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D A. I L Y jjfc» . evening ; r Savanna >•-' V SA’ 1 /«*■ A i-?ii « i VOL IV.—No. 103. THE SAVANNAH RECORDER R. M. ORME, Editor. PUBLISH EL EVERY EVENING (Saturday Excepted,) A * 131 TPt A. ’ST STH13ET. By J. STERN. The Rkcoroer is served to subscribers, ln every part ol the city by careful carriers. Communications must be accompanied by the name of the writer, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Remittance by Check or Post Office orders muNt be maue payable to the order of the pub¬ i lisher. will not undertake to preserve or return We rejected communications. i Correspondence on Local and general mat ters of interest solicited. * On Advertisements rnnning three, six, and twelve months a liberal reduction from oui regular rates will be made. V All correspondence should be addressed Re¬ corder, Savannah, Georgia. The Sunday Morning Recorder will take tne pjace ol the Saturday evening edition which will make six full issues for the week. 4tf-\Ve do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions expressed by Correspondents. Ihe Recorder is registered at the Post Office in Savannah as Second Class Matter. How to Keep Children Healthy. The New York Boad of Health has issued the following : NURSING OF INFANTS. Over-feeding does more harm than , anything else. Nuise an infant a month or two old every two or three hours. Nurse an infant of six months and over five times in twenty-four hours, and no more. If an infant is thirsty give it pure water or barley water; no sugar. On the hottest days a few drops of whisky may be added to either water or food; the whisky not to exceed a teaspoonful in twenty-four hours. FEEDING OF INFANTS. ■ Boil a teaspoonful of powdered bar¬ ley (ground in a coffee-grinder) and a gill of water, with a iitte salt, for fifteen minutes; strain. Then mix it with half as much boiled milk; add a lump of white sugar the size of a wal¬ nut, and give it lukewarm from a nursing bottle. Keep the bottle and mouthpiece in a bowl of water when not in use. A little soda may be added. For infants five or six months old give half barley water and half boiled milk, with salt, and a lump of sugar. For older infants give more milk than barley water. For infants very costive give oat* meal instead of bailey. Cook and strain as before. When your breast milk is only half enough change off between breast-milk and this prepared food. In hot weather, if blue litmus paper applied to the food turns red the food is Loo acid, and you must make a fresh mess or add a small pinch of baking soda Infants of six mouths may have tea or beef soup once a day by itself or mixed with other food; and, when ten or twelve months old, a crust of bread or a piece of rare beef to suck. No child under two years ought to eat at your table. Give no candies; in fact, give no¬ thing that is not contained in these rules without a doctor’s orders. SUMMER / complaint ' ‘ ‘ ' Ti t comes fiom ovei-feediug and , , hot , and foul air. keep doors and windows Wash i your well children with ... cold water twice a day, and ofteuer in the hot seasons. ^ e ver neglect looseness of the t owels . lufant; consult the family in an or dispensary physician at once, and will give you rules about waat it should take aud how it should be nursed ' A Fool OnceMore. “For ten years mv wife was confined to her bed with such a complication R.lmenUthat no doctor could tell was the matter or cure her, and I up a small fortune iu humbug stuff. Six months ago I saw a United flag with Hop Bitters ou it, aud I thought I I would be a fool ouee mo re tried it, but mv folly proved to be wisdom. Two bottles cured her, she is now as well aud strong as auy wife, and it coct me only two dollars Such folly pays.— 11. W. Detroit, Mich The greatest pigeon _ flying on record in this country was done on the 25th, a New Jersey bird having made the distance between Columbus, Ohio, and Jersey City Heights iu less than five hours, the distance being five hundred miles. The best railway engineer on the same route must acknowledge him sel/boateD. Tift’s Tall Talk. Two of General Gordon’s Questions Answered in an Unexpected Shape. In hiti speechi at Perry.General don said that Nelson Tilt was the only man who had made charges against Co quitt over his own name. Who is Tift. said Genera or on. n where was be from lbCl to I 860 ? Replying to t iese ques ions in t e leegiap , o . 1 sai a in 18/ , w en ie was preparing go to Europe to make arrangements fox throng i so at Liverpool mg an and ow ra al freight between • portant points South and West, be met ena or oi on l .- 8 States _ ^Uwited Senatis Chamber, ] WiOTTTisrrTnw TnnpVlliw UP [ mi I ■ 8 WI ;ii tt,. rr’ Noijrin r , v 1 , °/ ,n e01 $ - *1 ’ o. , t i. f nn gress rom ia k. . highly commend him as a gentleman of the highest character and enterprise. The fact ot bis selection by the people of Georgia to represent the important interests which carry him to England is a sufficient introduction. I earnestly commend him and his enterprise to business men ol Europe. . John B. Gordon, U. S. Senator from State of Georgia. Col. Tift says Gordon also gave him an equal.y strong letter to Hon S. P. Benjamin, on which Benjamin, who had known Tift in Richmond, gave him a strong endorsement from liis personal knowledge. Col. Tift dryly remarks: "Since that time I have tried to main* tain this good character which Senator Gordon then vouched for me.” In answer to Gordon’s second ques¬ tion Col. Tifts says : As to where I was from 1861 to 1865 the records of the navy department of the Confederate Government will show that my brother, A. F. Tift, and myself in 1861, tendered our services to the Government upon the express condi¬ tion that we would not receive any pe* cuniary compensation whatever for our services. Our proposition was accepted. We were appointed agents of the Navy Department and served according to the best of our ability and to the en¬ tire satisfaction of the Government during the war. First, in the con¬ struction of the iron-clad Mississippi, at New Orleans. Second, the conver¬ sion of the British ship Fingall into the iron-clad Atlanta. Third, in the erection and management of important establishments in Albany for the sup¬ ply of provisions—beef, bread, flour and meal—to the navy, and sometimes sup¬ plementing needed supplies for the army or for its prisoners. In the investigation which was made by the Confederate Congress, through a committee of which Hon. C. 0. Clay, of Alabama, was chairman, into the management of tho Navy Department, in which our conduct in the building of the iron-clad Mississippi formed a prominent part, the committee, in their report, paid us a high compliment for the f tithful discharge of our duties as agents ot the Government.” These answers will doubtless fully inform General Gordon as to who Col. Tift is and where he was between 1861 and 1S65.— Atlanta Pod. Sad Ending to Love’s Young Dream.—S everal months ago Robert H. Coleman, the millionaire, who in herited the great Dawson Coleman ea tate at Lebanon, Pa., was married to the daughter of the Episcopal rector at Hartford, Conn., where young Coleman had spent his college life. The newly wedded pair went abroad on their bridal trip, but tho honeymoon bad scarcely waned when death parted t j iera body of the bride was brought to Lebanon last week, and oc copies a tomb iustead of the stately m;ms i 0 n that had been commenced by } ler husband as her future home at Cornwall. The rear part of this s ; oa had reached the second story, and j w h en CO mplete it would not have cost le8a than $100,000. By direction ^ r> Coleman the walls are to be raised l0 the ground and every trace ot structure obliterated, even the cellar excavation is to be filled up and the site plowed into a field. The work has already been commenced, and w ithin two weeks the demolition will be comp i Pt9 . ---- r^ ~ ----- Sensible Reason.—W T spent . day . e a in Pennsylvania lately, and in being driven from the depotto our point of destination had the pleasure ot a C0D Re- * versation with a very intelligent publican. He said : "I have been a Republican since I voted for Fremont, and am one still, but as a good citizen I look upon twenty years' control of this Government continuously as long t enough tor auy one political I party. bett He further remarked, "Were a ing man, I d bet every cent I have in the world that Hancock is the next President !” Doubtless ho the opinions of every honest rvepubli- does an in ihe country. Certainly be that of the tax payers.— 11 ’asi.Gb.Um " SAVANNAH, FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1880. Seventy Days Without Food. In the little town of Chatham, Mhs sachusetts, there once occurred a case of voluntary fasting, terminating in d eathi J wbic b ’ for duration, far sur ^ tb9 fo rty daye wbic h Dr. Tan ^ ^ as hia ^ fin(| whkh faI . myhe(j) as we]1) a most remarkable humarJ il i U 8 t rs tion of the power of the wi ij # Although twenty years have p a9ge( j 8 j nce th e occurrence in ques t j on ^ -^ g details are st i][ fregR j n mind ^ ere ^ ail( 3 ? besides being of immediate intereat at the pre8e nt time, are so well authenticated as to leave no doubt as tQ itg genu i nene8g The name of thg ^ ^ Ensig0 Eu dridge. His only surviving brother, Mr. Jonathan Eldridge, was called or this afternoon by your correspond en ^> anc ^ willingly related the facts below narrated. Mr. Eldridge is a re tired sea captain, and, though ad vanced in years is still hale and vigor our a pp earanc0( an( j possesses a clear memory. "My brother Ensign,” said he, ‘‘fasted for seventy days be fore death ended his sufferings. He died on May 31, 1860, when in hie 42d year. He began his fast in this way: One day he came into the house and found bis sister busily at work in the kitchen, He told her that she need not cook any more for him, for he should never eat again. Not much was thought of this threat at first, but as the days passed and he still fasted, the family attempted in various ways to induce him to eat, but always without suceess. He would stay closely around the house, never leaving the premises. He was very sensitive to visitors, and, as his fast progressed, he thought every passer by was watching him, and he would shrink from observation in va nous ways. He never seemed to floe from the sight of food, and I have seen him often sit in the room where the rest of the family were eating, never moving from his chair but sometimes gazibg hungrily at the food. I asked him at such times if he felt like eating anything, and he would "grit” his teeth, and replied that he could devour every thing upon that table, but he would not. He said that he would never go to the hospital, as I desired taken that he should do, unless lie were there by main force. Medicine he refussd to swallow, saying that it might prolong his life if he took it He begged that we might give him poison, however, though he said that he never had the courage himself to commit suicide by violent means. Many a time be told me be had pulled in his oars when out rowing fully intending to jump overboard the next minute, but his heart always failed him. I was with him a great deal, and during the latter part of his fast almost constantly, and notwithstanding all the endeavors we made to get him to eat, none of us never knew of his taking the slightest stimulanee, except on two occasions. The first occurred when he bad fasted for some 20 or 30 days. On this occa¬ sion he passed his sister at work mak¬ ing pies, when he took up and ate a small piece of dried apple. Several days afterward he partook in a similar man¬ ner of pudding, perhaps a mouthful. After both of these occasions, however, he bitterly lamented his weakness in yielding even so slightly to the temp tation to eat, and from the last named time until his death we know that nothing but water passed his lips. Oi water, how’ever, he partook very freely, bathing himself copiously in it aud rins ing his mouth, besides swallowing large quantities. Uutil be had fasted for about 60 days, no solid excrement had passed away from him ; none did so after that time. He was visited re peatedly during his fast by Dr. N. P. Brownell, now of Scituate.in this State, aud by Dr. Carpenter, now of New j York, and other physicians. All their (efforts to administer sustenance to the man proved epually uuavail ing. He seemed anxious to die He j would look out of the window of a rainy day and exclaim : "Oh 1 if that rain was only falling on my grave what good first thing that would he.” For the fifteen or twenty days of my Vi brother's vvuv-* S3 fast 4(»ev he uu did utu not UUV GU appear UCrti to IU lose iU8t much ’ in ' flesh, * but toward ... the last he rapidly became ____ emaciated, so much so indeed, that when he died he weighed but 80 pounds, and was little more than a skeleton. After about 15 days r .• , , - . , a e s rm> tbat; , , , : A ‘] K ,_ ^ _ ,me ;^bt tco ^ * 0 hia bed D Itvl'be or e Jav* betore he died 'and became almost ^ wholly bPnd ^ ’ ac j £ na j; y ag u n e' 0 n« C ' OU s for u j ' J befoie " his death j m 1 Poisn OlSOn. It is an understood fact that Yellow Fever aud its companions, Intermittent and Remittent Fevers, are the results of poisoned blood, made impure bv breathing an infected atmosphere. No medicine in existence will so qui .:iy purify the blood, as Warner e Safe Kid ney and Liver Core, used in connection wilt Warners Safe Fills. A Dig Experiment. Mr. Spaulding’s Flan to Light the Atmosphere Over the City of Holyoke. Holyoke, Mass., July 16. —The Pa¬ per World announces that that city is t0 be tne sceue of an extensive expen in the use of the electric light, 11 • Spaulding, oi Boston, who was ^ ^ this gpi n city, S to has put his to plans Holyoke into e ec ln gone on acCouut of cheap power, and has made arrangements with the Water Power Company to put a wheel into their nfcW P»t near Cabot street express ly for his use. To make the experi ruent which he will attempt will re ^“‘{f ” oyer tw0 mul P owe b or enough to iun a p ier high m _iP. will A tower be built, about and seventy-five surmounted feet by an immense lantern of such power as to put all former electric lights com* pletely in the shade. Mr. Spaulding will put up his tower and apparatus at owu expense, but he hopes to sue* c? ed so well that the city will adopt the system. He is extremly enthuai astic, and sanguine as to the result of the experiment, and his expectations go beyond the achievement of any previous electrician. He says that with seven such towers as he intends to build he can make the entire city as light as day, both in-door and out-door, His idea i 3 that by filling the at Biosphere above the city witli light, he will get the same effect that we do from the s p Q and its reflected light, and that the shadows will be no darker than those made by the sun. His idea is to fid the stratum of atmosphere just above the cdy so completely with light that it w T ill permeate spaces which no direct f a y s reach, just as the sun’s light does immediately after the sun has set. The light which he expects to throw out l rora onti lantern will be equal to 300, ^00 candles, while the largest electric light yet attempted by any one else has been of but 10,000 candle power. The apparatus will cost $15,000, irrespect i ve °f an y investment for power, but after the system is once in operation the eos t of rnnning it, aside from the power, will be small. The expense of lighting HoP vke at piebcut, public and private, ls estimated at $ 100,000 a year, and for about thatamouut the seven towers which are proposed could be set up and thelights put in operation. Mr. Spauld ing cauie to Holyoke on account of the public spirit of its principal citizens aud its cheap power, and because it will be a good place from which to ad vertiae toe system, Colqui t’s Defense Boiled Down, The l)ady Post desires to give every public man a lair opportunity to make himself heard when he is engaged in vindicating himself, and for that reason it affords us pleasure to summarize the main poiuts of Governor Colquitt’s de¬ fense, as we gather them from his numerous speeches. Boiled down and condensed, the Governor’s defense is about as follows : I am not au ignorant ass. I am not a fool. I am not a hypocrite. J am not utterly incompetent. I am not a corrupt politician. I am not a weak Governor. lam not destitute of backbone. I am not begging for office. I am seeking a vindication. The editors who oppose me are slan¬ derers. The politicians opposing me are dis¬ appointed office-seekers. The people generally, who are against me are liars and thieves. They are blackguards, thieves and yellow-eyed cats. , I am a Christian, a friend to Sunday schools, and a friend to Joe Brown. I am tho "Hero of Olustee,” and an endless variety of other matters too numerous to mention, and if you don’t believe my word, ask Henry Grady. I am sustained by the Christian sen im-Li o r the . 0 by Joe Brown, and - l " e Bui out OLt ’cnofcean. ( wnat due to n fic-n-e Oi is my aitt ‘ u P-sition forbids tha.t I should eiitt-i. into details, but but if if * £ i i!* T ' 1 J 1 . to . T_ U i. f / 1 ™! 0 0 gush l from his necK ■: veins, if not / , his face. w e willing to leave it to any telhg * f reader oi the Governor a speeches to decide whether or not the above is a fair summary of the main points in his Excellency's defense.— ^ Jnta ^ 0&t - Cincinnati has forfeited its nickname, “Porkopolis,” if it has not already lost its latsr ambitious title of “Paris of America” with the loss of Theodore Thomas. From March 1 to July 14 the Cmcmnati Price Current shows that she killed only 60,500 porkers, a of 27,500 from the year before, while Kansas City killed 146, 7S0 in the same time. Cleveland 176.851. St. Louis 210.000, Indianapolis 225,400, and Chicago 1.780,000. Cincmnati wid Lavr :o fan back on her population best lot gloij. Ducks vs. Flies. When a man is thoroughly interest¬ ed in something he is reading a very insignificant house-fly can sometimes worry him a great deal. The other day one of the officials in a municipal office was readiug. A fly alighted on his cheek, crawled up the side of his nose, and there stood fast, and fastened its talons in the tender cuticle. The first clutch with its claws brought recognition in the shape of a very ener¬ getic sparring back and forth in front of the official countenance, but the fly hardly waited for the disturbance to subdue when he was again snugly be¬ stowed on the nasal prominence. The persistence of the insect had worn broke out the patience of the man and he out fiercely, the flies.” A quiet stranger who had just drops ped in remarked in tones of the most irritating composure, I’ll tell you what’s good for flies.” it Well, what’s good for flies.” "Ducks.” "Ducks?” "Yes, ducks. Out to the Lindell car stables we keep ducks. A car horse can rest easy at the Lindell sta¬ bles.” "And how is that?” asked the official becoming interested. ducks "Why, they just have plenty of I tell you. Didn’t you ever see a duck snap a fty? Whenever the flies get thick on a horse the ducks gather round and snap every fly that comes in reach. If a horse lies down the ducks just crawl all over him. The horses mighty soon find out who their friends are, and they like to have the ducks come. In fact, if the flies get bad the horses will lie down to give the ducks a chance. They are so industrious that they keep the flies pretty well thinned out. I tell you there’s nothing like ducks for flies.”— /Si. Lou 'l 3 Republican. Spanish Etiquette. —Earl Godol pkin, who knew the Spanish character well, said that while the Spaniards were content to believe that other af¬ fairs might be important in the eyes of the rest of the world, the only thing in which they were really inter¬ ested was etiquette. That and the punctilious ceremonial founded upon it was the proper business of life. It is one of the stories picked up by the elder Disraeli that a Spanish Queen once lost her life through this deference to etiquette. Her chair of ceremony was placed so close to a bright fire that she was well nigh roasted. Etiquette forbade her to rise, and neither the proper grand chamberlain, whose place it was to arrange the fire screen, nor the other grand officer, whose duty it was to move the Queen's chair, hap¬ pening to be present at the palace, hir unhappy majesty was so heated as to be thrown into a fever, of which she most ceremoniously died at die expi¬ ration of a brief but decorous inter¬ val. Too Smart. —The other day a rough¬ looking man stepped into a clothing store in Carson aud wanted to buy a suit of clothes The price was $30, but after a careful examination of the texture of the goods he declined to purchase at the figures named and started for the door. "Holt on,” said the proprietor, "sell ’em at de cost bnce. ’ The clerk asked how much, ami the "boss” said in German $16 The countryman turned around and said he guessed he take another look at ’em anyhow. He tried them on and gut before the glass. "Cost price, you say ?” The clerk as¬ sented, and the countryman handed him $16, remarking : "You can tie the old ones up.” "Hold on, the cost price is $24,” said the clerk.” "Guss you’re mistaken; I heard the boss say sixteen.” The boss looked up with. "By jemi ! nie! can you speak German? I thought you vas an Irishman all do vile.” An emigrant woman lost her baby ou |. c f a K anaas railroad car window other day. It was in her arms and W ent to sleep, and when she awoke ! - t wag g 0ne an q could not be found : t tliv u ft rfU uai. r Several ? Vi stations ------------- after this the j |conductor received had been a picked telegram saying about a baby the construction up twenty miles back by train< The chi]d wa8 perfectly unhurt track. - anJ lay cry i cg by one side of the It was the emigrant’s child and came along to her on the next train. New York Herald Las fourteen reporters constantly detailed to watch Dr. Tanner's last. They are divided | into seven watches, time, and two he being neither with him all the gets water nor his mail until it has under* gone their inspection, which covers! all his hour. acts and every sleeping or wak-j - — — — Two clerks have been discharged from the War Department for speak ing well of Hancock. Whom the Gods destroy they ti -t make mad. The od ministration may prepare to see in Xovember. .. - PRICE THREE CENTO." Business Cards, JAS. McGINLEY, CARPENTER YORK STREET, second door oast of Bull. Jobbing promptly attended to, Estimates furnished when desired. Jel4-0m BEEF, VEAL AND LAMB. JOS. H. BAKER, BUTOHEB, STALL No. 66, Savannah Market. A LL market, other meats rates. in Orders their season promptly at lowest filled and delivered. Will victual ships throughout. Give nim a trial. ocal-tf ANDERSON STREET MARKET AND ICE HOUSE, J P. kinds PHILLIPS, Meats, Butcher, Pish, Poultry and dealer in al • of and Mar¬ ket Produce. Families supplied at their residences, promptnessand and dispatch. all orders Satisfaction executed with anteed. ap6-6m guar¬ C. A. CORTINO, Bair Cutting Hair Dm, Curling and SHAVING SALOON. HOT AND COLD BATHS. 16634 Bryan street, opposite the Market, un tier Planters’ Hotel. Spanish, Italian, Ger man. mi«l English fipokon. selK-lf W. B. FERRELL’S Agt, RESTAURANT, No. 11 New Market Basement, (Opposite Lippman’s SAVANNAH Drug Stora^ !anI3tl GA. .............- 'I -mdmmmrnmgtm Plumbing All d a . aO A .V wing ~ CHAS. E. WAKEFIELD, Plumbing, Gas & Steam Fitting, No. 48 BARNARD STREET, ono door north oi South Broad treet. Bath Tubs. Jobbing Water Closets, Boilers, RangeSi Promptly attended to. ebll Also, Agent of “ BAOK.CS WATER MOTOR, McELLi.it it ub ikoxALIi, PLUMBING AND GAS FITTING. Ntt. 18 Whitaker street , corner York st. Lana N.B, Houses fitted with gas ami ,*t, shun notice, Jobbing promptly att/hded tflf and all work guaranteed, at low prlc^—^ W. IL COSGrllOYE, East side of Bull street, ono door from York, Practical Plumber and Qas Fitter. JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. All work guaranteed to givo satisfaction. SSf Prices to suit the times. mh7tf Paints, Oils and Glass* J OHN G HUTLErT Wholesale aud Retail Dealer in WHITE LEADS VARNISli, COLORS, ETC. OILS, GLASS, Ready Mixed Paints, Railroad, Steamer and Mill supplies. Solo Agent for Hair Georgia Lime Calcined Plaster, Cements, and Land Plaster. No. 22 Drayton street, JanlOtf SA VA NNAH, GA. 9 —Dealer in— is, Suites, Blinds, Mouldings Lime, Plaster, Ilair and Cemont, STEAMBOAT, Railroad and Mill Supplies, paints, oils, varnishes, glass, &o. No. G Whitaker & 171 Bay St., SAVANNAH, GEORQlr I mv2tl-tf JOHIM OLIVER. — Dealer ln — Steamboat, Rail Road and Mill Supplies, PAINTS, OIXS, GLASS, &c., DOORS, SASHES, BLINDS, MOULDING Balusters, Blind Trimminqs, No. 5 . w hi.Laker st., .SA VAM HAH, GEORGIA nlfitf S 9 ai (P, CELLBRAiED .A (7. \0m ji 1 / v - i. Pa W STOMACH aene n lUJUUCliOU f . Tli mstahe a thin un i lam;* :«» circulation wftn pravmitivein’ exHteoce. jai.uUur