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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOED
IS PARAGRAPHS.
Quitman Advertiser: At 3 o'clock on
yesterday morning Mr. Joe R. Rizar, a
planter living ten miles north of here
awoke from his slumbers to find his house
a mass of flames and his wife and family
peacefully sleeping in the very face of
death. The room being filled with smoke,
and fire leaping from the windows and
doors left no time for preparations or
second thought, so he hurriedly awaken
ed his family and barely had them safe
on the outside 'before the flames claimed
the bedding upon which they had been
Sleeping. The family escaped in their
night attire and this was all that wgs
saved from the conflagration. There was
no insurance. The origin of the Are is
•upposed to be a defective stove flue.
GRADUATES OF MERCER.
The following young men received their
diplomas at Mercer University at Macon
Wednesday: Literary Department—J. O.
Bagwell. L. S. Barrett, H. Breedlove. J.
B Brooksber. P. S. Carmichael, J. F.
Cars we,l, M. S. Dudley, R. W. Edenfleld,
R. W. Eubanks, R. L. Free, G. D. God
dard, G. O. Gunter. R. G. Hammack, J.
J. Harris, C. A. Hudson, A. W. Jackson,
R. A. Lansdell, H. D. Lester. W. M.
Mills, Paul Pinson, P. H. Ray, S. M.
Samuels, L. L. Sims, R. C. Stephens, H.
Stewart Eden Taylor, Jr., O. A. Thaxton,
F. L. Ward, J. R. Webb. J. F. C. Will
iams, Eugene Stetson, C. G. Turner. Law
Department—J. M. F. Adams. F. C. Ben
nett, Mark Bolding. T. W. Burn, E. H.
Clark, Zack Copeland. R E. D. Loach, E.
W. Edwards, R. D. Feagin, A. H. Fer
guson, W. F. George, J. N. Hargrove, P.
H. Land, W. D. Letford, J. B. McCain.
J. G. Oglesby, B. E. Pierce. Henry
Reeves, J. A. Scruggs, A. B. Small, Jr.,
H. L. Williams.
FLORIDA.
The. Gainesville postoffiee is to be raised
fiom third to second class on July. The
gross receipts of the office for the year
ending April 31, were $9,575.25, exceeding
the receipts of the previous year by near
ly $3,000. This is a remarkable growth for
one year, and ind'eates a decided increase
in tiie business of the city.
TIIB ARMSTRONG CASE.
The coroner’s jury in the Armstrong
case at Jacksonville returned a verdict
Tuesday afternoon, charging C. R. Arm
strong with murder for the killing of his
wife. The shooting occurred May 2, but
Mrs. Armstrong lived until Sunday. The
funeral, which also took place Tuesday,
was attended by six of the seven little
children of the deceased.
PENSACOLA’S NEW MAYOR.
At the Pensacola municipal election
Monday a tremendous vote was polled for
Mayor, between C. M. Jones and J. M.
Hilliard, the present Incumbent. This was
one of the hottest local campaigns ever
known. Jones being the candidate of the
Good Government people, was elected by
a majority of over 300. as was every al
derman but one on the Jones' ticket. This
victory Is regarded as a decided defeat
for Senator O'Brien, Judge Blount and
what Is known as th Tammany crowd.
A KILLING AT PABLO BEACH.
Samuel J. Lane, a carpenter, was shot
and h.lled by Anthony Gonzalez, a* Pablo
Beach, near Jacksonville, Tuesday night.
Gonzalez was with some women in a beer
garden, when Lane, entered and made
himself very unpleasant. This led to a
quarrel, and Lane, who had a revolver,
threatened to kill Gonzalez. The latter
secured a shotgun, and seeing Lane sit
ting on the step* of the old convent build
ing, as he left the beer garden, fired a
load of buckshot into his side, from the
effects of which he died shortly after.
Gonzalez made his escape, but is expected
to surrender.
THE FURY OF THE GULF.
Tampa Tribune: Thirty-six hours over
due, escaping by the merest chance from
destruction in a tempest on the Gulf, the
Tampa Steamship Company's steamer
Josep'htre arrived In part yesterday morn
ing frem Mobile. For eight hours Sunday
morning, the Josephine was at the mercy
of one of the most terrific gales that ever
swept a Southern eea. The fury of the
gale was attested by a casual inspection
of the ship as she lay at ber mooring#
yesterday. Every breakable thing on
beard had been smashed Into small bits,
the engine room was several Inches deep
in water, and the marks of rough treat
ment were visible everywhere. Frank C.
Rowyer. agent of ihe Tampa Steamship
Company at this port, was the only pas
senger on board. Cant. Ralph B. Drisko
and a crew of eighteen men were the
ship's company. All of them congratulated
themselves on the fact that they were
once more able to look upon dry land.
THE VOLUSIA SPORTSMAN'S CLUB.
The prospectus of the Volusia Sports
man’s Club states that a game preserve
will be one of the principal features of
the corporation. Already control of 25.000
acres of land In St. Johns and Volusia
counties has been secured, of which 10,000
is high hammock and the rest low pine
land. The land Includes the Ormond and
Bulow grants and several miles of ad
joining property. Two streams traverse
the entire length of the property, and
they are well stocked with fish. There
is also six miles of ocean beach on the
property. Five thousand acres has been
fenced In for the past eighteen years and
protected from pot hunters. This tract
abounds with deer, bear, panther and
smaller game. The waters have been
protected by an act of the legislature
from seine or net fishing and teem with
bass, bream, trout and other fish. A
branch railroad to connect the Florida
East Coast Railway with the club houses
is also contemplated.
HI TTER SrOIHOD AW EMIPEMEST.
Itiirnl Couple I mililii'l Aril It nml
llnd to Go Homo Without at Wed
ding.
From the New York Press.
Binghamton, May 31.—An elopement
was spoiled by the failure of a romantic
rural couple to dispose of n Jar of but.
ter the prospective bride had mtde and
brought to thl* city to sell. Henry Davis
and Ellen Johnson of Rhine Creek, N. Y..
fell In love. They lived on adjoining
farms, but their parents objected to the
match and the young woman, wns kept
under close surveillance. Finally they
agreed to elope If the necessary funds
could be procured to pajr the minister.
The girl succeeded In smuggling a J*r
of butter from her father's farm, and
procuring a horse and wagon from a
neighbor they came to this city. They
made trips to the various store*, but
wore unable to dispose of the butter at
•try price. Finally Davis tried to In
duce a minister to take the butler as a
marriage too. but the clergyman turned
the product, and then said he thought the
girl was too young to marry.
After spending the day here In a fruit,
less attempt to unite their fortunes.
Dsvls was. obliged to take his sweetheart
home to her father's house
—Phenomenal—"lV* have the most won
derful cock you ever saw You know, we
only engaged her as o plain cook."
"Yes?"
' Wall, she makes good bread."—Town
and Country,
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
Local anil General News of Ships
and Shipping;.
The finishing touches are being put on
the steam/boat Louise at the foot of
Abercorn street. The machinery is all in
place, and is now being connected. The
electric wires are being installed for the
lighting system, which will be run entire
ly by electricity. Charles Gross, the de
signer and superintendent of construction,
expects shortly to have the boat ready for
her trial trip.
The Norwegian bark James G. Pendle
ton, Capt. Nicholaisen, has about finished
loading cargo of naval stores at the Sa
vannah, Florida and Western Railway
wharves.
Lumber exporters got several vessels off
their hands yesterday, among them be
ing the schooners Margaret A. May, for
Baltimore, with 385,000 feet, the Susie H.
Davidson, with 392,922 feet, and the James
Boyce, Jr., with 492,275 feet. With the
cargo of the Harriet C. Keriin on Wed
nesday, 384,924 feet, the total shipments
for the two days were 1,654,821 feet.
There is no improvement in the demand
for coasting lumber tonnage, though pre
vious rates are maintained. Forward
rates are less buoyant, owing to the lim
ited Inquiry experienced. Gulf general
cargo rates to United Kingdom and Con
tinent for June are unchanged, but for
forward boats an advance on current quo
tations Is required. Timber and deal
freights are quiet.
Passengers by Stemnshlp*.
Per steamship Nacoochee, New York,
for Savannah. June 4.—Miss K. G. Leiser,
Miss Laura Dale, Miss Clara Jackson,
Miss Ethel Black, C. W. Park and wife.
Miss H. Hull, Miss N. B. Patterson, C.
A. Lewis, Miss L. Corwin, Mrs. A. Cor
win, J. T. Montcrieff, J J. Yarborough,
W. W. Illiams, Mr. Blumental and wife,
Mrs. J. T. McCullough, Mrs. C. H. Smith,
Miss Edna Smith, S. S. Coachman, Mr.
Wyley, W. J. English, J. W. Daniel, G.
D. Dorough. C. E. Wade, E. Cockrill, V.
M. Myers, Miss S. H. McAndrews, B.
Guerra, J. F. McCarty, C. E. Buchanan,
W. W. Walker, H. Hlrsehman, B. Harris,
J. Sellas, O. Scllas, C, Lofiotes, P. Pla
tainls and wife, G. Platanltis, D. Plati
oiio, V/. Bergman, J. Steinberg.
Savannah Almanac, 7.5 th Meridian
Time.
Sun rises at 5:16 a. m. and sets at 7:30
p. m.
High water at Savannah ta-day at 12:00
m. and 12:08 p m. High water at Ty
bee one hour earlier.
Thanes of Hie Moon for Jnne.
Full moon 2d
Last quarter 9th
New moon 16th
First quarter 23d
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.
Vessels Arrived Yesterday.
Rark Charlotte (Ger), Kruger, Rotter
dam—J. F. Minis & Cos.
Bark Espero (Ital), CravioUto, Genoa—
Strachan & Cos.
Bark Olga (Rus), Hoeggblom, Moss-
Master.
Schooner Ida l>awrence, Campbell, Bal
timore—Muster.
Schooner Florence Leland, Eaton, Port
land—'Master.
Vessel* Cleared Yesterday.
Schooner Marget A. May, Grace, Balti
more.
Schooner Susie H. Davidson, Doughty,
Baltimore.
Vessel* Wen* to Sen.
Steamship Itasca, Hudgings. Baltimore.
Steamship Clematis (Belg), Leenaers,
London and Antwerp.
S'teomship Berriz (Span), Ferrari, Rot
terdam.
Schooner Susie H. Davidson, Doughty,
Baltimore.
Schooner James Boyce, Jr., Gilbert, Fall
River.
Shipping llpniornmls.
Frrnandina, Fla., June 6.—Arrived, schr
Horace G. Morse, Hlgbee, Charleston;
Carrie E. Lock, Veazle, New York; Kate
B. Ogden, Wilbert, New' York.
Sailed, schr Lizzie E. Dennison, Thom
son. Martinique.
Port Tampa, Fla.. June 6.—Arrived,
steamer City of Everette, Laverge. Phila
delphia. Mascotte, Smith, Key West.
Sailed, steamer Mascotte. Smith, Key
West; steamer Bottle Bleclch, New Or
leans.
New York, June 6.—Sailed, steamer Vo
lund. Key West.
Philadelphia, June 6.—Arrived, steamer
Berkshire, Savannah; Josephine, Charles
ton.
Huelva. May 31—Sailed, steamer Cadiz,
Savannah.
Singapore, June 4.—Sailed, steamer
Ness, from Port Tampa, etc., Yokohama.
Charleston, S. C., June 6.—Arrived,
steamer George W. Clyde, Chichester,
Brunswick, and proceeded for Boston;
schr Eliza A. Scribner, Dodd, Philadel
phia; Mary S. Bradshaw. Stllle, Philadel
phia; Linah C. Kaminski. Ray, New York.
Notice to Mariners.
Pilot charts and all hydrographic Infor
mation will be furnished masters of ves
sels free of charge in United States hy
drographic office, In Custom House. Cap
tains are requested to call nt the office.
Reports of wrecks and derelicts received.
Coastwise Esports,
Per steamship Itasca, for Baltimore—loo
bales cotton, 2,763 barrels rosin. 210 bar
rels rosin oil, 200 barrels pitch and tar, 15
barrels turpentine, 50 tons pig iron, 1,091
sacks clay, 22 packages domestics and
yarns, 321 crates vegetables. 28 barrels
vegetables, 41 package* merchandise, 98,100
feet lumber.
Per schooner Margaret A. May. for Bal
tlme—3Bs.ooo feel yellow pine lumber, val
ued at $5,005 —Cargo by E. B. Hunting &
Cos.
Per schooner Susie H. Davidson, for
Baltimore—ll4,Bsß feet yellow pine lumber,
valued at $1,493.15, by E. R. Hunting &
Cos.; 278.004 feet yellow pine lumber, by
Georgia Lumber Company.
Schooner James Boyce. Jr., for Fail
River—4H2.27s feet yellow pine lumber, val
ued $6,399.57—Carg0 by E. B. Hunting &
Cos.
Blood Poison’s Blight.
This Is a disease of frightful hideousness, and if not thoroughly eradicated,
transmits Its blighting effect upon unborn Innocent* It gradually consume* the
t vitality and reduce* It* victim to a complete wreck.
Once the system I* tainted with It the disease may
manifest liself in the form of scrofula, ecsema. rheu
matic pains, stiff or swollen Joints, eruption* or copper
colored spots on the face or body, little ulcers In ths
tnouth or on the tongue, sore throat, swollen tonsils,
failing out of hair or eyebrows, and finally a leproue
llka decay of the flesh and bonee. If you have any of
these or similar symptoms you are cordially Invited to
consult m Immediately.
My perfect method of treating Blood Poison prompt
ly checks Its progress anj removes every outward
manifestation of every stage Ido not compromise with
this dlrease by mere patchwork. Every trace of the
disease Is completely eradicated, and all danger of
transmitting the taint to others Is removed I do not
saturate the system with poisonous and destructive
miner*:*; my treatment antagonizes, destroys and expel*
every vestige of the poison. This treatment has proven euccessful In thousands of
Instances, and I consider no rse incurable, no matter what other treatment ha a
felled. .
I invite free oonsulislton either at my office or by mall. Bend for symptom
blank*, explaining my *uocessful plan of home treatment.
J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, M IV, $ "A" Bryan street, Savannah, Oa.
OOVoe hours—* am. to 12 m., I to I, Itolp, nt gurtdeys 10 a. sals Ip, a
THE MORNING NEWS: FRIDAY. JUNE 7, 1901.
THE WEATHER.
Morning News Thermometer at 11 p.m..71
Morning News Barometer at 11 p.m..29.8 < :
Forecast for Friday and Saturday—
Georgia and South Carolina: Fair Fri
day, preceded by showers near the coast.
Saturday fair, fresh westerly winds, be
coming variable.
Eastern Florida: Local rains Friday
and probably Saturday; variable winds.
Western Florida: Showers Friday. Sat
urday fair; variable winds.
Yesterday's Weather at Savannah:
Maximum temperature 1:30
p. m 86 degrees
Minimum temperature 8:00
p. m 70 degrees
Mean temperature 78 degrees
Normal temperature 78degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
June 1 15 degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. 1 307 degrees
Rainfall 34 inch
Normal 20 inch
Deficiency since June 1. ...... .79 inch
Deficiency since Jnn, 1 2.52 Inches
River Report.—The hight of the Savan
nah river at Augusta, at 8 a. m.. (75th
meridian time), yesterday, was 9.7 feet,
a fall of 0.1 foot during the preceding
twenty-four hours.
Cotton region bulletin. Savannah, Ga.,
for the twenty-four hours ending at 8 a.
m., 75th meridian time, June 6, 1901:
Stations of |Max.| Mln.jßaln
Savannah District. |Tem.|Tem.| fall
Alajaha, Ga., clear | 89 | 70 | .02
Albany, clear j 90 j 72 j .38
Amerleus, clear | 89 j 69 | .00
Balnbrldge, clear | 87 | 70 | .00
Eastman, pt. cloudy |92j 71 j .26
'Fort Gaines, cloudy j 87 | 70 j .09
Gainesville, Fla., clear. ~| 88 | 70 j .00
Mlllen, Ga., pt. cloudy...| 92 j 70 | .00
Quitman, clear j 91 j 69 | .00
Savannah, cloudy | 85 | 73 | .00
Thomasville, clear j 87 j 71 | .00
Waycross, clear j 89 | 69 | .00
Special Texas Rainfall Reports—Galves
ton, .04; Palestine. .56; Beaumont. 2.80;
Brenhnm, .01; Corsicana, trace; Dallas,
trace; Hearne, .90; Houston, .04; Hunts
ville, .16; Wealherford, .08; Longview, .01.
Heavy Rains—Beaumont, Tex., 2.80;
Jackson, Miss, 1.56.
Missing Data June s—Alapaha. Ga., clear;
maximum temperature, S5; minimum tem
perature 65; rainfall, 0.
| |Dist. Averages.
|No. | 1 1
|Sta- Max. Mln.Rain
Central Stations. |tions;Tem.|Tem.| fall.
Atlanta . "j 11 | 8* — |~t>6 — 1~12
Augusta I 11 | 88 j 68 I .02
Charleston j 5 | 86 j 68 j .00
Galveston | 26 | 86 j 66 j .20
Little Rock j 11 j 86 j 66 | .18
Memphis j 16 j 88 j 70 | .04
Mobile | 8 | 90 | 68 | .30
Montgomery | 8 | 86 | 66 | .34
New Orleans | 15 j 86 j 66 j .52
Savannah | 12 | 89 | 70 | .06
Vicksburg .. .......| 11 | 84 | 68 j .71
Wilmington .. 10 | 86 j 68 j .00
Remarks.—Showers have occurred In
all districts of the belt except the Caro
lines.
Temperatures are slightly lower over
the western districts.
Observations taken at the same moment
of time at all stations. June 6, 1901, 8 p.
m., 75th meridian time.
Name of Station. | T | W jßain
Boston, clear ’. ..| 78~ |SW | .00 ’
New York city, clear j 76 |S | .00
Philadelphia, ptly cloudy |76 |S | .00
•Washington city, cloudy | 78 jSW j .00
Norfolk, clear | 78 |S | .00
Hatteras, clear |74 |S | .00
Wilmington, ptly cldy ~| 74 |S j .00
Charlotte, cloudy |74 |S j .10
Raleigh, raining |72 |S | .34
Charleston, cloudy | 76 |SE | .00
Atlanta, partly cloudy ..j 70 !SW j .10
Augusta, raining |66 |S [I.OB
Savannah, raining | 70 |N j .32
Mobile, cloudy | 68 |SW | .68
Montgomery, cloudy |74 jw | .14
Vicksburg, partly cloudy j 76 |SB |I.2S
New Orleans, ptly cloudy j 72 jSE | .16
Galveston, clear | 80 |SE | .00
Corpus Chrlsti, ptly cldy | 80 |SE | .00
Palestine, cloudy | 82 |NW | T
Memphis, clear | 78 |N | .26
Cincinnati, cloudy | 70 jNW | .04
Pittsburg, raining |7O |S | .18
Buffalo, raining j 62 | .02
Detroit, cloudy j 70 |W | T
Chicago, clear | 66 |W | .(10
Marquette, raining | 48 |SW j .34
St. Paul, partly cloudy ~| 60 |NW | .34
Davenport, clear j 68 jw | .00
St. Louis, clear | 74 |NW | T
Kansas City, clear | 76 |N | .00
Oklahoma, clear | 80 |E | .00
Dodge City, clear | 76 jSE | .00
North Platte, clear | 72 |BW ! .00
Jacksonville, Jupiter, key West and
Tampa missing.
H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecast omciai.
DOG AND ELEPHANT.
The ttrnnge Attachment of Two
Hrntrs In n Clrons.
From the Boston Transcript.
Ganchon, one of Ringllng Brothers' big
est elephants, and Prince, a clown dog,
are In love. They are constantly together
—almost as inseparable as the Siamese
twins. They run races together, they play
with ropes and rubber balls, and at night
the dog curls up at the side of the ele
phant's big trunk and thus 'they sleep till
morning. Prince is a bull terrier, three
years old. Fanchon is 50, but such a har
monious union of youth and old age was
never before known. The dog and the ele
phant met for the first time during the
circus parade one morning last August
in Denver. It was a case of love at first
sight.
Prince sat with his master on the seat
of a butcher's wagon as the parade came
down the street. When he saw Fanchon
lumbering by he wagged his tall with
Joy and the big elephant playfully lifted
her trunk and caressed the dog in her own
peculiar fashion. Their kindred spirits
met and recognized each other. The dog
bounded from the wagon and followed at
the elephant’s heels.
When the parade reached the show
grounds the dog was still following at
the side of Fanchon. Pearl Couder, the
superintendent of the elephants, tried to
drive the dog away, but Prince refused
to leave the side of his new friend, Fan
shon also objected to a separation. She
shoved Soudon away roughly with her
trunk, and, picking the dog up tenderly.
laid him on her back and walked into the
menagerie tent.
All that day Prince and Fanchon stuck
close together, and Souder watched them
from one end of the menagerie. In the
evening he called the attention of one of
the Ringlings to the strange union.
"I can’t take the whelp away from her,"
explained Souder; "when I try, she howls
like a demon and the dog whines as
though his heart would break.”
Even a dog is not tolerated around a
circus unless it works; so it was decided
that if some employment could be found
for Prince he might remain. George
Hartzell, the clown, was looking for a
dog to use in one of his acts. Prince
seemed to fill the bill, so Hartzell made
friends with the elephant and began to
train the dog.
Prince was an apt pupil. In a week's
time he was being shot from the mouth of
a c'annon. He liked his new employment,
and. as it did not separate him fiom his
big friend, he put his heart and soul into
the shew business and was assigned
sleeping quarters in one of the elephant
cars.
The strange affection Increased as the
days passed. Prince has more influence
over Fanchon than has Souder or any of
the animal men. He can lead the big
brute when she would not budge for
Souder. He spends the forenoon romping
with his ponderous companion.
Their favorite pastime is to play at
"tug-of-war” with a hemp pad. Fanchon
wraps her trunk around one end of the
pad and Prince sets his teeth firmly in
the other end. Then the battle begins.
Though the elephant is strong enough to
toss the dog over the tent. Prince is al
ways the victor. He writhes and wrig
gles as though he were shaking a rat to
pieces, and Fanchon, with just enough
resistance to make it sport for the dog,
follows wherever the dog may lead.
“It's the strangest love match I ever
heard of" says Souder. "Fanchon weighs
three tons and a half and Prince weighs
about thirty pounds. Now wouldn’t that
Jar you? That whelp gets into mischief
every day, and if we try to punish him
Fanchon gets on her ear: so you might
say the dog runs the show.
“Last week Prince got into the laun
dry baskets and tore up a lot of clown
suits. I think Fanchon helped, but I only
caught the dog. I gave him a kick, and
what did he do but run yelping into the
elephant barn and walk right up to Fan
chon tar sympathy. Fanchon had more
than sympathy for the dog, as I learned
to my sorrow an hour or so lated. I
was walking down the aisle of elephants,
with not the slightest thought of evil,
when 1 was suddenly lifted in the air and
tossed Into a pile of baled hay. When I
gathered myself and looked around, Fan
chon squirted a pail of water over me.
"It was the first time that elephant
had displayed any temper, and I decided
to nip it in the bud: but the old girl was
as detlrmined as I was. That Infernal
whelp stood behind her growling at me.
and every time he growled the elephant
made a smash at me. It's the first time I
ever gave up when I attempted to chas
tise one of the elephants, but I have
learned that an elephant with a dog
friend is not a safe thing to monkey with.
"None of the other elephants like the
dog. and 1 have tried again and again to
lure him near them, but he has no use for
any of them hut Fanchon. It is the first
time I evr knew of a dog and an elephant
to make friends. Asa matter of fact ele
phants are afraid of dogs. I haw heard
of horses and elephants being friendly,
but this dog and elephant business beats
me.
"They fight for each other to the bitter
end. The other day Fanchon deliberately
broke a drum and threw the pieces out
of the window. When I brought the rem
nants back to the tent and laid them be
fore her she began to tremble, knowing
that she had done something she ought
not. I picked up my whip and was about
to lash her with It, when around comes
the dog and nips me in the leg. I made a
dive for the dog and he ran back of the
elephant. Here was a fine state of things.
This natty little cur felt safe and laughed
at me—that’s what he did. If I went
after him and gave him what he deserved
the elephant would go crazy with anger
and make a mess of the whole shooting
gallery. A bad elephant is about the
worst thing you could go up against. Fan
chon so far had shown a decent dispo
sition and was a mighty big help around
the show, as well os a good performer.
All I con’d do was to let the little beast
make faces at me and walk away. But
one of these fine days I will get him, end
get him right, and Fanchon may have
to wear an extra chain or two to keep her
from getting gay for a doubt about who
Is running the elephant part of the show.
There may be sfltne good points about
dogs, but I have never seen them show up
well around on elephant troop.
POETRY OF IRONING.
A Flight Back, Under It* Magic
Spell, to Ilamhleber* and Holly
hocks.
From the New York Sun.
“There is heard here,” said a city flat
dweller who was born and raised In a
house with a yard around it in a smaller
city, "one sound that is precisely similar
to one familiar to me In my youth—name
ly, the sound of Ironing. On ironing days,
if 1 shut my eyes, I imagine myself back
where in summer I used to datch bees in
hollyhock blossoms and hold them up to
hear them buzz.
"Boonk! I hear the iron go down, on
something or other, I don't know what,
spread on an ironing board or a table;
and then no sound for a moment or two,
and 1 know that the iron is ironing away,
with long, straight or swinging sweeps
over some smooth surface or pushing the
nose of the iron up into some gathers or
folds here or there, and then presently:
"Blink! the ironer has stopped ironing
for a moment and has set the iron down
on the holder. And then I know the
Ironer is pulling whatever is being Ironed
over the board or the table, pulling the
ironed away and bringing up
where it can be got at the part next to
be ironed, and then in a moment:
"Boonk! down comes the iron again, the
sound more or less muffled, partly smoth
ered, by whatever is being ironed, by the
covering on the Ironing board, and, for
lhat matter, by the board, that being of
wood.
"And then silence again, the silence
while the iron is being swept smoothly
over the unbroken surface again. And
then, blink! again, and bloonk! in due
time, and occasionally the sound of setting
the iron back on the stove, when a fresh
one Is taken; and, if the door is open, and
you are near enough, the little hiss as the
new one Is tested.
"And so for hours, through the drowsy
summer day. on Ironing day, in the days
of my youth.
"I drift in and out of the house, to the
street, to the yard, to school, and hearing
those sounds when I go away and again
when I come back—the familiar sounds of
ironing. And I hear those sounds Just the
same here In the flat. Just exo.Hly.
"Some stories up, we live here, and it's
all quite different from living In the
house, where we stepped out the side
door, down n step or two, to a dirt walk,
with a grass plot on the other side of I*,
but tha sounds of Ironing are here pre
cisely the same, and as I sit and llaten
to them, besides bringing back old recol
lection*. they make me think how much
alike we are, for that matter, how much
alike we are In our feelings, whether we
live In city or country or In palace, flat or
hovel.”
—A Stickler for Social Usage.-AVeary
Willie—"Thankee kindly fer de frock
coat, mum, but I'll have to decline de
atraw hat.” Tha Parson’s Wife—" Why,
w-hat’a wrong with the hat?" Weary Wil
li*—"lt ain't that, mum But any gent
at valued hi* reppytation fer a po.lte un
deratandln' of de etlket of wat to wear
an’ when to wear It wouldn't never allow
tnaaelf to be seen In any sirh * combi
nation. '—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
TELEGRAPHIC MARKETS.
(Continued from Ninth Pace.)
tureless affair. Closed quiet, with prices
net unchanged. Total sales were 6,500
bags, including June, 5.15 c; July, 5.20 c; Sep
tember, 5.35 c.
Sugar—Raw, Strong; fair refining,
321-32 c; centrifugal 96-test, 4V*c; refined,
quiet.
COTTON SEED OIL.
New York, June 6.—Cottonseed oil, de
mand continues on an active scale and
the market was firm, 54c higher. Prime
crude barrels nominal; prime summer yel
low 3754 c; off summer yeilow, 36c; prime
white, 39@40c; prime winter yellow, 40c;
prime meal, $24.00.
CHICAGO MARKETS.
Chicago, June 6.—Weather conditions
controlled the wheat situation to-day,
heavy rains all through the Northwest
inducing notable weakness. July closed,
l%c lower, July corn l@l%c lower; July
oats, %@V4c lower, and provisions from
7V4c to 10c higher.
The leading futures ranged as follows;
Opening. Highest. Lowest. Closing.
Wheat, No. 2
June ....7374 7374 7274 7274
July 74%®75 75 7374 73%
Sept 71>4<T71% 7174 70V* 7074® 70%
Corn, No. 2
June 43 4374 42 42
July 44%@4474 44% 43’4 43%@43T4
Sept 4474® 44% 44%@4474 44 4474@'4474
Oats, No. 2
July 2774028 2874 2774 27%
Sept 26%@26% 2674 26 2674
Mess Pork, Per Barrel—
July sl4 60 sl4 6774 14 55 sl4 6274
Sept ...14 70 14 80 14 70 14 75
Lard, Per 100 Pounds—
July .... 8 30 840 8 30 833
Sept .... 8 3274 8 4274 830 8 3774
Short Ribs, per 100 pounds—
July .... 7 8774 7 9274 7 8774 7 9274
Sept .... 7 90 7 95 7 8774 7 9274
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour,
steady; No. 3 spring wheat, 6S@72c; No. 2
red, 7474@76c; No. 2 corn, 42 I ,j®42 7 4e; No.
2 yellow. 43%c; No. 2 oats, 28®'2874c; No. 2
white, 2974®29%c; No. 3 white, 287402974 c:
fair to choice malting barley, 50<g55c; No.
1 flax seed, $1.71; No. 1 Northwestern,
$1.71; prime timothy seed, $3.60; mess pork,
per barrel, $14.60014.65; lard, per 100
pounds, $8.3508.3774: short ribs sides
(loose), $7.8508.00; dry salted shoulders
(boxed, 6%®7%c; short clear sides (boxed),
$8.1008.20; whisky, basis of high wines,
$1 27.
HOW OLD A GAME IS POKER.
Light on It Early History In Mil
itary Circles In llie Sonthvreat.
A. J. Bowden in New York Sun.
The following extracts from an old book,
the full title of which I quote, may not
be without interest In the history of the
great American game of poker. The book
Is “Dragoon Campaigns to the Rocky
Mountains, being a History of the Enlist
ment, Organization and First Campaigns
of the Regiment of United States Dra
goons; together with Incidents of a Sol
dier’s Life and Sketches of Scenery and
Indian Character. By a Dragoon. New
York: Wiley and Long; 1836. D. Fan
shaw, printer."
The regiment at the time of the follow
ing incident was stationed at "Fort Gib
son, A. TANARUS.," which I presume means Ari
zona Territory, and the precise date was
June, 1534:
“Let's go to Rodger's,” said Corporal
Stephens, “and talk about old times over
a venison steak and a drop of whiskey."
"Net so,” said Benson. “The Major lost
some cool hundreds last night at poker
(here there is a footnote: "A favorite
game of cards at the South and West”) in
camp and is to meet some brother officers
at Rodger’s to-night; so that wont do.”
The soldiers determined to creep up to
the house and see if the coast is really
clear or not. It Is not, and they over
hear Ihe following;
"I'll stake you another ten,” cried the
M.
"Done,” said Captain
"Twenty more,” said the M ——
"Done,’ said the Captain.
"Fifty more.” said the M
"Done," said the Captain.
The M hesitated; the coolness of the
Captain threw him off his guard, at last
he struck his fist upon the table and roar
ed at the top of his voice, "I'll stake you
another hundred.”
“Done,’ said the Captain.
The M. dared not risk any more, and
throwing down his cards exclaimed:
"There's four kings! What have you
got?"
"Only four aces!" said the Captain
coolly, as he began to scrape the money
together.
"D—m—n!” roarer the M., at the same
time splitting the pine table with a blow
of his fist.”
Unfortunately we are not told how many
cards constituted a hand, but It is evident
that the bettor could not be raised, but,
If not called, had the privilege of repeat
ing or raising his own bet. We get a
glimpse of the values of hands and mny
be pretty sure from the footnote that the
game was by no means in its Infancy even
in 1834.
George Catlin accompanied the regiment
on this campaign and a long letter by him
on Indian affairs is incorporated in the
book.
THE HORSE IS W AR.
Few Things More Pnthetle Than Suf
ferings of the Animals.
From the Memphis Commercial Appeal.
When we read of brilliant cavalry
charges in war. we are apt to be carried
away by the speil of battle excitement.
And when we read In the special tele
|rams that the British government has
purchased a large number of American
horses for use in South Africa we are
apt to think of nothing but the commer
cial side of the transaction. Yet to one
who has had the actual scenes of war
fare presented to his mental vision there
can be few things more pathetic than
the slaughter of horses. A man Joins
the army with his eyes open. He knows
full well that he Is embracing a murder
ous profession. He knows that It Is his
business to kill, and, of course, he takes
the chances of being killed himself.
When two men so out to fight a duel,
they ore on even terms. Each la bent
on killing the other, and so neither has
any ground of complaint If he Is badly
maimed, or rendered defective for life.
But a horse Is ndt a fighting animal. It
does not enlist for battle. It knows noth
ing of the merits of the cause. It can
not take sldrw. Yet It Is driven into
battle, Is killed or cruelly mnlmed; Is
made to suffer for no wrong that It has
ever done any one. The following Is the
picture of the awful suffering of Horses
as presented by correspondents in South
Africa.
But of all the pitiful, heartrending
sights I have ever seen none has com
pared to this view of hundreds upon hun
dreds of dead and dying horses on this ltg)
miles of war's promenade. The poor
beasts had done no man harm—ln fact,
each on* hod ben a man's reliance—and to
see them shattered by shell and then rip
ped open by vultures often before they
were dead, was enough to snap the tender.
et chord* In one's heart. They had not
deserved and could not understand their
horrible ill hick. For some reason, hun
dreds had dragged themselves In the main
road, snd then hsd died either on the
track of the an tons or by Its side. But
'the worst horror was to cotne when I ap
proached close upon the last botrlefleld,
ooly twenty-four hows after the fight at
Drellfonttdn. On this field not nearly all
the horse* wars yc dead. On the contra
*. a> I came up betid* the prostrate body
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of a beautiful steed It would stowly and
painfully lift Its head and turn upon me a
pair of the most pleading, woe-stricken
eyes, full of a hunger to know what I
ecu Id do for ft. All I could do was to
drive on, for I had no firearms, even for
my own protection, deep In the enemy's
country, where we had put no single arm
ed man to guard the route of our supplies
and reinforcements. Mv companion used
to turn and look back at these dying
horses, only to find that they were still
straining their sad eyes after the cart.
Then he would say: "He Is loklng at us
yet; oh, li makes me 1.1; look, he Is star
ing at us like a guilty conscience. What
ran we do? I wish we did not see such
things."
More pathetic than tha sight of tha
oead horses was the sight of the living
ones. There mere hoises that had bee.i
hit. horses that hsd keen broken down
wHh overwork and underfeeding, horses
with hideous saddles sores hidden by
clustering mounds of flies, horaes aban-
CITY OF AUGUSTA, Capt. Daggett
WEDNESDAY, June 19. 7:00 p. m.
NACOOCHEE. Capt. Smith, FRIDAT,
June 21, 9:30 a. m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt. Fisher, MONDAY,
June 24, 12:00 noon.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. Askins, WED
NESDAY, June 26, 1:00 p. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE, Capt. Lewis, FRI
DAY, June 28, 2:30 p. m.
E. W. SMITH,
Soliciting Freight Agent, Savannah. G*.
WALTER HAWKINS,
General Agent, Traffic Department,
224 W. Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla.
W. H. PLEASANTS,
Traffic Manager,
1 Now Pier 35, North River, New York.
dontd for every conceivable defect. ,
horses for whom death bad w
their tidrrs' control, big English • -
unshod 80-r ironies, most of thm
hip bone* that projected so far a* ?
gest dislocation; they were * '
about, helpless, forlorn, abandonee ■
tures, m'ho looked at you duHtou?,. •
though they feared you were nr ‘
them more of glotlfbd warfare. •>
seeing you pass, turned listless,!
hanging down their heads.
Where men will go to war *
another It would seem that the*
be made to stand all the suffering
haps If Uhls were the reeult, a n ,
knew thst they would receive fi n . ,
tltloua eld they would not he u
hurry to rush Into war. The So" ■
can conflict has sltln horses ‘ ?t( a
thousands, t'nless they are • ~
thay are stricken down Tnle '* p ,gi
the nvMsst of animals In thb
and wholeaals way cannot be rente
ad without a feeling of horror-