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2 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 MORNING NEWS, •araaaak, °*- IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERML iod work, order your lithographed printed stationery and blank book* IB** Morning Now#, Savannah, 04L