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2 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