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6 DISCOVERIES AT NIPPUR. TUVri.K I4UHAHY Tin* IK4HI GHUTMT WORK. Itnrcrtß off the t niirMtlt off l'rnna!l anuln Expedition—Tablet* >■•* Hr. covered M ill rrakalilff :nl>lr Ihr World to Form on Adrqiintr Idea off 1.1 (r to Babylon. From the New York fun 1/vdcn , All* 1 -Thre. >e.ir* ago the remarkable dlaoovrrtea ital ic Gy the Peftn *;lv*nla University cifedition at Nlliful uir.ed tuck tlie history of thr Baby lonian rlvlltanthai to a period mom than :.,jt yearn la'fori Christ. Nippur had then ,-n i.i nslflcd w.th Calncli. one of [he (.i.i cities mrntkaied In Ueneuls, x„ 10. toe begt.'.nin* -f the Klt.gdom of Nim -J. Prof Utlprr-hi, the scientific dlrec ef the expedition, lan juat returned 1 CuiaAsniinoplr. and in an interview ltd toe corre.' |>..ri !• i • of the Daily News is described some of tlie principal re nt's of this >ear's work in ihe enclent uy. three and most Important Is the diacov :y of the library of the Kroot temple it Nippur. As far hack as eicven j.sirs go n hen Dr Pec ere of New York, was ■ the head of Ihe expedition. Prof. Hii revu p. irtel ou; that the rcm.ilns of ... sfbrorv would os found at the very mi -e wh. re th- discovery haa taken place his > ssir In Ihe course of three months o less than 17.209 tablets oov< red with itneiform writing have tno illaevi-rel These i*..cn sre of a different ctiora • er from lh.ee (tret dltoociM. wm h rere mainly ffn ivate bu>ln*ee contract*. ] do e . ntK-a. letter* and the like. The atari dlc.snsrn-. ie-ur iter, rt'cmblstt'e o the contemn ot on ordinary Mhrar> . he IsUtli are htrt.jrl.nl. and kstsry Titey Inal off mythology. of rsarnoar and lexr- ography, of science and f ass .hems ties. There is rearon to le - ave that (hey will for the drat time noble in* world to form an adequate Id. < f Ufa in f'abyionl.i. *toh as only could e pneaible by tlie diaoovery of a tmtlomil krary. rr.-or.Wiar the natlostal progrc.i* n lltera'itre. eelnnee and thought gen .ally. No document le found in ihls col action of a laier date than 2210 It C. Ac hie dale marks the invasion of the Ktam ee, the fact in hi., confirmatory avtden e -Ml tie* itbrnry was destroyed during hi* invasion Five Years In Secure 411 the Tablets, i Prof HllprecM estimate* that at their Oteserd rat* of working five more years will la- in. ecs try to excavate and cx- ] mire the contents of the library. He j lilnks II probable that the unexplrisl , part will yield 150,00(1 tablets. A* the ll ctsry was one of urea' renown, the chief ilory of the temple In early Babylonia. Hie chut college for InstrurSlon In law :cd religion, which as In all early systems were Inextricably bound together, and. ndecd. In all studies judged worthy of attention. It i> evident that no examina tion of Ihe ronlent* can lie too careful. It la, in fact, hardly too much to say that If the unexplored puns should prove ut rich In results as that already found, litre will Ist" no example In the world's j bluet y, not even In Kgypt. of so com plete a recovery of the records of an an ient civilisation. YVork mi the l.lltrnry Suspended, The American expedition had to sus pend ls lnv< at tea tkm of the great libra ry temporarily in order to rontinue Its systematic work at the temple, and lo complete the i * munition of the south and e.intern linns of the walla of fortl- IV a*.on of ancient Nippur, These walls show clearly the different epochs In which they were constructed There are. first, portions of whl< h the builders were the prr-jiirgonlc ruler*. These nre followed by the work* of Surgon (WOO It. C) and of Naram-Bin. hi* son; then about 1.000 year* later are the fortifications of Ur- Our, to he fo|k>wt.| by the laser t'asslte King*, belonging to the comparatively modern period of from IThn to linn ft. C. The numerous weapons found along the whole line of fortification, especially In the lower strata, were welcome material for determining she methods employed by sieging nrnl. * In Ihe earliest periods of Babylonian hls’nry A I'alsre ml the I're-wnrgntilr l*erlod. In the course of the present excavation a palar. htlm ging to Ihe pre-Sargotih > jwrlod wa* uncovered henealh an areu mitlation of nevemy feel of rubbish on the southwestern side of the Shatt-en- Nlt. dividing Nippur In two parts Prof. Illlpr. -hi himself, having never liecn doubtful as to the actual site of the lem p.e library at Nippur “litre hi* ttrsi visit In Ratnionta In IW> (twisldsu-s the discov ery of thl* large building wrllh WO feet frontage, which will probably turn out to lie the palace of the early priest kings of Nippur. the most Important result of this year’s campaign. Already the few rooms excavated have given valuable re sults In ths shape of pne-Sargonlc lab lets. of seal r> Under* of the earliest type and day figurine* of the early date nnd great Interest The palace was very ex tensive and at least two stork s high. At a later period It had been used as a ehlef quarry for furnishing materials for publl.* ard private buildings In Nippur From ihe Indication* whteh have been met with, both In the palace Itself and In Ihe ms - terla.s which have been taken from It for hulkllng purposes, Prof lillprecht anticipate* that statues will probably he found of a charaner similar to those which Ihe French exftedltton discovered at Tello V Itemosbable Colonnade. Other discoveries made hy Ihe Philadel phia expdftlon are of value. The largo building discovered at the beginning of the first campaign, a comparatively well ..ilonrtu! bus now be.-n excavated ■ ont ptetely. and It proves to be a thousand years later than the Rev. Dr. Peters, the Do not think for a BL single moment that 2® consumption will fflßevcr strike you a P&Jsuddenblow. ltdoes not come that way. Jpt>~lt creeps its way : i J\ along. First you i think it is a little cold, nothing but a little hacking then a little loss in weight; then a harder cough; then the lever and the night sweats. Better stop the disease while tt Is yet creeping. Better cure your 1 cough today. You can do it with Cherrx Pectoral The pressure on the chest is lifted, that feeling of auffocation is removed, and you are cured. You can stop that little cold with a 25c. bottle; harder coughs will need s 50c. size; if it’s on the lungs the one dollar size will be moat economical. *• I continently recommend Ay er'e Cherry Feet .rat to all my patron* lam u*lnc It bow In my own family. Forty years ago 1 feel sure It eared my life " . A. S. Ewan*. M S., Jan. 4,1 See. Fort Madison, lowa. M* Fl There it only ONE POND'S EXTRACT and everybody knout its parity. H i yj m frtnfth end greet medicinal value. Lion t take thr weak, watery Hfl w£M Bj Witch Maid prtparatmm rt petwnted to he “the tame at" POND’S H3 L* 1 MD id the skin, and, taken internally. Ii a deadly jwuon ffil H H Set BONO'S EXTRACT. oldo*lv InaaakJ bottle* In baft wrapper*. Bj| MB FoyesNew Store Yesterday’s business was far beyond our expectations. It gives us some idea how to prepare for next month. You will always find us ready and willing. We received about forty cases of Dry Goods yesterday, mostly Dress Goods and Silks. Whatever money can buy in these lines is here, or will be, and here cheap est. That is a strong, plain statement, and like most strong, plain statements, it is TRUE. The Printed Flannels displayed in one of our windows ARE COTTON, but the designs are so rich and the cloth so skillfully subtle, that many people who buy the goods and are not told think they are much better than they are. Prices are the lowest. If this store did not save you money it would fail in one of its chief claims for attention. p. t7foye Corner Broughton and Barnard Streets. first director of the expedition. Judged It lo )' It 1# a work of the Persian or Parthian iTbl The latter cruciform structure of the tempi*, which aroused considerable Interest because of Ur form and magnitude, appear* by thl* year's ex ploration to have nothing to do with the temple proper, hot to be a strong formi cation constructed preceding our era, and of considerable lni|toriance even at the line r of the first Roman emperor*, when the temple of ltd was In ruins, having ceased lo he a sanctuary % t oniparallvely Modern Tomb t n eovered This Year, A tomb uncovered In the course of hl* year's exrwvatlona belong* to quite a late perlml—prohibly between the commence ment of our era und i* A It It wis found lie low the Boor of a chamber In (he fort rrs;. nttd wlihin It were daicov.rea vari ous objects of Interest. ■< gold rms. a chain Of gold and two heavy gold buckle*, with turn's heads set with precious atoms, for bolding up the toga, or whatever w i* the dress con.epondtng to It. A large mm* r of Hebrew and Min-Wan vases, of s.-nl cylinder* nnd of object* of art wi re discovered, iitnong which may h noted two large sxone object* once belong tng lo the temple outfit of Bel* a well pre- M-rvi.l sacrltl ial fable with anew tn -crlptlon of King Narsm-Bln and n huge Mack vase ilede ated by Judea of largish, that ts Tello, lo the temple of Nippur. Krriirh l'|h*rll. The French exi-dltton has likewise done valuable w. rk during the months of March and April of the present year. Like the American*, they have -impended work duitng the hot weather Their *|ns l.il ex ploration was carried on l>y XI. de Sarr.ec at Tello. on the noutheortern *Ulc of the great .anal isinneettng the Tigris with the Euphrates. known as Bhalt-eldlat or River of IJfe. The chief Units of this year's work nr* about 10.000 Inscribed tab lets, the precise character of which la still unknown Judging from the contents of similar Holt mule In previous years at Tello. they relate probalily to sacri fice* In the temple. A Herman Expedition. A third expedition, of German origin, line been at work in Babylonia since the spring of IX3* It Is umler the control of the well known architect, Dr. Ko'dnv cy. of the Kerim Museum. 8o for It* i.-suits have been chiefly In the line of topography The little temple of Ntn-Makh has been discovered and the palace of Nebuchad li.xxar has been explored. Hut. wttli the exception of the dire very of i well pre set ve I 11 Ittttc monument, which, how ever, nobody up to the present can read, and of a few fragmentary Inscribed stones, nothing of Importance in the Hue of Inscription ha* been unearthed. The American Discoveries. Beyond doubt the greatest success of the 5 ear I* that aciompllshe l by the American expedition. The I inpnr [a me of the discovery of the pre-Sargonlc palace and of the library of so famous a temple as that of the Nippur was at once recog nised. The systematic and thorough ex amination, which It la hoped will be made THE MORNING NEWS, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER IS. 1000. next year, prombe* to give a full and de- I died picture of life In what the author of the book of Genesis regarded as one of the old.st cities In the world, and on* whose origin, even In his time, was at tributed to the famous hunter whose name tin t b- come mythical The results of the exploration will probably show that Nip pur was a* Important In the fifth millen nium tvfore Fhr st a* It was In the third; that It anticipated the civilisation and the peitod when Babylon took the bad by at least LMWU years, and at this early period the human race In Babylon ia had acquired nrts and knowledge, which hithirto have only been attributed lo a much later period. To \l hms Credit I* llnr. "In conclusion," siy* the writer in the Daily News, “It should he noted that this American expe.tttlon Is one of the many valuable results which arc due to the mag nificent generosity of American cltlxen*. The Provost of the University of Penn sylvania, formerly Dr. VV. Pepper, nnd now Dr. C (' Harrison, assisted by a number of Philadelphia gentlemen, prom inent among whom are two hunkers, Mr. E. W. Clark and Mr. C. H. t’lark. the first mimed being the chairman of the Committee of Babylonian Exploration, de serve credit for their devotion to this purely scientific cause. From the com mencement of the explorations, some ten or twelve years ago, they have Wen prom inently connected with M. They nisi their committee have spared neither their ex ertions nor their purse* to make she ex pe’i.on a "Uccse* The fund* for the l;t -t expedition, so successfully carried out. were raised by the two Messrs. Clark. During the first year*, when the results were less satisfactory than might have been hoped, they persevered, and now hive the satisfaction of having achieved one of the greatest successes tn exploration ever accomplished. They have been fortunate in thetr choice of men. The work of Dr. Peters Is stiff!-Initlv well known by ht* own description With him W. re associated Prof. Ililprccht and Dr. Haynes. Prof. IlllprechCs Work. "The work und perseverance of Dr, Haynes In former campaigns, and at time* under very Dying circumstances. have been fully acknowledged by prof. Hll precht In his great work. 'The Babylo nian Expedition of the Pnlreraßy of Pennsylvania. ‘ He has al-o been during the pre-enr campaign under the manage ment of Prof Ililprccht. the scientific soul of the whole undertaking. The other members of the staff are both architect*. Mr. Fisher, (from the Pnlvrrslty of Penn sylvania). and Mr. Deers, (an I'Jngileii itun trom Southampton). To those who know the difficulties of exploration In the country where once I-aynrd encountered nnd overcame them. It Is. Indeed, remark able thut the American ex|dl(ton should, with so smsll n staff, have made so bril liant n success. ■’ —Jules Verne, w hose name w as once one to conjure with. Is retried at work upon anew book of travel, lie la In bis 7Jrd (Mti UNCLE SAM OWNS A GHOST. hoi k u ttmiK .% th m*n n- HKII 1 s <.OVt:imIAT I'HOI’KNTt. It M ni Once Ibc *eeie of Mnnj flrll linnt (iathrrlßH-Kp|io4lf Tbnf l.eil fun Wife’* nftclile n( llti*litt*ml* hrmnnil-Duel f lo* lle ( arrrr of n Mnn Formrrl) I'rumlnrnf In I'olltlca. From th#* Washington Po#t. A fovernment watchmnn vouchee for | fhU story. Hr I employeat **ne of fhr department bulldlnan, und declares that the atrurture ronfainr a Kho-; that the pl•ie haunN. and h< <Jeric acionttat* or i>cotr rn to give the lie to hl men*. Th** tmildlnir m quaation wai pur chawed by th* icovernment n number of years aao. It liee went of the once fa moiia *'Tr:'alr Park*** now called Lafayette Park and was the re*ldem-o of a prom*.- nent rtnf. m.in sit • • *1 .ul. The ftareemun built the houec when he waa in the zenith of hie nnd ue* 1 it e o place to dispense luvieh hoepltality. There h* arranged n ]| politic tl Intrigue*, when the wealth and wife of the nation’* capital lived In that ration of the city. The hou** to-day bear* no interior re eemblanee *o what it was in the old day*. There tut* been no change of the exterior, eave that the old garden, which In th#* rarly day* wa* full of myatic beauty, sur rounded bv great n .■****.4 of flower* and eweet #n< !Ilng *hrut>*. ha* been swept away to make room for rid* w.lk* nnd for adjoining building*. Thotiaanda of clerk* hove hied In and out of the htt*!ding tdneo Fnrle Sam became the tenant, thoupand* of people have thronged pn*t the loor* which once swung ? *ek to allow the pmnrt pet o' early Warhlngton to pa** within It* portal* but not many have heard of the t# rrlhle tragedy which wn* enacted behind tho' wall* and which the watchman de* lare* |p responsible f or rie nightly pound* of revelry, terminating puddefily in n ehriek. *0 lew that It cannot he heard out*lde of the structure, yet PO piercing and *0 heartrending that nothing • hort of Dnnte’a de*rrtp'lon of the loot poul p In#4 cry can fittingly describe the sound. A atopy of Jralotur* The Ptory of the trag*dv 1* no longer freh. * ven In the min#l of old Washing tonian* Tt eiroe ,i m climax to a long perle* of political lnrlcue* and culminated In one of the greate*t pohti \\ scandal* of that period The curtain was rung down onlv after murder had been com mitted. The Pt a teaman who enjoyed thl* toelnl pretce came ou? of the South tie brought w|*h him n wife, beautiful, refin ed. tactful end with .1 manner *o capti vating that she wa* quickly drawn Info the nodal rraelMrotn. nr#| hal a court of mal# admirer* whteh *oon pet the tongue* of the Mm* Orundyp w u?glng~, The hus band peemed to enjoy hi* wife’s nocial sucre**, and Indulged her In hjr slight# *t whim Hut the whirl of event*, wa* crowding In upon the pair. Fir*t a bit of political tr* irhery wa* discovered nnd traced to the doing of the statesman. It resulted in the downfall of n prom inent member of rongrrs*. but the clam or which It raided wa* too loud to he lasting and In a compnr itlvely short rime th#- matter was geemingiy forgotten— forgotten by all but one man. nnd this man had sworn to wr-k vengeance upon the man who had brought ruin and dis aster upon hi* uncle. There |* no record obtainable In Ihe city that .1 murder wn* committed within those wall*. The crlm*- was hinted at In some quarters as suicide, but the doctor's certificate read "heart !!*#*** ’* Th* ' .nunful wife of the statesman wa* found in a bath tub dead. Just two years later to n day the congre*mnn— her husband— was ruined The social wmrld was *ho'k#-i #f the sudden death. There wu* no sus picion nor any evidence of foul plav. yet one of the most cruel and cold-biooticNl murders conceivable had hr utht leath 10 this beautiful woman. It Is true that she administered the deadly potion with her own hands, but it was In the pres ence of the husband she had loved and whom she had been foully accused of #e traving that she the poison. A Fatal Kiss. The avenger had plotted Well. That r,lvlit the doors of the -tot--man's house had teen ihrown open to one of the gayest social functions of the season Many of the celebrities of that time -pint the early evening over a rare dinner and wine, and latar the younger guest* In dancing. This part was the gayest of the gay. and men flushed with wine car ried on desperate flit'.minus with every pretty woman present. When the climax was reach*d the hour had grown late Al ready a number of the rev*ter# had gone, and the hestesa, more beautiful than ever, was bidding adieu to the departing guests. In the crowd that night there was a tall southerner of soldi, rly appearance Throughout the entire evening he had havered near the hostess, and Just as he was about to de|>art paused on the threshold. *p.*ke something tn an under tone and lightly fctwgsd the h *stese on Ihe forehead The statesman was led to the *|V t I,\ the Itv* nger Just as the kiss waa Imprinted. In an Instant a terrible nwl n<*s Invaded his be'ng He gave Ihe aven ger a curt good night and sought his library. He bad forgotten that a few hours ago the Southerner had been intro duced as his wife's cousin The Interview between husband and wife was told by a family slave It was brief, and the verdict was that the wife must die. This she did. shortly after her death the husband met with both finan cial and political reverses In a com|*ara llvely snort time the whirlwind of disas ter swept him off hts f*et. He left Wash ington and leturnid to his home tn the Hoiith. where a few years later he was killed In a duel by the man whom he had been searching for since that fatal night. The House la Haunted. Since that tragic event hundreds of fam ilies have tried to live tn this house. Other statesmen have rented It. hut failure nnd defeate lasted while they lived lnthedoom cd mansion It was years before the building gatned the name of being “hoo dooed." but once l got the name people In all walk* of life shunned the place, and for a long lime before the structure was finally bought by the United States government It was tenantlesg. There Is no longer a bath room In Ihe M Cures Dandruff, Falling Hair, llrittle Hair and all Scalp Troubles, such as Itching, Eczema, Eruptions, etc. Purely Vegetable, harmless and reliable. CURE GUARANTEED ercri after a U other remain* have /aUed, or money rrfuntUd. A DOCTOR WRITES: No 1 Nl n>ftrlNi Si.. Hditun. . Mm W. MS I d‘ b*hrrn rwc-sMntunndtßffpropriMftrr *rtici*B. but retfkr \ tor tbft truth roitpuU m** to tlsstretl <WI.U. it snd For Sals by all I>niggi*t* and Barbers. Trr*. llso on hair and Scalp Trimble, free on request. L It. Ulllltll K I 0.. - Chicago. Beware of Imitation*. The only hair preparation admitted C* the Paris Exposition. For sale by Llppman Bros.. Columbia Drug On and Knight'# Pharmacy, b.van ti ah, Oa. _ An Expensive “ Tip’ is the one which you cut off and throw away every time that you smoke a Five Cent cigar. There is nearly as much labor in making this end as all the rest of the cigar, and yet every man who buys a cigar cuts it off and throws it away. You get all you pay for when you smoke Old V irginia Cheroots Tkree hundred million Old Virginia Cheroot* smoked this year. Ask your own dealer. Price. 3 for 5 cents. UI 111. “1 suffered of Rheumatism a long time, and found nothing to relieve me until 1 took GRAYBEARD. I tried most everything I heard of; that is in the line of blood medicines. All of them failed. GRAYBEARD cured me sound and well. I can't praise it enough. I will recommend it to anybody having Rheumatism." C. C. CLARK, No. 420 Park avenue. Get Graybeard at any drug store, $1 a bottle, or write to Respess Drug Cos., Drops. Colored Lithograph Posters. WE do a great deal of this class of work for Proprietary Medi cine Concerns, Furniture Houses, Cigar Manufacturers, Clothiers,Sea side Resorts, Mountain Sanitariums. All you have to do, if you are inter* ested, is to drop us a line. We cheerfully make estimates Kill MS i SWlll J. H. ESTILL, President, SAVANNAH, GA. SHORTER COLLEGE, 11 4 | “'T,' ii ‘ ’ MeaMh mw4 / ~-A , _ u ii.* W * >-h 'fl V" • ..•• lilt tilling* -. r*.‘ fJV •* . /Tv-IgA/ -1 "7" ' •' Wii.’km 1 * Ur*! 1. C3* A.' 1 ~ / „J” *" 4 “ i r,r. ui„ ■ M ' c-A. Jgl,ie4W |C| A, L,.,'. ' . u “ • ' sv.i~.ir, a:..,. kj. w . 1 ■lllkie.kt 1 . tWBRP „ _• An..tn..,i.. -3] iHWllllfttl, s' I r i n~- W , • *" .1 l .T. ..... - . ... , S. . LXai building. Rus at night, so the watchman declares, between the hours of 2 and Sn. m . In the little room which Is now used for storing files, can be heard very plain ly she heartbreaking sob# of a woman, Ihe gurgle of running water and a plerr- Itig scream. At first the night watchman thought some of she employes had left tin water running In the washbowls, and many nights ha* he trudged from cellar to roof looking for the running water, only to find every faucet securely shut The sound of voice* he trls*l To account far by accusing colored folks wbo Uva in the alley near by and songful cals, ti was the same every night, and the watch man at lust became mystified. A search outside proved there were no voices and no cits. He Is an old soldier, but the Krewsome sounds soon liecame more than lit# nerves could stand, and at la he told other of hts suspicions An old negro pass ing through the building one day heard him discussing the nightly occurrences. He Stopped long enough to say that his wife had been a slave In the statesman's family and to tell the Morv recorded above. Ocean SteamsniD Gi -FOR- New York, Boston -AND THE EAST. Uniurpa.ird cabin accommotlallons , the comforts of a modern hotel. Kleetm lirhti. Unexcrit.d table. 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S*. noon Thta company reserve* the ~ change It* .-aillnx* without i e. „ , without liability or accountat•; . v . ■.- for Sailing* New Y'ork for Savannah T.<. dav*. Thursday* and Saturday* or> p m W. O BREWER. City Ticket ,1 F..• enger Agent. 107 Bull treei, Sst.irn.ih, Oa. FI. W. SMITH, Cotitractlng Fre;*ht Agent. Savannah. Ga. R G. TREZEVANT. ,Ager.i. S\ tnna“. Ga. WAI-TF.R HAWKINS General Agent Traffic Dep't, 221 W, Bay Mreet, •onvtlle. Fla. F. H. HINTON, Traffic Manager. Sa vannah Oa p E I.E FEVRK, Superlntender’. N'e Pier 36, North River, New York N T MERCHANTS AND MINERS TRANSPORTATION CO. ITt-Ultllil’ LINES. SAVANNAH tt) BAI.TI tIOKE. Ttcketa on ea.e at company's off Va. to the following polnta at v. ry low rate* ATI-ANTIC CITY. N J BALTIMORE. MD. BUFFALO, N Y. BOSTON, MASS CHICAGO. ILI- CLLVEI.AND, 0. EIUE. PA HAGERSTOWN. HARRISBURG. PA. HALIFAX. N S NIAGARA I ALLB. NEW YORK. PHILADELPHIA PITTBBUBG. PROVIDENCE. ROCHESTER TRFNTOS WILMINGTON. " WASHINGTON Fltwt-claee tlcketa Include meat* end elate room herth. Savannah to Biltlm re Ace enmodatlon* and culsmo unequalaa Freight capacity unlimited; ewieful nan hi g and qti k dlpn*eh The nteam-hlpa of thta nompwny r t>- potnied to aall from Savannah to Biltl rnnne * follow* (atandard tlmei ITASCA. Capt. I’lgg*. TUESDAY, Sept. I*. 1:S0 p m AI.I.EGIIANY, Capt. Floater. THURS DAY. Sept. 20, 4:0) P m. TEXAS. Capt. Eidredge, SATURDAY. Sept 22. f.; p. m p H. MILLER. Capt. Peter*. TUESDAY, Sept. 26. * P- m ITASt'A. Capt. Dlgg*. THURSDAY', Sept 27. s on n. m ALLEGHANY. Capt Footer. SATUR DAY, Set* 21> :30 p. m. And ftotn Ba'.Umor* Tue-diya. Thurw daya and Saturday* at 4:uo p tn Ticket Office. J Bull atreet. NEWCOMB COHEN. Trav Agent J. J. CAROLAN. Agent. Savannah, GA W. P. TURNER. O P A A D. BTKRBINS. ATM J. C. WHITNEY. Tmlße Manager General Ofllnea Baltlmort*. Md 1 1.81. Of HOPf R'T AND C. 8 8 RT XIHMKU For Isle of Hope, Montgomery, Thunder bolt. Cattle Bark and West End. Dally exerpt Sunday*. Subject to cnan*, without notice. iblk~ofh6Fk. I.v. City for I of H.| Lv, Isle of Hoie *SO am from Tenth |6ut am for Bolton 7>o am from Tenth | IS 00 am for Tenth *am from Tenth j7OO am for Tenth 9 15 am from Holton | 8 00 am for Temh 10 80 am from Tenth 10 00 am for Tenth 12 00 n'n from Tenth 1! 00 am for Boito* 1 16 pm from Holtun 11 JO am for Tenth I*o nm from Tenth 200 pm for Tenth BSO pm from Tenth 2to |>m for Hour* tJo pm from TenUa iu> pm for Tenth 1M pm from Tmtb at pm for Tenth *S) pa tram Tenth •ts pm !' Tenth 7M pm from Tenth 700 pm for Tenth BSO pm from Tenth 800 pm for Tenth 980 pm from Tenth 300 pm for Tenth 10 SO pm from Tenth 10 00 pm for Tenth |ll 00 pm for Tenth _ MONTGOMERY. _ I.v city for Mong'ry. i Lv. Montgomery 880 im from Tenth I 7 IS am for Tenth 2SO pm from Tenth I 1 16 pm for Tenth from Temh j 600 pm for Tenth ___ CATTLE BARK. I. City for Cal.Barkl Lv. Cattle Park. < SO am from Rollon | 700 am for Bolton 7SO am from Bolton j 8 00 am for Dolma 100 pm from Bolton | 1,30 pm for It 'ton 2SO pm from Bolton I I 00 pm for Holton 700 pm from Bolton | 7 SO pin for Holton Bon pm from Bolton I* SO pm for Bolton THUNDERBOLT. Car leaves Bolton street Junction 5 * a. m. and ovary thirty minutes ihervefter until 11:30 p. m. Car leaves Thunderbolt at *OO *■ m *"<■ every thirty minute* thereafter unfit 12:00 midnight, for Bolton street Junc tion. FREIGHT AND PARCEL. CAR. Thl* car cairtea trailer for paseengef* on all trip* and leave* west side of city market for Isle of Hop*. Thunderbolt and all Intermedin!* points at 9 00 a. m < ISO p. m.. 6:00 p. m. Leaves Isle of Hope for Thunderbot. City Xlerket and all Intermediate Pln at *:00 am., 11:00 a. m.. 2:<o P- t*. WEST END CAR- Car leaves west aide of city market West End 6:00 a. m and .very fijl" 1 * thereafter during the day until B 51 I.eaves West End at 630 a m try to mteintes thereafter during >n* 7 until 12:00 o’clock midnight n M. LOFTON. Gen Mr? J. D. WEED ft CO nnvAJUiAJt. aa. Leather Belting, Steaic Packing A Host Agent* for NEW YORK RUBB tK BELT IN Q AND PACKING COMP*’’ 1 '