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THE OLD RAILROADER. HE IS BBTOMIMO MOKE A PART OF A 111 OH MAUHIM6. In Spit* of tb® tnnimitlin nt stockholders. the >*■ Kr* of Hall roading la llrr*—Th* Rtxgiaeer la no Longer tbo Manor of Ilia Onn taalur, >r I oailarlor Ih* In glaputed Moairrli of Hl* Train. Tir Son Arlntoeracy of lb* Hoad. How tb* Ibn-lAllaa limit llrad, I hi* Krd Fla* and the Hand Brake Have Been Snp*raedi*d—Wnrklm of Ih* Block * atrm—\\ Irrlraa Tel egraphy Mar Hr* Inlrodnrrd. Copyright, 19W. by Herbcrl B. Hamblen. ,\.v York, Kept. 14 —The conservatism of • tot'khoiderii baa retarded railroad Im prorrmrali. The demand for punfljwl dividend* baa vetoed managerial experi mentation Experiment* coal money—po tential dividend*—4herefor# Inventor * have met frigid reception*. In con sequence In numemlilr aailhiMi lfiveatiun* have died allll-horn. also many of the othtr kind. Worthy manager* have eacaped of ficial shipwreck. which U a good thing. For the eloquence of the Inspired mechan ical genius ia alluring. There Is reaeon In the atockholder'a cen servants), but that of the old-tlm* rail roader I* of the brand stenciled "Hull headed." He hates Innovations, I have heard him damn doublo track. "Good sin gle track Is what you want," he rays, "that’s where they make railroad men Tha latter usaeriton Is true. The former, also, haw lie adherents, being fossils, bow er. thay may be disregard.,!. The cld style "man-eater" draw head, gorged on brakemen for years. The companies In vested great wealth (possible dlvld nds> in legislation. A lass resulted, popularly known and rttaeed aa the "eo-cmploye# act.” A self-evident fact was sagely prov en—that an employee could not be Injured or even killed except as the result of the To settle a dispute, engineer*, have finished the trip with the englno. ad of a employe. Thus wot rung the C'th knell of cash damages, or the eq iivtl* nt, lifelong *np. The Incentive f>r immolation withdrawn, b*hoid the “brakey" clothed with supreme caution. Not at all! The eoulkii corporation gave Mm a coupling stick, free of charge, in instrument for holding up the link mith cut the braktman entering the 'iangtr gone. He rejected It ln.* tm*l himself between the matwatere snl har ried the courts, where he had no a lend ing The company extorted a receipt from him to prove he had accepted a ati*k. No use. lie had lost or broken It Just previous to Ihe accident. Discharge tor tlie stickkss was tried. The aanrlt do corps foiled this; proof was Impossible. Tiiia ultra conaervatism prevails In all bruiiohoa of the aervice. A generation ago conductor* and ergsrineem worshiped the rvd (leg. It wn their fetich. With it they were fully •qulpiM'd. Tfte* vou** “flag theni'olvn* out" of all kind* of tight piopposing tpiltra. perforce, await ed thelT arrival at meeting points. What of it? They got thore didn't they? Hhm derlng dispatchers couldn't run trains to gether with a man wnlking half a mile ahead of each carrying • red Hg No, Hr! Conductors aiwi engineers were men of note THegraph orders concluded with: They could (lui: themselves out "of til khsls of tight ptafM/* "Wow. do you uMlovtvndT' Two cock competent authorities could hardly bo ex po. tod to Interpret in ordor nUb‘ Nor did they. Much placed hi* own construc tion upon it, tho prime essentl.il bollix that It should differ from Iho other'll. The wire was kept hot with requests lor hfht ufioti disputed points. Train* wan ed Happy ) the disputant who won, •ap-dally If ne aueoewtod in aeovlng l“ dtsi-atcher In error. Such cane* were oy no mean* unknown. The vanquished sub mit t<l—under protest. "Hide-Track railroading" ha, nearly dis appeared under nvehao method,. Tne luok of rule# Mill retains the ancient maxim: "In ewae of doulrt always take the ,lde of aafety," hut experience b* rryataiwed train running Into an almost ea*<rt aclence. Dotrbtful ou eeUtom •rise, Orders are Issued la the tersest •M plainest language; eseh order cover* ln but one operation. They are Issued by re,; Minelble tnen They ore Issued to be **be>ed. The men know iliat. They obey them. Accidents occur ss the result of obedience to orders The railroad is no exception to the famhillty of human *•- •'hallons. Yet etattotlco prove (!• man agement to he a, nearly perfect aa any thin* aver will ba In this world. The otd time engineer, to nil Intents and porno***. owned hi# machine. Its throttle w-,t* never desecrated by another’s hand. lie would nor have permitted It. The loco motive lay over at the end of the run. Ilka huusetf. Much capital wee Invested in Idle engines. The engineer laid off to u -perrm end the repairs to his engine, lira opinion earned weight with the muster nrec.ianlc. The reprint no* hi* approval, or there was n howl, and It wasn't a fu tile howl, either. It la different new Double crewed en gines earn dlvljend# continually. The roundhouse foreman edits the engineer's work report. M-anwhlle the engineer runs •he machine allotted to him. He confines l.ia howling to the secluslou of his home. His wife thereby acquires railroad lor*. Conductors once w. re monurchs of all they surveyed up to the track of the ten d r. That was the firing line. There au thorities clashed. To settle a dispute us to train rtghis ettgliwers have uncoupled and finished the trip with the engine, leaving the conductor arid his train on the siding, Thlek-u*- ked c t> iuctora have re fused to o|**n the switch, forcing the en gineer to continue the trip against his judgment, Such primitive me hods would now meet with otfi lal disfavor. The old time railroader was character. Ho Is he of to-day. liut I.* la different. In those days the IntlueuLlal radius of the road w# small. Its personnel was weak, scrawny, little ffmall Iron rails wan dered about the country. The road bed was unscientifically constructed. ll was the day of the wooderv treatta. Hmall, weak engines made long slops at wood pllrs. Frowsy, hard-riding passenger car* w.re coii|>le.j with links and pins. The hand-brake assisted In furnishing thrill* to passengers. Stopping and skirting w. re momentous op rations. Those reservolt# of fiendish potentiality, the car atove and the oil lamp, wete omnipresent. A It.hie In a rack, labeled. "Head and return," was flunked by an ax with a horribly sug gestive red helve. I'axmtigere were regal ed with pungent wood smoke from the en gine Conductors collected fares and bought real estate. I'aasenger brakemen were unbecomingly familiar with promi nent cttlxen*. Engineer* forgot, as they do yet, that they were workingmen. They also died at Iheir posts os they do yet. The men were dwarfed by their envlron- ment. Their little road was their world They were as proud of the fast runs of ti.clr little trains a* I, the man In Ihe cab of a tian, -cunt liienl.il flier of to-day. And why not? Competitive races across the prairies for u mall contract had not yet been conceived. A minute gained be lie.sn "ttehonl House T 1 111 and Cider Mill Curve" was a Ir-llliuale triumph. linings on other roads were of no Inter est to these men. If a stranger cot a job he was permitted to live down Ihe stigma of his etrutigeiu ss—lf he could. The officials were “raised" on Ihe road. Their former comrade# still Ailed the hum bler |section. From them Ihe rising gen- Cration learned to call the "super" Hill, and the master mechanic Joe, in their ab :j llj ||j| |1 /4 Passenger brakemen were unbecomingly familiar. acncc Any position was open to any as pirant. Changes xiw like a thief In the night. Bo gradual wen they that there eventual recognition (wnduced a shock. The rapidly (trowing country called for In crease.! transportation f ictlltles. liosds were double-1 rs kid. Knuds were paral leled. Competition reared Its ugly head, more and better service was demanded of the men. Time-honored privileges and perquisites w< re curtailed or revoked. l'a> was sonar tin** clipped. New rules requiting more work for the same, or lee, wages, were formulated. Competition's twin. Urlcvance, was born. The . otrv nutt. e missed eom.thtn* of the old heart iness In their welcome. "Super" Hill re gardr-t big former "comrades e- r "s of possible trouble for himself. Committees returned din satisfied. The friendly rela ■tmis hitherto existing *•■ sundered. The enterliiß Wedge received an occasional tap from either party. The rift widened. Now the gulf bad becopw Impassable. A thorough grounding tn the various de partment, had been Indispensable to pre ferment. President and superintendent, boasted of their early familiarity with the brake-wheel and the conductor's punch. Thai door Is now closed. The ro<>-t success ful manager In the country haa said 11, There is to be sn aristocracy on the rail road officera to Ihe manner bred and de void Of memories of tbs discontented. It may lie well, or It may ba 111. and time will pronounce the verdict. The ralldoada hwvn grown and waxed fat dospMe com petition. Th* time conaumed In stopping trains by hand waa an Important factor. The few minutes' difference between a stop by hand and one by power Is Inslg ui (leant. Tbs sggrsfais of that differ THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1900. ance en alt the trains In the world ho# produced tha Wrstlngliouse automatic am brake. For complex simplicity or simple complexity, perfection und reliability, M hold* the record The obi railroader dis approved of power brakes. Their gre.il value lay in their ability to reduce the time consumed |n stopping. "If ye run right snug up to the atop block before ya shot off. and the pesky thing don't work, where he ye?" he argued. Ttiey developed defects at ftrat; all new venture* do The old railroader was vindi cated Wb.it he wanted waa a live man who would olx-y hit whistle signals. What he got waa the < ripple valve. It never sleeps. It never lay# off sick. It is not flirting with wayside maidens or teas ing the "news butcher” when wanted. The whistle Itself la not more sensitive to the slightest touch- The triple valve instantly clump* a brake-shoe to every Wheel oti the train. They grab with a grip, compared to which a st.-r-l bear trap ta like the puling lips of an taf.tnt The ever alert valve does other things. Prop erly manipulated It can promptly atop a flying train without spilling the con teatta of a brimming glass Instant wreck or derailment of the engine is almost sure to rupture the frail brake coon*. - Hons. Thl* Is the triple valve a oppor tunity. Itegardlesa of order* the prompt little monitor sets the brskes. Many train laris of passengers have Hits* haen kept out of the ditch. The connections falling to rupture, a valve within easy reach of every trainman accompllsltr* the same purpose The old railroader is vanquished. Tho capital button of all the roads in the country would not induce him to return to hand-brake* ll* I# conservative, but not hopelessly so. Itr •kies, he la dying off. The block signal ha* relieved the over worked red flag. The flag has not been eliminated It never will be Llk* the rapidly paaslng horse. It holds a place in the affections of msn It ta the Omega, the Tillable, tie indisputable It emergt* The committee missed something eg the old heartiness. triumphant from th# maxes woven by self-seeking llara. Competition demand ed heavier engines. T lie re were longer trsitia to be run at highr speed. To meet the Increased strain the iiermtinetit way must be stiffened. An Increase of one pound per yard In steel rails means the renewal of the entire track, lesser inno vations hove wrecked huge enterprise* The microscopic eye of a financial math emstlclnn scrutlnlxr* the pros and eons Track, lik- rolling sleek, must earn up to the limit. A wheel rol'lng a mils In a given time repte-cnt.l on Item In tho coming e-damn. Decrease the time and th* Item increases pro rata This axiom sired the block signal Th* road Is divided Into sections, called blocks. In Its simplest form a b.oek comprises the track between any Iwo stations. It guarded by n semaphore controlled by the telegraph oi>erator nt the station. In Its normal position fhoilsomal) It moans, "Stop!" The preceding train has not yet been reported <by wire) os having passed out of the block ahead. An approaching engineer whistles for the semaphore. If It Is promptly pull'd down h<- proceed* on his way rejoicing The hln-k ahead Is clear, othrrwl** profanity ensues, but he stops. Just the same. From the operator he cc n sign'd staleim-nt as In the time the o'her train entered the block. It adds that she has not ye* left It. Th* requisite time (by the rules) hovlns elapsed, the operator puffs down the semaphore. The engineer may now proceed nt bin own risk -knowing the block to be occupied It 1* his privilege, however, to watt for a clear block. Wireless telegraphy may aupersede the block, which, however. 1 quite satisfac tory Bar accidents, train* trundle the en tire length of the road at short Intervals at high speed and Indefinitely. The system here simply outlined Is capable of num berless combination*. Many semaphores governing different track* may appear upon the same |m>l*. The ope rotor, know ing the destlnullon or the approaching train, govern* himself accordingly. The engineer also. That other Ingenious sys tem. the Interlocking awltch and signal, enables one man to handle nil 4h* train* and engines nt a large terminal. The per fected system renders mistakes by the operator Impossible Switches cannot be opened or closed until the teaming signal has been displayed. Nor. when one* set. can they ha changed until the last wheel has passed. A train arriving at th# ter minus face# acres of tra-fc* crossed by switches In all dlr.-.-llone. Train* sre con tinually arriving and departing. Swift en gines. busy little railroad tugs, are fly ing cars all over the yard. It Is a scene to daunt a veteran. How shall he pick hi* way through aurh confusion and land his train safely in the shed hair .1 mile or more away? When the semaphore con trolling the track he Is to enter Is polled down the engineer knows two things: He knows hi* track l* clear all the way In. otherwise the operator could not have pulled It down, as It would have heen locked. He knows, too. that time Is **- cesdingly valuable in the yard. He Is en titled In the least possible fraction there of Owing to the Interlocking system an nmotuil of work Is done that would have required many time* she spn*# available under former conditions. Hence business Is expedited. The Individuality of the railroad msn Is lost. The crystallxatlon of a generation's experience has produced definite rule* covering every possible emergency. Ex pert laterprctatl rut of orders are barred A g<natation has arl#*n to whom the sin gle track I* hut a legend. The discrimi nating old-timer has been submerged by the new school, which obeys order*. The FIT THE GROCER. Wife Unite the Suggestion. A grocer ha# excellent opportunity 4o know the effecls of special food* on hi* customers. Mr. It. A. I.ylle of *O7 Hi Clair street. Cleveland. 0.. ha* a long list cf customer* that ha vs been helped In health hv leaving off . offs* and using Post urn Food Coffee. ll* esy* regarding hi* own experience. "Two years ago 1 had been drinking coffee and must say that 1 was almost wrecked In my nerve*. "Particularly In ilia morning I ws# so Irritable and upset that I could hardly watt until the coffee was served, and then I had no appetite for breakfast and did not feel like attending to my store duties "One day my wife suggested that Inas much a# I was selling so much Pot .irn Food Coffee there must be some merit In It. and suggested that we try It. I took home a package and shn prepar'd It according to directions. The result was a very happy an*. My nervousness gradually disappeared awl to-day my nerves are *ll right I would advise every one effected ia any way with nervouaneas or stomach iroublew. to leave off coffee aa* turn Poalum Food Cos ft**." PALATABLE, PURCHASABLE B 11V11 Inn Jos. A. Magnus Cincinnati, O. rupture of th cordiality formerly exist ing between the upper and the lower atra ta has produced organisation on both sides. The it.flt otble law as to the superi ority of Intelligence over numbers never had a- leaner cut Illustration A handful cf managers, the kind who are burn. Im pose* iheir wills upon the mass. After many years the man-eater draw head an I th* r*d flag have, accompanied the hand-brake and the old fashioned ■ wll> hmau to the scrap pile. The organi sation* congratulate themselves upon their political "heft. ' but J tancy that, with modern methods, the link and pin and slow going brake wk'-cl were round prohibitively expensive. Great Industries can survive only by the practice of strict di*< Inline While filtering thtough many subordinates din Udine easily degenerates into tyranny, liut It retain* the compul sory virtue of th* source from which It emanated. The railroad man of to-day tats bun relieved of much responsibility, also of Its accotnitanylng simple American dig nlty. Is he the gatwr'.' The old-timer, with hla sturdy, stubborn, lovable |>o*l tlveness. will anon be but a memory, i’eace to hla ashes! OIIGAMI/.ATIOV !\ I*ol.lTlf'S. Mr. Craker Tells Why 11 I* Necessary to Have u ••Machine,” New York. Hept. 14 —Org-mlxatlon In politic* Is just ss eseentlal to the moral welfare of the community as organiza tion In religion If there w.re no political organisation, there would be no govern ni.,n! Anarchy would ensue 4n an auto cratic country, where the people have no rights and no voice In the government, there Is no need of political organisation, but where there la anything aopioachlng popular government, there miai, of neces sity. I** garnets and If there are parties there must he ftmdam-ntal organizatksi Theorists and a certain class of newspa per* are perpetually crying out against Ilia ■'"rgwtilaailon." and "leader*." The practical man and the truly thoughtful (Itlxen take* no part In this clamor. He knows that th* "orgaulxallon" Is the true fpresmtatlv of the pe oi>le, good or had, a* they choose to make It And right here let me say, there can be no had "organ isation" lor any length of lime 1-et ll t# shown that the "organisation.'' whether It be lemocrattc. Ilepuhllcsn. I'opullstlc, or what you will, is corrupt, and It will he overthrown so quickly and completely that the most rabid organi sation man must Ik- satisfied. The .x-oola ar never mined for any length of time. And. en the other hand, they are not to I* fooled Into a condemnation of organ isation by the absurd ciitmor of theorists, nor yet by the chicanery of the pcooJe on the oilier side. 1 know of no better illustration of thl* than wi have hail In New York. Tain many Hall ha* bran the *ubJerl*of "ln v**iig.iion " and ail*- k from a dogen quarter*. All aorl# ol effort* were mad# to prove that there wu* corruption. There wn* a great throwing of iluet. but the eye# of (he people remained whi* open. They could *ee nothing of Ihe hugulioo raised by Ihe opj.oillon, and by Ih® men arul Ihe publication* who are "agatnat the organization" on general principle*, who want to tear down, but have nothing hel ler that they ran bu:ld up. Well, then. In the face of ail thl* clamor, Ihe groat body of III# people remained cool and critical. When election lime came, (hr lime when Ihe question went before the Jury of vot er*, Ihe Tammany llckct tti elccied by an overwhelming majority. Now. that would hav* been Iropaswble. * *broluioiy Impoxeihl* a* a flight to the moon, If the org.inlxaiion had been corrupt No poli tician on earth, no act of pollllt'lan* can Influence Ihe great body of peopl* on a vital la-iuc. When Mtcb iue# rise, the .people do their own thinking, and I bey do their own voting all the lime. A bod or ganization la certain of death pnd •annihi lation. How many organization* that were not truly representative have come and gone In New York. Tlio*e thing* regu late themselve* Ju*t a* certainly a the tide* regulate the rt# and fall of the buoy* (ha* mark the ahoal place* In our harbor* It ia a mere matter of detail. The great underlying principle, the nocaaalty for or ganization. I* not disturbed nor affected by th# coming and going of any particu lar polliheil body, no matter what I* Ha name- Nor 4* the principle of true popu lar representation affected. On the contra ry. the paaalng away of a political body merely prove# thta principle, for It I* only When It ceaeea to be representative that an organization die*. And a* for the leader, he cannot live an hour afier he reone* to be truly ref>- ceseillative, after he cease* to act for the whole liodv of the people reprraenled by hi* organization Huch power aa ha wield* I# dependent entirely on hi* representative qualities. If a man I* elected or appoint ed to an ordinary political office hi# ten ure I# absolute, hi* statu* flzed. He can not !<•• dlxturbed no mailer what he doe*, aa long aa lie obey* ihe law. and per form* the dull#* of hi* offlre. But the political leadri# or "bot"'." If you #wlll. hold* by an Intangible power He hint repreaer.t hla |>cople or they put him out at once. Let him ceaa# to be areqttatde to hi# organization, and he crane* to lira, politically Glad clone tut a “boa#." Be aeon# field > "bo*#." A# they rep rtwaalod the de#lr* of their people they remained In power, fln It I# with u# here Our le.x'hra amount to omethtng Jut a* long a* they repre#etu the peoidD# wl#h e#. When they don't, the peopla kill them off Thl# being •. the poll leal organization and Ihe pdltlrwl Kader represent In Ihe meet concentrated form the great body of people. Wkat would become of our |ollll cal freedom If we did away with parly organisation How would we maintain pofiular government? Wnat mi ntnery could we üb#tllut® for our preeent or ganisation* They are the foundation of our entlr* *v#iem. The thing for good citizen* to do I* not to rln mot agalnyl eritnlutlam. hut to become part of them Th# #<-heroe I* thoroughly equita ble. and under our primary law*, the ma chinery of the organization may tat con trolled absolutely by Ihe people. Every good citizen ought to la- a politician Without th# politician affair* with u# would xoott develop Into a woeful condi tion. Chao# would r*#uit If all the Poli tician# would drop all of a #udden. Noth ing more aerlou* roukl poeathly happen Just Imagine. If you can. tho result The organisation atari# Ihe what* machinery of lb* Iranctdaa. Blot oat tb* otganizw lion and there would he no primaries, no conventions, no nominations, no elections Tti# I'topUu) "Mention dreamed of when the people are to suits their nomination* and hold their eh salons di'eit without the organisation Is about as remote as anything well ran be. Hlehard Croker. Hreecl's Life In Frlson. From Hie Fall Mall Gillette. Home —Although all Information about the regicide Urescl Is kept strictly prtvota. sunt# d'mils of his life In prlsttn have leaked ota 111* first pusc of haughty In difference did not last Iona: prison con finement of a rigorous kind and prison fare being 100 much for wives was evident ly In great pari assumed, and whsn he felt himself no more the center of public interrst his vanity and nerve failed him He was subject to iiaroxysms of rage, when 11 was dangerous lo approach him On thc-r occasion* he had to be put In a slraigbl-Jacket He alao bad fils of de pression. In which bs would, without doubt, hava taken hi* own life had bs not been strictly watched. However. I am en sured that through all hi* wreaks*** It lias never been possible to exact on* word of repentance. A* far a* having killed a good King goes, whether he would re peat the crime now that he reallm*-* by expo rlen- aoni'-tliing of what the penalty will he. la another gucslton. For n day or two now hi* conduct has changed, and by a strong effort h# controls hi# Irritation and ha* resumed something of his old hn.uMlng attitude This Is supposed lo he in effort to regain his nerve before reap pearing In public for hi* trial, where. If he broke down, be would be considered disgraced by hla "comp*nione ” Only two day# ago. when helng examined, be ex claimed: "My glorious act Is (he begin ning of anew era Nothing can stop our progress. lad the world beware!” In ap pearance he I* little changed. he Is some what more haggard and pale for want of light and air, but bis braggart attitude It now slightly anxious, and I am told (hat. In 4he opinion of the police authorities and those daily near him he will not endur* the year* of conflenmsot. as hos Tnssan snte. the firs* to attempt the life of th# late King, big will either go mad or go Into a ‘ decline. One said to me. ”H# I# hysterical, and that cold manner coyer* what In reality Is weakness ” I*lo7.l.FT'* LKHOH FI Hilt HF.OII.ATF* THE 1.l Vl6ll, STUM ACII. now RDM till KIDYKY*. For Mllousn*#*. consll|>alton a*d ma laria For Indigestion. nick and nervous head ache. For sleeplessness, nervousness and heart failure. For fever, chili*, debility and kidney diseases, take Demon Elixir lot'lles. for natural and thorough or gnni 1 regulation, take lemon Elixir. Mr and 11 bottles at druggists. Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozley. At lanta, (Is. A PROMINENT UIIIATEB WHITE*i After ten year# of great suffering from indigestion, with great nervous prostra tion. biliousness, disordered kidneys and consttpatlan, I have been cured by Dr. Mush y'* lemon Elixir, and am now a well man. Itev. C. C. Dnvta. Ekl M. E. Church Routh. No. 9 Tattnall alreet. Atlanta. On. A PROMINENT MEMPHIAN WRITE At Dr. H. Mozley, Allanta -llavlng bran a great sufferer for thrra years from 10*11 gestlon, and been treated by many phy sicians, who failed to give me any relief. Continuing to grow worse, my brother ad vis, >1 me to try Dr. Motley's lemon Elixir, which remedy he had used for sev eral years. I commenced Its use, and must aay that your Lemon Elixir I* the greatest medicine on earth, I have never suffernl a day since 1 coraux need uiing I/nuion Elixir It I. Ito co, Mi Hernando street. Memphis, Tent). A CAR It. This It to certify that I used Dr. Mos ley's Demon Elixir for neuralgia of the head and eyes with the most marked hen fit to my general health. 1 would gladly have paid lim for the relief It has given mo at a coat of two or three dollar*. II A. Beall. Clerk Superior Court Randolph County, Georgia —ad. THE GERMANIA BANK SAVANNAH, UA. Capital **,• Undlvld'd profit* tu,(m This bank offers Its services to corpora tions, merchants and Individuals. Has authority to set as executor, ad ministrator, guardian etc I- bio * draft* on the principal cities In Great Britain and I island and on th* ContineMt. Idler. *l raid or compounded quarterly an deposits In Ih# Havings Depmnvnt. Hsfety Hen" for rent. H 14N ItY HI.UN. President. OEM. W TIKDEMAN, Vice President JI'HN M HOGAN', ''ashlar WALTER F. HOGAN, Aril Cashier. " '■ '"f No IMO. Chartered, IMA —THE— Minis Hill 11 OF SAVANNAH. CAPITAL, 160 v 0). RI'KPI.CS, 1100.00 UNITED STATES DEPOffITORY. J A. ti. CARSON, i'rs-ld nt. HKIItNE (ll lit DON, Me Pr- si lent W M DAVANT. Cashier Atv aunt* of barks and hankers. m*r ehani# and rnri-orsilona recilvsd up.n th* most favorable term- . or#|tnt with safe and ronwrvailv# banking THE GEORGIA STATE BULBING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION. Assets over SBOO.OOO. ( PER CENT, per annum allowed on deposit*. Withdrawable on demand. Inter nt trt-dllsd quarterly. PER CENT, per annum allowed on deposits of even hundreds, withdrawable at annual period# GEO W. TIKDEMAN, President. B. M. DEVY, Vl.s President. E ff. REDD. Secretary. C G ANDERSON. JR Treasurer. OFFICE 11 YORK STREET. WEST. SEED RYE. GEORGIA SEED RYE. SOUTHERN HEED lIVH TEXAS RED R. F OATS. HAY. GRAIN. FIAR'II. FEED. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. CHEESE. BEANS. PEAS. W. I). 81 MR INS & CO. J. D. WEED * CO •AVARSAM, 60. Leather Bellini, Steam Packing 4 Bose. Agents for NEW YORK RUBBER BELTING AND PACKING COMPANY. OPIUM Morphine seal Cocaine habits tursd pstn. Isssly In 10 to day*. Th# only guanas, iced painless cure No cure no pay. Address, DU. J. H. HEFLIN, Locust drove, da, TZpßßgteflONT STEP ON A HAT! STEARNS’' { ELECTRIC PASTE. I! It kills RATS. MICE, COCKROACHES sod all other Vermin, | consuming their bodies And leaving no odor. For Balo by all Doalora, 25 ots. ■ Box. 9 STEARNS' tIEOTRIO PASTS CO.. CHICAGO, (LL. What Is this Man Good For? He might be-MUCHt /1 M Be Is a nervous wreck. His Ufc ia / f WPlA aMfiPh*. a burden to liitnnelf, and hte presence his and friend*. i Reread a, (lApputnn's Oreat svery form of Nervous Deroagemeat, aad aaon aiokea the patieM rotrust and ambitions. P. P. P. U the bagt coaiblnation of green roots and barks tb*t waa over pnt together far the cure of WeaLo ia, General Debility end Nervououcee It lea good tonic and tke beet Blood Purifier to the world. P. P. P. U Naturr’s specific for ftbeunutism. Dyspepsia, Catarrh, Malaria mul all ftrrtnfi of Hood Pol it on mad Scrofula, wkollber In adult* oc ohildtrib. o P.T- P. IB aold Vy all dmggtate—fia a bottle; six bottles, g. M Lippman Brothers. ocz Savannah. Oa* Scotch and Irish Whiskies! We are agents for the most celebrated Scotch and Irish whiskies, imported direct from the distilleries of Scotland and Ireland. These Scotch whiskies are the blend of the finest Highland whiskey matured many years in wood before bottled. The expert Analyist describes this Scotch whis key as the perfection of Highland whiskey, and is special O. V. 11, selected Old Vatted Highland' whiskey from Glasgow, Scotland. The latest novelty in Scotch whiskey is distilled by Rutherford of Leith, Scotland, and is called Scotch Cherry Whiskey, and very palatable indeed. We are also agets for the famous old Irish whiskey, imported bv us from Wheeler, Belfast. Ireland. LIPPMAN BROS., Agents for Scotch and Irish Distilleries teEOPOtxD AblJSn, JNO. It. niDDON. I'reatdeziL Caahlar. J C T. ELLIS, BARRON CARTES, Vic* President. Aa*t. C*#hlar. The Chatham Bank HA VANN AH. Will he pleased to racely* the account* of Merchant# Firms, Individuals, Banks, and Corporation* Idbersl favors extended. Unsurpassed collection faelMtloa, Insur ing prompt return#. SfcPAHATESAVINGSDEPARTMENT iatkhkat rowoLtiiHit tti tniLu ll 111 lIKUOXITS. Bafety Deposit P.osea and Vault* lur rent. Correspondence #oltcll*d. The Citizens Sank UF SAtANAAM. CAPITAL. £soaooa lrnuM, M „ a##6lag Eaolaaao, •allalia Aaaaaata ad ladlvldaala, ■ttskuij, Raak, wad #W#> t#rfO> raitwwa. Caller Hons baatUoff with eafsty, aaawwrnr and dl.patch. •■•• seat Ma####l,i qaarterlg allaatt w M depoalta la *■* latlasa Dep*rta#®„t. •hfety t*ea.all Maaaq w.d ll.rogs ▼aalts. MHAATICY A. DMtIAHK. Pre.ldoat, Mll-Dd R. LARK, Vie* Pr#al4#at GKORtiK c. nir.nm, Caahlow. HONDO* L. GIIOOVKR, Aaat. Cashtam SOUTHERN BANK of lb* HUH# of Georgia. Capital M.<M Burplua and undivided profit* 4401.0X1 DEPUHITOHY OF IHE MTATM UF GEORGIA. Ruperlor faclllil® tui u.ii.a*- ling a ■■ ta iai tin-.king liualoeaa. Coilacllona mad* an all point* !• (himigh lainka and banker*. 'Ae eounra ui iiuiiko, Xjeiikeia, MutviuOU and oilier* aolivttad. Rate Deposit Bus** tor rm t. D*p*i .cent of Raving*, Interest pwyaM* quarterly Soils Sterling Bxrhang* on I>ondoa a and upward#. JOHN FI.ANNERT, President. HORACE A CRANK, Vice President JAMES SULLIVAN fo.tiler. DIHKCTORR: JNO FLANNERY. WM W OORDON. E A WEIL W. W GORDON. Jf. H A CRANE. JOHN M EGAN. Lh?F. P.OT MYERff JOSEPH FERST, H P SMART. CHARLES ELI,IS. EDWARD KELLT. JOHN J KIRIIT. iaiiiMi CAPITAL, gitr.o.ooo. Account* of banka, merchant*, corpora lion* and Individual* ■oltclled. Saving* Department. Interest paid quarterly. Safety Boxes and Rtorag* Vaults for rant. Collection# mad* on all point* at rea sonable rata* Draft* *old on all tba chief eltlaa of tha world. Correrpondenc* tnrllad. JOSEPH D. WEED. Prmldent. JOHN C ROWLAND, Vica I’rtnUML w. r. McCauley, caenie*. OLD NEWSPAPERS. MD for M c*ala, at Buau.wM OOct Morning N#wa> 1.1 rants ss 125 turn st. M We handle the Yale & Towne Manufactur ing Company’s line of Builders’ Hardware. See these goods and get prices before plac ing your order else where. IX n Nazi. F P Miij.xan, Pr—ltUal Via* P real dost Minay Hi m#. Jr Bao'y and Treaa NEAL-MILLARD CO, Builders' Material, Sasb, Doors and Bilals, Faints, Oils, Varalsltes, Class iad BrnsHes, EUiLDERS* HARDWARE. Lime, Cement and Piaster# ■nr WBt Wktlakn *tra#iw BRRNNAN BROS, WHOLES A LS Fruit, Produce, Grain, Etc. HI SAY ATKEBT. WML t#4#rbo*#4Sh. cure roawEin f I■: m* lor anaatsml f /Hint io.\ I diwturuM, laflaaiuUu, L,j-f .Lt ** " PkogHrol ! , 'in'~’'*“ ••■••. nd Oi l ulila tSlwtwnttmnctiCa. <• • c? <IX. >V -Vjl\l *> ®. or I i | * Ctrcotoi noi uu roiootj, 4> !■■■■■ m MorpMno *a.l Whi.kror tub. Ii niTT P jT“* *••* without pain or U 111 ||II confiortarnl Cutr guana. HI 111 lln M *> w- h.vr*u U 1 lUilKtauS 15