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The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31
100000 seals Robbed of Their Fur
to Make Sacques.

The Providence Journal has looked
into the statistics of the seal trade and
presents the following interesting points
relating to it. A seal skin sacque costs
fifty per cent. more than it did five years
ago. Seal skins have not been worn
more than fifteen or eighteen years.
Fashion and the discovery of new
methods of preparing and dyeing, or first
the latter and second the former, brought
them into use. The seal fur, as seen
here, is the inner coat When on the
back of the seal this fine fur is hid by
coarse hairs, which are removed by a
process of pairing down the under side Of
the skin. The color of the fur as known
to wearers Is artificial. If the govern
ment had rot taken measures to protect
the seal new wearers of seal sacques
would be few in short time. The Shet-
land seals were once numerous, but have
been exterminated. The Newfoundland
seal is in the market, but is inferior to
the seal of Alaska. The islands of the
Behring Sea are the only ones in the
world where seal catching has great com.
mercial Importance.
From 1851 to 1870 the scientific world
knew nothing in regard to the history Of
the seal. The Smithsonian Institution
did not possess a perfect skin and skele-
ton of the seal, although thousands OF
men and millions of dollars have been
employed in capturing, dressing and SELL
iGg fur seal skins for the last hundred
years. The vast breeding grounds bor-
dering on the Antarctic have been en-
tirely depopulated. Between the years
1897 and 1921 2.232,374 seal skins were
taken in the Pribylov Islands; between
1921 and 1912, 45S, 500 skins, and from
1912 to 1861, 372. 900 skins. In the year
1868 the number of skins taken was 242.
900. In 1870 only 1866 were captured.
During the last ten years the catch has
been a little less than 100, per year.
The whole number taken between 1896
and 1880 was 3, SCI, O51 skins. The sea-
catching is done in June and July. After
that time the fur begins to ''shed' and
is worthless. The natives are paid forty
cents a skin for their labor. -
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31
FOREIGN NEWS.

A Lon1on journalist reports that Don
Philippe de Bourbon is about to marry Miss
Mackey. an American heiress.
King Humbert, of Italy, told the
French Ambassador that he saw no cloud on
the political horizon, and that his country de-
sired peace.
A daughter of Prince Pierre Bona
parte, of Paris has welded the Marquis de
Parsemont.
An invitation to Moody and Sankey to
spend year in London in evangelical work has
been signed by 800 persons of prominence in
Great Britain.
By vote of 387 to 40 the British
House of Commons granted to Prince Leopold
an additional annuity of 91O, 900, and PEN
sion of $4,000 yearly for his widow in the event
of his death.
A most favorable impression has been
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31

The Democrats of Rhode Island met
in convention at Providence and nominated
full ticket for State officers, headed by H. "A.
Kimball for Governor
The Railroad Committee of the New
York Assembly will report the Baker bill, which
provides for three Commissioners with salaries
of $4,000 each, to be appointed by the
Governor,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31
First Love.

A long story in the Wheeling Leader
is headed, "Her First Love-" We have
no time to read long stories, but if If
was really and truly her first love it is
safe to say he got away. It takes a
practiced hand to know just when to
reel in, pay out more line, and "play
him till h. can be landed and put in the
basket. 1t can't be done by girl with
her first love, because of the excitement
when she first feels there is one nibbling,
causing her to shut both eyes, pull for
dear life and throw him fifteen feet into
the air, when the hook drops out of his
mouth, he falls "slap" into the water
and scuds under some old root. The
desert of life is strewn all over with the
bleaching bones of first loves, who have
had their jaw torn off SO they could not
masticate their food-PecE's Sun.
MORE than thousand women are now
teaching in Switzerland Girls are adj
mltted to the high schools only IN Zurich
and Berne.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31
Dangers of Sleeping Together.

More quarrels arise between brothers,
between sisters, between hired girls,
between school girls, between clerks in
stores, between hired men, between
husbands and wives, owing to electrical
changes through their systems by lodg-
ing together night after night under the
same .bed-clothes than by any other
disturbing causes, There is nothing
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31

that will so derange the nervous system
of person who is eliminative in ner-
vous force as to lie all night in bed with
another person who is absorbant in ner-
yous force. The absorber will go to
sleep and rest all night, while the elm
inator will lie tumbling and tossing,
restless and nervous, and wake up in the
morning fretful, peevish, fault-fnding
and discouraged. No two persons, nc
matter who they are, should habitually
sleep together. One will thrive, the
other will lose. this is law.-Frona
LARS of Health.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31

AT fashionable dinner, the dinner
cards exactly represented soda crackers.
They were made of silk, lined with
down. and perfumed. The edges were
slightly Drowned like cracker, and the
stitches confined the silk like stamp.
The guests name was printed In the
center.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31

and if itcontinues at this rate the lives of these
people rill be in great danger unless they are
speedily relieved. There is a perfect panic
among the negroes. many being so terrified as
to be unable to make the least effort toward
sazing themselves or families until reused by
thu RhitH.N
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31
A Bolt From a Clear Sky.

The Hawaiian earthquake of 1887 is
described for the first time by an eye
witness, in Missionary Coan's new book.
On the 7th of November, 1887, at the
evening prayers, we were startled by a
heavy thud and a sudden jar of the
earth. The sound was like the fall of
some vast body upon the beach, and in a
few seconds the noise of mingled voices
rising for a mile along the shore thrilled
us like the wall of doom. Instantly this
was followed by like wall from all the
native houses around us. | Immediately
ran down to the sea, where scene OF
wild ruin was spread out before me; the
sea, moved by an unseen hand, had, all
on sudden, risen in gigantic wave,
and this wave, rushing in with the speed
of racehorse, had fallen upon the
shore, sweeping everything not more
than fifteen or twenty feet above high
water into indiscriminate ruin. Houses,
furniture, fuel, timber, canoes, food,
c..oGhing, everything foated wildly upon
the flood. About two hundred people,
from the old man and woman of three
score years and ten to the newborn in
FAINT, stripped of their earthly all, were
struggling in the tumultuous waves.
So sudden and unexpected was the
catastrophe that the people along the
shore we're literally "eating and drink
ing" and they "knew not until the food
came and swept them all away" The
harbor was full of strugglers calling for
help, while frantic parents and children,
oTI I,11Chon1c 10 oY,I fro oil
the beach seeking for their lost ones. As
wave after wave came in and retired the
strugglers were brought near the shore,
where the more vigorous landed with
desperate efforts and the weaker and ex-
hausted were carried back upon the re-
treating wave, some to sink and rise no
more till the noise of judgment wakes
them.
Good Taste Among the Mighty.
The more think about the elephants,
the more wonderful they seem to be.
The great clumsy creatures are 80 very
knowing, SO very loving, and so like
human beings in many of their qualities.
They know their power well, and they
also know just when they must not use
it. Deacon Green tells me that keepers
and trainers of elephants often lie down
on the ground and let the huge fellows
step right over them and that they fee
perfectly safe in doing SO, because they
know the elephants will pick their way
carefully over the postrate forms, never
SO much as touching them, still less
treading on them. Yet the mighty crea
lures can brush man out of existence
as easily as man can brush away fly
And what delicate tastes they have-de
lighted, I'm told, with strawberries
gum drops, or any little dainty of thai
kind. They are fond of bright colors
too, and travellers tell wonderful tales O.
seeing elephants gather flowers with the
| greatest care, and smell them, apparently
| with the keenest pleasure.
1t is true they eat the flowers after
ward. but dear me! I've seen girls do the
same thing! Many time I've watched
little lady pluck wild rose, look at il
moment, sigh chow lovelyP ther
open her pretty lips and swallow the
| petals one by one.
Why shouldn't an elephant ?-Jack-i'a
the Pulpit, st. Nicholas.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31

Be deaf to the quarrelscme, and dumb
to the inquisitiye,
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1882-03-31

MASSACHUSETTS railroads are provided
with wrecking implements,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28
NRtlI LOWeF.

SILK Umbrellas
nd Sun Umbrellas, all sizes, at LaFsr's.-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28

Yesterday afternoon about quarter to
six O'Clock fire was discovered in the roof
OF tTo-story dwelling on Mulberry lane,
"a by-waY lesding from the 0gechee road,
about two hundred yards south Of Anderson
street and Just outside the city limits),
owned and occupied by Mr.. John Murray,
an employee OF the Central Railroad, who
was at work at the time. The occupants
were not aware of the threatened
calamity until informed Of It by the
workmen in Laurel Grove Cemetery. whose
attention was attracted by the smoke.
Nearly al Of the furniture IN the lower part
OF the house was saved, but the building in
the course Of half hour was reduced to
ashes. The fire communicated to two one
story tenements on the opposite side, owned
by Mr.. NJ. T. Joyce, and occupied respect
lively by Mary Graham and James Sims, col
ored, which were also destroyed.
There is quite large and compact settle
ment where the fire occurred, but for
tunstely the houses destroyed were separated
from the other buildings by wide yards, and
this fact, combined with the energy dis
plsYed by the people in the neighborhood,
white and colored, in pulling down part oil
the burning houses and connecting fences,
in the almost total absence OF water, saved
great destruction of property. Mr.; MUIR
rays house was insured IN Messrs.I. ID. Har-
den 81 Co.'s Office.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28
The CapsIzs In the River

We had a call yesterday from Mr.. ]. s.
wilkinson, owner of the sloOp which was
eaUsized in the river on Wednesday morn
ing. opposite Haywood, Gage u Co.'s ice
shed, an account of which has appeared In
the MORNING NEWS. Mr.. Wilkinson states
that we were enormously informed In re-
gard to some of the particulars OF the
accident. He says the sloop is
stsunch boat, and the occupants were
two white and two cOlored men.
Mr.. wilkinson was on board himself,
and the freight consisted of over $500 worth
Of merchandise for his store st Beech Hill,
M the Savannah river. The boat was not
overloaded. aud was about twelve inches
ont Of the water. Shortly after they left
tbe dock the steamer City Of Bridgeton
passed on her way to the Central Railroad
1ITbsrves. to make connection with the New
York steamship, which was about leaving,
and vas. Il is claimed, going at full speed.
The disbursement OF water caused the
sloop to turn completely over. Mr.: Wilkin-
son barely escaped drowning, and one OF
the cOlOred men was for time In great
DANCER. Mr. Wilkinson had with him, lying
in the bottom OF the boat, small bag con-
flaming SOS in coin, which, with the mer-
ehandise. went TO the bottom. There was
no Insurance on the goods, and nothing was
saved. Mr.. Wilkinson has instituted pro-
ceedipgs against the City Of Bridgeton. and
has placed the matter il the hands OF
Messrs. Lester & Rsvenel.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28
The Evening star

After sunset remarkably bright and
beautiful star appears IN the west. This is
Verus, the next planet between the earth
and the sun. 1t is, of all the planets, the
nearest in size to the earth, aud as It rotates
on it's axis in about twenty-four hours, its
day is of nearly the same length as our own.
All the planets revolve around the sun, and
the time each requires to complete its orbit
Is called its year. The earth is twelve
months in making it's journey, and all COM
putations Of time are based upon this cycle,
The time OF the revolutions OF all the planets
heiup stated In terrestrial days and years.
Venus, being nearer the sun, describes an
orbit much smaller than the earth's and re-
ouires only two hundred and twenty five
DAYS to complete its revolution, so that q
wear of Venus equals seven aud one-half of
our months. This explains why it does not
always occupy the same relative position
between us and the sun.
When astronomy was in its infancy men
supposed that all the heavenly bodies re-
volved around the earth, and when this
bright star appeared in the morning they
called 1t Phospher, the light-bringer, or the
morning star; when it was seen after sun
set they named It Hesperus, or the evening
star, not knowing that they were observing
the same planet. COpernicus, who first
elaborated the basis of our present system
OF astronomy, became convinced from bis
observations that the SUI was a central body
around which all the planets revolved, and
in announcing his discovery asserted that
Phospher and Hesperus were but names OF
the same celestial body. The astronomers
Of his day rejected this as an untenable
hvpothesis, and replied that "if this were so
Venus would exhibit all the phases of the
moon, but that 1t is not so IS apparent be-
cause the planet always presents the same
appearance" The telescope had not then
been invented, and the prosecuted astrono-
ner could not demonstrate the truth OF his
theory; but ne predicted that IL more dis
tinct view should ever be obtained the
phases of Venus would be seen.
Many years passed and the deductions OF
Copernicus were looked upon with con-
tempt. but when Gallileo constructed his
telescope and directed It to the beautiful
orb. he found that the prophecy nj his
great predecessor was fulfilled, for Venus
appeared as a crescent. He watched the
waxing and waning planet pursuing the
path allotted to It ''from the beginning"
and showing by its changes that the Co
pernican system was correct. Gallileo pub
iished an account OF his observations and
demonstrated them, but so unwilling were
men TO repudiate q confirmed error and to
accept the truth that he, too, became vic
tim OF indgnity and persecution, and
though he was compelled to recant his own
ioctrine-that the earth and other planets
revolved around the sun-yes in his old age
he had the satisfaction, not vouchsafed to
Copernicus, of knowing that the truth was
received and that astronomy took rank as a
science.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28
The entertainment Tonight.

This evening the Ford Dramatic Associa-
ton will present the beautiful play entitled
ssRichelieu, or the Conspiracy" As we
have previously stated, the piece has been
very faithfully rehearsed, aud the expecta-
ton IS that it will be placed on the stage to-
night in a manner worthy the highest praise.
The cast has been well selected, and each
one is thoroughly up in his part. Mrs. W.
n Cotter will assume the character
~ 6JuIie." in which she displays
her fine talents to an advantage. The stage
management will be under the direction OF
the veteran, Capt James NJ johnson, ana II
may be safely assumed everything VIII MOIa
I'll Those who have not vet secured
tickets should do so st once. The hall Is
vTeII ventilated, and will be found comforta-
he and pleasant, even on warm night.
Performance will begin at S:15 O'Clock.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28
SAVANNAH WEEKLY NEWS.
For July 20, 1882.
READY THIS MORNING.
CONTENTS.

First Page. Poetry: Nela-Branly Farm:
Chapters XXX, XXXI.-Scintillation of
Science-Life on the Moon-How Cigarettes
are Made-Mrs Lincoln's Vagaries-Byron
Memorials
Second Pdge.-Georgia and Florida News
Tallahassee Topics-General Loring Expresses
His Views in Regard to the Present outlook in
Egypt.
Third Page-Coyle Douglas Correspondence
Our Atlanta Letter-Affairs in Bulloch-An
Interesting Description OF Egypt-Robert Ray
mond Reid, of Georgia and Florids-Letter
from Temples Mills, Fla Barge VS.. Ship
Canal-Southern Crops-The Corn Crop Of 1882
"A Series Of Accidents Advertisements
Fourth Paqe.-Editorial: Democratic State
Nominations; A Change In the Federal Ad-
ministration Necessary for the General We'll
fare: The Ousting of Mr.. Tillman; Radical
Campaign Tactics; The Negro and the Demo
cracy; The Independent-Liberal ~ Movement;
The Two-Thirds Rule; An Important Question
Settled; Diversified Crops in the South; Minor
Paragraphs.
Fifth Pa0e.-England and Egypt; The Porte
Again Shows Its Hand Charleston Flashes
Latest News from Ireland-Public Health-The
National Capitalize Turf The Cohoes
Strike-The New Georgia Offices-Minor Tele-
grams Brief Telegraphic Summary - Lake
City Letter-Local News: Attempted Highway
Robbery; The Heidi Wagon Yard Robbery; A
Relic Of the Past; Admitted to the Bar; Death
of an Fstimable Lady; Death Of Captain c. F.
Stubbs; Another Homicide; The New Steam
ship Observation-Disclosures.
Ssrth Pa0e.-The Late State Democratic Con-
vention; Interesting Details Of the Proceedings
-Beauregard in Egypt Sandersville Notes
The Death of Miss Fanny Parnell-One Result
of the Egyptian War The Farmers Congress
Shorter College-Agricultural Department
Household Observation-Disclosures.
Seventh Pdge.-Plunging Into the Surf-The
Silver Question Again-The Sun-The Latest
Armstrong Gun-Kellogg Pasha and the Star
Route Frials-Leprous Cigarettes-Fashion in
Jewelry-En gland's Gifted Daughters-Infer-
nal Machines-Japanese Traits-Fashion Notes
Miscellaneous Paragraphs-Advert
Eighth Page Our Jacksonville Letter
Commercial - Brunswick Notes - Advertise
ments.
For sale at the News Depots and at the Count
ing Room Of the MORNING NEWS. Price: Five
oapfs a conv r. q wear
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28
Phosphate Rock In Chatham
County.

Slme time since, as our readers may re-
member, allusion was made in these col
umns to the fact OF phosphate rock being
found from time to time in the beds OF the
creeks along our coast, and special mention
was made Of a large piece of the vertebra
Of some large snte-diluVian monster, which
had been picked up by Mr.. Ferguson, while
dredging for oysters near Bethesda. This
large specimen was yesterday sent to the
MORNING. NEWS office, and is now at the
Savannah Cotton Exchange, where it can
be seen by those interested in such matters.
Doubtless there are mines of wealth in
these phosphates to be found in our creeks
and marshes, which can readily be devel-
oped, and an article can thus be brought
into market which is in great demand as
the basis OF fertilizer compounds, both In
Thu country and in Europe. The late Mr..
G. W. J. DeRsnne informed the writer that
many wears ago the bones Of q mastodon
had been exhumed from the marsh which
lies between the mainland and the Isle of
Hope, and also that the dead cypress
trees, whose tall trunks still stand as senti-
nels over the waste of marsh grass by which
they are now surrounded, were still there
when he was boy, and even beyond the
recollection OF men then HVlngJ ana ne
doubted not from these facts that water
had once covered the place, but the land
hal resppesred only to disappear again be-
fore the encroaching waters.
The subject is meeting the attention OF
cur people. The phosphate deposits OF
South Carolina have proven to be source
OF great wealth to the people of that State,
and there is no reason why the same de-
posts may not be found on our coasts to
add to the future wealth aud prosperity of
GpDrrta
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28

AyEHAeE.

COTTON BELI BULLETIN
For the twenty-fOur hours ending July q, lSs<'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28

There has, as our readers are aware. been
very marked revival of interest recently in the
game OF base ball, which at one time was so
popular in this city. Several clubs have re-
organized, aud the savannahs, which Is
composed Of some Of the old veterans, is
taking very active interest in arranging
series Of games. As has already been stated,
the Brennan Base Ball Club, Of New Orleans,
have signifed their intention Of visiting this
city. and will meet the savannahs on the
field In a match for the championship on
the 10th OF August.
Since the reorganization of the clubs the
mstches have been played on the commons
south of Anderson street, but the lack OF
accommodations and the Inconvenience
Of erowding have been seriously
felt. This suggested the idea Of base ball
park. where the public could In some COM
fort have the opportunity OF witnessing tne
games. snd, as has already been mentioned
In the NEWS, a desirable location was
selected on the line OF the CITY
and Suburban Railway. The woTk
Of erecting tie fence around THIS
na~ly will be commenced on Monday next
and r. Is expected will be completed IN Time
Tor tho match game of the BrennaDs ana
vannahs on the 10th proXimo
The mark Will be seven hundred 1eet ID
1ergtb and three hundred feet IN width,
attending from Whitaker to Barnard street,
on a line lust south of Concordia Park. The
nIayers and the admirers of the game will
he gratifed at this information.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28
"A New schooner.

A new schooner-the Nora Bailey-com-
mauded by Captain D. W. Barker, is now at
this port from Bath, Maine, with 2 cargo of
ice. She is very handsome three-masted
vessel, of AL tons burthen, ard was built
in Bath at Messrs. Arthur Sewell 81 Co.'s
yard, where she was launched on the 9th
of June. Her dimensions are-length AS
feet. beam 80 feet, depth OF hold
II feet inches. She has proven
herself fine sea vessel and an extra good
sal er, having made ten and quarter miles
Der hour when the wind was favorable this
VOYAGE. The vessel was built specially for
the lumber carrying trade. and is named
after the youngest daughter OF Captain j.
s. Bailey. of Camden county, one Of her
owners. The other shares belong to Messrs.
Arthur Sewell 81 Co., of Bath, and her COM
mAnder, Captain Barker. Captain Bailey is
also part owner in the sehooners Belle Hlg-
gius. Carrie s. Bailey, and Sstilla, all OF
which have been built for the Southern
lumber trade, and are plying between the
Satilla river and Northern ports.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-07-28
Srnekn and ROnds.

There are no Few features to notice In
s+oclxs and bonds. Central continues quiet,
lint fra. Other securities have stiffened
some, there being some demand for them
from the North by capital seeking invest
,,apt- Central common opened at 94111 bid,
OK asked. and closed unchanged. Augusta
nd savannah opened at III bid, ll9 asked,
I'D declined one and a half points, closing
- 116iI bid, 1171{ asked. Georgia common
opened at 154 bid, l56 asked, and declined
a point, closing at l54 bid, 100 asked'
So,1sbIZesterp opened and closed at ia bid,
11s ssted. Central Railroad six per cent.
IseTtificates Of Indebtedness opened at 94s<
Md q5 asked, and declined three-qusrters
If 4 point from the bidding price, closing at
% hid. Q4s[ asked.