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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
sOuTH CARoINA

The new court house at Beaufort will be
hclshed in a very short time.
William Kennedy, charged with the mu der
of Max Kahn ON NOvem ber 27 IsS3 has bpen
acquitted at Charleston.
J. J. kavanaugh, of Blackville. a few davs
ago sold from one hog S46 65 worth of pork
and had enough left to do his family for six
months.
James schlpman, constable of Bonneau's
station. on the Northwestern Railroad was
Killed few days ago by John Scott cOlOred
whom he was taking to jail for robbery. The
negro hred SIX pistol balls into the constable,
hid the body in a thicket and escaped.
Charleston -Nelcs and Courier: The water
melon business in Barnwell county has
reached very large proportions during the
past two or three years. The acreage planted
In melons along the line of the Augusta di-
vision OF the South Carolina Road and of the
Barnwell Railway is about 200 acres The
area Is about 500 acres less than the acreasee
last year, but the prospects are that the Weld
VIII be larger than it was last year. The in
dicatiOns are that the shipments will reach
1000 car loads. a car will hold on an aver
age about 800 melons, so that the BarnweIl
county melon growers will ship for sale this
year about 100000 melons. Two-thIrds of
the crop last year was shipped to Western
points. The first shipments resulted badly,
Dut by tne end OF the year the melon
melons were faYOrably received in the West
and dealers regarded the South Carolina
melons as better fruit than Georgia or Florida
melons. The movement of the melon crop
TINS year viii begin about July 10, and every
facility VIII be extended to growers to get
their crops 10 market with all possible dis
patch. The rates are quite reasonable and
are the same as they were last wear The
crop will be moved in any Way the grO wers
desire, to any point West or North, all rail
route, without transfer, or by New York
steamers from Charleston. The melon terri
tory embraces strip of country living along
the railway and extending for distance of
about thirty miles. The soil on which the
melons are grown IS light and sandy. Much
Of it cannot be used proftably for the cultiva-
ton Of any other crop. The average yield in
melons Is about One-third of a car load to the
acre or one car load to three acres. A car load
Of good melons Will bring about SIPS gross, and
at TINS price the growers can make fair
nroHf
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30

Scientific Ameriean.


Make or buy two boxes, one of which
shall be two or three inches smaller all
around than the other. Line the smaller
one with sheet zinc. soldered at the seams
and turned over and nailed to the edge of
the box. Make hole in the middle Of the
bottom, and put zinc or lead pine
through the bottom and solder il well to
the zinc lining; this must be long enough
to project below the outer box when they
are put together. A block may be nailed
to the inside Of the bottom Of the outer
box, and hole bored to correspond with
the place of the tube in the inner box.
Fill the bottom Of the large or outer box
with pulveriZed charcoal and sawdust.
deep enough to allow the top of the inner
box to sit low enough for a cover under
the cover Of the outer box. Put the inner
box in place, and fill all around between
the boxes with the puIverized charcoal:
place some strips of wood between the
two boxes on level with the top of the
inner box, put zinc-lined cover upon the
inner box and tight wood cover upon the
outer. If the lead pipe at the bottom is
long enough, bend it up for a syphon to
prevent air from circulating and to allow
the water from the melted ice to escape.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30

Citizens Of Sanford insured their lives for
$4,000 last week.
The Continental Hotel at Pensaco1s Il a..
have $4,000 addition
Sanford viii celebrate the Fourth with a
walking match aud other amusements.
The cotton crop Of Columbia eountv il ra
rorted 70 be about 30 days earlier this year
than usual.
The late rains throughout West Florida
nave started the orange trees on boom in the
way Of growing.
The citizens OF Titusville are prepariug To
commemJ Jrate the Fourth of July in a credit
able manner. The committee offers Sos in
regatta prizes.
The Fort Dade Messenger has passed into
the hands OF }. II. Brown, J. G.. Wallace. the
former proprietor. having withdrawn from
the journalistic profession.
\ number of fishermen recently landed a
thirteen loot gator near GEORGETOWN. He
was found entangled in the meshes OF A shad
net, and after being secured was taken to Pa
latka.
Charles r. Magee, founder OF the Pensacola
Commercial. has severed his connection with
that paper and accepted the position Of busi-
ness manager Of the Adodncs- Gazette OF the
same city.
The heavy rains Monday aud Monday night
did considerable damage to the Savannah.
FLORIDA and Western rOadbed between
Gainesville and New BranfOrd Traffic was
not much delayed, however.
J. ii. Gardner, of Green Cove, having near
" completed his contract for crOssties on the
Jacksonville and Atlantic Road has taken a
contract to supply the Seville and Halifax
Road, 40 miles in length. with all the ties
needed. amounting to $1,000.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
THE WHITE TOPAZ FOUND.
A Gem Hitherto So Rare That Many
Large Collections Do Not Contain 1t.

A Gem Hitherto So Rare That Many
Large Collections Do Not Contain 1t.
Prof. j. E. Clayton. says the Salt Lake
Tribune, has just returned from a months
trip through the western part of Millard
county, north of SEWER lake, Beaver lake
district, Wah Wah range, Star district
and Bradshaw district. One of the special
objects of the trip was to ascertain the To-
cality mentioned in Lieutenant Simpsons
report to the War Department in 1858 or
1854, wherein he stated that he had found
white topaz. The white crystal is an ex-
ceedingly rare one, the majority so far
found being yellow. The Professor found
the topaz on Lieutenant Simpsons trail,
about thirty-hve miles north of SEWER
lake. He traced them to their source in
order to find out the rock whence they
came. He found the source in mygdaloid
cavities in a purplish gray traychite,
and brought in two or three hundred
beautiful specimens. Owing to there
being no water in the neighb0rhOod he
could spend only few hours in making
the collection. So rare indeed are these
stones that there are not enough in the
world to give each cabinet one. They are
of no special value except as curiosities.
Perfect ones are, however, sometimes
used for ring sets in imitation of diamonds,
making the closest imitation to the real
diamond of any stone. Prof. George w.
Maynard, to whom the specimens were
shown, although he is a thorough geOlo-
gist and mineralogist, and has travelled
extensively through Europe and this
country, and has seen the specimens in
all the large mineralogical cabinets. stated
that he had never before seen a white to-
paz. The discovery is a very interesting
one from mineralOgical point of view,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
HEADsTRoNG RARCoCK-

The Way in Which He Was Drowned.
a Baltimore special of June 27 saws:
Capt. Anderson, of the lighthouse
schooner Pharos, which has just arrived
here, gives further report Of the drown.
ing of Gen. o. E. Babcock, DIR. Sutter and
Mr.. Luckey. of the United States Light
house Department at Mosquito Inlet.
Fla, two weeks ago. The Pharos was
lying off the inlet, and very high sea
was breaking over the bar Gen. Babcock
wanted to go ashore. 81 tried to
dissuade him from it, he saws.
''but he ordered me to hoist the
signal for the surfboat. The crew
had hard work in rowing out TO the
schooner. Again plead with the General
not to attempt to reach the shore, but he
laughed, and said he had landed in worse
places. OFF they started. l felt as if they
were going to their death. Soon the vast
breakers hid them from view. The storm
continued several days. When 1 thought
it safe to go ashore / found that the bodies
of the General and his friend had been
buried in the sand near where they had
washed ashore. One of DIR. Suffers legs
had been bitten off by sharks. as had also
portion of his side. He and Mr.. Inckey
were buried side by side near the quar-
tiers on shore. The body Of the surfman
had not been recovered when / left Mos
quito Inlet. The accident was not due
wholly to the break OF the oar. It was
impossible tor boat to live in such q surf
as there was then at Mosquito Inlet.o
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
Tbe Room for Tilden.

Some further information concerning
the plans for the projected Tilden mass
meeting was recently made public by J..
E. ireland, the only gentleman whose
name has so far been made public as in-
terested in the meeting. "InfOrmal con-
ferenees." said Mr.. Ireland, shave been
held. and the discussion favored Tuesday
or Wednesday evening of next week as
the time for the meeting. A sub-commit-
tee has been appointed to agree upon a
time and place where patriotic citizens
NAV spontaneously unite in urging upon
the National Democratic Convention the
duty and necessity Of nominating the old
ticket. not only as matter of
iustice to Mr.. Tilden and Mr.. Hendricks,
but as a duty due to the country by
the party, A permanent organization to
arrange all the details will be made next
Saturday. A prominent gentleman con-
nected with the movement, who has just
returned from tour through the state,
reports that this project is received with
the utmost enthusiasm wherever It has
been mentioned. The gentleman was
astOnished to find that, notwithstanding
Mr.. Tilden's personal declarations set
forth in his recent letter, Democrats
spontaneously insist that Mr.. Tilden's
letters or wishes have nothing to do with
the duty the organization owes to itself
and the country. The letter of renuncia-
tiOn from him did not bring the party into
pOwer in 1880. when il was unwisely ac-
cepted as final and used as a preteXt to
avoid a duty, nor will this letter of 1884
relieve the party from that duty which
again cOnfrOntS il.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
A VALUABLE MoTHER-IN-LAw.

"Peter the BootbIacIx' Falls into Marga-
ret Eitzgeraid's Fortune-His History.
Peter Mulholland, the Central station
bootblack. who has gained some notoriety
about headquarters by pestering the May
or for a position on the police force, says
the Philadelphia Times, appeared at his
regular stand yesterday without his box,
but with $500 in money. When John w ard
and William Apple, alias, respectively,
"Sharkey" and ''Billy the Bootblack.v his
mates at the Central, recovered from their
astonishment sufficiently to ask him
whence the money came, he informed
them that he had 81 200 in cash and s25.-
600 in real estate besides. Then he took
the pair to a neighboring restaurant
gorged them with a fifty-cent banquet and
divided his benedictiOn and akit; between
them.
''Peter the BootbIack'' has a little his
tory of martyrdom of his own. He was a
Chicago bootblack once and was given a
day to leave town by an association Of
his comrades whom he had refused to ioin
and who had agreed to raise the price Of
polish to ten cents. He came here. and
with his wife and three children took a
small room in a tenement house at 232
North Front street. Last Monday Null
hollands wife's mother, Margaret Fltz-
gerald, died in st. Joseph's Hospital. and
Peter was informed that the old lady had
somehow amassed 1,j00 in cash and real
estate said to be worth the amount named.
which she had left to her daughter and
himself.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
EIGHT TO ELEVEN DAILY.
MOTHS AS COLOR MAKERS.
Prof. RitchePs Interesting Experiments
with these Household Pests.

with these Household Pests.
Prof. C. F. Ritchel, of Bridgeport, Conn.,,
has made some extremely interesting ex-
periments with that pest of the house.
hold, the common moth, or rather the
worm that comes from the egg of the mil
ler before it turns into moth. The ex-
periments are novel, and no account of
them has been published.
81 first noticed,v Prot. Ritchel said to-
day, ''that the eXcrement from the worm
was the exact color and shade of the ma
terial 1t had eaten. | gave some of the
worms red flannel at the first test, and
the product was a beautiful shiny sub
stance, the exact color and shade of the
flannel. A very small quantity Of this sub
stance colored large quantity of white
lead. knowing that modern artists
could not mix black and white perfectly.
or nearly even, and the difficulty of repro
Quoting the color of gray hair, | gave my
worms gray hair to eat. The result was
very astonishing. They gave me perfect
coloring, the exact shade of the gray hair
given to them. | mixed some of the color
ing with white lead and gave it to an art
1st, who was greatly astOnished and
pleased with it, and wondered how | got
such a beautiful gray. L showed him a
sample OF the hair, and he said that it was
perfect match. / tested the coloring ex-
tract in many ways. put some of it on
the roof of my house, protecting it from the
dust and rain with glass. After an ex-
posure of two months, could not discover
any change~in its appearance or shade.
81 am convinced" Prof Ritchel con-
tinued, ''that this was the method used
by the ancients to produce their indelible
and brilliant colors. / was told that such
coloring as ! had produced was worth
many times its weight in gold. Lately ]
have stopped experimenting in this direc-
ton. For the benefit of art l would like
others with time and inclination to take
the matter up. All the apparatus neces-
sary is plain pine wood box with
smooth bottom ,,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
sHIPwRECKED sEANTEN.
The Stories They Tell of Their Hard
ships on the Ocean

Ahe STORIES Ahey Tell OF Their Hard
ships on the Ocean.
The American steamer Finance. saws
the New York World of the 23d inst,
brought to this port yesterday from Bahia
a portion of the crew of the wrecked
steamer Reliance, which went ashore Just
out of the harbor of Bahia in February
last. The men say that there is but little
hope of floating the vessel, as she is rapid
ly breaking up. Her commander, Capt.
Carpenter, and a wrecking company have
been at work for several weeks past. In
case they fail to float her soon she will be
demolished and her machinery saved.
The Finance also brought from Pernam-
buco, at which port she called, four of the
crew of the American bark Elliott Ritchie.
which was abandoned off the coast Of
Brazil on May IA last in a sinking condi-
tion. One of the sailors said that the
bark was bound from Brunswick. Ga.
for Buenos AYres. On May 10 a series Of
heavy gales eliminated in a hurricane.
which shifted the vessels cargo and
caused her to spring a leak. The pumps
failed to keep the vessel clear, and the
water gradually gained on the men, until
after four days Of unceasIng work the ship
Galgate, bound from Liverpool for Sydney,
hove in sight and took the crew of. The
vessel sank before the rescuing ship
passed out of sight. A few days later the
Galgate spoke the steamer Piciades. bound
from this port for Pernambuco, and trans
ferred to the latter the rescued seamen.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
FLOATING TO A FORTUNE.
CROOKEDNEss AND STEAM OFT
STRIP STONEY IN ALASKA.

Government Oficials Charged with Com
pIicity in an Attempt to Rob the Dis
cOverer of the Territory's New River in
His Efforts to Find Hidden wealth
Through Its Channels.
WASHINGTON, June 29-The newly dis
covered river in Alaska will probably be
the innocent cause of considerable trouble
between the Navy and Treasury Depart
ments. 1t will be remembered that about
a year ago Lieut.. Stoney, of the navy. was
sent to Alaska to distribute presents to
the Indians there ia recognition of the
valuable services they rendered 10 the
officers and crew of the ill-fated Rodgers,
and that on his return he prepared and
forwarded to Secretary Chandler
Yoluminous report giving description of
river he had discovered which would
open up communication with the
interior OF the Alaskan Ter
ritory, and thus enable the
government to get at the untold wealth
supposed TO be hidden in those uneXplored
regions. Secretary Chandler immediately
gave the necessary authority to ii { out an
expedition to explore the river to its
source, as requested in Lieut.. StOney's re-
port, and placed that officer in charge of
the expedition aud Of the preparations to
get it under way. With the limited means
at hand Lieut.. Stoney was compelled to
undertake the voyage on board a slow
sailing vessel called the OunaIaska. All
these preparations caused the Pacific
coast spectators to prick ug their
ears, and it is openly hinted that
powerful ring OF these men entered into
a compact with certain revenue marine
officers which would enable them to reach
the wealthy regions before Stonev could
arrive there. How true this is is not
known. but certainly the necessary au-
thorIty was procured from the Treasury
Department for the revenue cutter Cor
win to proceed to Alaska and explore the
stream.
DENIAL AT THE TREASURY.
When this matter was brought to the
attention of the Treasury officials, to-
gether with Capt. Healy's remarks that
the Corwin would reach Hatham
Inlet before the Ounalaska or
he would sink the vessel
in the attempt, the story was denied and
statement was made that no authority
had or would be given to any revenue
vessel to go on the Alaska expedition.
Notwithstanding these denials, when
Lieut.. Stoney arrived at the Aleutian
Islands, after bOisterOus and disagree
able passage of thirty-seven days from
San Francisco, he found the Corwin in
port with Lieut.. Doty, of the revenue SER
vice, on board at the head of a completely
equipped exploring party, bound for Ha-
than Inlet for the purpose of exploring
the river discovered by Lieut.. StoneY.
In view OF the repeated denials Of the
Treasury Department regarding this
affair, it seems that an attempt has been
made in an underhand manner to rob
deserving officer of the laurels Justly be-
longing to him. Naval officers here are of
the opinion that the Navy Department
should protest against this action and de-
mand the recall of the Corwin. What the
result will be is hard to say.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
LOOMING FoR A CANDIpATE.
Visiting Democrats Inquiring as to New
YorIx's Choice

The Hon. Smith NJ. Weed, of Platts-
burgh; William H. Barnum, of Connecti-
cut, Chairman of the National Demo-
cratic Committee; Gen. John B. Gordon,
of Georgia; Gov. George Hoadly and John
w. Bookwalter, of Ohio; the Hon. Ros-
well p. Flower, Attorney General O'Brien,
and dozen more Democratic politicians
of more or less prominence were passing
in and out Of the Fifth Avenue Hotel or
talking on the settees last night, says the
New York Sun of Saturday. Rumors of
conferences and combinations in the in
terest of various candidates for President
were set atioat, the most active peddlers
of the stories being the Republican poll
ticians lingering for the opening of their
party headquarters.
The outsider who caught the drift of
Democratic talk inferred that the politi-
clans were good deal at sea, and were
trying to get their bearings. The gentle
men from other States We're all very
anxious to learn the choice Of the New
York Democrats for President, and the
New Workers were evidently not pre-
pared to speak. The Hon. Smith Nj.
Weed visited Mr.. Tilden yesterday, and
on his return was evidently comparing
notes with Chairman Barnum, who visi-
ted Mr.. Tilden the day before. Neither
would tell what he had found out at Grey
stone, and it could not be ascertained
that Mr.. Tilden had indicated a choice of
candidates. Mr.. Barnum insisted Mr.
Tilden ought to be nominated in spite of
his decliuation.
The Hon. Henry G. Burleigh, the Re-
publican Congressman of Whitehall, tried
to convince some of the Democratic
brethren that Mcdonald and Slocum
would make their best ticket. A Brook
lyn Democrat who was present rejected
Slocum and talked for Cleveland and Nc
Donald. He SAID that Mayor Low would
give Cleveland half of the Republican
vote of Brooklyn. His ardor was chilled
by the icy reply of another Brooklyn man
that Boss Mclaughlin in that event would
not give Mr.. Cleveland half Of the Demo-
cratic vote.
The presence of the Ohio Democrats
gave rise to considerable popular talk
about the hotel of Allen G. Thurman as
the noblest old Roman of them all. 1t
was suggested that his appearance as a
delegate in the convention might possibly
lead to a stampede TO him. A friend OF
Gov. Hoadly said that three-fourths Of the
delegates from Ohio were strong Hoadly
men. and would not 60 to Thurman.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
WRECKED ON A BRIDGE.
FORTY PASSENGERS THROWN
INTO 40 FEET or WATER.

Two Sleeping Cars Submerged to Their
Tops, but All Their Occupants Rescued
Through Windows and the Roof
Heroic Work by Brave Conductor.
LYNcHBURG, VA, June 29.-On ac-
count Of the failure Of air brakes to work,
the Virginia Midland morning express ran
at an uncomfortable rate of speed on to a
bridge over the James river, one and a
half miles north of this city, and the COR
ner of the smoking car struck
the upright girders that swung
from the track. The trucks Of the
car dragged the sleepers along
for distance Of 100 feet, and the Wash
ington and New York sleeping cars fell
through an opening into 10 feet of water.
and gradually sank.
Conductor William King, who was on
the platform OF one of the cars, was
thrown into the river, and, although he
mad TWO ribs broken, he swan to the cars
ana helped the passengers through the
windows.
ALL THE PASSENGERS SAVED.
Most of the passengers We're taken out
through holes cut in the yentilators at the
top OF the cars,t which the water finally
reached. There were about forty passen4
gers in the sleepers and all were saved
After the water had covered the top OF the
windows Mrs. j. 5. Farden pushed her
two months old child through a window
and held il above the water until res
eued, and then she came out the same
way. The passengers are being cared for
at the hotels. Trains will be delayed for
two days.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-06-30
EASTERN SLAVERY.
The Difference Between Its Condition
in Turkey and Elsewhere.

The Difference Between Its Conditions
in Turkey and Elsewhere.
Gordon Pasha's proclamation respect
ing slavery in the Soudan has served to
open up the question. There is, however,
slavery and slavery. When Count Moltke
was~in Turkey in 1886, he wrote to his
sister as follows: ''Whenever slavery in
the East has been under discussion people
have nearly always overlooked the world
wide difference which exists between a
Turkish and a negro slave. The very
term slave, in the sense usually ass0-
ciated with that word, is misleading.
EAbd' does not mean slave, but rather
servant Abd-allah, sthe servant of God:'
ADD -al-medschid, the servant Of devo-
tion,' etc. A bought Turkish servant is
immeasurably better off than a hired
one. just because he is the property
property too, is he spared by him.
His lord tends him when he is
sick, and takes good care not to
cause him to break down through
Over-exertion. OF tasks, such as are i'm
posed in the sugar plantations, there is no
question at all. The slave, received as a
child into the house of his employer. con-
stitutes a member of the family. He
shares the meals with the sons of the
house, just as he also shares with them
the work of the household. The latter
consist for the most part of the following
duties: Attending to a horse or accompa-
nying his master, carrying his masters
clothes when he goes to the bath, or his
pipe when he takes a ride. Thousands of
slaves, the Kavedschi and Teutundschi,
have no other employment except making
coffee and holding the pipe in it's stand.
Almost always the term of slave ends
not only with emancipation alone, but
with an outfit for life. Generally the
slave marries the daughter of the house.
and where there are no sons he comes in
for an inheritance from his lord. After
all, the sons-in-law Of the Sultan are
bought slaves, and one might determine
the market price of most of the dignita-
ries of the realm"