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HIS ORIENTAL RECORD.
The* H(or| of n 'nliiillrr
*Ofyrtght. I!** by A Fra*r
• I,
This Vi> th* biography * gentlsman
who is *p#*rfting f * f* **w -In y-* raj*
in ois** of th* ; *<* •"* ‘-- a-** 4 r *
somethin* that io#.* r. >* m* at all lr> o
this narrafiv*
kidney Lar.g4on am* to Rangoon, In
Burma witr i **tr> *1 fcrr#*rtlon
The roirpi ) 1 a nxm# hut rut matter
for jr n* • ' * members *r not all In
ja 1 They ,p M>m*whr* from the
southern *e ** ngofkor* perming way.
nod the *r ;• M hod become a hol
low mockery, f#>r they played to bad bus
me* Ir Rangoon their theatrtr.il ship
j.j .ng#*! i ?r# la*: tint* sank bop*le**Jy
and they were left stranded H.drey
i>/ * I t • mnnag*r. up to that time
be k flr.Ar n| with *Xtraordbni* r% ’Mtv
When busin*-*## ma# bad Langdon’* wit*
t-ar.#* Into play *nd * <i##l them over tv#*
Imme irate A ffl ulty Hr won * 'm 'i #
AuarnaUi with hi* gun at pigeon rrv -a
for he was a ~mrk *h#v H#- hor* >wr*l
them real of Hons Kong for nnd to
shooting he was n adept ai th* ar of
railing a loan Jum how they g'r out
of kn gw pore nobody rould u ilte . r• •
even thomselvea but they did m#l struck
financially #-rnt* rr ■•* •!
If It "had beer, a rtr,-u.* they would
have made nv ney In Rar.gom for tha’*
the one sort of Fw rope an #r.'#*r?airmrnt
•he Burmese w!'! fl k to G! \ *-n a trl# k
elephan* an ofwum doped rarer or two.
sun* abort skirted bar**ta* k rider* and a
hrsae ba: of malignant ;-ywer a finan
cial pi- -c ire* But l.anedor'
ftotpany #**cr #* t#rr'f>ly fif’h la-• min
strel artist* * and he * k**#l #•-. #m th*- brat’*
band Imb * amulated, and men with
money to loan were at! In the r!#-# bual- |
naea. ar.d would not listen to h fa ry
♦alee of the big hoties he would be eute
to play to in Calcutta
Then the manager d!*ap eared lea-In r
the r iat mar ot olata I of
out credit* r With bar.wl
nets or.e of tret# traced LmgOon t * Ca
CUfta had Mm arrested and b ought ba k
to Rangoon It wasn’t clever it was
even more than silly, a* after ev*n s
proved Freed from the n* um*>ran e of
the doten musical wreck* fangd#> * I
been carrying a* a star tom hi nation h*
remained •• a broker Hi* rise was phe
nomenal He was 4* charmingly debon
nalr In Ms manner * we I-bred gnat.
The Fnglish host of Kvershed's Hotel let
loner- the secret of Langdon** sue ess
when he de* rlbesl him to m#
"*E was a gentleman my word* A ?eg.
ular toff! ’ls clothes filled ‘alf the r *om
1 never ‘eered Im say no’hlnk as w in’’
perlite to nobody, an* alwa-s irgifl-d
everythlnk ml champagne If tber w.*
heny dispute hover a deal or anythtnk.
*e ed say ' ’ave a bottle wt* me * T en
*e'ed *ave Is own way. My word > wt
o corker. **
Now mine host Evershed was an ob
servant philosopher, for theae were the
lines Langdon played the people of Ran
goon on. * *Ave a bo’tle wt’ me.’ He got
a hlgh-wheeier flash <l<*g * aM—red a- k*
and yellow gear and a lacquer poll -e I
black body—down from Da* k A Cos of
Calcutta That 1* wa*n*t paid for did no*
detract from Its swugg* r tush a* a beau
tiful gray !>gu pony ewlrlerd it up the
Radies' Mile of Halpin toad. Nor did th#
pony travel one whF heejuae the
purchase money had not been ma '.e ovar
as yet
That hi* o©mi*ny had h m
financially waa no; laid up again 1 Hl4-
n#>\ for he explained that the f> w thous
and* he had laat wa* a mere bagatell -
It had only been a form of amusement
with him and he had written to hi* rich
father In Amerua for a * tbaiantlal reodi
i to open up a blit 01 n* •• • *
in Rangoon. for he liked the place.
Soon nobody waa at eater than Mr
Langdon Hi* apartment* were rump; i
oua. hit wardrobe elaborately aaful. and
hi a energy tn “ avlng m bottle' with any
food chap indefatigable. But solitary
grandeur (ailed upon him. he wa* good
looking and from among the many tnatd
ena who alghed for association with the
dwthmg broker, he selected one who**
father wad of ondmibted flnanrlal stabll
fly In gtfte Xaangdon wo* generou* to
a fault—the chief fault lay m the fact
that the gift* were not land for. An ex
quisite diamond ring u*l a very magnifi
cent piano were among the trlfien he be
•towed upon hla fiancee Of course, a
legitimate brokerage hustnea* In the toil
time of It* lie mg <-ould not *tand all thl*
for any length of time, and tittle clouds
commenced to hover on Sidney'* horlaon
Creditor* arc like long-horned ateer*
on a Western cattle run. when on* begin*
to gee nervoua the a-hole bunch acents
the danger and tn the end they etam
pede. Sidney saw It coming and he com
men red :o lay up cash against rainy
day Hl* method whs Ingenious for he
wa* accustomed to flitting The dog cart
that wee not paid for. I-ang.lon *old for
rash at a moderate price, on condition
that he should be allowed to uee It for a
week until the new one ordered frnrp Cal
cutta arrived In two day* he *old It to
another man: also the pony. The piano,
for which the aoi* exchange had been n
promissory note, he sold also, having first
borrowed a tidy sum on I* from an ob
liging money lender He explained to
the lady that the diamond ring waa not
at all up to her claaa—not in accordam e
with the wealth of hi* ffeot|on: she must
have a better one. Once more in hi* po
•**lon It wa* speedily converted into
reeh; and the fair maid and Ihe rapacious
Delhi Jewed merchant who hid sold it ,n
the first place, never again saw |l mer
ry glint Thu# hi* affair* were (Idled up
Cither matters experienced he *ame ob
lique commercial ramification III* aland.
Ing a* a rich broker, engaged to a wealthy
man a daughter gave laingdon a goo.llv
rail over malign circumstances; but be
fore he could quite get away a nervous
individual suddenly pounced down upon
him with a haidfl and an emergency sum
mon* for s debt of {.out rupees
The bailiff Interviewed Sidney at the
hotei The effl . r was polite; deuced
sorry. It was all a mistake, no doubt,
but would l-angdon mind going with him
and putting It straight Now Sidney |
Intended taking hi* departure that very
right—lt wa* a mot unlucky Interrup
tion hut hie aetor training cam* back
to him, and he smiled with gracious for
glvene** upon the bailiff Th- . lalm for
money wa* eith*r a mletakc or the mall
clous dodge of on* of hi* broker rival*,
however, thae did not matter—it n*n t
lha officer* fault: he was only doing
hi* duty. Would he *tep up to the room
and do him the honor of cracking a Ke
ll# while he had a bath and changed tbs
business rotfl for proper evening drew*
Sidney had this bath. and. Incidentally.
|h# man with the warrant got very dr ink
Champagne did not flow Into hi* Ilfs every
day, and a thirst In Rangoon I* some
thing of momentous Intentnesa Lang
glon put him to sleep on the had. dressed
with hi* usual exquisite care. and. go
ing down stairs, explained things to the
host
"My word: o were cool.” Evershed said
afterward with deep admiration "‘E
come* down say* a* ‘ow Ihe hofflcer as
got most bloomin’ drunk, an’ la aura lo
lose 'la hlliet if > doesn’t go an’ report
hlsaelf about thl* debt as Is all a big
swindle ’E hopen* a pint of chatniwgn*
•I’ me. an 1 I promise* to look after the
hofflcer, an' send ’lm away *ome to Mean
It hoff.”
Now this matter of the J.ont ru|*ees waa
Tonight
Juil before retiring. If your liver l
• iugglah, out of tune nnd you feel dull,
bilious, constipated, take a dose of
Hood 9 * Pills
c And you’ll be all right in the morning.
a subject of dls-ot\olaie unrest to Iv
gwy 1 rker he’d hav t that
i.sait.r to secure a peacaf *1 de|..r.iri
II
Two blocks away o or IVtir e
Par**e merchant to whom I-enw i•-* *v\
a thousand, a so a dedre to <id to t '
gentle fire tribu. t; i do
tie W ent to I ♦* crewNtor avl • and
him. "See here.’ he ald 't v a p!njr
M i ilman liagnath who i of in un
christian faith. 1* see kin c t h my
butlnea*- by the regular in* th **
See h;i niimrinnel r: t •• ■
which I do no? ow. T officer
unfortuftaMy betime it. *k * * . i*. 'he
hotel, and 1 mu** so . *n* ! *"# you
th#>usand which I iv# *# r * It
I* If you win kind y m w.t m* to
the court and sin' . m ;rit> nth to
morrow f r ? P <l* *• I • :ll w f* l
ow*r f daV ’tw h* tt will nt <#
near fals* win f o jgainM h K rup.m
I W.!l rrmtest this suit an*! r.jm
put .r ( jw T’ds thou.-arid ruj-**- w h
I give you a-s tvldenc# of mv filth,
you can then keep for your debt *’
I* seemed a candidly fcon*a? trineactlon
•nd the Par*-#. *ujd tod-maq tt I-ang
d<*n s appearance. It wa*-n t a productive
ransacrion. fee tha i.tghf the b.-oker
q *:♦ 11> t -*k train end I *1 him over *
r*ud*r Into King Tlteebaw a terrVorj at
Mand.nav Tn*r was no \ r*dltion
treaty, aid the walling Ir* Rangoon iffect.
e*l very little ih* gay Sidney*, in fact. It
W • c Ppt ft to • Mil
■d lay langd#*n *g*'.ri flourished like a
greeti hn% tree if- evr j i r*i f* bust-,
ness with hi* former friends at !<*ngr>ot—
supplied the city with etc IP for the roads
Many device* wore worked to -n*l e him
over fbe border, so thftt twelve god m*r
might be slkwed t pure on reco*d their
opinion of his pgat method* c*e ftrtance
b • Hidr.ey was qui’* *. ter.t . tils new
abode
He would probalf. hive r mil H
there until a j h time it be. ,m# n
‘*s*ary to l*he.id him b ♦ the \ *oi-
I 'Wit.jr hta idver.t w . n.r one ,( t e
mar between h>iglnd and rpp* Bur : t
Again l.angdon had to prepare fn rn e
for with the comir g f th* troop M It
**h law would extend r* to Mm day
Rich native m#r hauls be m j*.n -
stricken at *h. prosper t of bs :j g l
dlers overrunning their nr*mi-e T a?
was
and persuaded *onV* of the terrorised Rtir
m*!*e to pla* e their Jeweia with nlni f r
safekeeping
"The soldier* will not steal from a Eu
ropean ” h* sail They ileve 1 him
and the tidier- never got a nhano. o
disprove his wr<i- frr tue r o s
entered Mandakiv. Stilts y w*nt down -o
river In th* big flat steamer,
%
sengera. Right through the watcher- at
Rangoon he tr!|qel
• ••••••••
At t alcutta Iwing lon hu I. little port
ing play In the swindling lire None o'
th* racing men knew ot hi* Rangoon r- -
ord. and his generally pio,*io.s app-ir
nee. l<i ked by hm habit of ’’’aving a
kiottle. of the mo.-t fipnlvi. gv* him
a standing as a man of me u The Cal
cutta races were on. ami Md *> kie-v
the usual course among g-ntlem-n
tors was to bo*k Iran* * tl. n- and -ttb
the following Monday, bo the flr*t a
of the na-eting h- plung'd bea lly with a
bookmaker, who waa kind no .gh to Iwo*
his bets. Kidney wot* quite . urn Ttat
night he sat*) to th< bookmak- r.
“I should like to settle a count*. If you
don't mind, a* 1 am going aw .y to rm r
row."
The other paid with a sorrowful feeling
it losing this nmn who bet with re kless
freedom, for he looked upon him in the
light of a profitable customer. Hut next
day. at the course, hts heart wua made
glati by a sight of the buoyant l.angdon.
"Thougttt you were going away/* the
bookie said
“Got a tel*gr.im changing my arrange
r.ients. Going to hkvt another era It *
you.”
* ' That's go and. glad of it.”
All that afternoon Bidney had hi* crack
at the layer of otids, and in the end atood
a heavy loser on the looks ten times th*-
smount of thr previous la\ * winnings
Then the bo< kmak* r had a pro tr**’ted
season of sadness, for he never saw Sid
ney again, not that day nor any day
uftar.
But though Lang.lon dropped out of Ihe
Calcutta life with the same meteoric ra
pldity he had com*- Into It yet our friend
wa* pot quit* finished with India for he
tarried a few day* at Madras Here he
passed a* Oapt Kane, a sort of an Amer
l.en millionaire. His fither was an own
er of great *llver mines, and other gigan
tic affair*. In the Western state*. So
l*ody ever quite knew bow It wa* man
aged, but h had letter* of Introduetloi
to on* or two prominent (vople; and after
a few day* waa taking tiffin and hobnob
ting genet ally with tin governor of ihe
Madia* presidency, Ooven-Duffen. At that
time the silver question, . igbodled In the
skeleton form of the depreciated ruj*ee.
wa* of vital moment, and king of the dis
cussion board Capi Kane enlightened the
governor of Madras at to how this cur
rency problem was affected hy America
III* experience a* Ihe son of a great *!l
ver king was of much value, and hi* opin
ion* were quoted, primed and generally
accepted a* ata daid utterance*
He played whlat at the Madras club,
lived on the fat of Ihe land savored with
honey, and. attange to say. left .lay* be
fore the entry of the usual grim after
math. but It did not mature In reality un
111 the coming Of age of the filed of I O
tv*, checks, draft* on his wealthy father,
and other dubious literature which bad
been *r> lavishly given lo the Madras
world.
Days before Ihe fullness of lhl lime
he encamped si Colombo From Madras
Igsngdon. now Capt. Kane, took letters
of Introduction to the m I iiy and offi
cial life of Ceylon’s beautiful rpy. This,
of course, threw the onus of entertain
ment upon the Colombo dweller*. and
Carl Kane of the F. S A was kepi busy
answering Invliatlons. hie room In Ihe
Grand Oriental Hotel was filled with
them At the end of ten davs hr ald lo
the proprietor of the hotel:
‘•l've got lo return the many metal
kindneaees I have received here. I wtsh
to do .t in a thorough manner-give oie
gt and. ball somewhere, and Invite every
body who Is anybody, 1 give you carte
blanche—the best of everything that
money can buy we mast have wines and
all Break Ihe record-make It u long
to-be-rememberd affair—don't forget
that "
"It shall be attended to, Colonel,'' sai l
the proprietor with fawning deference
"The best of music, awl tons of flow
ers," suggested the son of the tniillOtMtle
"l will se. to It, General "
"The Invitations will bother me." de
clared laingdon Kane "I must have only
the best people, civil mat military."
"Of course, my lord," assented his host.
"But I don't know a third of them,"
objected the Captain.
"If I might suggest It, I could attend
to the Invitations—lake them off your
hands, t know everybody, of course."
"Capital, capital"' declared Sidney,
patronlungly. "Just send out the cards,
and use your own dlscretp n In every
thing; I dislike to he worried by trifles.
"You ran let nte have the bill—"
"All In good time," Interrupted Ihe pro
prietor "There will tie no hurry about
that part of It "
It Was a grand affair. For divs the
approaching binquct and bill w > the
talk of the station The ho'el so,IT work
ed with feverish energy, for the nrdi r
had been unlimited. The ruh vv,ie ter
rific. Tor the hontface hid kdled several
birds with thl MOM predotM atom .'
hod been put In his hands by the golden
fates. Many little courtesies he wt|d
off hts own slate by the Invitations; also
the greater the crowd the bigger the hill
The night of the hall. Just a- S.dnev—
or Capt Kane—was preparlt g to welcome
hte gut ass, he r ctved a message J|
confided thig fact to the proprietor, and
begged him to at'end to everything until
Ms return In an hour or two. it woe a
THF MORNING NEWS: MONDAY. NOVEMBER 10, 1900.
mn * r ->f ft and 1o a pmt*' w* of
htnjr lon sipped out Into the night.
* ■t th* imk' th** g*-nlal cart ere r
w-r aw of his prodgai patron, for an
..■if fig * amor thuf tiad te#n lying in
•a*i‘• l r* idy to . laar. t*>ok him far
r<*r India coral gtrarel that *tn* nigh’
of the mighty hall The guests drank
th* wines ar I fe, 4 *'i Ik* Lu< ulku*, and
n. rr . * iMmI f tha* prince of gool
fallow tb.pt Kane
Tbev ar* Mill wafting, some of them
while ..them .ir lead f<r that was sev-
Tb•* . tearner by which the versatile
Sydney fl-*l fetched up in Rto Janeiro,
t-ut tha* * another hem’.apnere. and
whi#* th pro *k>* wa* in 'he Interval of
b > landing In ih* jail, is r*c* of
this history
< imMk Ml. Hi. \ l> IMI.
such Is thr Rreortl In I'cklu. Acronl
tnv In it Iteporl.
Chicago. 111 . Nov U -The ('h|.*g
and fa- following iis
spafeh frr*rn Wxahington
Tic- ar uivta f pek.n have given up
a t- • rn r •'. the eolation of
i mystery ha* ha baiktd every
of Ameih.ir of aeology sine, the West
ern II- rt. -i* .er* wis ftr*t visited by Co
-1 w mb *
"Tie • h'. b#-en fnuivl in the ancient
Ks* *rn prl r* or-is that prove ren-
J.*ivei> ihai a la!.ding w.u made on this
vminer. * by r> Mongolur# In the year
<W A It ntur:e* f*efore the Genoese
Vimtor.il wa* born and before the acrej*-
' • ? tn*- t ft*-sr > th the *srt h * •%
glob*- i'-d the wise nun of Europe to seek
new world In th* We a:
Sfuder.< of -wily American his’ory
have four A utun.stakabie evulence of
A •..*<" . li**t.or. among * f *rgutte.
r.hub • >?.*' of the rontlneot They hav*
follow*.| tr-e> through the w n
derful work* left by the Altec* and fuint
v ihrough the predt* of the race,
fa Toltegs.
"They t • e found w ha-t they believe* 1
to l*#* pn* f that th> Asiatic Influence
ame t.> Amersr from th- north auc
casivaly through what Is now Gallfornm
i A Lower t'uUforma hut beyond •hN
there has be* n not hit. g but the vaguest
speculation. w|* h has given rise to the
• ' ■ miny and us varioua as th** mim
ler and the imaginations of thoae en
ay*'! In the ro>siirch
N long ago It wa* announced in a
:epu* h frm !** kin tha* some of the offl
•*r* of the nrmv ’of the allies had dug
up In the sacred rfr y record* of great
hist orb value ttiat had ben hidden away
for ages by' the rviestiais
•The direct Interest ?h***e d 4 ac>verie
have f*-r Amen u 1* brought through
communication** Just received ot the
Ptate Ilepartmenrt These come from Ma
Twah Lin, a Chinese, and tc4] in such a
way that the Information cannot b**
doubt#-*! of the and ecovery of America by
Chinese ndssionarba more than fifteen
hundred veers ago.
' Only meager detail* of this great *cien-
Mdc faet have l>e* n received here, and
w at I* in the possession of the de§>art
mer t off!r ials I* <*ing closely guarded
But en ugh l known to mike sure the
fact that the m** *age from China shed* m
clearer light on Informa'lon that heretn
fote ha* been extremely hasv
*Tt may b-jdge over a cha*m of count
less forgotten yearn—year* that have had
the .-♦• of the world by the ear* ever
since th* an tent work* of extinct races
wen found in old Mexico The story is
that five adventurous misalonaite* sailed
from the eastern coast of China, crossing
the I *H‘ I fie and skirting the Fox Islands
and finally sighting the western coast of
the American continent.
"They turtle*) southward and proceeded
slang within sight of the shore until n
|.itiding wa* made in Mexico, oppuolte tbe
Fen'naUla of Yucatan Here a number of
tun pies were erecte*l In the mmn of thefr
own (Uni There |u lie tie doubt that these.
sam* edifice are described by De Charny
In his b.‘ok us Bud Ihlst temples ' This In
lerpretatlon of the Frenchman, while
lose to the mark missed by a margin
th#* real authorship of these evident ett of
an unknown cHiliatlon
"it tngy not have been Buddha, but
probably It wa* Confucius, who tnsptred
hi* scalou* disciple*. This may also dear
up th- mystery surrounding' the i*tonish-
Ing strides of the Astec* In architecture
ard Industrial art**
•
who landed on our continent at that lima
instill'd the natives with their wisdom in
.-raft and the ruder art.- to-such an ex
tent that there resulted a i*eople of pecu
liarly high development, ft* that as U
may. the records found In IVkln will not
he contradict#-*) and must remain a** prima
facue evidence of the courage uni thrift
of the Chinaman,"
THE W UiRS or liKIIOF.fi.
Iltm Kniilnnil Mrnril the *lUrr
nml *ntlnr Who M In Her Itnttlea.
From the l*on*lon Kxprere
Now that Ihe task of Lor<l Robert* 1*
over In H*uth Africa, pe pie are t>* Kinmns;
to fll>ciij* the reward of the veteran fUM
marnlMil An Karllom and a money gift
of LftO.utt) have already been mentioned,
but time will ihw what concrete form
•he nation* frratttude will rake
Honor* fell thickly upon the retlrlnK
c mmander-ln-i hlef, when a* Sir Garnet
Wol*ely. he returneil in triumph from
the Ashanti war of 1*74 lie received the
thank- of Parliament and a substantial
bor.tiM of *25.000. the noverchm beetoweil
upon him a K <*. 8., and tlu* city of I*on
don nave him the freedom >f the city anti
magnificent *word of honor worth a
hundred guinea*
The *hor, eliarp. declulve campaign
which culminated In the victory of T#l-el-
Keblr flalae) "our only Oenerwl ' (a* he
waa then called) to the peerage, with the
title of Baron Wolaeley of Cairo. and the
popular commander received from the
Khedive the Grand Gordon of the o*nmn
-11. Further honor* awaited him in IK*5.
after the Soudan campaign Ht waa thank*
♦vl hy both House* of Prllameni hy <
uuanlmou* vote, atrd ma tc* a viscount
and Knight of Ht Patrl k
Gen Sir Evelyn Wood'* good work in
Zululnrvf In 1172 go: lt**lf rrcogniied to
the tune of a K C. B and jeweled *word
of henor There w.* u unique honor also
hestowfd on the *ucce**ful General Be
llo: a barrister. h wa* entertained by
the bar at a grand banquet in the Hall of
•be Middle Tetnole. (Jen. Wood* a superior
In the operation* again** the Zulu*. LnM
<’helm*ford. failed to distinguish himself,
rind, indeed, when the battle of t’tundl
wa* fought. Gen Wolselev had already
landed at Durban to supersede him How
ever. Lord Chelmsford * feeling* wore aoi
aed with a G. 0. B
A similar decoration wa* given to Rir
William Lockhart a* a reward for hi*
brilliant service* in the Afrkli rwmpalgn
where he venmatHied IO.OW men—a force
considerably 'argar than that operating
in Zululand However, the Grand Cro*
warn *upplementil by the < ommand* rshlp
in chief In India
I*ord Kitchener received for the Don
gola expedition a K C B , the MejidJ**
of the flrsi cliis* and the Omanlt of the
*ccond class But a p#*rfect shower of
honor* awaited the victor of Omdurman
lie was raised to th peerage a* l*or<i
K tchener of Khartoum, made a a. C, B .
,n I !•*> ion marked her e# n*- if hi* eer-
Vlces hy giving him tlte freedom of the
city and a splendid sword of honor, Par-
CASTOR IA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
..ament voted him a sum of I3D.(**•. and
r frantic s* ere of enthusiasm with
v tlien h* was received * n hi# arrival at
\ leto la Rtatlon will hve in the memory
f t every Oh* who Witnessed It. It will n>t
r * un;nt*resting to glance at the rewards
which I joxA Roberta ha# already reeelvrd
For ms brllltani work in Afghanlotan he
wa* given a boron*- c> ard the thar.ks
f Parliament L*nion presented htom with
tn freedom of the city and iu swor*l of
honor 1-ater on. ih# hero was *ucr**#lve
ly* tna lea |ieer, a Knight of 8t Ptrick
and Grand Croat of th*- Ktar of India,
ar.d admitted to the Privy Council of Ire
land Bo It will l*e seen the Held marshal
bore honors thi*Jc ufM>n him long before
he started for gouih Africa
FtiKTl'ftKh I' Ur.
•wtnr t.old kurlt That Hava Made
Their Owners Hlrh.
From th* New \ork He.aid
I’ror*ably the biggest pleee of gold evar
eert) |n one limp the pant nil if. I
received at the array office. In Wall street,
a (•- hays ago from a mining oirapt'if'
It *a* In the shape nf a rone, standing
shout tao feat high, containing over 711
pounds > f tlie yellow metal ar.d valutd at
I. Knur men csirled U with dllti
. ult).
Nevertheleaa some vary large rhunka
of gol-l have been plck*-l up In various
part* of the world al different tlni-s—
-lumps formed t*v net me. and rot c m
issscd. like the one at®ve men - lond l y
melting t'ige,her the yte.d of thcuaenla
of tons of crushed m k For some rev
eon not well understood Austts da has
bean the chief producer of great nugceis
and nearly all of the rfs, tlonaliy luge
musses of the previous nsetal in a ' na
tive state" have Ive'n found In iha' pa t
of the world Also. th> Australian n.*g
geiS have been noted fur thstr purll •
mat of th* m running over twen*y-lhr*
arsis "fine," while some of them hive
twen of utmost absolute purliy—the virgin
stuff that 1- to aay. with lanrdly arty ap
preciable alloy. .
For example. th ' Welcome' nueget
wit, w.* the leges ton record, merit
ing 2.l\k ounces and valued at over 111.-
(it, was tai l i*cr cent pure gold. It was
found. In IMS. at the diggings at Bullarit,
In Australia under rather pecu lar clr
cumsiances The proprietors of a “hole •
had gone away to lunch leaving a Mred
man dialling with a pl*-k si Suddenly
the pi k struck something. The work
men dug around It to see whit It wts.
and then he fainted dead away Pres
ently the owners returned and seeing tlw
man lying in the hole, they though: he
was dead One of them Jumed In. turn
id him over to see what was the matter
with him. and then ha fainted also Both
of them were draggel out, and Immedi
ately digging tui wildly begun for the
nugget which lay partly exp-sed The
mass was so great that at lira! they sup
po-ed they had come u;on a reef of pore
gold. .
Iniu was discovered the greatest of all
nugget*. an>l the curiosity It attracted
was so great that the finders sold It In
Itaharal for SM stw considerably mors
than it was wortn. After lielng exhibited
for a time In Australia It was sent to Eu
rope. and finally was melted
The "Pre lotas." weighing 1.717 ounces
and valued at Wrt.M n. was found at the
Berlin .Mggtngs, as wae also the "Vis
count Canterbury." which tipped the
scales at 1.106 ounce* and was 23.3 carats
fine Another great nugget weighing *sl
ounces and valued at 116.0 tn. was picked
up In the same nelgnhornood ami called
l he "Vlacounteae Canterbury." Ths*
Maitland Bar" was found at a place of
that rants In New South Wale*, ar.d
weighed ounce*, containing 313 ounces
of gold It* value wa* H I*2
Two of the targe*! nugget* found In
Australia fell io Chinamen, from whom
they took their namFe One of the** was
the "Kunri Toon." weighing 71S ouhee*
and worth 212.Gu0. It came from the Ber
lin diggings, as did likewise the "Kum
Tow." wnlrti though only 34 ounce* In
tvelght. soM for IS.rnOi being very pure.
Another Berlin nugget, the “Needful,”
we ighed 346 ounce* and brought 24.100
The Dunnolly diggings In Victoria
y.elded some of the largest nugget* on
record one of which was the "Sohlemm,"
weighing 63* ounces, fnw containing l
ounce* of qunrtx It wa* dug up July
11. 1*73. three feet below the surface of
the ground The "ftchlemm No 2 " from
the same neighborhood, was 47* ounces
and sold for IK.OOO One of the most beau
tiful of nuggets taring almost perfectly
pure goal, mas the "Platypus 1 which wa-
Okoovere.l March 6. IKI. in a pillar of
firth In n iVaeriod claim—one of the
friaks which eerve to illustrate the essen
tially gombling quality of gold hunting.
A nugget, which is claimed by aotne au
ihorliles to have be*n at least equal in
slxe to the "IVt Icouie," wu* foutid near
t'unnolly, Feb 15. ISH3. by two men named
Hlchard Oates and John Litssun It was
exposed to view by one of the wheel* of
a cart. In which the men were driving, and
on being dug out it prove*! to be twenty
one Inches long and ten Inches thick The
name "Welcome H* ranger" waw given to
It, and It I* *anl to have yielded 2.24$
ounces of pure goal. Its value being over
217.000. If there Is no error In the story,
this nugget was the largest ever known,
ranking even ahove (lie "Welcome "
No very large nugget* have been found
at Cape Nome, though three or four,
weigh ng twenty to tweniy-flve ounce*
and worth from 2200 to Mu', have been
picked up on Anvil Creek. In that neigh
borhood, while lumps half an ounce or
on ounce In weight are not rare. The
nugget* dug out of the creek* and gulche*
In that vicinity are rounded and smooth
ly poll tied l*y the rubbing of the gravels
of the •trrams. which have torn them
away from the rock* further inland
The largest nugget ev*r found In Cali
fornia was unearthed near the famous
Camp Corona by a dissipated young fel
low named Martin, while digging a grave
for a companion who had been drowned
At a dr;*:h of iwo fed he Qtyuck the mass
of yellow mytal. which he unable to
carry to the camp alone, inasmuch a* t
weighed to iwiunds Afierward he sold It
for 222.700. and was sensible enough to
give up liquor fretn that lime on. liecom
ing an induslrloua miner, lie died al New
Orleans not long ago. having earned a
fortune In the mining business snd be
ing rated a millionaire If a bit of roex
be thickly interlaid with gold vein* and
the rocky substance be dissolved away by
water, the metal I* likely to las left be
hind In a curious form known to miners
a* "moe* gold." which I* occasionally dis
covered In masses nearly a foot In dlam
eler.
STOPS THE cotton Attn WOHKJ OFF
THE COED.
laxative Hrotno Quinine Tablets cure a
cold In one day No cure, no pay. Price
K cents.—avl.
t;fix.it ti'll i in nm
A Clilnnmon's Men of Where the
1 nlled Slates la.
From Harper's Weekly.
One night when the local officials of the
small village where we were Mopping
called, according :o custom, to greet us
and arrange for future progre*#, one of
them, a dear old gentleman, who had a
lough that would have made his fortune
on the stage In any capital of Europe. |n
culred what land t came from. If k was
(at Horn China, and then whether 1 came
by land or eea. each question being pun
tuateu by a delicious laugh. To tell him
who considered 100 miles a long Journey,
that I had come oarer 10.000 mile* was to
glvb the Impression of u gross exaggera
tlon. as he had no idea of the site of the
earth, or where America was, ae the
question whether It was north or south
f Chine Indicated One of hie comian
,onr. finding thqt his friend teas quite it
sea finally summoned up courage and
rebuked the questioner hiy pointing mi:
Umt America was to the W’entem and
| China In the Eastern Hemisphere Afr-r
aher irajulr.es the first man brighten'd
up and said "Oh. 1 know row where
| your land is It l# between France and
! Germany ** whereupon the wecor.d who
had been carefully watching our face.#
and so perceived that th* other w*
wrong again repeated is hemisphere re
! mark witn m#M * jper ;l:ou and sup***
I rior air arvl as he ventured nothing m*re
there was latie doubt that that comprls l
i ita whole knowledg# of the world** geog.
| raphy. although there was considerable
! #k>ubt that ha really kn#w what a hemi
sphere woe *nd yet the*#* two men held
important goverrmen* pceitions and or."
I of them has been since promoted and ’*
<W) the hlgt. -*#d o stilt greater pU #*
lof trut an#l to uch in* people m i- *
' look and rely on for h< ir guidance. P•?
•ht* state of tffaiis mu** r. be eon
| found#*! with PviiAg un -lu- ated a <sord;ng
*o our arandard# From i Chftte**" poln*.
of view they were very highly edu;ote*l.
and had spent an amount of time u *
qutr.rg their Information that w uM suf
fice with ua jo take a msn through •
.eatfjnr university and g \ him a Va
j U #legroe They bad a gr* • amount **f
>Arnnr but it wa# of no pr # al vilu*
It was she eea bings of the fifth cento? \
oefore Christ rather tnan the nineteenth
; century after
l.lghf Front Mlrrobes.
From the London Globe.
The elec-trlc light has hardly oome into
1 general use before It is threatened with
rivalry from an unexpected quarter No
body, that we know of. has very serlouslv
• that the glowworm's lamp
should be utilised for the service of man
or that the phosphoreecen e which i.* of.
tm observed #>n ihe surfa *• -f the ocean
may be turned to any profitable account
* It ha* occurred, however, to s-imeone who
ha* been studying tli* wa\s of microl*es.
hat we have in the*#* minute orguntsms
h aource of illumination whi h may b#* ex
plolted with advan at- Sotting out with
he assertion that the pnosphorescor.ee
juat mentioned 1* undoubtedly due to the
I rvsplratlor of ba'tetla the th#- ns* gut*
|on to Inquire wnether It Is rot ioss b>
to cultivate the creature** that evolve it
*o as to obtain a fluid which is itself
stiongly phosphorescent dome experi
ment* which have t*een made appear to
encourage the hope of such a result l
is stated, for example that if the flesh of
fresh haddocks or herrings be placed in 4
•olutlon of common salt, which is kept in
a low temperature. n<# only the fish. bu‘
the liquid In which they are floating, give#
I off a pale greei. sh light This light i* in
tenslfled. it seems. If a little sugar is add
id to the solution The light thus generat
ed I* strong enough t> produce photo
graph* of the Illuminative microbes We
have not yet got far enough, as Is re
marked by a writer In • recent number of
the lancet, who tells the story, to say for
certain whether this wonderful phosphor
escent fluid can ever be used In a street
lamp, or even in a Chinese lantern for
garden party. If It could be. it would have
i 'he obvious advantage of burning without
! being consume#! At present moot people
| will be Inclined to be skeptical, but in
view of some of our most recent discover
ies. skepticism Is not always the moat rea
sonable mental attitude
Fever tan lie Cared.
In one day wl’ti one bottle of Bryan’*
fetver cure Price 30 cent* AH druggist*
return the money If It falls to oura—al
nT ATiis.
AVERY—Died. Nov. 17. I>. Ihe Rev
It Noyea Averv. D. D.. lale recior of Ft
Mark’s Oturch. Paiatka, Kla., In the 83- 1
year of hi* age. Funeral from 8t Paul s
Ep.noopal Church at U a. tn Monday, the
19th
•pecr AI, qoTici*.
Having suffered with dyspepsia for a
long time, one week’s stay at Huwanee
Spring* ban entirety cured me, and 1 may
eat food that I could never think of eai-
Ing before, and feel better than I have
for years. I also miffered from catarrh,
and from the effect* of the water and sun,
that If I ct>u*d remain three weeks and
follow directions It WOttid cure me en
tirely of II also And I take pleasure in
recommending the eprlngs and Its won
derful waters to those suffering a* I
have. If they will only follow directions
and use the water freely, they will be
cured I have gained seven pounds In
the week, and shail never forget Suwanee
Spring*.
W. H. r DONNEIJ.Y. Druggist,
Überty and Price streets.
Savannah. Ga.
All you can drink for 5c at Livingston's
•CH MAH/ < til
Is the place where you can satisfy
your appetite with all the delica
cies of the scaaon
Oyaters from the GULF and
NORTHERN waura
Also Game In season.
—GEM CAFE
GEO C. SCHWARZ. Proprietor.
Open day and night.
Dining room upstair*.
Eirißi.itHin IMS.
SOLOMONS COMPANY,
Wholesale and Hetall Druggists.
Wholesale Department, IST Con
gresa street, weal. Georgia Phone
144.
Hetall Stnree, lIM Congress street,
aril. Hell Phone 144. Hall nud
t hnrllun streets, under Canards* Ar
senal. Hell and Georgia Phones Uil.
BEt KM ASS'S C IKK,
U2-U4 Whitaker street
Everything up to date Game.
Fish and Oyaters our specially.
Imported Wuenburger Hof Bran
on draught Phone 7io
SPECIAL NOTICE.
Wanted to purchase, a 16 to 2S-horse
power upright or locomotive holler Ap
ply I. BILBEKBERCJ aco..
City.
I. A Nil TITLES.
Abstracts of Ihe recorded land titles of
Savannah ar.d Chatham county from the
settlement of Georgia to date Money
loaned at low Interest on etly real estate.
BBCKETT A Bt ’KKfl’
1.1 K' i Ill'll VI III! |,.
Ail bills against ihe Elks’ Carnival must
be presented Wednesday. ;it, jj
to the undersigned.
W. J. WATSON, Chairman.
fvncv van Re-PREHRI) inti, k
We manufacture and sell all kinds of
fancy and re-pressed brick, paving and
building bricks. Our common brick are
the best for building purposes, being
larger than other klms make, ami cheap
er. 8e ►amides ami prices
SAVANNAH RIILPING StPPI.Y CO.,
tfongrews and Drayton streets.
111 M\F9* ROTICBI.
/j §1 Li
Finrn fh %>irv mm rr?Nrv
Our <• on.l* are tlir F'lnest In tlie
*nth. We are tlir #inly Optleiaiia In
ftasannah. Our Work shop is onr
trong Frßtarr. We grind all pre
scription work on the premises snme
!>•> received.
Hr pa tr Inn dinr while pm wait.
Eyes examine#! free.
fAH. X. M II W 111 A SOY.
Georgia Pkn# HIM. 47 Ball
street.
25 cents
A HALF PINT
OLD ABE RYE.
FOR SALE EVERYWHERE
9
We invite th* pnblic to visit onr
works on Anderson street, west, to
see how wash is cared lor by ns.
IPBCItL HOTICBL
GREER'S SCOTCH WHISKY.
Thl* ce.ebraie.l f.mioua old \otie>l
liihlatal Whl.-ky la Imptirted dlrevt
from the dlatlllery by ur
Thl* Greer Scotch Whlaky 1*
cuarantred to be bottled abroad
and I* tonelgned to u* from Glaa
*o. Scotland, and la In tond In
the United S area Custom House tn
thl* city
Thl* prand old Greer Scotch
Whlaky le l>eaut|fully mellow and
ml,d to a decree and la soft to the
pnlate a* one could |xtbly wish,
and there Is a nuttlneaa about It
that la especially pleasing.
We are itlad to let the public pur*
rhaae a* amall quantity aa they
wlah. even one bottle, for tne pur
pose of introducing the best brand
of Scotch whlaky extant.
LirrMAN BROS.,
Wholesale Druggists,
Llppman'a Block.
Sole Agents for the Greer Distil
leries. Glatfow. Scotland, and Dub
lin. Ireland, for their Scotch and
Irish Whtskte* 4
HENOVATING—MATTRESSES REN
OS STING.
Hglr. moss, ticking. fiber, feathers.
Our stock ol tec material aid manutac
tuißU product* mic up to <iatr. uur reno
\sting and remaking has delighioi many
prominent re-idenia Ask your acquaint
ance* Material sent ua Is picked, steam
ad. e.caned ami medt.aled by modern ma
chinery. Making d-cne by mechanka. We
confine our work lo mattiesse* and bed
din* general y. We red ticking of g,l
kinds, mod. hair, cotton, nber, feathers,
or anv artl ie neculed in mattr iut ittse.
NATIONAL MATTRESS AND RENO
VATING CO..
Bell Phone Ills ttt Drayton atreet.
Ul'Y ONLY I 111. BEST GINGER NLE.
The best l* the Wheeler Brand of Bel
fast Ginger Ale, made by Wheeler A Cos.,
of nelfaet. Ireland, from the celebrated
Croma dprlngs of that city. These
springs are the property of Wheeler Sc Cos
hence no other Ginger Ale manufacturer
,ln Ireland ha* those waters but thsm
selve* The Wheeler Ginger Ale Is made
from pure Jamaica Ginger Root and not
from R-d Pepper, a* others are; on* ,s
deleterious—the other Is a tonic.
For Hr-tithfulness and Purity the cele
brated Wheeler brand of Belfast Ginger
Ale t* the best.
LIPPMAN BROTHERS.
Sole Southern Agents. Savannah. Go.
llin<* WANTED.
Thy of Savannah. Office Clerk of Coun
cil, Nov 13. IWO—Bids will he received at
this office until Saturday. Dec. 1. at noon,
for the following ammunition, atorrd at
the powder magaslne of the city of Sa
vannah on Ihe Ogeechce road:
13 eases Hotchkiss percussion shell* (10
10-pound ah'lls to the ease)
It* case- E-pound rannlser shot.
The right Is reserve.! to reject any or
all bids By order of the Mayor.
W P HAILEY,
Clerk of Council.
NOTICE.
City of davannah.
Grace C.erk of Council,
Nov 1| 1300.
All parties desiring to retail ihpior dur
ing the year lbi will n.s- tnelr applica
tions with the Clerk of Council as once.
So iha' -am. M(l be referred m Council
and . ion taken upon said application
before ihe •-x jurat ion of l.mlt provided
for by ordinance.
WM !’. BAILBY.
CUrk of Council.
ctrmmm wmmmm worn
SALK.
wrma? -,h ’ WJlr ®ble for wheel-
Wrights, carriage makers, car works and
mterkT ho me flnl.fr Ale., cyprea, lumber
or a.i nzee i\, have resumed culling
our famous brands of cypres, shinaiea
and win soon have a full line of ,h, m for
V*U ROYAL MF'i CO
i iti: vv v i i' | CLEAN < vit ri-iTS.
The only way so get your carpete prop
-In'' rare of]
r la o turn ths jot, o var to
' Co
mate' w,,! ""•** vou sT^mu
r.-lTbe n" °, f ,h - worh Pries
s:are furnitvr! """• "*>
C. H MBDLpcK ~p< and Mgr.
BONDS BXECI ted.
By the American Bonding *„,) Tru „
Company of Baltimore We arc authoe-
Iz<s| to ex. ut, locally (Immediately upai
rexlna r ?'!. h "' M * lr
lia o ‘J* '"<•* w Untied
guardian™ ' "* ° f •*>
TANARUS.,.^ AR ! NO 4 Hru * Agants.
Telephone wA Provident nuiiffg^
UEOi'OED ADLER. ISO. R l,j :
Pr,kl*nt. '
C B E 1.1.18 BARRON Ca ! Ti p
Vice Rreeldent A,. c> ''
The Chatham Bank
SAVANNAH
Will t— pi-ased lo rwclvc the a
of U.irhlßt*. Firm,, Individual,, n. ~
and Corpurationa.
Liberal favor* extended.
rnurpa,ed collection racl!|tl, lr§
In* prompt retuin*.
SEPAHATtSAVINGSOEPARTM'NT
INTEREST COMFOINDED yt AR .
I.Y ON DEPOSITS.
Fafetr Dcpoatt Roxa an.l Vau.tj <.
rent. Corrcpondenc* aollclted
The Citizens Bank
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL 3500.000.
Tramarii a General Uankln s
Datlaeu.
Kallelta Arronat, of ln.lt.
Nrrrkaala, Hank* and other Corpo.
rattona.
ColleetlOßa handled with aatrt,
rrononi, and dlapatrh
Ihlrrrat. compound.d .inartrl,
allowed on depoalla In onr 5a.1,.,
Hi ln rime n t.
*nfel> llepoalt Home* and Ntorau.
Vnnltn.
niiANTLEY A. OKNHARK. Pre.ldea.,
MILES B. LANE. Nice Prrald.nl
r.EOKOH r. PRRBMAN, Cashier.
GORDON L. GROOVER. Aset. Caahl,,.
SOUTHERN BANK
of iliv auaie of UeorsU.
• apual W.M
Butp.ua and undivided profit*- Rv. <n
HE STATI
GEORGIA
Superior facllltlea for Iranaantlnc a
General Bankln* lluair,.,.
Coller!i n- ma le on all ootma
aceeMlble through bank* and banker,
A count* of Rank*. Ranker* Mer-hantt
and other* aollclted Bate Depoali Roiet
for rent.
Department of Saving*. Intereat pa\ah>
quarterly.
Se;i S erHint Exchn*e on Eondan and
and upward*.
JOHN FLANNERY PreHdent
HORACE A CRANE. Vice Prealdrnt
JAMES SULLIVAN. Paahler
DIRF.rTn>RS
JNO. FLANNERY WM W GORDON
r. A. WEIL W W GORDON Jr.
H A CRANE JOHN M EGAN
LBE ROY MYERS J' >BKPH FERST
H P SMART. CHARLES ELLIS
EDWARD KELLY JOHN J KIRBY
MMMtI
CAPITAL. 1330,0110.
Accounts of hanks, merchants, corpora
tlons and Individuals solicited
Saving* Department. Interest paid quar
j terly.
Safety Boxes and Storage Vaults fo
rent
! Collections made on all points at rta
-1 sonable rates.
Drafts sold on all the chief cities of the
world. _ mc
Correxpondenea Invited.
JOSEPH D. WEED. President
JOHN C. ROWLAND. Vice President.
W F McCAI’LEY. Cashier
THE GERMANIA BANK
savannah, ga.
Capital
Lndlvtded profits **•'
This bank offer* Its service* to corjgc
ratlons merchants and Individual*
Ha* authority to act aa executor, ai
! nnnietrator. guardian, etc.
Issues drafts on the principal clllet la
| Great Britain and Ireland and on the
| Continent
Interest paid or compounded quarterly
on deposits In t v e Savings Department.
Safety boxe* for rent
HENRY BLI'N, President.
GEO. W TIEDKMAN, Vice President
JOHN M HOGAN. Cashier
WALTER F. HOGAN. Asa't Cashier
No. 1440. Chartered ’.MI
-THE—
MttllS iilll Ml
OF SAVANNAH.
CAPITAL. LiUi.OUO SURPLI’S H
UNITED STATES DEIHSID/BT.
J A G CARSON. President
BEIRNE GORDON. Vice President
W M DAVANT, Cashier
Accounts of tmtiks and banker*, mer
chants and cortioratlons recelve*l upon
the most favorable terms consistent with
safe and con*ervatlve banking
THE GEORGIA STATE
BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION
-15 YORK STREET. WEST
5 PER CENT, per annum allow'd on
deposit*, withdrawable on demand.
Interest credited quarterly
6 PER CENT, per annum allows) °~-
depoalts of even hundred*, withdraw
able at annual period*
GEO W. TIEDEMAN. prealdent.
B H. LEVY. Vice Prealdent
E W. BELL. Secretary.
C. G. ANDERSON. JR. Treasurer
li NewsDODer Pi*
For sale, a Forsailh Newsptper FoIBR
will fold sheet 2TxC It la In I ®
price MhO. It coat origin*.ly ’’ •*
we have no uw# for It and want t ® r®4*
It occuplee.
It artli be an Invaluable adjunct lo *•'
twwapapar ofiice.
Address
MORNING NEWS,
Savannah.
The Chatham Real Estate
and Improvement Cos
ARE PREPARED
To Make Loans
On Reasonable Terms
OLD NEWBrAPEBA. #> tor 26 esnte,
Ji’i*‘hQai Klllvs