The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, August 27, 1900, Page 2, Image 2
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PILOT FOR GENERAL CUSTER.
WAS FOI'RTEC\ MILES FROM THE
FAMOI S 1C HE.
Da lid Campbell. Old ML.onrl River
Captain, the Firm Man to Hear of
the Slaiißhter. 'till l.ivea in 'outh
Dakota.
From the Chicago Record.
Yankton, S. I*. Aug. —At n little
town of Covirtt • a V* :n vn ih*-
Missouri from this ity. • ib* <lvanO'i
ace of 71 years, re.-.:-* David Uampb.il.
i ■
service nho h* •: of Co-'*-: > re.
The old mis on* •• ' right i ' wo • y*-s ir
growing dim with >.■:> re* p.tig y* .r> at: 1
t r -
steady,
the events of the tweni;. -five > • ars oi the
most exciting tinier :r. th*- history of the
when h w i.s or- of the leading
pilots on th.e Upper M ->* ri. are re all* 1
with as- much vividness a= if they ck -rred
onl\ last month.
So long was he upon the steamboats of
the Big Muddy and so devoted was h*- to
the art of navigating its shallow waters
that even now. he says, when he *+■• to
thinking of the events of h>f earlier Ilf*
on the river and among the Indian- sol
diers and frontiersmen, he finds himself
thinking that he can hear th- .-wish of
the Missouri as he usvd to hear it u* *■
was beating his boat. He was one of the
first pilots to come onto the MBs* rl aft
er traffi< became .-ufti :eu w.th th*- up **t
forts and trading po-\- < * -a g*- at
this work exclusiv*-i>. Counties nm -
he has run the sandbars S I.j ds
and this city and a- many tim**- has h
ascended the dangerous rapids of the * x
treme upper part of th- river ;i* a time
when shipwreck m.-ant sure death at the
hands of the savage and ever-watchful
Sioux Many tirm.- did he pilot G*-n.
Custer. Gen. Terry and G* i: Miles up me
tortuous Missouri and its navigable trib
utaries when the Indians were bent on re
sisting (he slow hut sure • n roachment of
the white, a:.d many times -1 id it be ome
t:e<*et>ar> for him to desert his jw>si a- pi
lot and defend his boat and his passengers
with the riflr.
Though b*nt with years, the old man
likes to dwel on h:s early river adven
tures, and espe ia.iy oe* he tak pr.de
in relating the events onne i with -he
great Indian generals who w- r- seni int,
the land of th** Dakota- ir. the o- and
‘7os to put d.wn the frequtn* Indian up
risings. He was a personal friend of Gen.
Custer, and new r tir s of telling of the
news of that fatal hat afternoon.
June 20. :87*>, when his >- Idler idol fell n
prey to Si-ting Bull’s 4.VjO savage war
riors.
Pilot for Gen. Terry.
“I was piloting on the staunch old Far
West in 1876 when w*- were directed t)
take on a cargo at Yankton that would
be distributed at several points up the
river, and then pro eed to Bismarck 'o
take on Gen. Terry and his comman 1.
th<i go cn to Fort Buford, two hundrtd
miles farther up the river. For n a ly
two years, news had been coming in
from the Indian c.untiy tra- 't e rel
faces were making i r parations for th*
annihilation of all the wnites in th -
NorthWfst. Gen Custer had gone up in
1873 with a regiment of cavalry to make a
general inve.- ig.ition of the situation. H
had returned to Fort Abraham Lincoln
across the Missouri from Bismarck,where
he had fp nt the winter of 1875->, arid
had started early in June for the Big
Horn country, where Sitting Bull, th**
gnat medicine chief, was gathering
around him a large number of warriors,
and was preparing to swoop down cn ad
the whites in the Dakotas. Gen. Terry was
In command of the department <f th
west, with h*a <j arters at St. Paul. He
met us at Bismarck with a comiany of
infantry, some artillery and a quantity
of suppli s. We took these on board and
proceeded up the Missouri to Ford Bu
ford. and thin up the Yellowstone to the
mouth of the Big H* rn. As soon as w'e
landed. Ge n. Terry a* nt parts of his com
mand cut in differ* nt directions to as
certain the whereabouts of Gen. Custer,
and to let him know, where he might
lo k for aesls'ance, and. if necessary, for
supplies.
“The 26*h of-Jure was one of those very
hot days that frequently come to the Da
kotas in early summer. Custer had re
ceived intimation* that the Indians, were
not far distant, and he accordingly was
proceeding slowly. Charley Reynolds, hi*
chief of scouts, brought Custer word early
in the forenoon that the Indians, from
1.000 to 4.'/fc strong, were encamped on a
range of buttes on the west side of the
Little Big Horn, four or five miles from
its mouth, and tha* their camp? were so
drawn up a* to indicate that they knew
of his approach ar.d were prepare l for
battle. On receiving this news Gen. Cus
ter halted, and. with his Maff officers,
guides and scouts, rode to the top of the
divide On The ottter side were two miles
of the slope of th** divide down to the Lit
tle Big Horn, which, on account of recent
rains, was running full, and extending up
and down the west side of the river for
a distance of two miles and back onto a
range of buttes was Sitting Bull’s camp—
a formidable array of 3.000 or 4.000 Indians.
In order to get a closer view, the hordes
were left on the east side of the brow
of the divide, and Custer arid part ol his
men crept info a ravine that runs down >o
the river and made their way down until
they could take in the whole situation.
Indian i amp Dl*covered.
“That is the biggest camp I ever saw.”
said Custer 10 his staff officers, “and we
are in luck.” They returned to their
horses and prepared for an attack in the
afternoon. Custer's command consisted
of 700 or 800 cavalry, as fine a lot of men
and horses as ever graced a battlefield.
These were divide*!, one-half being p!a- ed
under Maj. Reno, and the others remain
ing under the direct comman*! of Custer.
It was understood that Maj Reno was lo
proceed south about three miU‘? and then
descend the western slo\>e, cross the river
and attack *he south end of the Indian
oimp. while Custer would cross the river
and attack the north end.
“The plan was an excellent one. but it
was destined never to be executed. In
leas than on hour after Maj Reno's com
mand left for the point of attack th- bat
tle of the Little Big Horn was over and
Cust*r and every one of his tbrnmand,
except Curly, the Crow Indian, lay dead
In the burning Lot sun of that hot June
afternoon Under th*- protection of the
heavy growth of timber which grew along
the river. 2,000 of Sitting Bull’s best war
riors, all well mounted and armed with
Winchesters, descended the Little Big
Horn to a point where a dry creek empties
Into the river from the opposiu Hide.
Crossing the river at this point and de
scending the creek bed under the yrotf •
non of the growth of timber usually found
along creeks in that region, they cam* ,
up onto the prairie Immediately in Cus
ter’s rear, while he was waiting for Maj.
Reno to reach his point of attack, in or
der that both might act In concert. In
less time than it is taking me to tell it.
be was completely surround*d nnd th*n
eosued on** of the bloodiest battles of
twenty minutes that is recorded In hL
lory
Fourteen Mile* From Massacre.
“W'hila this was going on the Far West
wa fourteen miles distant, and Gen. Ter
ry** eeout* had l*-**n out for three day*
loosing for Custer, but no information
wnaiover could is- gained of hi* where
about* At Mtrnui 7 o’clock in the morn
ing of th** third day we had been lying
• here, Curly. • (’rog Indian, the only ier
sotj who hd aped from that Pt'il’de
ilighter rushed onto th* boat Many
mm on hoard could und*-r*iund ih*
ooiji k*mroajr< but not one *f us could
Interpret the Crow dlaic< li> gestures!
and r*ber rlgtTs th* |>o r *< ard fn4|un j
tried to m k# n under r arid that Cuater j
i-ei red, but uii in vain. W'? j
had .-ome misgivings as to his honesty
fearing It wo- a ruse by which he wa?
trying to get us into trouble. We worked
a . the forenoon without getting any -u
--isfs-Mory results. In the afternoon, how
ever, Walter A Burleigh of Yankton, who
w - clerk of the Fsr West, took the In
iiat. into his office to make a last effort
a - e> ertaining the real nature of the
message. Burleigh dr*-w a map of the Yel
-1 .wsTone and the Big Horn rivers, but the
Indian abled the Little Big H*.*rn to the
map. and with the pencil he followed the
Jit e of the two rivers, from the point
wheie the boat 1 y to tie pain - wne e
the bank- Lad occurred. At that po.nt
h made i circle, and b> dots on the pa-
I• i and hv th-v wmg himiil. pro-trate
n he ri or and app-aring dead, he indi
cat'd that ‘the w.iite chief ' 11. 1 his m*m
were dr-.jd. ] was in favor of letailing a
few- m* n to prcc ed up he river at no •
to s e whe h*r the Indian ha i told the
t uth. iUi • apt Baker, who :n Gen.
Terry's absence, was in command, dii
rot l #li v- that w - La i interpret and cor
r- rh w-’af th* Ir !an tad ir.t n led t *
cell, and w u. j not tak the ri-k of su. it
a m voti nt
N t h\insr rr.-.ch to .o on the fol
lowing day 0.,e of the e'gi'eers cf the
bat at i I w*n- -om* distai *- p t.e
river to t.sh. We had on.y nic ly oast
our lineß when we heard the no se a
of a horse galloping across toe prairk.
On l oking up. far u.a on h bluff we
cou 1 see a lone ajproa h.ng
a* full gallop, (m dLsov*rlrg him to h
a whre man 1 proc- eded to meet him
1 foun i it to h - Muggings Taylcr. one of
the most daring scou s of the Indian
country.who had been assigned duty with
Maj K* no. In the skirmish w'hich
had had, Taylor had became separated
Lom the main con.mand. ar.d for more
than three days had skulked around in
ov irc's i ; - ape the Indians, and at last
had got far tnougn away to attempt to
hr* i Terry ; n<:l inform him of Cugter’s
fail and Reno'a perilous position. We nur
lied tack to the boat and delivered the
:ad messag .
Terry in Pursuit.
“Gen. Terry in his scout* and.
wih his light artillery, proceeded to the
s ene of the battle. On hearing of Terry's
approach Sitting Bull fled northward.
There, scattered over the brow of the
hill and over the slope that extends down
on the west side to the Litle Big H>rr.
lay Custer’s 416 brave soldiers still bleach
ing in the hot summer sun. Deeomi>OFi
tion had set in to an extent that
many of the bodies could not be identi
lled. Cus4er's body' was found a little
north of the point where the thickest of
the flght had occurred, and in a circu
lar heap around him were a large num
ber of his men. who had died in his de
ft nse. Not for from where Custer lay
was found the body of Charley Rey
nolds. his chief of scouts. In the heat
of the slaugnter he had shot his own
horse, and from behind it as breastworks
he had mowed down the savages Around
him for some distance were evidences
that scores of redskin* hid been brought
down with his Winchester.
“In another part of the field we found
the body of Custer's brother. His scalp
had been taken and his heart had been
taken out It was afterward learned that
early In the flght he had been singled out
by Chief Rain-in-the-Face. who entertain
ed feelings of the bitterest of the bitter
Sioux hatred toward him because some
three years ago Custer had been obliged
to arrest him and have him disciplined
lor a disturbance he had created on the
reservafion. As soon as Custer fell, it
is said. Raln-ln-the-Face cut out his
heart and ate it with a fiendish relish as
evidence of the satisfaction of seeing him
dead.
“On the divide about four miles be
yond where Gen. Custer fell we found
Maj. Reno and the remnant of his com
mand In a most terrible condition. Reno
had made an attack at the point agreed
upon, but on account of the difficulty In
fording the swollen river and on account
of the overwhelming number of Indians
he saw *he cause was a hopeles.* one. and
accordingly he had withdrawn his men
to the op of the hill while he could,
and there threw up breastworks to pro
tect them against the onslaught of the
savages. The next day after the battle
the sun came out scorching hot and the
men jyere obliged to lie unprotected in
the trenches. No relief coming, they at
tempted *o get water for themselves and
rheir famishing horses from the river,
about two miles distant. No sooner did
the water carriers get beyond the range
of the rifles behind the breastworks than
they were shot down by the watchful sav
ages. One after another made the at
tempt even after it became known it
meant certain death. On the third day
one after another of the horses were shot
nnd their blood drunk to slacken the un
endurable thirst of the famishing sol
diers. Later in the afternoon of the
fourth day Sitting Bull fled before Terry,
and the garrison, nearly dead from hun
ger and thirst, was relieved, and Maj.
Reno heard for the first time of the real
fate of Gen. Custer.”
AID FOB STARVING !\DIA.
Infest Acrnnntn of Situation In Fam
ine District*.
New York. Aug. 25. Lord Curzon Is
happy. Rains are falling and now the
famine district heretofore the abomina
tion of desolation will again bloom like a
garden. Still five and a half millions re
main at the Government Relief Works
earning three cents a day for nine hours
hard work breaking stone, building tanks
or making roads. When at last relief
does come and these poor beggars are
permitted to return home, many a vacant
place in the family circle will hear witness
to the terrible ravages of starvation,
cholera, plague and small-pox. The crop
is silll iwo months off—and that it will
prove totally Inadequate is a foregone con
clusion.
Ninety per cent, of the farming cattle
having perished, many of the farms have
not t*een plowed at all and only small por
tions of the most of the others; for what
can the Indian farmer do without his cat
tle? Were he In perfect, health, robust
and strong, he might possibly, with the
aid of lighter plows, a< t as a substitute,
but unfortunately in his enfeebled condi
tion he can lo liitle work at best and
hence short rations await him for at
least another year to com**.
Rut even with short rations, life can be
sustained provided he tan got enough to
carry hime through until harvest time,
and it is this great work of keeping alive
those who until now have survived, that
engages the I* s efforts of the Uhrlstian
Herald, which has almost single-handedly
undertaken the gigantic problem of life
saving in a country that within its boun
daries contains one-fifth of the popula
tion of the en*ire world.
Only yesteria.v l>r. Klapsch In behalf
cf tlie Christian Herald cabled another
hundr*d thousand dollars, which mean*.
1 f to just that many pejplc—for another
month. Think of it a hundred thousand
men. women and children in India saved
from starvation frr a whole month
through a s’ngle remittance from th
country of the Star* and Stripes! Was
there ever so unselfish a charity as thi<
fir peope we shall never * © and whose
v, > tl nks n a language etrnnge to
us iiball never rah our eajs? Truly
th s is a * hrt-tllki oh rly nnd u.ibss
every word of th© Bible he untrue the
go.sl people of our own country will not
go without the li '-**]!/:*• promised to
tiote who con * idea the poor.
Hut famine'* dpo abc work *tlli con
tinue* Only last month a man at Tha-
Constipation
llj iiffujJu , lilllouanr', heartburn, indl-
K!*tkMi, anil all liver 111, are eured by
Hood's Pills
Bwld by all druggist), ga cant*.
THE MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. AUGUST 27. 1900.
r.a a rflief station twen y-flve mße* ?r~-m
Bombay, was arrested for having buried
alive his two cfciliren. Hi* story w s
pitiful y* sad. He and hi- wife ar.d two
• children went to the Relief Works. Th* r
Lis wif* dir.d. He himself caught th* fe
ver He lOJiJ not shake it eff At last,
dr.veu to despair, re t.ok his cr.L reu
ore right and 'eft tre >*at!or. Hi- suf
f* r. s were fearfully inters.red by ho-*
of h * little ones. They finally rea h**l a
point where they cou.d no longer walk
1 eitn was staring him in the face. If
ne id rc-t g t where help c:>uld be foun 1
t - v mu : H n rish His children were
LeipL.-a, unable to continue the journey.
1 ioeke! hi- progr*a ' dug a g ave
thiew thm in ar.d fi led It up. Th a fever
hud made him irrespc nsihle and the
government will probably act leniently
in his case, but the incident demor.strntes
the fearful depths which the he!.■>-*
fimine vi tin s have reached during thi*
t. rib> Bi-t-r.sa in of Providrnce
Tic- great problem— greatest—
row confronts Christendom in con
nection wiih this most appalling tragtMy
!of th* century'—ls tha- of the orphans who
imi?i either be promptly c ired for or |M-r
--isn Satisfies careful y gathered by mis
sionaries fix the number now hopelessly
destitute .t Ou uy What to do with
tehst boys and girls is the paramount
que.-:ion of the day in Ina,a Throughout
the famine-stricken area little children
aie wandering about asking of any who
will listen to their small, plaintive voices:
Ma bah hunione Khavanu Kahan tmT.se. '
which, translated means. “Where can we
get something to eat The traveler in
India sees this spectacle daily—little chil
dren reduced to skeletons by starvation
asking their way to the nearest poor
house Orphan asylums are almost un
known among the Hindus. A few have
l*ren organize] this year, but their facil
ities are so limited that not half of one
per *nt. can be a comroodated. The
missionaries on the other hand have ex
ercised ln*eiiigent forethought and have
doited the famine disiri* t with large com
modious buildings for their accommoda
tion.
But where are the means for their en
tertainment to come from 0 It costs sls a
year to shelter, feed, clothe, and educate
a child. Were they to take 100,000 it would
mean ll.auO.uOO a year and who will give
this vast aum? The Christian Herald has
cabled its guaranty to support o.wO, with
the prospect of taking another 5,000 before
the end of the year. That leaves Ou.uOo still
to be cared for.
Now it is proposed to afford Christian
people the world over opportunity to adppt
these orphans, to name them, to designate
in what denominational orphange they
are to be cared for—to select edther boys
or girls and to receive quarterly reports
concerning their progress. The plan is
beginning to work and at the present time
about 100 a day ore being thus provided
for.
But more must be taken and taken
quickly or they will perish. These boys
and /girls will be the means of civilizing
India and they must be looked after.
Twenty thousand ought to be adopted aft
er this plan immediately, and any reader
who may feel inclined to save a boy or
girl and will undertake the support for a
single year, will do a w'ork entitling him
to recognition at the hands of Him who
said “Inasmuch as ye do it to one of these
little ones ye do it unto me.” and will be
included in the Divine Roll of Honor. If
interested, address the Christain Herald,
New York, for full particulars.
Gilson Willets.
MEA.MXU OF THE TEIIM ES<L
Few Who I we It Have the Fatnteat
Idea About It.
Marquise* de Fontenoy in the Washing
ton Post.
Lord Londonderry’s ©diet just issued in
his capacity as postmaster general to the
effect that tb~ faim of address known as
“esq.” should be u*ed in addressing all
male corrfspondents, “unless th r y are
evidently laborers, domestic servants, or
tradesmen.’ and adding that "depositors
in postal savings banks are not entitled
to the designation ‘esq.’ is likely to lead
to a vast amount of discussion.
Not cn-* in ten thousand of the people
who daily make use cf the letters “esq ’
in a Idrts ing letters has even the la nt
♦st idea of the real meaning and Import
ance of the t* rm; the majority cf them,
indeed, have p < bably never given th'*
matter th ught, no more than they
have to the title of ‘ Mr.” or “Mrs.’’ Still
1-fs is it understood by foreigners, to
whem it is a never failing rource of per
plexity. and who in their courteous an
xiety to do the right thing often add the
word “esq.” in full at the end of a name
already adorned with a prefix of “Mr.
Strictly aj eaking, the word “esq.” is a
nobility tide, a fact which will doubtless
astcnl-h many cf in this country
who, while professing a truly republican
contempt for such gewgaws as honor
ific distinction, make a constant and daily
use of the term It is the English equiv
alent of the German “edl r.” with the
article “von;'* of the French “gentll
homme.” with a partie’e “de;" of the
Spanish “hidalgo,” or "don;” of the Port
uguese “hidalgo, or "den;” and of the
Dutch “jonkh* er,“ with th par icle
• van.” Being a nobiliary title, only
1 mited number of people have a legal
right to he adrea-ed as ©sfiulre.’’ They
may he divided into two cla-ses, namely,
those who are esquires b>' virtue of in
heritance, and those who are esquir<* ex
officio. The latter comprise duly ordain
ed clergymen of the Church of England,
judges, magistrates, deputy lieutenant©
of counties, commissioned officers in th*
army, navy, and civil service, and mem
bers of the bar The nobility of the?e be
ing ex-officio. Is of a purely personal na
ture. and cannot l e transmitted to their
children, who hove, therefore, no legal
i right to their father's title of “esquire.”
The other “esqultes" are either persons
! who have received front the crown a
i grant of armorial bearings, or who are the
! lineal male descendants “legally begotten
I of the original grantee of the coat of
i arms.” stub, for instance, as Mr. Scrope,
'of Danby, whose ancestor in 181*9 was
1 able to prove in a court of law that his
I nobility was far superior to that of the
I (Irosvenors, although he himself remained
! G. Scrope, esq., while the present chief of
the Grosvcnors bears the title of “Duke
i of Westminster."
I Sir Bernard Burke, perhaps the gre iteat
1 heraldic authority of the present century,
declares that “ieerß. baronets, and es
i quires entitled by Inheritance *o armorial
| bearings constitute the nobility of Great
| Britain nnd Ireland. Strictly speaking,
bankers, physicians, manufacturers, mer
chants. actors, profes-or*. and Journnlists.
etc., nre none of them entitled ex-officio
to the addition of the word “esq.” t©
i iheir names, and c.innot put forward any
| . ialm or pretention thereto It is accorded
to them merely by courtesy, by a wish to
please t!i* m by addressing them with a
title which do** not Udong to them, but
for which they long. Just on this partic
ular ground it Is used more frequently by
, well-bred persons In addressing poop c of
this class than those wno are “esquired’*
Iby right. The latter, sure about their
duly defined rank, ate not so tenacious
| about the mutter, whereas the former are
terribly sensitive on the subje t. and are
apt to resent any neglect to affix the
magic “esq.’" to their patronymic as an
ungraceful temlnder of the Inferiority of
their social statu*. The result U that
while for motive* of delicacy and courtesy
considerate people make a point of dub
bing “esq.” those of th**lr acquaintances
nnd correspondents who have no right to
the title, especially in their communica
tion* whh tradesmen to whom they may
happen to owe money, they a*Mom make
iim* of th<- word among th*m**lva*. *uv*
In ih fnoNi formal and ceremonious com*
munhatlcio Thus you may address the
Duke of Norfolk’s cousin a* "Mr.” How
ard without danger of incurring his wrath,
Hi t wot Ih t.b you If you date to use
the prefix Mr ’" in directing even the
i most Inforn J *n i muni* utU n o liar >
I Jones r Thomas Hmlth
la*i J Londonderry * edict la a vary fool
.!*h end unnecessary one.-a rut his ord *r
mat the wont ' esq." is not to be used in
the case of postal communications a.i-
to tradesmen and poet office sav
gs bank depositor- .s likely to cost the
Conservative party many a sorely nec-d
--r i vote a: the next general ejection.
Prince Emeric Thurn and Taxis, amo
has just been gathered to his fathers a:
Vienna, was for many years one of the
most conapicuou6 figures of society in the
Austrian capital, being known to every
m n. woman, and child by the black s .k
band which lie wore over his left eye,
w : h bad been des roved a: the battle
of Temesvar in Hungary in 184$ In th*>
war of 1866. against Prussia. he com
manded the Second Division of light oa . -
i-try. and was subsequently appointed
grand master of the horse to the Emperor
i Austria. Thi* post he held until the
y**ar IS9I, when he resigned it. in conse
quence of a contretemps in connection
with a visit to Vienna of Emperor Will
iam It was during tne grand maneuv
er- of the Austrian army. William. *>u
account of his withered arm. is unable
to mount his horse without a mounting
blo*k or step ladder. Owing to some ne
glect on the part of the officials of the
department of which Prince Em eric Taxis
w i- the chief, neiiher block nor step lad
der was at hand, and William, being un
able to mount without them, had ectuallj'
to be lilted bodily into hi* saoole by three
•roopers. greatly to his disgust and mor
:'Aeration. For if there is one thing above
all others about wnlcb he is keenly sen
sitive. it is about his crippled arm, tue
disadvantages in connection with which
he manages as a rule to conceal with a
most extraordinary cleverness. His host,
the Emperor of Austria, visited this an
noyance to his imperial guest on the head
of Prince Thurn and Taxis with the re
sult that the latter handed in his reaig
nailon. and disappeared from a court at
which he had been quite the tallest man.
Since then he has lived in such strict re
tirement that the news of his death ex
cited no little astonishment at Vienna,
owing to the impression which prevailed
that he had died long ago.
FAMOUS PAINTER A SLAVE.
Ho Declare* He Belong* to Hl* Pic
ture Seller.
Pene Dußois in the New York Journal.
“I belong to my picture seller,” said the
most fashionable of our painters last night
at a country dinner. w*here we enjoyed
ourselves as one is bored in the society
that enjoys itself. “Because of his avid
ity 1 lost the right to be a man and had
to resign myself to be a great man. At
his word, by his order, I produce a quan
tity of masterpieces, delightful, awfully
original, fine and exact, and made to cap
tivate the fashionable people.
“Oh. if my works were sometimes bad
a ray of hope might come to me, but a
fashionable painter has not the right to
work badly! My pictures are always dis
couragingly perfect. My picture seller and
his silent partners live of them, marry
from them their daughters to earls, build
factories with them. They make of me a
fashionable man, a sportsman, a nabob,
everything except an artist, for I have
nor the permission to create anything
other than marvels.”
“How did your picture seller manage to
capture you?” I asked.
The painter replied: “My first can
vases. framed in incandescent borders
resembling gardens of gold, gathered
around his windows all the rich strangers
that walk on Fifth avenue and were sold
to them easily for £/)0 each. He said. ‘I
will agree to pay you 5250 for every paint
ing that you may make, be it of a piece
of stuff, a nutshell or nothing, and you
may paint as many pictures as you wish.’
If he had been sincere, he would have
said ‘as I wish.’
“I signed a contract that entangled me
in threads more complicated than those
that the Liliputians wound around Gulli
ver. A clause of It said that my picture
seller, in consideration of the advertising
that he gave me. was to receive a third
of th*- prices paid for works sold in my
studio directly, without his intermediary.”
“That SF-ems Juet.” I said.
“As just.” he replied, ”as the electric
volt that kills a man in a chair. Soon,
orders of art lovers came direct to me in
masses. To remain a true artist, I should
have restricted the number of my w’orks;
hut to remain a business man, my picture
seller had to force me to create master
pieces more numerous than grains of
sand on the beach. And he is a business
man. A clause of our contract that I
may not recite to you. because it forms
an octavo volume, gave to my Barnum
the task of furnishing my studio and of
giving to me a material environment ex
pressive of my glory.
“He bought the house where I live,
filled It with nrt objects, Japanese em
broideries on satin swords, motber-of
pf arl stools and sunshades. I was to re
pay him in Installments. In less rime
than it takes to write a tragedy in five
acts, I owed him SIOO,OOO. I have paid
the debt, so easy it Is nowadays to sell
pictures. I might have gc* rid of him.
then, but I did not dare to get rid of
him. because he is ever ready to advance
me $5,000.
“And why do you ever want $5,000?” I
asked.
He looked at me curiously, and seeing
that my question had been ingenuous, re
plied. ‘Because I am a fashionable paint
er.” Thus. T learned that slavery, abol
ished ut Dahomey, flourishes still in New
York.
"Poor, but not a slave.” I said, “is good
old Bergstrom, translating the “Pentaur.’
an Egyptian poem of 25.000 verses on the
campaigns of the Ahmenoteps against the
Kbetas.’’ But the painter replied lacon
ically, “He owes eight years ot wages to
his cook.”
ST. LO I I* THE WINNER.
Took the Gnme From f Jilcngo on n
Score of (l to :t.
Rt. Aug. 20. St. Louis succeed’d
to-day In winning from Callahan. The
Chicago twirler was hit hard and at op
portune times. Attendance, 7,000. Score:
R.H.E.
St. Ix>uis 1 000 3 2 0 0 x—o 14 1
Chicago 0 0000 2 1 0 o_3 7 3
Raiteries-Jones and Criger; Callahan.
Dexter and Chance.
A Game of 1 to O.
Cincinnati. 0.. Aug. 2**.—A base on halls
to Barrett. Crawford’s sacrifice and lie k
ley’s hit gave the locals the only run of
the game in the first inning. Both pitch
er’s were in fine form and brilliantly sup
ported Atendance. 4.428 Score: RH E
Cincinnati 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 (V-i 3 0
Pittsburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 o—o 1
Pa 1 terlcs—Hahn and Kahoe; Phllllppi
and Schriver.
Other Gome*.
At Buffalo—Buffalo, 7; Cleveland. 3.
At Milwaukee—Milwaukee. 7; Minneap
olis, 3.
—A William McKinley of Unionvllle,
Mo., Is t© lea stump speaker for the
Republicans In the Kentucky campaign.
The ne*t l*re*cr:|f lon far Mnlnrln,
Chills nnd Fever, la a bottle of Grove’s
Tasteless Chill Tonic. It is simply Iron
and quinine In a tnstel *ss form. No cure
—no pay. Price hoc —ad.
iPKcm xoTictcs.
LANGE WAIIt&IIOItfK IM) OK
PICK
to rent, located head of Broughton
*tret, on Writ Brad, now oru*
pel by ih- Hav.m ah Carr.age and
WaM>n Cos As they will gv* up
buelr •*** In Hu city June l, I of
fer I for tnt from that date
n. I*. SMART
NOT A PROPOSITION,
BUT AN ESTABLISHED FACT.
ALWays good
J. PIMCSSOHN & CO.. 30 Bull St, cor. Congress st. lane.
BONDY & LEDERER, Hakers, New York.
MEETINGS.
MAGNOLIA ENCAMPMENT NO I, 1. O.
O. F.
A regular meeting of 'his encampment
will be held this (-Monday) evening. Every
member is earnestly requested to attend.
The Patriarchal Degree will be confer
red. C. A VETTER, Chief Patriarch.
JAS. VAN BER3CHOT, Scribe.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
@ (D
ATTENTION, SAWMILL MEN AND
HOO-1100.
Any saw mill men, Hoo-Hoo. or candi
dates who should be unable to get to
Tybee on the special train leaving Tvbee
depot. Savannah, at 11.39 a m.. Tuesday.
Aug. 2S, dan take a train that will leave
Tybee depot at 1:15 p. m.. Savannah time,
and reach Tybee in ample time for the
Concatenation.
Suwanee Springs Cos.. Suwar.ee, Fla.:
Gentlemen—ln the fall of 1892 my wife
became a sufferer of the inflammatory
rheumatism, pnd my family physician
with others as good as the state affords
living in Hawkinsvllie, Qa.. began treat
ing her for same, and no relief could she
get. I was advised by my uncle, p. A.
Robuck. now living in Cochran, Ga.. who
had visited the springs, and found such
great relief for the kidney disease he had
so long been a sufferer of. and knowing
of the waters to he good for rheumatism,
as I had tried a.l patent medicines I saw
advertised, and no relief could she get,
after suffering for months and becoming
almost a hopeless invalid. I brought her
to Suwanee Sulphur Springs in Florida,
and after staying there seventy days she
could get about lively and quick as any
one. and felt no symptoms of pain after
the seventy days. We returned to Hawk
insvllle, Ga.. and she still improved in
health and flesh, and was finally cured by
nothing but the waters used from Su
w'anee Springs. Our Attle girl. Almira, at
the same time we visited the springs was
& months old. At the age of one month,
it was afflicted with a dreadful breaking
out all over its face and body, eyes begun
to inflame, and we thought for a time
it would lose the sight. It troubled us
very much We called in a doctor, who
did not think there was much the matter,
but the chlkl continued to grow worse,
and it was suffering so much and was so
fretful that we had no rest night or day.
We did everything we could, but brought
no relief to the little sufferer. I tried ev
erything at hand, or that I could hear of.
but without the desired effect. Ai>out
this time we got to the springs. In a few
days I could tell it. was improving, and in
less than two months it was perfectly
well. Splotches all left the skin; it is now
a healthy child, and has a bright-good
eye and fair skin as you wish to see.
Ever since I was 15 years old I have had
catarrh of the head. I tried all kinds of
medicine and the best physicians for 15
years, but without any benefit. When I
visited the Suwanee Springs with my
wife for the rheumatism. I found the
water was a cure for catarrh, and after
using it a while my head began to feel
clear, my breath got pure and sweet, and
I have never been troubled with neuralgia,
and but very little with catarrh since. It
is an Instant and permanent cure for
neuralgia and erysipelas. I regard It as
the best all-round medicine in the world.
Asa blood purifier It has no equal, and it
is a sure cure for rheumatism and all
skin diseases.
I cannot say too much in praise of the
Suwanee Sulphur Springs. * With grati
tude, I am yours ruly,
P. T. McGRIFF.
All you can drink for 5c at Livingston’s.
LEVAN’S TABLE D’HOTE DINNERS.
60c-D INNER—SOc.
Dinner 1 to 3 and 6 to 9. Monday, Aug. 27.
Claret Wine.
SOUP.
Cream of Celery.
FISH.
Whiting ala Boullettes.
Potatoes ala Julienne.
Sliced Tomatoes, with French Dressing.
Queen Olives. Chow Chow. Mixed Pickles.
ENTREES.
Braised Calf’s Liver ala Bretonne.
Boston Baked Beans.
BOILED.
Gold Band Ham and Cabbage.
ROASTED.
Prime Ribs of Beef au jua.
VEGETABLES.
Mashed Potatoes, Boiled Roasting Ears.
Rice, Stewed Tomatoes, Candled Yams.
PASTRY AND DESSERT.
Pear Pie, Assorted Cakes,-Fruits.
Cheese, Crackers.
Tapioca Pudding. Wine Sauce.
French Coffee.
LEVAN’S CAFE AND RESTAURANT,
111 Congress street, west.
THE TIME OF ALL TIMES.
Have renovated at once your mattresses,
feather beds, etc., by our steam medica
ted process. (The only plant in {savan
nah) that overcomes all Impurities,
whether contagious or otherwise. Have
reduced renovation of feathers for Au
gust as follows: Feather b*ds from $5.00
to $3.80. bolsters from $1.50 to 51.(0. Pillows
from 75c to 50c. Cotton, moss and
hair mattresses made to order. Will save
you money. Work guaranteed.
NATIONAL MATTRESS AND RENO- !
VATING CO..
Bell phone 1186. 331 DraytoM *tret. i
BONDS EXffit t ll ii
By the American Bonding and Trust
< otnpany of Baltimore. We are au;hor-
Ized to execute hn-al.y (imm dlately U|>on
application), all bonds in Judi D1 pro
c*fdirg In either the state or Uniud
S:ate* courts, ai.<l of administrators an i
gust dlans
HEARING & HULL. Agents
Telephone 731. Pro'l lent Bulid'ng
#25,000.
Or.t ot our clients bs plsced In our
hand* 835,000 to losrv on good Sjvnnn-h
real estate et letisonnble rstes of Interest
BECKKTT * UkCttJkTT.
M I‘iwiJiul itiMl, cm
amiseme.vts.
One Week, commencing TO-NIGHT,
(except Tuesday night),
(.1 ) WOODWARD
and his excellent company, presenting
Nat Goodwin’s success,
“A GOLD MINE.”
Prices—loc. 20c and 30c.
Matinees daily, commencing Wednes
day, 3 p. m.
gAVANNAH THfiATER.
ONE XI&HT— TUESDAY, AUG, 28,
The world famous prestidlgitateur,
HERRMANN
THE GREAT,
In a monster programme of New Magical
Sensations, Musical Interpolations by the
famous
5 NOSSES.
Trices—sl.oo. 75c. 50c and 25c.
Seats now on sale.
BUSINESS NOTICES.
FOR
Ballard's Obelisk
Flour
Send to
HENRY SOLOMON & SON,
Bay and Jefferson streets.
CLEANLINESS
Is Next to Godliness.
Phone, office 700. Phone, works 499.
•fecial, notice*.
mnsTmKff
City of Savannah. Office Director of
Public Works, Savannah. Ga.. Aug. 27,
1900. —Bids will be received at this office
until Friday. Aug. 31, 1900, at 12 o'clock
noon, city time, for furnishing feed as
follows:
No. 1 Timothy hay, per 100 pounds; best
quality feed bran, per 100 |ounds; best
quality corn, per bushel; best quality
mixed oats; to be weighed at the city lot.
Envelopes to Ik marked "Bids for Feed.”
The city reserves the right to reject any
or all bids. Bids to be opened in the
presence of bidders.
GEO. M. GADSDEN, Director.
PROPOSALS WASTED.
City of Savannah. Office Director of
Public Works. Savannah, Ga . Aug. 27.
IW.—Sealed proposals will be received at
this office until Friday, Aug. 31. 1900, at
12 o'clock noon, city time, to furnish the
city of Savannah with supplies until Sept.
30, 1900. All proposals must be made on
official forms, which can be secured at
this office on and after this date.
Envelopes to be market! "Proposnls for
Supplies.” The city reserves the right to
reject any or all bids. Bids to be ojtened
in the presence of bidders.
GEO. M. GADSDEN, Director.
BIY ONLY THE BEST GINGER ALE.
The best is the Wheeler Brand of Bel
fast Ginger Ale. made by Wheeler A Cos.,
of Belfast, Ireland, from the celebrated
Cromac springs of mat city. These
springs are the properly of Wheeler &
Cos., henoe no other Ginger Aie manufac
turer in Ireland has (hose waters but
themeeives. The Wheeler Ginger Aie is
made from pure Jamaica Ginger Root and
cot from Red Pepper, as others are; one
U deleterious—the other is a tonic.
For Healthfulness and Purity the cele
brated Wheeler brand of Belfast Ginger
Ale is the best.
LIPPMAN BROTHERS,
Sole Southern Agents. Savannah. Ga.
MOSQUITOES
j will not tronble you if you ole
NUOOUISKEET. Kt la u iileaiaot
perfume.
MELDF.RMA
la a toilet powder that tnnlantly ilia
pela tbe disagreeable odora arising
from peraplrn tlon.
OI.D STYLE COLD CREAM
sires quirk relief for auu bnrna and
akin troublea.
SOLOMONS CO.
LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER.
Wo have the largest stock of the best
goods. Get our prices before you pay
mote to others.
ANDREW HANLEY COMPANY.
PLASTERERS’ AM* MASONS’ SLp.
PLIES,
Cement. Lime, plaater. Hair and River
Band. Prompt delivery. Reaaonabi
price.
SAVANNAH BUILDING SUPPLY CO.,
Corner biayton utid Congrcaa.
Phone iU.
1111. W u TO f LEAN t AH PETS.
lie only n> 10 git your carpets prop
er y taken up. . Ihii. and an I taken .are .f
for ti e autnn nr I* 10 turn the Job uier to
the District M is't g r und Delivery Cos
lelapht n- or ca lai ;i.< m.i itgumary
at <e', ad the. v ill m.,k you an in.
Ilia’.* mi ihr coat of the work Pittas
rcjs.ia l.' They u|.<j p g, n, v ail I
•loia fuinl’ur. mi I ' let,, a
C. li. MLLLOCK, Eupt. and Mgr.
LEOPOLD ADLER. JNO. R DILLON"
President. Cashier
C. T. ELLIS. BARRON Ct -e B
Vice President. Asst. Cashier"^
The Chatham Bank
SAVANNAH.
Wili be pleased to receive the accoun,.
Ot Merchants. Firms, Individuals p*
and Corporations. *
Liberal favors extended.
Tnsurpased collection facilities irk -
ing prompt returns.
SEPAHATE>AVINGSDEPARTMENT
INTEREST COMPOHIDED QL'ARrEH.
LY OX DEPOSITS.
Safety Deposit Boxes and Vaults r
rent. Correspondence solicited.
The Citizens Bank
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL, $500,000.
Ar “**-—k.. dc.ci.i liauVsag
Business.
solicits Accounts of IndlTldnal s
Merchants, Banks auk other Cars*,
rations.
Collections huIlH with sl. ty
economy anti dispatch.
Interest eomiionnded quarterly
allowed on deposits in our ST| nn
Department.
Safety Deposit Boses and
Vaults. ‘
BRANTLEY A. DENMARK. Presld...
MILLS B. LANE, Vice President
GEORGE C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
GORDON L. GROOVER, Asst. Cnskl**
SOUTHERN BANK
of th© State of Georgia.
CaPHal '....3500.0M
Surp;us and undivided profits 149; M
DEPOSITORY OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA.
Superior facilities for transacting a
General Banking Business.
Collections made on all points
accessible through txinks or i bankers.
Accounts or riuiiks, sici._ij.tiis
and others solicited. Safe Deposit Boxes
' tor rent.
Department of Savings, interest payable
quarterly.
Seils Sterling Exchange on London fi
and upwards.
JOHN FLANNERY. President.
HORACE A. CRANE. Vice President
JAMES SLELTVAN. Cashier.
DIRECTORS;
JNO. FLANNERY. WM, W. GORDON
E. A. WEIL. W. W. GORDON Jr
H. A CRANE. JOHN M. EGAN.
LEE ROY MYERS. JOSEPH FF.RST
H. P SMART. CHARLES ELLIS.
EDWARD KELLY. JOHN J KIRBY.
imMMi
CAPITAL, f350,000.
Accounts of banks, merchants, corpora
tlons and individuals solicited.
Savings Department, interest pMd
quarterly.
Safety Boxes and Storage Vaults for
rent.
Collections made on all points at rea
sonable rates.
Drafts sold on all the chief cities of the
world.
Correspondence invited.
JOSEPH D. WEpD, President.
JOHN C. ROWLAND, Vice President.
W. K. McCAULEY. Cashier.
THE GERMANIA BANK
SAVANNAH, GA.
Capital $2U),000
Undivided profits 50.uJ0
This bank offt-rs its services to corpora
tions. merchants and individuals.
Has au.hority to act ns executor, ad
ministrator, guardian etc.
Issues drafts on Hie principal cities in
Great Britain and Ireland and on the
Continent.
Inter* s raid or compounded quarterly
on deposits in the Savings Department.
Safety Boxes for rent.
HENRY Bl UN, resident.
GEO. W TIE DEM AN. Vic? President.
JOHN M HOGAN, ('ashier.
WALTER F. HOGAN, Ass’t Cashier.
No. IG4O. Chartered, 1860.
—THE—
Mil !■! 11
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL, $50,0-. SURPLUS. SIOO,O 0.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
J. A. (J. CARSON, Pre id nt.
REIRNK GORDON, \ i President.
W. M. DAVANT, Cashier.
Accounts of larks and bankers,
chan's and corporations received up n
the most favorable terms consistent with
safe and conservative banking.
THE GEORGIA STATE
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION.
Assets over SBOO,OOO,
5 PER CENT, per annum allowed on
deposits, withdrawable on demand Inter
est credited quarterly.
ti PER CENT, per annum on
deposits of even hundreds, withdrawable
at annual periods.
GEO. W. TIEDEMAN, President.
B. H. LEVY. Vice President.
E. W. BELL. Secretary.
C. G. ANDERSON. JR.. Trefisurer.
OFFICE. 15 YORK STREET, WEST.
For Rent,
Residence 118 Gaston
street, west.
All conveniences. Can be
rented from Ist August.
Apply to
CHATHAM REAL ESTATE AND IM
PROVEMENT EO.,
IT liryan Street, East.
fo Nemer WS.
For aale, a Forvalth Newspaper Folder;
wlil fold sheet -• xh.. It Is In good order,
j Price tIOO. It coat originally 11,100, t>u>
we have no use for It and want the room
I It occupica.
It will ba an Invaluable adjunct t * D f
newspaper offlee.
Addrese
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