fathers once served. This is the case with Capt. R. H. Ander son. although the newspapers report that the Ninth Infantry was organized by Jef ferson Davis while Secretary of War in 1855, is not sufficiently explicit. Congress authorized this organization in March of that year, but in March, 1869. Congress? or dered it reorganized by the consolidation with it of the Twenty-seventh Regiment of Infantry. The son is serving as cap tain in the reorganized Ninth, in which, before this reorganization, his father, Gen. Robert H. Anderson. Sr., was a sec ond lieutenant (1857), resigning in May, 1861, to enter the Confederate service I am glad to see that a patriotic Ken tucky woman, Mrs. Susan B. Dixon, of Louisville, is making a strong protest against the action of Mr. George W. Rauch of Lexington, Ky.. in “tinkering” Col. Theodore O’Hara’s immortal poem. “The Bivouac of (he Dead.” This is no new’ protest, in one sense, for I made the same protest years and years ago. after .in acquaintance with tiie gifted poet, gal lant soldier and brilliant journalist, which ended only with his death in Alabama, near Guerryton. I do not believe, as Mr. Rauch asserts that Col. O’Hara ever con i sented to his revising the poem ns he has i done. Take, for instance, the line, “Sons ; of the dark and bloody ground,” so ap propriate 10 the historic past of Ken | tucky—which this reviser renders, “Sons lof our consecrated ground.” There are • other minor changes that mar the force ! and beairty of the original poem, and vet, marred as it is, or may be, there Is enough merit in it to carry O’Hara’s | name down the coi riders of time, w hile the ages last and the heroic dead are re membered. and his immortal lines remain over the entrance to out national ceme teries— “On Fame's eternal camping ground, Their silent tents are spread; And Glory guards, with solemn round. The bivouac of the dead.” Sidney Herbert. j J NO LONGER “THE DIAMOND KING.” Sad Story of Fall of Tenderloin De tective Binning;. From the New York Herald. If there was one thing in whi h De tective Robert Binning, of the Tenderloin precinct, used to take great pride it was his ability as a judge of diamonds. But now all is changed. Binning has been dragged down from the high pc !etal upon which his fellow lo'iccmen had plac ed him. And all because Detective Shee han, who has begun to grow jealous of the reputation his comrade in arms had won, decided to put him to the test, and found him wanting. Binning is always quick to jump at a bargain, so when Sheehan took out frhm his pocket a ring with a sparkling stone set in it and hinted that he was willing to sell it for a reasonable sum he at once became deeply Interested. Binning. Slice, hail and I-ockwcod were sealed In the mus'er-room In the police station. It was about three o'clock Saturday morning, and they had Just come in to report "off dutj’." “It is a handsome diamond," said Bin ning. "Where did you get it?” "Never mind where 1 got it," replied Sheehan. "If you want to buy I'll sell cheap. The ring Is worth SIOO If it Is wor'h a cent, but I’ll let you have It lor $25 Here's an opportunity you will never get again." Eir.ning thought that as long as Shee han was wl ling to sell such a fine dia mond for $25 he might take less, so he offered him sls for il. "I have only $5 with me now." said Binning, "but I’ll give you the other $lO at noon." Binning handed Ihe $5 Io Sheehan, took ihe ring, put It on his finger, and. with his ehel swelled with pride, went home. True to his word, he appeared at the po lice station promptly at noon and hand ed over the $lO ailll due. When Binning appeared In a nearby Jewelry store ten minutes later nnd raid to the elerk behind the showcase, "Here, I want o fine retting for this diamond,” Ihe man looked at him in neio. l'hrrent, "Whai! For this diamond!” aild th* elerk after a glam* ai th* ‘ atone ' Bin ning handed to him. "You'ta crazy. The setting now la entirely too rod,for tae ■tone. Th* ring n not worth 6 cent*. It's only a piece of glaae. art In btane.” —"Thryeay tha wlf ■ of LI Hung Chang has IMr zewra” Moat of then* >.- aowna, tf com at." Ciav aland Plain Daa *r. LESS THAN TEN CENTS A DAY IS WHAT IT COSTS THE RLSKINITES TO LIVE. They %re People From Tennessee nml Have Formed n Colony in Ware County, Georgia—What They Hn\e ut the Different Meal*. W lioleMoiue Food mt the Lowed • tost Meat Only Twice a Week. Hot Will Soon Have It Oftener. The Problem of (heap Living; Sol i ed. Way cross, Ga., Aug. 25.—What is the lowest possible daily cost of food for an adult man in the United Stales? This is a question that is receiving a greait deni of attention from scholars and econo mists throughout the land. President Harper of the University of Chicago is of the opinion that three square meals a day can be had at a cost of 15 cents. It may be well to note, however, (hat the eminent gentleman has noi sufficient faith in his theory to put it to a practical lest. Many students are discussing the subject, and advance some beautiful the ories. Prof. Harrison of the University of Pennsylvania reports that the students of that Institution are well-fed at a cost of 50 cents a day per head. William A. Morse of Chicago says he has been living on $1 per week for the past five years, which is just 14 and 2-7 cents per day. Edward Atkinson has theoretically dem onstrated that with scientific cooking, len persons can be served a good meal at 5 cents per head, or 35 cents a day. While these people have been theorizing the Ruskinkes have demonstrated by actual experience (he lowest possible daily cost for food for (heir entire community. This cost is so low’ as to bo almost be yond belief. Before proceeding further I will state that the Rusk!nites are so cialists, living six miles southwest of Waycross. The colony settled at Duke, in Ware county, just one year ago, nnd numbers upwards of IDO souls. They be lieve firmly in (he doctrine that society should be reorganized by regulating prop erty. industry and the sources of liveli hood. They also believe in a community of property, and the negation of individ ual rights in that property. The colonists have given much time and study to economic questions, and have solved the riddle how to live at low est co?(. When forced to leave their Tennessee borne the colonists were hard pushed. But they pos-essed stout hearts and willing hards, and to-day are on a fair road to prosperity. They live, and live well/ at an actual cost per capita of less than 10 cents a day. Everything they consume is bought at wholesale, in large quantities, and is cooked in the community kitchen. In the community dining room tables are set for 300 people. Those who do not wish io eat with the crowd are given the priv ilege of purchasing company stores and cooking it at home. When vegetables are scarce these people are allowed seven ' cents per capita per day. that is, seven cents for each person, big, little, o!d, young, sick or well. When vegetables are plentiful the cash allowance is only five cents. As the community raises its own vegetables, the. approximate cost is only about two cents per capita per flay, mak ing the actual cost of living at Ruskln from seven to nine cen's per day for each man, woman and child. Let us go into the community dining room nnd see how they live. We go at the invitation Of Prof. Denny, an eminent socialist speaker and scholar In a large room, twenty feet wide and 150 feet long, we see nearly 30) men. women and chil dren seated at long tables. Breakfast is our first meal. It is well prepared, sav ory end daintily served. We make a i wholesome meal on light bread, furnished I by the colony baker, butler. Georgia sy rup. oatmeal. Irish potatoes, milk, | cereal coffee, sugar. This meal is va ried. Sometimes we have fried mush, with frulrs and jellies. Our dinner generally varies, according to the season. Meat only comes to the i table twice a week. The bill cf fa>3 us ually consists of rice, or peas, beans or rracearoni, s me two or more of these, Georgia syrup, beets, tomatoes, egg plants, potatoes, soup, bread, cereal cof fee-cereal coffee is manufactured by the i cclcn'sts and is cne of their main indus i tries. For supper, cheese in seme form, lem onade, (rake, rice or b ans, sugar, grits. I mush, fried potatoes, cell tea. bread. Th’* p r-on vDitirg Ruskln and taking his i minis in the community dirirg room, wdl 1 have the above b 11 ofc fare placed before h m, with slight variations. He will find Uat It is n t only possible, but pracGca -1 le, for people to live at a co?t of fiom 7 to 9 cents a day per capita. It is not merely existing, hut th mca's are who’e ! s me. satisfying nnd well prepared. Of : *Tur- there ore no lirle d?d e<- 1 oept for the sick. There is- no wine, sim pty a meal 'hat w'U “sMck to the ribs,” and prsseesing sufficient nutrit’en t3 en able the people to do the hardest kind of wo k. As will be nct’ced, >h' colonists only get meat twice a week. They will do better cn thi- line after a while when they get a start a: s’cek *ai.*ng. aid lh<n the p f r capita will probably be re duced to even less than 7 cents per day. BOILING HIT AT HOME. Almost tbe Same Effects May lie Pro duced ns nt the Springs. From the Nrw’ York Press. Most high livers and low th'nkers have to go to some hot springs once a year to be boilfd out. But yesterday I passed unreergn'zed on old friend. He called me iwiek, saying, "I don't blame you for not knowing me; I )ave just returned from the hot springs, where I lost twenty-sev en pounds.” He loolel as s’.rcng as a bull moose, but thinner than he had betn in years. It cost him S3O a week for beard and $1 a day ter baths. The course of treatment under a doctor's advice last ed three works. He steamed out pints and quarts of nicotine and liquor, and is n w anew mac, with anew circulation, new bool corpu*cles, new lungs, new brain. He Is able to sleep nights and think days. Tie vivacity of his eye indi cat- s the purity tf his life—for three necks at least. Noiv, a man may boll out in his own house or flat. If he have the self-con trol and wilt power. The real good of a visit to distant springs lies in the change of seene, of air, of people, of food and the gradual or sudden cessation of nip ping. The mere boiling ami steaming may he done quite os well in one's private tub as In the giant pools of natural water in the mountains. Buy a 10-oent hog of sea salt and empty it into the hath of scalding water, adding a handful of washing soda to make sure of a genuine Carlsbad ef fect. After you have stirred one! strained, skimmed and picked out all the filth tha: comes will) the self free of charge and hove wrapped your unanotnted self In three red-hot dump sheets, you needn't mind about ihe bath at all, but draw :h stopper and let the water and trash out. Then step into an Ice cold tub of Croton. See the rum ipd nicotine fly. Why ahou and common sea salt be so fib diy? It app ars to be a' mix'ureof grease, slim. sand, s 11 aid rinudg It Is to he ter In the state we buy It In than th' brine that cm'* cut of m (”kerel kit*. Who know* but there may be much vlr. tie In ir.se erel b ii #? If o * could only get rid of the -tr*l! I hare b en in the tak baa -f th* Ditch I1 n1 of st Mariln, where or.jy ih* tide and sun are employed In the manufacture of th* *ia ple, ard it Is no tzuggerallon to say that tie surface la Ilk* He driven an iw Bit this la not in* stuff w* buy in five and ten p und la.*, stuff net fit te peck salt pnk in tor ill* toil u ou t a. Stearns’ Electric Pastel , other Bugs and Vermin, leaving no H Lv pa odor. Used in leading hotels and public buildings for 1 rrij 20 years. foj? sale by all dealers, 2Sct. a box. ■ t'wW S-ntAfcwt’ Et* r Tie P*t Cos.. Cbic.oo, I in. B , * MARINE. INTELLIGENCE. Matter, of Interest to Skipping Men Geiierallr. The British steamship Axminster was herthid at the Seaboard Air Line docks j e.'lerday io load a eaigo of cotloa for Barcelona. Tile Axminster Is the first steams) ip to 10a.3 cargo 0:1 the oth r sice. Bring he pioneer lit the t-lip Capt. Spink flew the vessel’s colots during the dry. Capt. Smith of the steamship Xaeoo c’. ee frem Ntw York reports that on Aug. 24. at 2p. m. off Cap Romain, he passed Norwegian bark Cyfrian, bound south. Desired to be reported. The Dead sea. which for thousands of year? has been a forsaken solitude in the midst of a e'esert. <n whose waves no r d’er has been e en for cent Tf s, is to have a If e of mo'or boats in ih 1 future. Owing to the ton inued increase in traf fic and the influx cf tourists, a shorter rou’e is to be found b* tween Jerutal m a r and Kerak, the anc ent capital of the l and of Moab. Th= ilrst little steamer, built at in: of the Hamburg docks is about 100 feet long, and began the voy age to Pa es i e on June 16. An order h 1 s already been gv n for the budding of a see.ond steamer. The ore already built and on the way is named Prodom < A (that is, "forerunner.’') She wdll carry thirty-f ur persons, dcge’her with freight o f all kinds. The promoters of this new , n*(rp is- are the ma t* of a Greek cloister in Jerusalem. The management of the line is entiiely in German hands The trade of Ktrak with Ihe desert is n?w of considerable importance It is the main town of any commercial stand’ng < ast of the Jordan and the Dead sea. Its population consists (f ab ut 1,800 Chris tians and 6,0X1 Moslems. Tiie report g v*n by Capt. Jcselyn. of the Hawa'ian birk Nuuanu, which ar rived at Philadelph a a short time aao. that the Gulf stream was further insho-e than ever before known is verilled by Capt Fieneh, of the British steamship Lumen, which arrived last week from Liverpool. After making careful tests. Capt. French found the temperature of the water otic hundred miles off shore to be 7!) degrees and increasing in warmth toward the shore. Vessels classed and rated hy the American Bureau of Shipping in the Re cord of American and Foreign Shipping. American screw s earner. Excelsior; American ship Isaac R ei; American schocner Maude Palmer; American ship St. Paul; American schooner William C. Carnegie. and American three mast echooner Sanandreas. Passengers by Steamships. Pas-ergers by steamship State of Tex as (or Baltimore yesterday; John Hoen, Mrs. E. A. Harris. Miss M. L. Harris. Mrs. Csmpbell. Mrs. Hartrldge, R. Kirk land. Mrs. R. Kirkland, F. R. Heft. Passengers by s'eimsiiip City of Augus ta for New Yo k jesterday: W. G. Charlton. Miss Haskins. Miss Ray Cut ter. Miss Maud Heyward. \V. J. L'Engle. S. Cohen and wife, B. W. M'rrill ard wife. T. H. Persons. A. P. Persons. R. SehrfTer, H. M. Cooper, Alfred Hartrldge, Mrs. J. C. Johnson. Emile C. Fchwarz. Mrs. J. W. Burns. Mrs. Blackwell and chpdren. Miss Mary Kennedy, Mrs. L. F. Wing, Arthur Jaeger Henry Fowlkes, Miss M. Jaeger, Mrs. M. A. Johnson. Mrs. James McKay. H. S. Henstadter, W. J. Yielding, A. Kaiser, Master G. Kaiser, Miss Newman, Miss Mattie Metier, B. l. Coffin ard w!f , Mss M. J Green, Miss Coffin, W. A. Smith, J, A. G. Car son. T. J. Allen, B. Z miner, Mrs. Mor rell, Miss Quinn. A. A. Christensen. W. A. Smith M s. A. Barnett, Camille Bar nett, A. Banott, IV. A. Hard he, F. Vogt, J. C. Puder. Miss K. Hagerty, Miss B. Reynolds, Geo. C. Fre man and wife, J. C. Curd, and six Intermeliate. Snvnnnnh Almanac. Sun rises at 5:31 a. m. and sets at 6:31 p. m. Hi-h water at Tyhea to-day at 8:21 a. m. ard 8:35 p. m. High water at Savan nah one hour la er. riiascK of (he Moon for August. D. H. M. First quarter 3 10 45 morn. Full moon 10 3 30 eve. Last quarter 17 5 46 morn. New moon 24 9 52 eve. Moon Perigee 12th. Moon Apogee 27th. ARRIVALS A\ll DEPARTURES. Vessels Arrived Yesterday. S. O. tug No. 2 towing barge No. 58, Baliimore.—S. O. Cos. Vessels Cleared Yesterday. Bark Frieda (Ger), Fa'k. Rotterdam.— Paterson-Downiog Cos. Vessels Went to Sea. Steamship City of Augusla, Daggett, New Yo’k Steamship State of Texas, Eldridge, Baltimore. Birk James A. Wright. English, Phila (ie'i<hla. Schooner Millie R. Bohannan, Smith, Philadelphia. Shipping Memoranda. New Orleans. Aug. 23—Clear and. steam ers Istrur (Br). McKay, Rotterdam; Montclair (Br). Dobson. Hamburg, via Norfolk: Pho be (Br). Strry, Antwerp; Banes (N'r). Trtns'ad, Puerto Cort z; Sulnva (Nor), J hannessen, Ceiba; Jos. Oteri, Marullo, Puerto Cortez. Port Eads, Aug 25—Arrived, steamers Aransas, Hopner, Havana; Montcalm (Br) Shallis, Cape Town; Hlspania (Swd). Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 23.—En’ered, schooner Sofa. Wil-on, New York, lght. Entered and cleared, steamer Geo. W. Clyde. Chichester, Boston. Mobile, Aug. 25—Cleared, schooner Roy a ’st (Br), Fuerstado, Bocas del Toro. Froekhurg Pert Llmon. Ulste n (Nor), AarsAodt, Puerto Cortez. Sailed—Steemer El Monte. Parker, New York. Ca vezton. Aug. 25 —C eared, steamer Sabine (Am), Staples. New York. Sailed—Steamer Sabine (Am), Staples, New York. Charleston. 8 ‘C , Aug. 25.—Arrived, steamer Comanche, Fe-nnltigion, Jackson vl le Manchester, Aug 25 -Sailed, Sabuan. Savannah Baltimore, Aug 26 Sailed. Barca, Bi vji.ruih; the Joaephlre. Savannah. Philadelphia Aug 25-Clared, H.lda. Savannah Key West. Fla., Aug 25— Arrived i nmeri L reprsas Bara'ow, Galveston, and railed for New York; Miami Dei.no Miami; Mai o te, Whit , Havana, and tailed ter Port Tampa; schooner* Hrily Hock, Saunders, Bonaeeo; Glazier. Me- Do'* and Tor’uga-; reported . (T Toriug.a, lug Walter E Luekenhach, with dredge and three aeowa f'r Kernandlna Char lea on, S. C., Aug 15 Arrived, steamer Seminole, Bearse, New Yor proceeded to Jacksonillle. Notice to Mariners. Pilot charts and all hydrographic Infor mal! n wi.l be furnished masters of - free 3>f charge in United States ) drographic office n Cus:cm Hou-e. tains are requested to call at ihe ofti"- Reports of wrecks and derelicts ree, id for transmission to the navy dcpartn.e. Foreign Export*. Per German hark Frieda for Rotterdam 3,810 barrels ro.-in, $10,456 ; 2,183 casks tu - penline, $72,127.—Carg0 by Pater . ! Downing Cos. Coastwise Exports. Per steamship City cf Augusta for N v York. Aug. 23.—1.481 bales upland cot; a U 9 barrels cott-n sefd oil, 318 halos ix> mestics, 199 harre> rice, 3 ban s res’ll 220 bariel* turpentine, 313.515 fee' lurr.b, 3'> bales sweepirgs. 8 barrel? fru: # boxes fruit. 74 cases cigars, 5) ca?<s cah. ton seed 01, 5 012 staves, 473 i'kgs md Per steamship State of T?>:as for f:, . timore —23 barrels rice, 2,403 barre's > - In. 176770 feet lumber, 161 barrels . 0 ii cl’, 441 pkps mdse, 149 pkg< dine sties an l yarns 54 bales hid sand wool, 135 b r Is p.tch, 614 sacks clay. • FITZ WAS OFFERED A 100,000. Rat He Refnseel a Fortnne to Throw I|> the Fight. From the New York World. Robert Fitzsimmons may be for sale but SIOO,OOO won't buy him. A Canadian of high financial standing offered him this amount yesterday to lose his coming fight With Sharkey, and the lanky fellow treated the suggestion with contempt. The proposition looked peculiar, but Bob said he knew it to he genuine. It came In a letter from Montreal, which was signed ’’R. S." The writer assured the ex-champlon he was worth SIBO,OOO in cold cash and gave bank references. He ex plained how much the sum named would mean to Fitz and endeavored to show’ how no chances were to be taken by accpeting It. The Canadian said he was eager to arrange matters in order that he might begin making bets at 10 to 8 odds. "Your admirers are offering 2 to 1 now. ' he said, "and by gradually shortening to 100 to 80, I can place a barrel of money. It will enable me to reap a harvest, and in due time you can meet and whip Jef fries and the public will never be the wiser.” The writer than went into minute de tails, asking the Australian to decide quickly, and to make an engagement to meet him to-day in New’ York. He said not a man in the big city knew’ him. and that everything could be carried through as neatly as the most fastidious cou >1 wish. Fitz was told that he was getting along in life and could no longer afford to over look chance to provide against the future and Insure the comfort of his family. The communication covered four pages and was closely written. “I have always been your friend,” the writer concluded, "and I hope to meet you without fail on Wednesday." "That is a good bit of talk.” said the ex-champion to a reporter for the World, "but It doesn’t count. I am not for sale, and that is all there is to it. Secret en gagements and shady undestandings don't go with me. X have been fighting on the fair and square too long to go crooked now. The writer of that letter is in ear nest, I have no doubt, because I believe t know who he is.” “What Is jour price?” asked the re porter. "Price!” exclaimed Fitzsimmons; "Do you mean to insinuate that I have a fig ure?” “Not at all. I am in search of informa tion,” was the reply. "Well, lam money proof. To show X speak the truth, just before my fight with Corbett at Carson City I was oflered $730,- 000 to lay down, and I preferred tha sweets of victory to defeat and ill-got ten gains. Two gankers tried (o buy tr.a there, and they had the money ready to pay over so soon as X consented. I re fused to talk with them at ail, just as I refuse to meet the man who offers ma SIOO,OOO to bunco the public this lime." Fitz declined io make the letter from tha Montreal person public in whole, be 'ause he didn't care to compromise even to friend on evil bent. No chances were to he taken, as the SIOO,OOO was to be : i.d over to-day. The Australian could have pocketed 'lie money, fought to win, and the public would not have been anj- the wiser. Fighting men declared this trick was turned recentlj’ b>' one of the most no:' 1 and skillful pugllsits in the countn He accepted $12,000 as the price of losing. fro;rt a sporting man famous for his honor: V and then refused to carry out his p*rt < - the contract. EPIDEMIC OF ISSASSIti tTIO\. Three Men Waylaid Within Tnonty* Four Hours. Dingess, W. Va., Aug. 23.-Ixra county is in a turmoil of excitemenl. Court haa just adjourned and there is no probabiiiiy of a Grand Jury for two months to stop Ihe epidemic of assassination which is sweeping over the countj’. Within twenty-four hours three men have been waylaid. On (he headwaters of Island creek Ira Ellis was shot 'i and dangerously wounded from amliurh. About the same hour l,ewis E. Elmore n i 3 h'- 1 u[>on and his horse shot from under hmi. At 11 o’clock yesterday. Rev. Millard Stafford was waylaid on tbe headwaters of the Guyan by two persons who tempted to kill him. He was shot In the left side and nrm, but will recover. 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