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£ THE TOMBS BARBER*
WHAT HE SAYS ABOUT THE PERSONS
. WHOSE FACES HE LATHERS.
Shaving Twenty Prisoners a Day—A Clean
Shave Means Ten Years Off the
f l Sentence —Docked in with
the Prisoner.
[New York Mail and Express.]
“Yes, I am the Tombs barber," said
Morris Haber, an intelligent young German,
who was found in hie barber shop on Canal
street by a reporter, “and you are the first
newspaper fellow to find me out, although I
have held that position for nearly two years.
Any other barbers admitted to the prison!
No, sir; I am the only one, and was ap
pointed by the commissioners of charities
and correction. Salary! Not any. My
earnings consist in what the prisoners give
me, except in cases of condemned murder
ers, and then the sheriff pays me.
“I am allowed to enter the prison at any
time, but usually only go there three days
of the week, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and
Fridays. lam now shaving about twenty
prisoners a day there, and what I get aver
ages about $8 a week. No prisoners are
compelled to get shaved, but the greater
number who have any spare change always
wish to. This is generally the case with
those who are about to go into court. They
want to make their best appearance before
the court and jury, and it has come to be a
common saying among them that a clean
shaVe menus ten years off the sentence.
“Ip winter I go there regularly every
morning at 8 o’clock and in summer at 7
oVlbck. I carry my razors, scissor®, soap,
and bottles in a small hand-bag, and my
hair-clipping machine in a leather case. I
generally take five or six razors with me
every tithe. When I get there, the first
thing Ido is to look over the slate and find
the prisoners’ names marked with an ‘X.’
This means that they are the ones who are
to go to court. As court always opens at 10
o’clock, and as I have learned from experi
ence how much importance is attached to ‘a
clean shave’ by the prisoners with reference
to their appearance in the court-room, I al
ways take pains to got through with the
‘court cases’ early and as soon as possible,
even leaving my regular customers there—
and 1 have several—until they are out of the
way.
“So Igo along each row of cells the first
thing, and I ask each prisoner whether he
wants a shave or not. Sometimes I find a
great many who do and then it is lively
work, for I have to shave them in their
cells, and there are no chairs in them for the
men to sit on, consequently I have to shrv*
them sitting on the edge of their narrow
beds. In each case the keeper locks me in
with the prisoner, and I have to call his at
tention by knocking on the door when lam
done and want to get out.
“I have never had a prisoner molest me or
even act rudely to me while at my work
there, notwithstanding the fact that the
Tombs has an average of from 150 to 200
prisoners all the time and from all classes of
criminals. The prison seems to have a quiet
ing influence on them a»d they are more
polite to me as a rule, in saying their “good
morning,” and “good day,* than many outs
siders. 1 have never had them ask me to
bring them things they are not permitted to
have or try to get me to help them to escape
or get the best of the keepers. As for the
sight of my razors stirring«ip any desperate
thoughts in the minds of any] of them, if
they have I’ve never known’of it.
“The new prisoners seldom talk to me, and
of course I don’t ask questions. Naturally,
the faces are changing all the time, in the
going away of some and coming in of new
prisoners. Every now and then some new
comer will greet me with a ’how-dy do,’
and I wall find that be is an old offender who
has been in the Tombs before and remem
bers me. But they all seem glad to see me,
for it makes a little change in their prison
life. Those who have been there some time
talk more, and sometimes tell me about
their cases, but I don’t take much interest
in the particulars, naturally, though I give
the poor fellows all the sympathy I can.”
Mrs. Emerson’s Hens.
[Boston Letter.!
An old Concordian has favored me with
some of the village impressions of Julian
Hawthorne and others of that semi-pagan
annex to the Hub. “Did you know Thoreau?
I asked.
“I should say I did. We used to go, at his
invitation, on huckleberrying excusions with
him. We used to call him 'Henery.’ Some
of the town’s people didn’t like him at all,
and thought him a sort of hermit boor, but
he was very kind to children. He loved
birds and the woods, and hated to see birds
shot or rabbits trapped. He would not have
harmed a fly. His rustication out on the
shore of Walden pond was a good deal of an
affectation. He would have starved if it
had not been that his sisters and mother
cooked up pies and doughnuts and sent them
to him in a basket
“The trouble with Thoreau was that he
tried to live on intellectual east wind. He
died young, but would have lived on for
years had his diet been roast beef and mut
ton chops. Thoreau was a good deal of a
wag in a quiet, humorous way. He once
put cloth bandages on the claws of Mi s.
Emerson’s hens, that good lady having been
sorely tried by her fowls invading the family
flower-patch. I guess Mrs. Emerson in
vented the notion of gloving her hens, and
Thoreau carried out her instructions to the
letter, and then went off and had his laugh
«U.» ”
American Institute on Grapes and Wine.
A Committee from the Farmer's Club of
tlie American Institute, appointed to visit
Vineyards and Wine Cellars, and examine
into American Wine culture, report that the
Wines of Alfred Speer, at Passaic, New Jer
sey, are the most reliable to be obtained, and
that his Oporto Grape makes a Port Wine
equal to any in the world.
For sale by Osceola Butler, Druggist,
corner Bull and Congress streets.
It is better that joy should be spread ov r
all the day in the form of, strength, than
that it should be concentrated into eustacies,
full of danger and followed by reactions. —
Emerson.
Speer's Port Grape Wines for Weakly
Persons.
Speer’s Port Grape Wines for Weak
ly Persons. —This product of the grape is
prescribed and used by leading physicians,
when a nourishing wine is desirable; espe
cially for females, aged personsand consump
tives; and by qhurchfes for Communion. Hun
dreds of New York physicians have visited
Speer’s Vineyard’s and wine Cellars, and
pronounced his wine pure and unexcelled in
healthful properties. It is sold by Osceola
. Butler, druggist, corner of Bull and Congress
streets.
the SAVANNAH DAILY TIMES: WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 1885.
A WEALTHY FARMER’S
RELIABLE TESTIMONY.
Take Special Note of the Following History of
a Very Interesting Case.
Near the thriving village of Dundee, a few
miles west of that queen of the lakes of cen
tral New York, Seneca, lives Mr. Daniel Sup
plee, a gentleman of about 70 years. Mr. Sup
plee owns a very large and highly cultivated
farm, which has lor many years had the en
viable reputation of being the best farm in
all that section. Every crop he plants seems
to thrive, and his advice is much sought by
younger and less experienced farmers. ‘About
two years ago,” Mr Supplee writes, I suffered
from a very severe attack of diabetes. It re
duced me in flesh so that I was only shin and
bones, and my skin was shriveled and wrin
kled badly, my urine contained such a large
percentage of sugar that when it was spilled
the sugar woula crystalize so as to make a
coating plainly visible. My life was despaired
of by my family and physicians. Commenced
using Hunt's [Kidney and Liver] Remedy at
thisstage of my sickness; I Improved steadily
and was cured, and am now able to again per
sonally superintend the management of my
extensive farming operations. Hunt's [Kid
ney and Liver] Remedy is a grand medicine
for Diabetes and all Kidney Troubles.”
A gentleman hearing of these sacs and
wishing to kow furt her of the matter for him
self, wrote to Mr. C. P. McLean, a large dry
goods merchant and grocer, of Dundee, and
a man of great integrity and worth, asking
for Information in the matter. He received
the following reply:
Dundee, N. Y., Jan. 3, 1885.
Dear Sir: Yours of 2d Inst, at hand this
morning. I would say that I think the use of
Hunt's [Kidney and Liver] Remedy in Mr.
Daniel Supplee’s case certainly saved his life.
He was going down very fast previous to its
use and began to show an Improvement soon
after lie began to take the Remedy. Mr. W.
15. Wightman, Wholesale Grocer, Providence,
R. 1., is also knowing to 'ell facts in Mr. Sup
plee’s case. Yours truly, .
C. P. MCLEAN.
WEST SHORE R. R. CONDUCTOR.
New Y'ork, January 23, 1885.
HUNT'S REMEDY CO.: x
Gentlemen—Having been afflicted with a
severe attack of Kidney trouble, which disa
bled me from niy busiuess. I was persuaded
by a friend on the train to try Hunt’s [Kid
ney and Liver] Remedy, as he recommended
it in the highest possible terms as a sure cure
for Kidney Disease and all troubles of the
Urinary Organs. I began to improve rapidly
soon after I commenced taking the Remedy,
and it has cured me, besides, as I believe,
saving me from a long sickness. I have fre
quently recommended Hunt’s [Kidney and
Liver] Remedy to my afflicted friends, and its
use has always resulted in restoring them
rapidly to health. I deem it a duty as well as
a privilege to recommend so good and relia
ble a medicine as I have proved Hunt’s [Kid
ney and liver] Remedy to be.
Yours, W. W.C. MEREDITH,
Conductor N. Y. W. 8. R. R.
For sale by OSCEOLA BUTLER,
Savannah, Ga.
DEAF AND BUM).
How an Atlanta Woman was
Made to See and Hear.
AN INTERESTING STORY.
Miss Minnie Wallace resides with Mrs.
George Fickland, 41 McAfee street, Atlanta,
Ga., and from her own lips a Constitution re
porter learned the following story:
Several months ago she became almost to
tally blind and deal, and could not tas'e any
thing except salt. Her bones became the seat
of intense pain, her joints were swollen and
painful, and eventually her whole body and
limbs became covered with splotches and
small sores. Her appetite failed, and she
gradually lost flesh andstrengih, and had but
little use ol herself, as her limbs And muscles
were paralyzed. She, as well as her friends
and those with whom she lived, despaired of
her recovey. Her sufferings, combined with
loss of hearing and taste, and blindness, were
truly heartrending.
All treatment from physicians and the use
of medicines seemed powerless. Her dis
ease was blood poison and rheumatism.
As she now seemed well and hearty the re
porter asked what wrought such a wonderful
change. , , T
“I used a medicine recommended by a
friend,” she replied, “and before one bottle
had been taken I began to see and hear. The
second bottle relieved all rheumatic pains
and improved my appetite. When I had com
pleted the use of six bottles my eyesight and
hearing were fully restored, sense of taste re
turned, and splotches disappeared, sores all
healed, and my strength and flesh restored.
1 now feel as well as I ever did, and my
friends, as well as myself, are astonished.”
“What was the Medicine?” asked the re
porter.
“Botanic Blood Balm—B. B. B. was the
great remedy that acted so powerfully on my
disease and cured me. I never experienced
any unpleasant symptoms from its use. and
its action is so quick that it surprises all.”
The reporter then sought a physician who
knew the case, whereupon he handed us the
following lines:
“1 examined the above case of blood poison
and rheumatism, before and after being
cured, and certify to the main facts above
stated, and must acknowledge that the B. B.
B. effected a most wonderful cure in this
well-known case.
[Signed] “J P. DROMGOOLE, M. D.”
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga., will mail a
32-page book free, tilled with magical effects.
For sal i by
OSCEOLA BUTLER,
Savannah, Ga.
Without Money
AND
Without Price!
We have just issued a most wonderful and valuable
new book, which treats of diseases “peculiar to the
female sex,” and have spared neither pains nor money
to make it worthy the perusal and confidence of the
women all o’er the land.
Every mother, wife, sister and daughter in this
country is deeply, aye, vitally interested in this grea
work, and should send for it without delay.
It will be sent to any address in the United States
Free of Cost!
Read it carefully, study it well and you will glean
from its pages information that may prove more valu
able than aM the wealth of all the Rothschilds, more
precious than all the gems of Europe’s royalty I
I! MAT W W
Give Post Office and write name plainly, and ad
dress
The Bradfield Regulator Co.,
,P. O. Box 28, ATLANTA GA.
Bradfield’s Regulator and Mother’s
Friend
For Sale by OSCEOLA BUTLER, Corner .Ball
and Congress streets.
A Most Remarkable Sale
OF
RIBBONS.
OUR New York Resident Buyer had the good fortune to close out an enormous lot of all.
Nilk Gros Grain, Ottoman and other Ribbons, comprising in all 58,000 yards, and every
thread of which is warranted to be pure silk, at such low price that we are enabled to offer
them at prices which are certainly very remarkable.
We have made five lots of them, and propose to sell them as follows:
Lot I. at Ic. per yard. mOF WHlfB ARE WARR “ r
Lot 11. at 3c. per yard., EDIO BE PURE “ s
T , TTT iw i I GRAIN, OTTOMAN, CORD EDGE,
LotllLatsc. per yard.; m FiNfY RIBBONB rRM
Lot IV. at 7c. per yard, one half to five inches
Lot V. at 9c. per yard. WIDE .
ONE WORD OF CAUTION:
Do not delay until the best Colors are Sold Out.
THE WONDERFUL BARGAINS
We have been offering for the past week in our Dress Goods, Silk, Linen and Domestic De
partments have had the effect of crowding our counters daily with eager purchasers. This
week tlie array of bargains which we will offer will be amazing. Especially we call attention
to our Hosiery Bargains our Jersey Bargains, our Parasol Bargains, our Handkerchiefs Bar
gains, our Corset Bargains and our Lace and Embroidery Bargains.
UNTDERWEAR..
Bargains in Onr Bazar!
We have concluded to make OUR BAZAR (on the second floor] this week especially
interesting, and for that purpose have addedfsome special features. We invite your atten
tion to our Glassware at 5,10,15 and 25c., which will be found to be worth three and four
times the money. In our Glove Department we have also extraordinary bargains; we will
specially note one: Foster hook all-silk Ladies' Gloves at 25c., worth 75c. Also, we will sell
our Underwear at less than half value, among which are 250 Chemise at the unheard-oi price
of 10c., cheap at 25c.
david weisbeiv
S. KROUSKOFF’S
Millinery House.
I AM now located in the spacious store, Broughton street, next to David Weiebein, where I
■ have the necessary room to show my very large and choice stock of Spring and Summer
Millinery. My specialty will be novelties in very fine Straws, Milan, English and Novelty
Braid Hats for Ladles desiring shapes and qualities of which there are no copies in the city.
This coming season will doubtless be a flower season, and I have secured designs and quali
ties directly imported and not to be found elsewhere. Certainly we are also prepared with a
large line of Tips, Plumes, Ac.
In Children’s School Hats, special attention has been given to that department, and it is
now the most complete in this city. I shall inaugurate a scale of prices much below my
heretofore popular prices.
SPECIAL BARGAIN—FuII lines of Satin Ribbons, all colors, No. 5, sc; No. 9,7 c; No. 12,
9c. Also an all-silk, very fine quality Satin Ribbons, in all colors, at 12%c. These prices are
aboutone-balf the usual prices, and will not be sold by the piece.
S. K.ROUSK.OFF
ISI Itrongliton street.
WEDDING PRESENTS!
AT
A. J. MILLER & Co’s
Furniture and Carpet Emporium,
AN ELEGANT LINE OF MAHOGANY. CHERRY' AND WALNUT SUITES, MIRROR-DOOR
WARDROBES, CHIFFONIER’S BOUDOIR LOUNGES, CHAIRS, ETC.
R ATOR>B IN NEW DESIGNS,
Combining Beauty and Usefulness.
Ice Boxes, Grocers’ Cheats, etc..
Rattan Lounges and Chairs, Lawn Settees,
BABY CARRIAGES,
FRESH MATTINGS. 1.1 NOI.EI'M.
(WHICH WE GUARANTEE TO BE THE BEST FLOOR CLOTH MADE.)
COCOA MATTINGS.
All of which we are offering at hard pan prices.
a. j. Bmjjsn a co.
THEYHAVE COME!
Yes, the MATTINGS have arrived; that is, a portion of them.
50 Rolls New Designs, Choice Patterns,
MORE TO FOLLOW.
Summer will soon be here: so will the Mosquitoes. We are prepared to meet them with a
Big Lot of Mosquito Nets andFranes.
Refrigerators, Baby Carriages,
SIDEBOARDS, KITCHEN TABL.ES,
Chamber Sets, Parlor Sets, Easels, Desks, &c
Our usual LARGE STOCK of MOQUETTE, TAPESTRY and BOD Y BRUSSELS CAR
PETS on band. Come and see us. You will not regret it.
W. J-
169 and 171 Broughton Street.
DRUGS AND MEDICINES
PORTEIVS
COMPOUND Mffl lIIXIH,
For Biliousness, Dyspepsia, Malaria and all
troubles ofthe liver; acts as wellas pills with
out depressing the system; clears the liver
without requiring a cessation from work: not
unpleasant to take; not excessive Inaction;
just the thing for the ailing. Recommended
by physicians.
Bottles 25 and 50 cents.
DAVID PORTER,
BROUGHTON A HABERSHAM STREETS.
j. c. c. c. c.
CLEANS CLOTHES,
Removes all Grease, Paints, Oils, Varnisl
Tar, Dirt or Soils from any fabric
without injury.
FOR SALE BY
J. R. Haltiwang-er,
Cor Broughton and Drayton streets.
Also sold by L. C. Strong and E. A. Knapr
PAINTS, OILS, ETC.
JUST RECEIVED.
Cargo of
BEST LION BRAND
Portland Cement
FOR SALE LOW AT
HANLEY’S
Paint, Oil, Sash, Door & Blind Store,
Corner President, York and Whitaker streets,
Savannah, Ga.
Paint and Oil House.
sash; doors, blinds
Mouldings, Etc.
tost led is the Mimi.
Call at
ISAAC ROOS & CO.’S,
Stalls Nos. 9 and 10 Savannah Market,
—FOR—
Fine Baltimore and New York
Steaks, Hamburg Steaks.
Also received by the New York Steamers,
delicious TENDERLOIN ROASTS and
STEAK.S
If you the best, call or send your
orders to
ISAAC ROOS & CO.,
Stalls Nos. 9 and 10 Market.
Or at THE BRANCH Store, corner Macon
and Drayton streets.
Garden Borders.
10,000
sum m
-FOR SALE BY—
PALMER BROS.
148 Congress and 151 St. Julian street.
H f ERCY OLMSTEAD,
LIVE STOCK
Commission Broker.
CATTLE, SHEEP anil EO9S.
SAVANNAH, - - - GA.
CONSIGNMENTS SOLICITED.
SAVANNAH MARKET.
WE read occasionally of Invitations to buy
Meats and Vegetables at other places
but the market. Now, is not the market
the place to buy your Meats and Vegetables ?
Isn’t it run for that purpose ? if you cannot
find what you want at one'stall, you can get
it at another. We guarantee to keep the best
and freshest the market affords in Choice
Northern Beef, Boneless Corned Beef and
'Pickled Tripe, Fish, Game. etc. Every
steamer from the Northern Markets brings
fresh supplies for us. You will serve your
own interest by examining our stock. You
can leave your order for the whole week at
first call. Orders will receive best attention
and prompt delivery.
Logan & Calder,
67 & 68 MARKET.
GEO. V. HECKER & CO.
176 BAY STREET,
SAVANNAH, GA
Intel iqnlten ta.
tete’i Pdiii hhg Mr
B’eku’i M-tei Hip
LEGAL DIRECTORY;*
■ —iJfeA 11
- T. M. NOBWOOD, . «L,-
Attorney and Couimltornt Lrw,
11l Bay street, up stairs.
W. 8. Chibholm. R. G. Ebwim.
CHISHOLM « ERWIN,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Aberoorn street, cor. St. Julian and Bryan.
Wm. Gabbabd. P. W. Mbldbim.
Emtlb Newman.
GABBARD A MELDBIM, r
> Law Offices,
R. B, Bichabds. Wm. M. Hkywabm.
RICHARDS A HEYWABD,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
8 Drayton street.
BOTTJB K. J.ESTKB. THOMAS P. RAVEN-KI.
LESTER A RAVENEL,
Attorneys and Counsellors-at>Law,
3 Whitaker st
J. B. BAUSSY,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Office, 6J Drayton street.
B. A. Dbkmabk. 8. B. Adam*
Wm. LbS. Gignilliat.
DENMARK A ADA MA.
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
105 Bay street.
GEORGE A. MEBCEB,
Law Office,
Corner Drayton and Bryan streets, over
Southern Bank.
W. G. Chabltob. W. W. Mackaix.
CHARLTON A MACKALL,
Attomeys-at- Law.
Office, corner Bull and Bay streets,
Up stairs.
ROBERT FALLIGANT,
Law Office,
120 Bryan street, up stairs.
P. J. O'CONNOR,
Law Office,
108 Biyan street.
GEO. K. BEVANS,
Attorney-at-Law.
Office, corner Whitaker and Bryan streets,
Up stairs.
M. A. O’BYRNE,
Law Office,
108 Bryan street.
N. C. COLLIER,
Law Office,
Nr-3 Bull street, up stairs.
RICHARD F, JOHNSTON,
Attorney-at-Law,
No. 1 Bull street, up stairs;
JOS. A. CRONK,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
111 Bay street.
JOHN SULLIVAN SCHLEY,
Attorney-at-Law,
118 Bryan st.
CHARLES N. WEST,
Attorney-at>Law,
Bryan street, over Southern Bttak.
W. HAMPTON WADB,
Attorney-at-Law,
S. YATES LEVY. S. L. I.AZARON.
LEVY & LAZARON,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law.
101 Bay street.
Philip M. Russell. R. Wayne Russell
P. M. & R. W. RUSSELL, ,
’ Attorneys-at-Law,
Northeast corner Bryan and Whitaker.
Alex. R. Lawton. Henry C.Cunningham
Alex R. Lawton, Jr.
LAWTON & CUNNINGHAM,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Office, 114 Bryan street, up stairs.
J E Wooten. a H MucDonell
WOOTEN & MacDONELL,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
Office, 118 Bryan street.
WALLACE W. FRASEg;
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
118 Bryan Street
ISAAC BECKETT,
Attorney at Law and Conveyancer.
12 Whitaker street.
HENRY MCALPIN,
Attorney at Law.
Will attend to business promptly at 135
Bay street.
H. R. JACKSON. J. L. WHATLBY
JACKSON * WHATLEY,
Attorneys and Counsellors atJLaw,
118 Bryan Street.
M. J. O’CONNOR,
Attorney-at-Law,
No. 3 Whitaker street.
CHARLES M. TYSON,
Attorney-at-Law.
Ocala, Florida.
JOHN W. WILSON,
Attorney and Counsellor at Law,
Over Southern Be nk.
F. G. DuBIGNON, .
Law Office, ’
120 Bryan street, up stairs.
WM. CLIFTON,
. Law Office,
No. 1 Bull street, up stairs. |
J. J. ABRAMS,
Law Office,
116 Bryan street.
A. MINIS, Jb.
Law Office,
5 Drayton street.
13. THANASOW,
CONFECTIONER
162 BROUGHTON STREET.
Dealer in Fruits, Candies, etc., of all kinds.
A large lot of large and small Bird Cages and
fine Singing Canary Birds. Very’ low.BMI