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TEAM FOR SATURDAY'S GAME
WILL BE SELECTED TO-NIGHT
Believed That Savannah Will Win the Game on
• individual Play.
Not until to-night will the final se
lection for the team, which will repre
sent Savannah in to-morrow's contest
s*ainst the Florida State College, be
made.
As stated In the Morning Sews yes
terday, the Savannah team will go into
the same with a team greatly handi
capped by tack of tea op training, while
the collegians have been playing daily
now for about two months.
Physically, the team may be in bet
ter shape than it was when Georgia
played here last year, but in team play,
it cannot be compared. Individually,
the team is stronger. Xo one denies
that, but many of those who played
on the Blue and White side last year
had played together the season before,
and the other members of the team
were fresh from college, and grasped a
new play in one or two triaft.
Savannah will defeat Florida. But
Savannah will win on individual play.
The effort to make it appear that the
team had been Unjustly criticised is
ridiculous in the eyes of those who
want to know really what the team is
doing. The team did show up green at
practice, and the opinion advanced was
thoroughly unbiased, and made with a
view to doing good rather than to
wards doing harm. 1
SEWANEE DEFEATED CLEMSON
IN A SPECTACULAR GAME
Two Tigers Clawed Each Other in Desperate En
counter at Columbia.
Columbia, S. C.,'Oct. 2T.—The Clem
son Tigers went down before the Se
wanee Tigers to-day by a score of 11
to 5. The game wa6 witnessed by 5,-
000 people.
The first half was spectacular. The
men lined up with Clemson weighing
160 pounds and Sewanee 155. Kicking
to save the ball from going over was
common, and a long 80-yard kick by
Sawrie of Sewanee. was one of the
greatest of the game.
The real feature of the game was
the wonderful 40-yard run of Powlkins
of Sewanee, after going through the
Clemson line arid snatching the ball on
Clemson's fumble.
With but eight minutes to play Clem
son pushed back Sewanee to the goal
and finally Furtick hurdled over.
CAPT. HARRIS COPE IS
FXPECTED HOME TO'OAY.
Capt. Harris Cope, who has been as
sisting in coaching the Sewanee foot
ball teatn for the last few weeks, is
expected to arrive in Savannah to-day,
and will be out to-night to assist the
Savannah team in the final preparation
for to-morrow s game. A light practice
will be held to-night, and Manager
Mein tire is very hopeful.
SCOTCH PLUME. LONG SHOT,
WON THE RAVENSWOOD.
By * Head, the Plum, Waved Ahead
of the Belle.
New York, Oct. 27.—Scotch Plume,
backed down from 30 to 1 to 20 to X,
won the Ravenswood Handicap at Ja
maica to-day, defeating Hamburg
Belle by a head. Hamburg Belle and
Rapid Water ran like a team to the
stretch, where Rapid Water dropped
back. Hamburg Belie then took
the lead and appeared to be winning,
easily, when Olandt brought Scotch
Flume up with a rush and won.
Diamond, the Southerner and Dolly
Spanker were the winning favorites.
Summary:
First Race —Six furlongs. Diamond,
2 to 1, won, with Crown Prince, 18 to
5, second, and Teacress, 9 to 2, third.
Time 1:13 2-5.
Second Race—Selling, one mile and
a quarter. The Southerner, 8 to 5, won,
with Midshipman, 6 to 1, second, and
Gravina, 7 to 1, third. Time 2:08 3-6.
Third Race—One mile and a six
teenth. White Ghost. 5 to 1, won, with
Tom Lawson, 14 to 5. second, and Sir
Shep, 30 to 1. third. Time 1:49 4-5.
Fourth Race The Xlavenswood
Handicap, six furlongs. Scotch Plume,
20 to 1, won, with Hamburg Belle, 4
to 1, second, and Collector Jessup, 10
to 1. third. Time 1:13 2-5.
Fifth Race—Selling, five and a half
furlongs. Kittle Platt, 8 to 1, won. with
Danseuse, 7 to 1. second, and Niblick,
2 to 1, third. Time 1:08.
Sixth Race—One mile and seventy
yards. Dolly Spanker, 7 to 20, won,
with Ormondes Right. 12 to 5, second.
Time 1:46. Only two starters.
RACES AT LATONIA.
Cincinnati, Oct. 27.—Results at La
tonia;
Firet Race—Six furlongs. Vestry, 3
to J, won. with Glad Smile, 9 to 2,
seoond. and Determination, 5 to 1.
third. Time 1:1416.
Second P.uce —Five furlongs. Frances
Dillon. 12 to 1, won. with Conjuress, 4
to 1, second, and Juchllan, 100 to 1,
third. Time 1:01V4.
Third Race —.Mile and a sixteenth.
Idle, 13 to 10. won. with D. L. Moore,.
13 to 5. seoond, and Benckhart, 12 to
1. third. Time 1:47%.
Fourth Race—Seven and one-half
furlongs. Woodlawn Belle, 3 to 6, won,
with, Florence Fonso. V to 2, second,
and Rachel Ward, 9 to 2, third. Time
1:35%.
Fifth Race —One mile. Requlter. 4 to
6, won, with Major T. J. n arson. 12
to 1. second, and Miss Doyle, 7 to 1,
third. Time 1:40%.
SJxth Race—Five and one-half fur
longs. Rums Horn, 1 to 8, won, with
Piker Clock. 12 to 1, second, and Dr.
Kennedy. GO to 1. third. Time 1:08%.
RESULTS AT WORTH.
Chicago, Oct. 27.—Results at Worth:
First Race—Six furlongs. Beautiful
snd Best, 26 to 1, won, with Marshal
Sea, 15 to 1, second, and Corbletta
Buy. 10 to 1. third. Time 1:14 8-5.
Second Rme—Mx furlongs. Logts
tUla. I to 1, won, with Dr. Leggo, 15
lo 1. second, and Simplicity, 7 to 1,
third Tims 1:11 3-5.
Third Racs—Mile and an slghth.
Nlaxux, 3 to 1, won,.with Rankin, 7
to 6. second, and Bard of Avon, 25 to
l. third. Thne 1:54 2-5.
Fourth Race—Mil*. I.ady Joselyn,
5 to 2. won, with Sir Brtllar, I to 1,
lecond, and lluzauth, • to 1, third. Time
I 40 1-5.
Fifth nunc -Hi* furlongs. Ivan tbs
r Xo team In the South ever offered
i better or more abundant material for
| a football eleven, which, with proper
j training, could more successfully hold
1 its own with any of the big college
j teams. It is as it stands to-day, per-
I haps the heaviest team in the South,
averaging about 170 to 112 pounds.
The ability of the Florida team
i should not be underrated, however.
\ Savannah has grow n so accustomed to
I victory in football that it would be'
| little short of a calamity to suffer de-
I feat right at the beginning of the sea
son.
Florida's back field is light, but said
to be very fast. The line is made up
of heavy, experienced men, and it w-ill
be a battle royal when the two teams
face out at Bolton street park to-mor
row. •
The arrangements for accommodat
ing the ladies this year and giving
them comfortable seats will be great
ly appreciated by the fair ones who
enjoy the game, but not enough to
stand on the cold, wet ground through
the entire period of play. The grand
stand, bqxes and bleachers in the ball
park afford an excellent view of the
checkerboard, and seats will be pro
vided for all who want them.
Xearly every man who is trying for
a place on the tf-axn was out for prac
tice last night, and the men were put
through much hard work. The last
three practices have been beneficial,
and even the seasoned collegians will
find that they have foemen worthy of
their steeL
In the second half Phillip of Sewanee
was the hero. A touch down was
made in seven and a half minutes aft
er the playing commenced. For the
rest of the game there was simply
the struggle up and down the field,
and the final score closed 11 to 5. Hol
land was forced to retire on account
of Injuries. - v
The line up was as follow's:
Sewanee: Position. Clemson:
Wettling right end Webb
Smith. H right tackle Clardy
Phillips right guard Gooding
Welkins center Holland
Brong left guard Me La ur in
Fowlkins left tackle Derreck
Cnimore left end Williams
Poyner right half Ellison
Shaffer left half Furlick
Sawrie full back Keosler
Scarborough .quarterback Mclver
Umpire, L. G. Gion; referee, P. Wil
liams.
Terrible, 17 to 10, won, with Gold
Knamel, 12 to 5. second, and Golden
Rule, 2 to L thfrd. Time 1:14 4-5.
Sixth Race—Mile. Mad Mullah, 9
to 5, won. with Brand New. 4 to 1,
second, and Meistersinger, 7 to 1, third.
Time 1:40 2-5.
Mnrr Raping at Memphis.
Memphis. Oct. 27.—Although the fall
meeting of the Trotting Association
has closed, announcement was made
to-day that another meeting of three
days will begin on Thursday next.
The Cave of the Winds, the feature
attraction of the carnival. —ad.
A PLEASANT AFFAJR.
Celebration of Willie Barbee’s
Twenty-First Birthday, at isle of
Hope.
A more than ordinarily pleasant af
fair was -the celebration at Isle of
Hope last night of the twenty-first
birthday of Mr. ’•Willie” Barbee, son
of Mr. Alex M. Barbee. A Bgeclai car
left the city at 8:30, carrying out a
score of guests for the occasion, who
Joined other guests at the pavilion.
In the banquet room In the second
story at the pavilion covers had been
laid for some forty friends of the
young gentleman Just entering upon
his majority, and his father. The ta
bles were decorated with red and
white roses, and a big bank of roses
rested in front of young Mr. Barbee's
chair. An elaborate menu was serv
ed. Mr. W. W. Osborne acted as
toastmaster, and after a felicitous and
feeling address, informed Mr. Willie
Barbee that his father, as a token of
his affection and confidence, had
placed in his hands, to be delivered to
his son on that occasion, a deed to
one-half his property and a one-half
interest in all his business, to be par
ticipated in and enjoyed by him here
after.
Young Mr. Barbee was not expect
ing any such munificent birthday gift,
and was almost speechless .with emo
tion when Mr. Osborne had concluded.
He could only utter a few words of
appreciation, and then threw his arms
around his father's neck and kissed
him. while tears stood on the cheeks
of both men.
Following this touching scene of
mutual confidence and affection be
tween father and son there were sev
eral short speeches of hearty congrat
ulation and best wishes by the assem
bled friends of both gentlemen. Mr.
Barbee, Junior, received a number of
handsome and valuable presents from
his friends.
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Get your picture taken on a pos
tal card made and finished while you
wait, at the carnival.—ad.
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Charged With Kntlolng Labor.
Valdosta. Ga., Oct. 27.—A young
white man named Ray, who formerly
worked at the 'Strickland Cotton
Mills, but who went to Alabama some
time ago, was arrested last night by
Sheriff Passmore and PoUceman Mc-
Intyre oji a warrant charging him
with enticing operatives from the
Strickland mills to go to Alabama.
After his arrest a revolver was found
upon him and he 13 in' Jail now under
two charges, that of luring away
hands and carrying concealed weap
ons.
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MORYTYD YEWS: FRIDAY. OCTOBER 28. 1904.
Ho Corkscrews Needed.
Apollinaris
( “ THE QUEEN OF TABLE WATERS "
with crown caps, can be opened without
effort and without spilling the contents.
Openers are placed in each case.
A SON OF M’CUE
ON THE STAND
WAS CALLED BY THE STATE
BIT HIS EVIDEXfE WAS FOR HIS
FATHER.
Willie Mcfot Was Treated by the
Prosecution ns an Adverse Wit
ness After It Was Seen That His
Testimony Was Not as It Was
Thought It Would He—Boy Denied
That He Had Made Statements
That His Father Killed His Moth
er.
Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 27. —The
Corporation Court room was crowded
when thq trial of ex-Mayor McCue,
charged with the murder of his wife,
was resumed to-day. No women were
present
At the request of one of the Jurors,
Dr. McCue, a brother of the accused,
was recalled. Replying to a juror, Dr.
McCue said that when he first saw the
body the hair was done up and had a
number of combs In it.
Replying to counsel for the defense,
the witness said that after the body
had been removed from the bath tub
on the night of the tfagedy and laid
on a bed the accused went into the
room to see her. Dr. McCue said he
lifted the sheet, but when he saw his
brother breaking down, he took him
back to his own room.
Charles Skinner, the negro who testi
fied that he heard the crying of a
woman and then a shot coming from
the McCue house, recounted his testi
mony at the request of jurors. In an
swer to a question he said he heard
the "coarse” crying like that of a man,
a little time qfter the shot was fired,
and before he heard a man running
down the street.
Something Seemed Wrong. *
Mrs. Antrim saw Mrs. McCue at
church on the evening of Sept. 4. Mr.
McCue entering the church later. As
they walked home from church she
thought Mrs. McCue unusually quiet.
W. T. Stevens met Mr. and Mrs. Mc-
Cue going home from church. He got
a slight Impression that Mrs. McCue's
voice indicated depression, but on
cross-examination, said he had never
heard her voice before.
W. J. Keller testified that he and his
wife entered their home next door to
the McCue residence about twenty
minutes to 9 on the night of Sept. 4,
and were in the front of their house
some little time before. He said they
heard no crying and no alarm until
they were informed of the shooting by
a passerby.
The Telephone Call.
Virginia Bragg, a telephone operator,
testified that on the night of Sept. 4,
the defendant ‘‘rang in” and his first
remark was “give me someone.” Then
he asked for the residence of Mrs. T.
J. Williams. Mlsa Bragg said she in
formed Mr. McCue that the line was
busy, whereupon he said not to tell
him the ’phone was busy as someone
was in his house, and had shot and
probably killed his wife. Witness
then gave him the Williams’ residence,
when he repeated that someone was
in the house and probably “had killed
Fannie.” At the Instance of Mrs.
Williams, the witness ’phoned to the
police station to send someone to Mr.
McCue’s residence at once.
The witness had no recollection that
Mr. McCue called up Dr. McCue. the
police station or any one else, but she
would not say positively that he had
not. On cross-examination, she said
the statement she made at the inquest
to the effect that she might have con
nected tne defendant's ‘phone with that
of Dr. McCue, and not have noticed It
was correct. ' The defendant's resi
dence was on her switchboard.
Ulm Life Made a Hell.
Lillie Busie. who operated the tele
phone switchboard upon which was
Mr. McCue’s number, said she did not
recall a call for Dr. McCue from the
accused.
A. Vionway. business manager of the
Dally Progress, testified to a reward
of 31,000 offered by the accused.
J. 8. White, an attorney, said that
NEW CLASS NOW FORMED
IN BASEBALL ASSOCIATION
A-A Is the Term That Has Been Applied to This
Division.
New York. Oct. 27.—The National
Association of Professional Baseball
Leagues to-day took the most impor
tant action of Us present convention,
when It added what will be known as
class A-A.
Heretofore the association has con
sisted of classes A, B, C and D leagues.
If the national commission approves
the action taken to-day the fees for
drafting from class A-A down to class
D will be 11,500, 31,000, 3750, 3600 and
S4OO. respectively.
Class A-A will be composed of the
American Association, the Pacific
Coast League and the Bastern League
and class A, of the Southern and West
ern leagues. All were formerly In
class A. except the Southern League,
which has advanced from class B.
The national board to-day elected
George Tebeau of Louisville, of the
American Association, chairman, and
J. H. Farrell of Auburn, N. Y., of the
New York State League, secretary.
The other members of the board are;
Eugene F. Bert of Ran Francisco, pres
ident of tha Pacific Coast League;
Howard C. Griffith of Jersey City, of
the Eastern League; H. Murnaue of
Boston, president of the New England
League, and M H- Kavanaugh of Lu
lls Rock, president of tha Southern
in the course of a conversation with
the accused at the jail, the latter said
to him that for the “last four or five
years his life had been a perfect hell,”
ana that “that woman” was the most
jealous he ever knew, and that he had
worked hard to build a happy home.
While he could not say that the ac
cused spoke of his wife in an affec
tionate way, the witness said he spoke
of her In a respectfuj manner.
William Hurley, a negro who had
worked for Mr. McCue, said that some
three or four years ago he heard Mr.
McCue say something about his wife
being jealous, and something about its
effect on his life or pleasure. The wit
ness could not remember definitely
what the language was. This witness
said McCue told him that he saw the
man who came in the house in the
mirror as the latter passed his door,
and that Mrs. McCue was in the bath
room; also that the accused told him
at the jail that he thought too much
of his wife and family to do what he
was accused of doing. The shotgun
in evidence, he said, was kept between
the wardrobe and the wall and the
cartridges in the wardrobe.
Said He Gruppled With n Man.
R. T. W. Duke, formerly judge of the
court in which the McCue trial is now
being conducted, said the accused told
him that he heard a noise when he got
home from church the night of the
trageady and that he grappled with a
man in the passageway, broke away
from him, went for the gun but was
knocked down and the gun taken away
from him.
H. T. Nelson was questioned at some
length as an expert as to the effect of
a blow from a sand bag. He did not
think the blow on the cheek, which he
characterized as scratches, sufficient to
cause unconciousness.
During this testimony the first demon
stration that has marked the trial oc
c.ured, but was promptly checked by
Judge Morris, who In a stern manner
directed the officers to bring the first
person before him who should attempt
to make a demonstration of approval
or disapproval. Some of the spectators
had started a clapping of hands when
Capt. Woods had made a reply to coun
sel for the defense. The defense asked
that the record show that a demon
stration followed Capt. Woods' remarks
which was done.
How He Treated His Wife.
Miss Bertie Crawford, a sister of the
late Mrs. McCue, clad in mourning,
testified that the treatment of the de
fendant by his wife had not been that
of a husband toward his wife and that
he had been inconsiderate of her. She
said she had visited at the McCue
home a week before the tragedy, and
that when she arrived she found her
sister prostrated and in a nervous
state; that Mr. McCue came home
from a trip North; that Mrs. McCue
was too ill to come to supper, and
that after supper she brought her
down on the porch, and that Mr. Me*.
Gue, who was sitting in the yard, did
not go to speak to her or pay any
attention to her. She said when Mrs.
McCue spoke to him about his trip
he replied that it was not necessary
for her to know anything about it.
She testified relative to another trip,
of which she said he was disposed to
talk. She added that Mrs. McCue re
ceived one letter from her husband
While he was away, and that she was
very indignant about it. She was not
cross-examined.
N. R. Martin, the Jailer, testified to
a conversation which he said he had
heard at the Jail between the accused
and his son, Willie, some of the de
fendant’s brothers being present, say
ing he heard the accused say what
Krneat Crawford had said about his
drawing a pistol on Mrs. McCue was
not So, the witness 'quoting the' son
as asking why his mother ran to his
room asking him not to let the father
shoot; that the father then asked how
he could have drawn*a pistol when
Mrs. McCue held It and the boy ask
ing why she ran to his room. The
witness further quoted the boy as say
ing in answer to the father that the
fuss was about “that woman,” but
what woman the son did not know.
The Son on the Stand.
WtUle McCue. 16 year* old, *nd the
eldest son of the defendant testified
that the shells for the guns laid all
about the house, and that the baseball
bat in evidence usually laid In the
yard. After Capt. Woods, for the com
monwealth, had questioned the son
about the situation at the supper table
on the Sunday evening of the tragedy,
the witness stating that there was no
untoward incident, he announced that
be had been taken by surprise at the
statements of the witness and demand
ed the right to treat him as an ad
verse witness, which right was ac
corded. This development bordered on
the sensational.
Capt. Woods then questioned the
League. Next year’s meeting will be
held in San Francisco.
The association voted to depart from
Its rule not to play exhibition games
outside of national agreement clubs.
Though already stringent, the rule
concerning the employment of a "con
tract Jumper" was more tightly drawn
in that a player, who hereafter jumps
a contract, will be forever disqualified.
Thi Carib Cigar
Sold at
Pinkussohn's Stores
witness relative to a number of state
ments which he asked him if he had
not made to Ernest Crawford, his
nephew, William and Albert Baldwin,
detectives, some to one and others to
all three.
The son emphatically denied that he
had stated to Mr. Crawford and the
Baldwin* the day following the trage
dy that his father and mother had
had many violent quarrels prior to the
shooting; that they were mad with
each other at the table Sunday even
ing, and that his father went out on
the porch after supper and said he
“would bed and if he would put up
with it another day.”
The boy said his father came out on
the porch and reprimanded him for al
lowing the negro boy to take a team
into the country during his absence,
and did not refer to his mother at all.
He denied with emphasis that he had
stated that as soon as he heard of his
mother's death he knew his father had
killed her.
Tried to Tamper With Him.
At this point the witness said his
uncle, Ernest Crawford, had tried to
get John Perry, a servant, to make a
certain statement, and said Perry had
told him (the witness) that he made
a wrong statement and was going to
tell the truth. He added that his un
cle had tried to get a statement from
him. but that he never did and never
would. He declared that he told his
uncle that he was going to tell the
truth, and that he was doing so on the
stand.
Replying to the cross examination
of Capt. Woods, who continued to
confront him with statements and ask
him if he had not made them, the
young man denied that he had told
Mr. Crawford and the Baldwins that
his father had killed his mother, that
his mother came into his room, and
that his father rushed in with a pis
tol. He denied further that he had
stated that if he told the truth his
statement would hang his father,
and that he would be pointed to in
consequence.
The witness denied that he told
William Baldwin that he had seen
as many as fourteen letters written to
his father by women. He said he had
given certain letters to Mr. Baldwin,
but added that they were purely bus
iness letters.
The latest craze, your photograph
on a postal card, made while you wait
for them, at the carnival.—ad.
Stabbed at the State Fair.
Macon, Ga., Oct. 27. —L. E. Leßarge
owner of the famous driving ponies now
on exhibition at the Georgia State Fair
was carried to the city hospital last
night in a precarious condition as the
result of dangerous stabs which he re
ceived last night from the hands of un
known parties.
Mr. Leßarge was bringing his
ponies from the stable to the diving
pools preparatory to a plunge when he
was set upon in the dark. It is thought
to be }he result of a quarrel Tuesday
night on the Mall, when Leßarge was
leading his ponies in front of the diving
tent. He is supposed have led them
very close to some ladies which called
forth remonstrance from their escort
and hot words.
Crops In Bryan County.
Pembroke. Ga., Oct. 27.—The farmers
are in readjness to sow grain, having
gathered all cotton and corn in some
instances and can now give their
whole attention to planting winter
crops. There is not over 5 per cent,
of the cotton crop in the fields, and
not over 25 per cent, yet to be market
ed. Corn is good and the yield is
over an average. The cane crop is
below an average on account of the
long drought.
Funeral of Mrs. Millard.
The funeral of Mrs. Mary Agnes
Millard was held yesterday afternoon
from the family residence, No. 806
Drayton street. The interment took
place at Laurel Grove Cemetery. The
following gentlemen acted as pall
bearers: Messrs. J. D. Robinson, J.
W. Laßoche, Miller Everett, Joseph
Mattox,' H. R. Glrtman and Thomas
H. Nugent.
Pembroke Man llnrt iu n Runaway.
Pembroke Ga., Oct. 27.—Ex Representa
tive L. M. Lanier, while out driving
to-day in his buggy, had a very serious
‘accident. His horse became frightened
and ran away, throwing him out of
the buggy, and against the wheel with
such a force as to break both bones
of his right leg below the knee.
Don’t fail to pay the Cave of the
Winds a visit at the carnival.—ad.
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Two Points
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About our product:
MKRIT and PRICE.
..Neither Is significant without
the other. They must work to
gether to cut into the trade.
It's the MERIT of our garments
that draws business from the me
diocre tailors and clothiers. It's
the PRICE that weans the trade
from the high-priced tailors. In
the one case It's Merit and Price
—in the other it's Price anl Merit.
Ree our work —see our unusua
assortment —leave your fall orders.
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LADIES’ SWEATERS
New line, nice style and all wool—we have them In Black. White, Red,
Blue and Grey mixed, the usual $4.00 quality, on sale to-day only
at $3.19
INFANTS' AND CHILDREN’S SWEATERS
All new goods good quality and pretty colorings, quality worth $1.25,
on sale to-day only
at 98c
CHENILLE TABLE COVERS
Size 6-4, nice quality, fine colorings, and quality worth $1.25, on sale
to-clay only
at 98c
FRILLED MUSLIN CURTAINS
On special sale to-day only, and limited to not more than six pairs to
any one customer, at, pair,
69c
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GUSTAVE ECKSTEIN & CO.
13 and 15 Broughton Street, West.
AN “ELEPHANT CLAPPER.”
One of the Curious Things Csed in
Slam,
From the Washington Star.
The National Museum is continually
receiving curious weapons, skins,
plants, animals, stones, etc., from Pro
fessor Abbott, who, for the last six
years or more, has been traveling
about through the various states and
islands of Southern Asia and the Ma
lay archipelago, notice of* which may
be seen from time to time in the Wash
ington papers. Yesterday there ar
rived a collection of household and
farming implements and utensils from
Southern Siam, containing, among oth
er things, a complete outfit of ele
phant furniture, harness, etc., of
which, one object in particular, con
stitutes about the most remarkable
specimen received by the museum for
several years. For a time It had the
curators busy guessing what use the
Siamese found for such an outlandish
affair.
The object in question Is an "ele
phant clapper.” It consists of a sec
tion of well seasoned bamboo closed at
the upper end. but open and hollow at
the lower, on either side of which is a
vertical slot, widening out at Its upper
end, but open and hollow at the lower,
on either side of which is a vertical
slot, widening out at Its upper ex
tremity into a triangular incision,
somewhat resembling the openings on
the sounding board of a rude fiddle. A
fiber twine passes through the upper
end of this section of bamboo (which
is about a foot and a half in length)
as well as through the ends of two
remarkable looking objects, placed one
on either side of the section of bam
boo. The upper part of these singular
affairs are made of teak, and are a
about two-thirds of their length they
look like trowel handles, widening as
well as flattening out at their lower
extremities, where they are divided by
a slot cut Into the wood for about one
third their total length. Into these
slots are fitted two objects of a lighter
color, though harder, wood. In shape
resembling a couple of revolver han
dles. The small or narrow parts are
secured to the upper by means of a
wooden pin, upon which they work
back and forth with perfect ease and
freedom. These are the "clappers,”
and when the string holding them to
gether Is drawn taut the butts of the
wooden pistol handles rest directly
upon the lower end of the section of
bamboo, and on either side of the Y
shaped eJot. With the slightest mo
tion or shaking the clapper butts strike
against the bamboo, making a most
discordant, deafening, uncivilized, bar
barous and disagreeable noise. Such
is the elephant clapper. In Slam the
natives are not so industrious as those
of India, and to save the labor of
cutting and carrying forage to their
tame elephants they simply turn the
beasts out In the Jungle to graze over
nigh*. Asa result the Siamese ele
phants are not nearly so tame and
docile as those of India, and as they
oftentimes wander considerable dis
tances during the night, one of these
elephant clappers Is attached by means
of n bamboo collar to the neck of the
leader of the herd. In order that the
mahouts may find them In the morn
ing, Just as we place bells on cow*,
sheep and goats and sometimes mules
and horses for a similar purpose. The
hollow bamboo, with a Y-shaped slot
cut in the end, makes an excellent
sounding board, and as elephants are
never still, but constantly swinging
their heads, trunks and bodies hack
and forth, the leader of tha herd wear
ing thia singular contrivance keeps up
a perpetual din and clatter by means
of the two wooden clappers striking
on the bamboo every time he sways
Ills body or moves his head. Tha ma
hout is thus able to trace his ele
phants by tha sound of the leader's
clapper. The clapper as it arrived at
the museum had not been unpacked
since leaving Siam, and bore an ex
ceedingly fruity 4 and Oriental odor,
midway between 'musk and sesver gas.
Every one who entered Dr. Beckwith’s
office during the day took a turn at
rattling the clapper, which his assist
ant was obliged finally to hide from
view, in order to escape what Is with
out doubt the most outrageous noise
ever devised by the diabolical fancy of
man. The curators are agreed that
the Siamese elephants possess won
derful nerves to be able to stand the
din and racket which one of these clap
pers is capable of making under the
slightest agitation.
—Noozey—"lt seems rather strange
that you should be so down on your
best friend, as you appear to be,
simply because he took your part.”
Strutter—"l'm an actor, sir, and
wanted that part for myself.”—Phil
adelphia Press.
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Extra Special Sale of
Ladies' and Children's
Muslin Underwear for
Friday and Saturday.
Ladies’ Muslin Drawers, hemstitch
ed ruffled,
25c
Ladies’ Muslin Drawers, tuoked
ruffled with lace and embroidery,
25c
Ladles’ Cambric Drawers, tucked
with hemstitched ruffle,
35c
Ladles' Muslin Gowns, tucked yoke,
trimmed with embroidery, •
50c
Ladies’ Chemise, our 59c garment
for
39c
Corset Covers, faggoted folds, trim
med with lace and embroidery,
25c and 35c
Complete line of Children’s Hem
stitched Tuck Drawers, from
lOc tip
Just arrived, magnificent line of
Ladles' Handkerchiefs.
Embroidered Hemstltohed Handker
chiefs (special),
10c
La die A Initial Box Handkerchiefs,
all linen, per box
89c
Children’s Initial Box Handker
chiefs, per box
25c