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GREAT TIDAL WAVES.
c.%i. %hi rii i\ woHi.tr* Hirom
IMNUR To
▼hr I l 4 Hiaf f I.lnr***l •
• hlrr—l.ltlmn nl i
of Thai Hu *1 la <*nlf of H* i.
Iro.
Th* wave of rWtru n< n that hi*
over the Toid • ■*.* !:r •' •rr*mg ruin
to th* h**m- f rmj- iu4p ' *ll* HtUr
ralimltiM For frightful a a • *hl
#r**r n*.rg of the -r* ui.nM the lanO,
eurh niacl)m* have r h**for# In
fa • they nr o-i . *
at ;4y provr-
There i# that okl atory of the io*i At
land*. hi h the acrid, even after the
lapee of < • nur h -n-‘ t*n aMe to
dtabe’ieve More than half th worW t>e
lievee there | a ion AtUr.tta TN Krvp
tarfc h/ ’teved eo ia.ff h> fore *
day It U in the moitn of an )£x>(>ti4f\
pnear talk 'a of goloc. that Pla*o put*
the oe#npi.on of the vat **ani
That dr*- ripion mkc!* of Atlantic a Unl
|arf*r than the T* xas- of !>•*>*> The
Ore#*a !<>' a * e<l it off th* ehore*
of Nor*h Afri a. a little to the w>uth**t
of Gibraltar The Plaionian dee ription of
the Interior of the A flat .tie of
time* t aurprieinsiy heautifu:. but not
more to t n the rare Imu.M :ve i N '* f r
with whi h Phito writ*.- • ! th** country
and it# people. .< moat fVuloua art*! n
-• ajtln# hiatory. othei epe .laic* • n*v
rated the l**et Atlantm near th" < ararv
latMivlii. and l*l?ndh are in fart
auppoeed to be the of the
continent There is poaltively nothing tan
gible upon which to hang i;e story of he
loat Atlantis But like moat traditlona
which perslat Ifi iving on. after the world
ha* grown too pricti al to have an> use
for them. :t ha- l.vjhil#?* a foundation
In <jtnr important fa t of olden time, the
trag'dy of which w it in that *a- tin e of
the e*rth to the waters of the deep whi h
had tecomr familiar even to tha ancients
t oast IMaterlMiares.
That the nasta of Fngland have b*#n
visited by man> and disastrous tidal
wave* there is abundant evidence In
fact, the ocean bar, which surrounds
i.early the whole of England and F ** ? -
lar.d if itfMlfl * tt Hfb ttM
•hore line as it exist* to-day I* Itself the
result of a great submerti n. or senes
of which ages ago over
flowed the old coast, rushed ifishore,mad*
new .and line* and. hollowing out he
tween the new line and the old anew
ocean bed. leaving what had been called
the coast line to be forever after called
•the bar The har is to h found :n near
ly every port of England, eloquent tesi
mony to the tidal waves of the pa-* Hot
there Is comparatively little of other tes
timony save as ha* beer, preserved
In the record* of seaport t**wns
One of the gr atesi cats lysms ever oc
curring <*n the British coast was that on
the co*m of Lincolnshire, ir 1571 Thi*
has been commemorat*d in verse by J-an
Inge low- in the poem entit ed High Tide
Off the Coast of Lincolnshire The Lin
coinsbire coast is aimos* uniformly low
and mar*hy—ao low. In fact, at some
places that the shore requires the defense
of an embankment to save it from the en
croachments of the sea A **• wall had
been built when tbe great tidal wave of
JI7I came, but It appear* to have lesn
absolutely useless as a defense of the
country and the people at that time At
the present day th* ( ns of Isinr oln#hlr*
are defended from thr North se* by some
of the finest engineering works in the
world and yet it Is much to be doubted
whether they would effective
against Mich invasions as that which has
Just overwhelmed Galveston
Title* and Eartbqnakr*.
Many of the most fatal tidal wav#* of
which w* have any history Have b*eri a
- by earthquake*. adding so their
horror-, but snaking It lmpo**lW# i<> mv
what her th* earthquake of the Inundation
has tar* th# ran* faial and destructive
"Th* grtii earthquake of IJrtoti. In 1783.
araa aitonpiniwl by a tidal ajvt nhlch
rofllna tilt th* Taaua river from the ocean
submerged all the lower parts of the city
and destroyed thousand* of live* which
witch: poa*lMy have e-pel the earth
quake shock* Wh*n the earthquake * ante
•r Coroc**. In HIS. there waa a tidal wave
at La Ouyra, the entrefiort of Cara-a*
which deetroyed m*n> live* Five year*
a*o a aerie* of tidal wave*, accompanied
by or alternattn* with earthquake shock*,
viatted some of the mews populous laland*
of J .par, The tidal wave*! re iched from
fifteen to twenty mile* Inland, heinc of
au-*h hlfht foe,-* and volume tn mile*
from the ocean particularly when re.
atrlcted to narrow valley*, a* to be rip
able of de*troy!na much life The num
her of human live* loal at that lime ha*
never been atated In an English newepa*
per but that It ran far Into the thousand*
there U no room m doom.
Many memorably ttreat Inundation* have
occurred In the United Slate** during: the
law’ half century The earlleat of the*e
of which there I* any a 3 urate record Or.
rttrred In Ull. when the Mississippi reach
ed a higher point than r ha* at any oihet
time New kit aland. Pennsylvania and
New York aufTered (treat damages by
flood’ in January. ld fhat was the year
In which Montreal had It* memotahle In
undation. In which l<*> |>er*onw were drown,
ed and U.igftjOOO worth of property destroy
ed. The Montreal calamity occurred, how.
ever, three month* later than the flood*
In the United State* ju*t mentioned The
meat destructive freshet of Whs. though
took place In Tea**, on Aug at. In which
many hou*e* in Cialve*lon were Mown
down by the hurraane which accompanied
the flood The |o* In that city and neigh
borhood by wind and water were thirty
eight live* and b.OU),i>IO worth of prop
erty.
Mississippi Floods.
The spring rtae of tha Mla*i*atppl. In
-BM. carried the river In enme place* to a
high* not touched before In many year*
In Illlnot* the destruction wti great
•specially at Quincy and liannihal. Th*
highest point of that year's freshet was
reached on May IT. Memlco had heavy
rain* and a d*truc*)ve flood a month la
ter than this In which the low* of life wu
put at LtOU by urn* acrounta and the )o*t
of proper! y at M.OOO.fIOn
On May fl. I**4. the bursting of a re*,
ervotr at Conemsugh lake caused the well
remembered flood at John*town, Pa The
wall of water traversed tre eighteen
mile* between the reservoir and Johns
town In ev*n minute*. The Pennsylvania
Railroad bridge at Johnstown held some
of the water hack and collected a mat* of
dbrl* whlah caught tire and Increased the
destruction Revised figure* pm the loss of
life at 2.143, and the lose of property at
Ro.rgin.mn. About f* on.Of el was received
from contribution* throughout th* world
and distributed among the *uff*rer*
In March and April. I*9o. the Mississippi
and **v*ral of It* tributaries overflowed
great stretch** of country along their
hank* Thousand* of square miles of ter
ritory were submerged, many town* were
Isolated and communication with score*
of small settlement* were cut off for
week* Louislina was the greatest sufferer
among th*- # -it* < In that flood. Congress
voted a relief fund at that ttm*- of 8130.090
for the sffi.eGd throughout the Mississip
pi valley.
Galveston. ’on has suffered before.
Judge John Elliott, who l* well known In
’hi* elty. say* shat he lived in Galveston
for some time and passed through a ter
rible storm In ISWS that almost wrecked
the place then.
Former Galveston Storms.
"Thr storm that I on In was on* of
th* nwel terrible ever known In the Gulf
of Mexico." **td Judge Elliott "I re
member all the circumstances distinctly
but I cannot quite remember she ‘late. 1
believe It was a bool May 7. I***
''l had taken passage In the little ship
Ot.tabn from Matagorda, in Western
Teta* to New * tieac* We had been out
aboxt a tie I wa- sstt.-g or. tre deck
win a
in the >wy Tre *e ait beautiful and
smooth T~e m*st*r of the rhlp cal.e*i
our ittemaso to a Ms k k about the
use of a man * fa* on the b-"-*
j too That la a rjrckvo* ‘be seal Tarn
re ei i -ed and went at**- to
make his v * m. taut
flbOVVlv after trv.s 1 *ie storm buret ik>
us m a.i ii- f„r> It was certain*} IN
n>w* tcrribie rspr:#ri' r of mv life I
• • r ever f. rg• t bow fu captain h* ked
He **l t*lms* if Imp *d to live • *.•>; • and
fnen tftif puir.t he shouted to ha men
thr>ugh a speaking trumpet He made
r open sea and soon had Ms #.n ; in
ih# be. possiMe shape to resist the t>r*
-.aughts of wind and wave but not until
*are* or four men bad rwen washed over.
oard in the ese-uttoo of ms orders
The storm grtw mcr*- terrible * very
irstwnt First ih i-i+r r.ging ra*w
'*• T her t • :*,*•• were braae* off
*bott -in.| the *!• k swept clean of every,
thft u
'On I- ard were !e head of steers for
New <jriears Tn# ptaln caused these
to augbt#rd They wen fastenei
t . t h* hulk **f th. ship with
giant ham-ers ard thrown overbiard sev
en >-iHe on each side These hoatmg car
■ ase* * ted as buoy* and mere the only
things In *h* w rid that kept us afloat
W* at las* drifted into Gal vast on bad
•>' wr* kei t } drawing six fee* of wa
t tf ’ Wa found the Island of atves*.wn
w*s almost completely under water.
!>*•*• ra-tln of Hunter.
‘ During this st *rm the Is and of fni
n*er rtf the of Louisiana was
• hange-i from a beautiful tropical summer
ftert into . b*d of seething *ju cksand
<n this Island hund’e-ia of wealthy Bouth
*m p tr s>if Kni to >i*nd the sum
mer months There ih*\ had built i*a;a
tu rei j*r.f es < os*ing hundreds **f thou
s.inds of dollars, and laid out beautiful
pastes and gardens The vegetation on this
bland wa* something remarkable, there
being trees whi~h were a*, least six feet
in diameter The storm swept the Island
as clean a* a sanded floor There was not
• vestlga of the tmprav ements left It is
believed that the building* tfeod until th*
soil was washed away and were then lit
erally swa! owed in the qukksand that
l ea under It "
ANIMAL HOIMI fit II DI.HV
VVlrda Built! Their Own Incuba
tor*.
Prof Charles F Holder in the New York
Tribune.
Bom* years ago a sea captain who was
trading in the r>|ebss Island* received
as he was to sail, a basket which
the messier gt r said contained a few eggs
which he wnhed delivered at the next
port The skipper placed the eggs in his
cabin for safety, and thought no more
about them until one morning he hawr *
a noise in the basket and to Ms amass
ment saw one of the egg* break open and
its occupant fly across the cabin.
I-ater he learned that the bird was the
inaleo. a pheaeant-lik* creature that de
posits Ita eggs in the volcanic sands of
the beach, aborning the sun to hatch
them The young birds dig their way out
and are able to tak* care of themselves
from birth, and can fly immediately to a
limped distance
Closely related to the maleo Is a group
of b rds which be properly termed
the mound builders of bird life. They are
the mega pod** of New Guinea and Aus
tralia. the only birds that use incuba
tors to hatch their eggs. There are a
number of gpacleg. but In general thev
r*sembie small turkeys with large feet,
ar.d ar* found in the brush near the
shore or beach
When the breeding aeaeon arrives both
sear* select a suitable place and proceed
to build a mound of grass and vegeta
ble matter This Is a- < xmplishrd by th*
birds writing th* material In their large
ard pow* rful claws and hurling it hack
ward Th* work of |*erhwpe a score of
birds so accumu ate*, and a large sited
mound 1* the result, which, when used
year after year, often astunv-s striking
proportions
A* an example, some naturalists who
were traveling on the Island Nogo.
In Endeavor Straits, were attracted by
the accounts of the natives of a bird that
made mountains In which *o hide it* egg>
from eoemiea By offering to reward the
naetvea. the travelers were taken to the
mound of a megapode. from which the
guides triumphantly dug out several eggs
The mound waa. if not a mountain, o
•mail hill, and measured ISO feet In dr*
c umference. and at one end was fourteen
fee* |n hight. sloping in one place twenty
four feet to the level of th* ground, which
was scraped bare In the neighborhood.
Another observed was twenty-five feet In
length and flve fe*t high.
The Has* liar led Beep.
The mound* ore formed of vegetable
matter, interspersed here and there with
line gravel, decayed wood and leave*, and
are artificial Incubators. The hint* dig a
hole In the top the eggs being deposited
about six feet from the surface, then cov
ered up and left to hatch by the heat gen
erated In the mas*, whereupon the young
scramble out. and. a* a rule, look out for
themselves from blrlh
The Nicobar megapod* constructs a slm
ihir mound, while (he talegallus of Aus
tralia Is equally remarkable as a mound
builder In this Instance several females
use the same nest, and as many a* a
basketful of eggs have been taken from
a single mound. This bird Is nearly a*
large as o turkey and resembles It.
Among the bird* there are a number of
mound bulkier.*, among which the lyre
bird, so remnrkable for It* vsntrtloqulsttr
power*, may be Included, forming a sin
gular mound of tlek and brush Upon
one occasion several naturalists visited
■he small Islands on the Rahama bank*
and came upon a curious settlement of
mounds The latter were about thirty
Inches aero** and from one to three feet
high, and looked like stool* or seat* rls
tna from the mud They were the mound-
Itke n#* of the flamingo.
A llille bird found deep In the heart of
Borneo, called the gatdener bird, erects
a perfect mound apparently three or four
feet high which, wonderful to relate. I*
hollow. The bird I* but little larger than
a robin and build* this mound of green
twig* simply a* a pleasure house. It* egg*
being deposited In a nr* not far distant
In traveling over the prairie* of Illinois
several year* ago 1 noticed singular
mounds here and there In what was com
paratively dry land. So numerous were
they that they mde the aurroundlng
ountry appear a* though billow* had
paused over It. giving It an undulating
shape Upon Investigation I found that
these mound builder* were little crayfish
that penetrated tha soil In every direc
tion from th* neighboring brook*, the
mound* being startling evidences of their
Industry.
tines. In poling my boat along In the
gt Lawrence.fiver, In water seven fevt
deep, 1 i am* upon a mound of stone*
from two to three Inches In diameter that
rc* to within two feet of the surface, so
near. In fart, that 1 reached over and
llft*d some of the pebhle* from the top of
the heap At first glance the mound look
ed like a cart load of * tone* that had been
tipped over from some ieam*-r. or, had
not the water been (hallow, might well
love passed for cinders thrown from a
pasting vessel Hut the stones were all
s-leeted pehh ** and of the same general
stge A little further along the shore 1
found another mound m shallow water.
Tonight
Juat before retiring. If yonr liver Is
sluggish, out of tune and you feel dull,
bllloua. conatlpated. lake a doa* of
Hood's Pills
And you'll be all right la the morning.
THK MORNING NEWS: .MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 24. 1900.
Mil In the course of a m n*h located sev
eral
The Handicraft of F*lt
These mounds d to be the work of
n- he# ißegsmiuai Year after year they
t. *4 at tbe mound piling up the stone*
*r i b'.ngdng them tn thetr mouths it*
m *ry tn*agnce# from not a iittle distance
1 estimated t**n of these to be
ever s *n w *.ght In shafa* they were
cav> flie the nelsae evident dropping
* atones alwav* from above, so that
?*% ro dowr. forming the -hat*- <H*
- rad In succeelmg seasons they had
built lb- m unds to tbe surface ©f the
water, or to near It tha* and ifing the win
*e- ih* *• res were fr* sen m the Ice. a. 1
tn tbe sfwr.ng, wnan the ice melted, many
of the top layer were arrltd away
The mounds w-re the ne*s of me flshee.
many of t >etn *W|- siting iheir eggs in
•wm. w- n u* wash**! in the inter
at ices of the mound, where tbe young,
when *—> spp-4 r **l fouadl s.ieiter
Equally remwrkabla are the m vireli ke
structure# of lamprey eels One observed
in th*- 8a > river wise lv fee* in length
and : feet in hight It was formed ©f
stones cmj■ of larger sSxe than in trie
ae of the Ft !aawref)<-e river mounds
TM* accumulation was for a similar pur
rr*- ami in coot*minuting it one wonders
•>w the buliders could accomplish wo
much In removing the stones the eels
4**a h*d their iu< kerhke n>->>h to *bem.
and rising with a wriggling motion from
the bottom allowed tne current of th-s
stream io carry them along as far as Jt
wouid before they dropped tnen the up
ward ariggiing motion was repeated, un
til finally the stone was placed where
desered AnrK4ig the material carried
•k'wrmrHim in this manner was a por
tion of brick that took the uni*ed effort#
of two iwrge ee;.- #w hich held themselves
ipr.gfV in the water as they were car
ried on by the current
In my walks and drives through the*
foothill countrv of Bouthern California I
have frequently seen a curious and intr
vtring mound buiclsr The flrat mourn!
that attra ted my attention wa* a mass
of beviah piled jp njaiut the trunk of a
'•ren! 1 tree, standing perhaps three feet
from the ground I? was ao interwoven
aid Interla *d that oniy with d.(Acuity
•vuM 1 pull it apart, the short twigs hav
ing ! some wav been tvound in and out
ao c oesly tha# the h#ap was not onlv
at- impregnable for*revs, but rain and
whut i'roof
Not knowing exactly to what member
of the animal kingdom the nest belonged,
I retired a few fest, and soon saw the
owner—a large lustrous-eyed wood rat,
that watched me sharply from Its point of
vantage at the slightest movement dodg
ing bark I had never seen an interior de
scribed. so I began to demolish the nest,
and labored long and hard before I had
laid it open.
The upper portion contained a room or
apartment, lined with fine moss and ihe
bark of trees, and thoroughly protected
from the rain There were other apart
ments. or rooms, some stuffed with geed,
corncobs and piecea of cloth, probably
picked up tn the vicinity of a neighboring
ranch house The whole man was honey
combs*! with tunnels, so that It was an
impossibility to catch one of the mound
builders napping, and when I Anally re
moved the nest I found that one of the
passages led Into the ground und radiated
off In various directions.
Beveral apecla# of these interesting little
creatures are. known, tom* living tn Flor
ida. where ! have seen them among the
palmetto leaves piling up thetr curious
homes that alowly became veritable
mounds
Many of the insects can be termed
mound builders formtng heaps of clay
and earth, and in many other branches of
the snfmel kingdom we will find these cu
rious analogies to the work of the human
mound builders.
Pasadena. Cal
niTCIi UTATBA PHltOflßHfl.
Reward* nod Finish meat* Provided
on *> stem by Inspector*.
From the Washington Htsr
The *leportm*nt of Justice, by r*-s*on of
th fact mat It ha* control of ull the pris
oner* of the Unites! fltntes. ho* on ll*
rolls a number of prison lnsp tor*. These
officers make regular visit* to all prison*
where prisoner* of the federal govern
ment are confined. They Investigate the
treatment of the federal prisoners, the
food they receive, their clothKig. etc An
informal undersiarallna the dapariment
has la that its prisoner* shall not bo * tb-
Jeeted to corporal punishment Thl* fa- t
led to a discussion recently of the man
agement of the Elmira reformatory of
New York, to long uu-W the management
of gupt. Brockway Mr Brockway ha-1
bean using the laeh In trying lo Induce
better behavior, and the department had
a long correspondence with him
"Brockway *tt one of the greatest
prison managers In the United States,”
said one of the prison Inspectors, "and I
make the prediction that the Elmirs re
formatory will never he the same thin*
again It was under him. He knew more
about convicts than any man In the world
and could manase them better, despite the
attack* made on him Brockway used to
have three classes of prisoners In hi* In
stitution. The class** were made for
the reward or punkthmenl of prisoner*
The first class conilucd of well-behaved
prinoners They did not reach that class
omll their record* warranted II When
they did so they were entitled to wetr
blue suits, much resembling the uniform
ol a naval officer The uniforms were
really pretty. The men were also enti
tled to many privileges. They ate at a
table of their own. had nice plate* and
table ware, with whit* linen, and many
things* so make their surroundings attrac
tive, The se ond class consisted of pris
oner* who might be termed probationer*
They wor* a gray uniform of not as good
material a* the first class men. and had
a portion of th# privilege# an*f pleae
ure* of the first elate The second class
was mad* up of the main body of the
prison The third class was made up of
bad fellow*—those of bad behavior. I mean
They had to dress In a scarlet uniform,
the cloth being r#d enough to he seen
u long distance They ate out of plate*
mat had been cracked and misused by the
first class men. and on cheap tables. o
themselves. There was no linen on their
tables, and they were known to other
prisoners as "the lobsters." on account
of their bright uniforms. They were gen.
erallv called lobsters by all the other*,
and the punlahment was severe It *•• a
frequent occurrence for federal prisoners
to i -one lo me and ask to he taken nut
of hi* class Rrockway had many other
methods that showed him to be a great
prison manager
"1 ha*, found that the t>eal managed
prlsone In the United fltatee are those
where the prisoner* are well fed It Is
th* old story of a man's stoma-h. Pal-
Isfy that and rhe man Is satisfied Thl*
Is especially the case wlih convict* Their
mental development la not such as to give
them mental worry and so the physical
are the greatest trouble* they have The
W**i Virginia penitentiary al Mounds
vllle Is the best In the country In this re
spect. When I go there and call upon
the United State* prisoners they havy no
complaints to make Almost without ex
ception there |w no fault to find The food
Is carefully prepared and Is abundant
they say. But many other prisons are not
they way. The food I* such as to cause
dissatisfaction and the men are always
complalninx of 111-treatment and la k of
proper food Some prisons really give
* I
then punish them severely when they
complain.
"The warden of th* Fort I*#av#nworth
penitentiary, formerly the warden of Jo
liet. never use* a whip on convicts. He
Is an advocate of solitary confinement •*
a last resort In punishment A led man
will be pul In * room removed from other
room*, where there Is nothing or nobody
to he seen or talked with Hl* food wlil
he bread and water He generally gets
the worst of the bargain iu a Jew days
and la than conquered." 4
ODDITIES OF THE CENSUS.
PECt 1.1 AH 04 C"lf* tTIOft *ET I*OH .
HV EM MEHATOII-.
Oar Prfr|n,a| ltrunlt.nl In ln.lt
nnn—tllrn.l. tn t1..,1t) Trmp>
I fellrfrrn In Ihr Annth na Enrm l-n
--bnrrra—% I'rnun ImuU l.rrma
\NI,,. la tnun, .rnlr.l na n t itlaln.
From the New York Hjn
Wft*hlr><rton —One of the roof! Interea*.
tn, fide taeue, In the twelfth eenu, now
twin, compiled. >• that whl> h a.-towa the
vnertea of the army of enumerator, who
gathered the vt mu, of cenaua ftatU
• i Great . are waa eaerrlred In th* a* *
lection of the large number of enumrr-*-
■tnd a* a rule ghey pm\ • 1 la f •
•ona of Intelligence In a few a**-,, how
ever. the or. ridtlr, of the trtvtcr were
au. S. and the available material ao ae ir e
that pernors of mediocre ability were ap
pointed aa information gatherer* Thi
wae particularly the caae In ion* porta
of tho South and Were with a acaltering
tn the other region* Notwlth*tami ng th
fact that every enumerator had carefully
prepared m*tru tlona nnd a- he.lule., the
latter having primed heading* over the
column* for name*, age*, occupation*, na
tivity, etc . ion* of the enumerator* u> -
eeded tn making amunng and enlgrmatlc
entrle* The young women who m*r.!p
--ula-e the punching machlneAm the ewn
ua office have found themeelvaa aore y
puttied over *ome of the** record*.
Whenever th* puncher* found on the
achedule* an oc. ipatlon which doe* no'
appear In the rpeclally prepared and print
ed Hat furnl*hed by their chief* they are
Instructed to puneh It either "O. T
meaning "other rhlngt or N. G.."'
■tandtng for “not gainful Thu* when
an enumerator In Indiana gave the occu
pation of a man a* “drunkard “ the
puncher wa* IB a quandary w-hae tn do
Her chief tun* to the re*cue end Inform
ed her that drinking Intoxicating liquor*
wa* certainly not a gainful oc* upatton
eapectally aa the next column on the
achedule showed th* man In question wa*
•o engaged twelve months In each year
She wa*. therefore. Inarru'-ted to punch
H “N O " The same rule wa* followed
when other enumerator* entered a woman
a* an tnebrlate and certain men a* toper*
A New York enumerator, who wa* per
haps aomethlrg of a *i*uth entered *ev.
eral men In hie dlatrlct variously, a*
"crook*. " plckprwket*"" and "gambler*
For some reason these wer*
entered under the head of
"not gainful" pursuit* A Geor
gian who eke# oul an existence by doing
chore* ahotyf the neighborhood In which
he reside* will appear in the cen*u* a*
"odd Job* " Hl* occupation will he found
very properly under the head of "other
tiling* " One of th* Southern enumera
tor* came aero#* an Invalid who ha* spent
several year* In the South for hi* health
and promptly entered the *lck man"* oc
cupation g* "traveling for hi* health "
Thla. of course, war punched under the
head of "not gainful." In Pennsylvania an
aged woman wa* entered a* "occupation
—lnvalid. " and another under the tame
heading a* " paralyaed "
Each entry mad# on the hedule* being
paid fer by th* government at a prescrib
ed rate an enterprising enumerator in
Ohio, seeking to swell hi* temporary In
come. sought the re*ort of a number ■ f
Weary Willies on the outskirts of nl
town and entered them To each of the**
he gave the occupation of "tramp rot
gainful." One of the Western enumerator*
put down a worthleae fellow known as
th* town character. In the following
"Nam* : occupation, loafer, not gatn
ful. unemployed twelve month* In the
year" An aged veteran of the Civil War
was entered In the occupation * " live*
on pension." anj another a* "miser."
while still another wa* reported in the
same column as "lives on saving* " Some
of the other oddltl** of occupation are
given: •Hoarding." "viritlnf." "not at
work.” and "musically Inclined.” Of
course, none of these can be found In the
prescribed ll*t of cc upatlon*. and they
are coneetiuenfly entered variously In the
"O. T." and "N G" columns
In many of the return* from the rural
district* from th# Bouth large number
of children under M year* of age are re
corded a* farm lahorer*. and under th
proper headings It is said that they are
*o employed eight nror •h * and attend
school but two months In each year
Two Southern housewives appear In the
occupation column a* does housework”
and " mind* baby."
One of the most peculiar entries I* that
of a Jerssyman whose occupation Is gtv*n
as "Ilemoor.itl ’ stump speaker,” which
was promptly assigned to the "N. G
not rainful—column It l* also said that
h* wa* employed four months tn each
vear.
Numerous Indians whoa* cenaua ha
been taken, appear on the list* as far
mer*. with here and there a hunter
Gypsies are alter a* hor#-r.drr* and
fortune teller*, and In one Instance a*
"hobo ” A Kentucky woman, whose hue
bond la entered aa an "idler," gave her
oiyupntlon a* " washing and wishing"
The puncher who came across this witry
remarked that the phrase meant that the
woman was washing to support her twelve
children and laxy husband, and wishing
that he would go to work ond assist in
Ihe maintenance of their numerous off
spring
In mnnv of the return* from the South
ern States men of mean* and leisure are
entered In the occupation column as “gen
tlemen." and in one Instance as "rich"
An Invalid in Illinois I* given occupation
"laid up." and a paralytic figures In the
same column a* "ha* flta"
It remained for a Pennsylvania enum
erator to record a German IS veirs old
a* "orcupatlon—villain." Whether lids
wa* ih* enumerator’s personal estimate
of tha man or whether the German him
self gave this unique and suggestive occu
pation Is no* known Neither is It known
whether the villain wa* entered a* "N
O or "O. TANARUS"
Th# twelfth census when completed, will
show many other odd entries concerning
the cosmopolitan mass of upward of >.-
uffMiW) people in the United States.
RRAILTN ON THE DIiMOND.
Chicago Team Waa Bath Games
From Flnelnnafl.
Cincinnati. Sept. 23—Chicago outplayed
the local* In both game* to-day. and won
easily Attendance s<no Boors: First
came- RHE
Cincinnati fl 0 0 0 n ft ft J I—4 4 1
Chicago 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 o—6 9 5
Batteries— Breltengiein and Kahoe; Tay
lor and Kllng
Second Game— RHE
Cincinnati 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 o— l 3 2
Chicago 0 0 I 0 2 1 4 O—S 12 0
Batteries—Newport and Petti; Urtffltu
and Kllng
I’lttahurg Beal 41. Lout*.
8 Louis. Sept. 23—Han* Wegner won
the game In the fourth Inning with a triple
lo ihe right field ftnee Powell cut-pitch
ed Leever, but the visitors’ hit* came
when they were needed. Attendance 6.500.
Score: RHE
Ht Louis 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 I—l 3 ■>
r.ttsbnrg 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 o—3 4 2
Bitten •*—Powell and Crlger; Leaver an i
O'Connor.
—The Intense heat In England ha* caus
ed proatrallon* and death, not only among
men and animal*, but al*o among bird*.-
A Burklnghamchlre farmer had nfty
strong, healthy turkey* and only ten ar*
left Of 20) pheasant* on another farm
las hud died In two week*
The Best Prrsertgtlsn far Malaria,
Chill* and Fever, la 1 bottle of Grove*
Taste!*#* Chill Tonic. It la simply Iron
and quinine In a tasteless form. No cure
—OO pay. Frio* loc —ad.
A*n;ni<i mA nit eipt*.
% Fine Haslaeee tsaswa—-awtb i.ear
ala Hlble Iwatltate.
America. Ga . Sept S3.—The cot ton sea
son In Amencu# reached it* bright yee
tirday. when KM bale* wer* mcrketeJ at
the warehouse* here, making the total re
ceipt* lo date U,**> bale* This I* eon.id
rrabiy *hort of the receipt* al ihia date
last year and in itwlf would indicate a
*bof. crop if more eviden.r of that fact,
t-eyood Ihe well-picked field*, wa* reel
ed Many farmers her* will Uriah gather
ing their crop in irn day* more, while
Hie gr* at bulk of it all. be tn market by
Oct Ik.
During the pan three m--*k* th weath
er ha* been n* for l> king, labor was
plentiful and a* pra- ta-ally all of he
crop was open, the farmer* got it out with
a rush Most ... the cot.an marketed ha*
tjren aold. farmers being apparently ►al
iened with price, ranting about 1 ‘ n! **
while many oi for 11 cent*. Should It
fall below h> rente they wii: hold what
remains of the crop and are In excellent
condition to do .o There l* ab*o.utel> no
tup crop
Amerl-u* merchant# are eniet.ng upon
the finest fall ousinsg* they have bad In
many years The high price of cotton
tr..tk*s money plentiful and stimulate*
trad* in all line- The crowd'd *treet ev
ery day indicate that a aeaeon of unua
uai prosperity ! upon mem
Thr p. Jtn Oecrgia BIN* Institute, In
cluding in It# mem vers hip *ll mlnut. r
of the Souan Georgia tnferen. e. wi.l
hold It# second annual session Ameri
.u* this week, beginning Monday and
ntii nr* through Thursday Nearly
u hundre.l minister*, among tnem some o!
the most prominent members of tbe con
ference. will attend tn# inea uae Bl*hop
Candler will p*ak upon the Twentletn
Century" Mocemen" on Wednesday morn
ing at Fit*" Methodist Church.
populist candidate Traylor will com*
Here Thursday ao tell the few Populnt
in 6 imter why h should o# Governor.
Ini! a.* moat of them are busy picking
]o-ent cotton hi* coming will not create
much of # stir.
The Confederate monument in Amerleu*
war completed yesterday by the placing
of the beautiful *tatue representing a
.'orfeejerste prtvat* The statue Is of
Italian marble, aeven feet in hignt, and
welg.na 1 k'o pounds The bare it of blue
and white marble, and the monument,
ete ted in the center of Ihe city, has a te
:a! Mght of twenty-five feet It la one
of th* handsomest In the state
Nearly 2 s>s> vntsri of Humier have reg
istered for the state and -oumy election
In October.
MACON ms bTIHHED IP.
in Error Discovered In That Gtr'n
C*uos Ftaares.
Mi on. Sept IV—'There was much s'lr
here to-day over the publication of a tele
gram from the rensu# depar'ment a<
Washington saying that Macons returns
would show only 21 •’*l Inhyhwant* it ha*
been discovered that the figures were has
tily tak*m from the enumerators' sheets,
and two ward* were omitted, which will
gl\* the city from l.flAO to * W more than
the above flgure*
Congressman Bartlett has already ar
ranged for Supervisor Strickland to go to
Washington, and have th* error corrected
before the official report le made.
STOPa THF COUGH YD WORKS OFF
, THE COLD.
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tahleta cur# a
-old In on* day. No cure, no pay. Price
2S cent* —ed
MKKTiieue.
MMMm.II fm iHPur-VT sn. i,
I. o. o. F.
A regular meeting of thl* encampment
will he held this evening The members
are earnestly Invited to attend
Th# Royal Purple Degree will be con
ferred C. A VETTER. Ch!*f Patriarch
JAB VAN BERBCHOT. Scribe
grilUAi. aumia.
~~ viuisKmTmAiTiiST
By waarlng glasaee that not atone enable
you to aee. but correct every defect Ibet
may exlat.
Thera Is no guesswork In our methods
We have ihe latest and most approved
scientific apparatus for accurate eye test
ing. We make no charge for consulta
tion or examination, and should you need
the services of o physician wa will frank
ly tell you so.
Our crystal lensae are perfect In every
respect being ground under our own su
pervision. They cannot be compared in
value to the kind offered as cheap by the
eo-called opticians or Jewelers who han
dle inferior g teases os a aide lino.
DR. M. SCHWAB A SON.
Exclusive Opticians, ft Bull Strati.
N. B —Oculist preacriptlooa (Iliad same
day received. Repairing done at short
notice.
SCHOOL BOOKS.
A fall line of School Books and
School Supplies at
EITIU'S NEWS DEPOT.
No. 4.1 Ball Ntreet.
Savannah. Gt.
NOTICE.
All hill* against the British steamship
Brickfield, Wm Jeffella. master, must be
presented at our office by or before 12 m
this day. Sept. 24. or payment thereof w|.|
he debarred.
J F MINIS A CO. Consignees
SPECIAL NOTICE.
All bills against the Btltleh steamship
lmauni must he presented at our office
before 13 o'clock m thl* day, or payment
thereof will be debarred
BTRACHAN A CO.. Consignees
Ravnnnah. Ga . Bepi 24. Iki
SPECIAL NOTH I
If ihe party or partlee who came into
possession of the papers from our *af* on
Bunday. the IStn met., will return them
to ua by mail It will be appreciated by us.
and no question* will he asked
SOLOMONS COMPANY.
NOTICE.
Neither the master nor consignees of the
British stamshtp EM# will be responsible
for any debt* contracted by crew of said
vessel.
J. P MINIS A CO .Consign**-
THE IAN ann \it LAtmORl
H ILL ME CLOSED
MONDAY. SEPT. 34. HPkl.
ON ACCOI NT OF HOLIDAY.
lilt RALSTON I.ATTI MORE
Has returned to the elty
and resumed practice.
SPEC! %L NOTH K.
We will sell next Tue-div at lo o'* lock
the magnificent furniture and furnishing*
contained In residence l Gordon street,
east. Sale commences at Fl a. m.
v Ol MANS * DLMMOND, Auctionars
AMtgSMIEXTg.
gAVANNAH TJdftATC*.
THE ROBB>N THEATER CO.
Al Popwlar Price*.
Matinee To-day 3 p is..
"ROANOKE."
To-night A:IS o'clock,
SGAVKB OF RUSSIA,"
gI'IMKM AOTICXA
i HARVARD
BEER
DE SOTO
HOTEL BAR
We Wash
To Perfection.
l
Office 307 Bull Street Telephone 7)
SPECIAL NOTICES.
LEVAN'S TABLE I"HTE OIhM'.RA.
She—DINNER—Wc
Dinner 1 to 3 and S to *. Monday. Sept 34
Claret Wine.
SOUP.
, German ber.ti.a.
FISH
Whiting au vln
Potatoes a l Algertenne
Hot Slaw. Queen Olives
Chow Chow. Mixed Pl< klea.
ENTREES
Bralse-1 Tongue a I'Alleroandc
Macaroni ala Creole.
ROASTED
Prime Rib* of Dish Gravy.
Shoal. Apple Sauce.
VEGETABLES
Mnshed Potatoes. Green Peas
Stewed Tomatoes. Rice. Baked Yams.
PASTRY AND DESSERT
Vanilla Custard Pie Assortel Cakes.
Che*#* Cracker*
Tapioca Pudding. Wine Sauca,
Drip Coffee.
LEVANS CAFE AND RESTAT'RANT
111 Congre** street, wett.
MojtinuEi
will a*t trouble res If yea as*
IIIOOMIIKCET, It la a pleasant
pert a a**.
ME LI) MR M A
la a lailet powder that la.lastly dis
pels th* disagreeable odura arlslag
from perspiration.
OLD STYLE COLD CREAM
give, quick relist for ana haras aa*
akin troubles.
SOLOMONS CO.
BIT ONLY THIS BEIT OINOER ALE.
Tbs best la the Wheeler Brand of Bel
fast Olnger Ale. mad* by Wheeler A Cos.
of Belfast Ireland. Iran in* celebrated
vranac springs of that city These
spring* era th* property of Wheeler A
Cos., hr no* no other Ginger Ale manufac
turer in Ireland baa ihos* waters but
tbaroaelvea. Th* Wheeler Glngtr Al* t*
made from pure Jamaica Gtngar Root and
not from Red Pepper, aa others era; ona
is deleterious— tha other la a tonic.
For Healthfulneos and Purity th* cele
brated Wheeler brand of Belfast Ginger
Al* Is lb* beat
LIPPMAN BROTHERS!
Bole Southern Agents Savannah. Ga.
Tift- WA TO CLEAN lAHPbTI.
Th* only way to get your c*.’ pete prop
erly taken up. ru.ued and taken .-an* of
for th# summar I* io turn th* job over lo
tn* District M as- r.g r and 1-silvery Cos
telephone 3, or nail al 33 Montgomery
at eet, ar.d they will make you an esti
mate on the cost of th* work Prloss
raaoonabl* They also pack, move and
Store furniture and t-lanoa
C. H. MEDLOCK. Supt and Mgr.
LARGE WAR CHOOSE AMD OF
FICE
to rent located head of Broughton
street, on West Bread, now occu
pied by ihe Savannah Carriage and
Wagon Cos Aa they will g>ve up
business In th* city on June 1. I of
fer ll for rent from that date
H. P SMART
gl.lNMt TO LOAN
t
At six per cent, on real estate security.
BECKETT * BECKETT.
Attorney* at Law and Conveyancer*.
M ATTHKhhEg, UATTHCHEI.
Have your mattresses and feather* ren
ovated by our medicated steam proceo*
before a change tn weather take* place.
(The only plant In Bsvannah.) Ii over
comes ail Impurities and renew* life and
volume in all bedding material Price* on
tenovellon of feather* as follows Beds
13 W. bolster* 11. pllk>w 60c Cotton, moss
and hair mattresses mads 10 order Fin*
work, low prices Work guaranteed.
NATIONAL MATTRESS AND RENO
VATING CO..
Rell phone 11* 331 Drayton street
PARCT IBS MbnUMNO BMCH
W# manufacture and sell all kinds of
fan y and re-pressed hr.ck. psvbg and
b> l:<iln2 brl’k- Our common brick *r
the tet for building pu po-*., b Ing
Drier than other kilns make, and cheap
er Bee sample’ and prices
SAVANNAH BUILDING RUPPLT CO
Congress and Drayton girpts
P 4INTh, OIL*. V Alt M%II|£L WALL
PAPER.
Get liar prices on the best goad*
far yaar building.
ANDREW HANLEY’ COMPANY.
BONDS EXECUTED
By the American Bonding god Trust
company of Baltimore. W. mr , a U , bor .
lied to execute locally (Imm- dlltrly upon
application), all hondg tn Judl LI pro
c* ‘dirge In alther the state or Unit’d
* court*, and of adm nisiratnrs an 1
guard! <na
HEARING A HULL. Agents;
TtltpfcocM Ok i rov!J#M Building, t
LEOPOLD ADLER. JNO. R DILI#.*
President. Cashier *
C 8 ELLIS. BARRON CART n
Vice President, Asst. Ca, ~
The Chatham Bank
SAVANNAH.
Will be pleased to r eve-tv. th* gneounta
of Merchants. Firm*. Individual*. ,
and Corpor.nlona
Liberal favor* rvtended
llnaurpaaaad col tertian fgctltitea, m#ur
•ng prompt return*.
StPAHATEvAVIN6SOEPARTMENT
I3TKRUT rokl'ni tnui ill aHii.h,
LY on nr.posits
Safety Deposit Roxea and Vault, *<•
rent. Correspondency solicited.
The Citizens Bank
UP SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL 5500.000.
■waiaeaa.
Soil alia A***aau ag
Strakaati, Banka sag atkea Carpa.
CaJleetl... haatUag wltk aatary,
wuiar aad at.watch.
lktcreat aaaapawwdad mar. ari r
allowed aa degoatta la am* gartaaa
IByartaaai,
••fetr Map wall Baaaa aad tt.ru.
▼aalta.
BRANTLEY A. DEAkABR. Pwaalgaah
■ ILLS B. LANE. Tie. Prlg.. u
QROflflß C. PRREMAT. Caahlar
BOBDON L. OROOVER. Aasf. Caaklay
SOUTHERN BAN!
of the State of Georgia
Capital n g
Surplus and undivided prolU* p tt
DEPOSUUUY OF THE STATE by
GEORGIA.
Superior faetlliiee lor iransacllng .
UeiicraF iianklhg H:r.wx,
Coilecllon* made on all points
acoeaalblc through bank* and bar.-irr.
Aocoun** ul .tank*, ■Kukaia..
and other* solKdled. Safa Depoav bona
(or real.
Department of Saving*, interest paytka
quarterly
Sails Sterling Bxrhang* on London a
and upward*.
JOHN FI-ANNERY. President.
HORACE A CRANE. Vice Prendent
JAMES SULLIVAN c*.hler
DIRECTORS:
JNO. FLANNERY. WM W. GORDON
E. A. WEIL W V GORDON Jr.
H A CRANE. JOHN M EGAN
LEE ROY MYERS JOSEPH FERST
H P SMART. CHARLES ELLIS
EDWARD KELLY. JOHN J KIRBY
Mil HIM
CAPITAL, •330,000.
Accounts of banks, merchant*, corpora
tlona and Individuals solicited.
Savings Department, Interest paid
quarterly.
Safety Boxes and Siorag* Vaults for
rent.
Collection* mad* no all point* at rw
•or.a Me rales.
Drafts sold on all tb* chief cities of th*
world.
Correspondence Invited.
JOSEPH D WEED President.
JOHN C ROWLAND. Vice Praeklwit.
w r. McCauley. c*t.ir.
THE GERMANIA BANK
SAVANNAH. GA.
Capital 130. -A
Undivided profits tu ton
This bank offers Its services to corpora
tions. merchant* and individual*
Ha* authority to act as executor, ad
ministrator, guardian ete.
(►sues drafts on the principal cities la
Great Britain aad Ireland and on th*
ConttneSt.
Interest paid or compounded quarterly
or d*|- .-lie in th* Sawn** D*P>rtm<L
Safety Pox#* for rent
HENRY BI.UN. President
Ota W TIEPEMAN. Vice Preeidert
JOHN M HOGAN. Cashier
WALTER E. HOGAN A**'t Caahler
No 1640. Chartered. im
—THE—
wills ill HI
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL. 3ioyoo. SURPLUS. IWO.OA
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
J A. G. CARBON, Ire-kJat.
BEIHNE GORDON. Vice President
W M DAVANT. Caohter.
Accounts of tank* and banker*, mer
chant* and corporations received up n
the moat favorable terms consistent with
safe and conservative banking
THE GEORGIA STATE
B IILDINO AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
Assets over SBOO,OOO.
I PER CENT per annum allowed oo
deposits, withdrawable on demand. Inter
nal credited quarterly.
6 PER CENT, per annum allowed no
deposits nf even hundreds, withdrawable
at annual periods
GEO W T'EDEMAN. President.
B H LEVY. Vice President.
E. W BELL Secretary
C. G ANDERSON. JR . Treeaurwr
OFFICE. IS YORK STREET. WEST.
FOR RENT 7
from Oct 1, that fine resi
dence No. 211 Gwinnett
street, west Large garden
and fine stable on the prem
ises. Apply
Tbe Chatham Real Estate and Im
provement Company,
14 BRYAN STREET. EAST
To Newsiioper Piste.
For sale, a Forsalth Newspaper Folder,
will fold sheet (.14* It k b good ardor.
Price ROD It cost originally ILV* tMI
we have no use for II and want the room
!t occupies.
It will be an Invaluable adjunct m any
newspaper sJlst
Address
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