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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
IN THE LIONS DEN.
A COlOred GentIeman's Experience with
Wild Animals.


''No, never feel nervous" said Cete-
wayo, otherwise Mr.. Porter, the colored
gentleman who exercises the lions at the
London Aquarium. "You see, 1 worked
my way up among animals, beginning at
the smaller sorts and going upward
through the snakes to the lions and tigers.
l learned my business from an excellent
man named Conkling. L well remember
the first time / entered a cage of lions.
There were two hons and one tiger. My
master stood outside with his whip. /
did not feel afraid, was so used TO the
animals. Yes, of course. there is a GER
tain amount Of danger. For instance, a
short time since | was giving a parade
when there had been heavy storm
of rain, and my foot slipped on
the floor of the cage, which was
wet. In minute they were all upon me,
and began 'chawing' away at my leg.
However, l had a turn up with them
with my whip, and managed to get out of
the cage. That job laid me up in hospital
for two months. There is not much diff
Guilty in teaching lions to leap over fire.
You see, they soon get into the way of
jumping over the board, and then the rest
is easily managed. The lion that lies
down at the end of the cage is the quiet
est, but be would be the worst of the lot
if he saw his chance. No, you don't see
many American negroes (like myself) at
this business. The native Africans and
the native West Indians are the best at it,
used as they are to live in the neighbor-
hood of wild beasts. The natives of India
are brave enough when beating on a
hunting expedition in the open, but they
are afraid to go into a cage with a lion or
tiger. The great thing in keeping lions
in good condition is not to overfeed them.
You will see many animals in menageries
and geological gardens who do not
look as healthy as ours do, though they
have actually more room. The reason is
that they get too much to eat and not
enough exercise. Zen pounds Of meat day
is ample for any lion. Besides, you see, ours
perform twice daily. And the work is
good for them. On Sundays we cut up
bullock's livers for them, and that acts
like medicine upon the animals. Yes,
that cage cost a lot of money. You see,
it closes down like a telescope until it is
only three or four feet high. That tusker
there (pointing to a large elephant who
drags in the cage lis devil. He has
killed three keepers already, and he tried
to pin me against the wall Yesterday. No,
thanks, | don't drink. It's bad for the
nerves, and one wants them in good order
for OUr business ~
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
READY-NIADE HOUSES.
Ordinary Building Processes Too Slow
in Some Parts of BuenOs Ayres.

Ordinary Building Processes Too Slow
in Some Parts of BuenOs Ayres.
The use of American agricultural ma
chinery in BuenOs Ayres during the last
year, says the New York Sun, has been
greatly in excess of that of former years.
There has been a considerable call for
American pianos, especially high-priced
ones. American plated ware is in favor
there, and American sugar is once more
seen on the river Plata. The government
has ordered the purchase of additional
American locomotives, those already sup
piled being considered superior to the
locomotives made in Belgium or Great
Britain. Ready-made houses are i'm
ported from the United States, being
shipped in parts and setup where wanted.
Consul Baker says:
several shipments on large scale have
already been received, and are now in
course of erection in the embryo city of
La Plata, the new capital of the province
of BuenOs Ayres. The demand for habita-
tons at that place was so great that the
provincial government could not wait the
slow processes of brick and mortar. /
understand that upward of 1000 are now
being put together at that place; and the
price is so reasonable that a number of
eStGHcieTOS, who are improving remote
cattle farms, have also determined to try
the virtues of these houses. Should they
meet the expectations of the Argentine
people large trade III them is likely to
result. The only fear is that, owing to the
heavy southwest winds which prevail
here, they may be found to be too light"
American wind mills dot the country in
all directions, and are extensively used
for pumping water, grinding corn, etc.
There Is a demand for American sugar
machinery, farm and household utensils,
and paper. The American sewing
machines, however, now find strong COM
petitOrs in the sewing machines made in
Europe
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
Anecdotes Of judge DrummOnd.


Judge DrummOnds resignation takes
one of the best Judges living from the
bench. 1t seema greater to be noted in
politics or war. but the man who wins
fame on the bench is truly great. There
is no sham permissible there, The law
proceeds from truth to truth, as the pyra-
mids from stone to stone. Once Matt
Carpenter undertook to play fast and
loose in an argument before DrummOnd.
He was interrupted: "Mr. Carpenter,
you helped TO pass this law. A man
should be ashamed TO bubble over law
of his own making" AS Carpenter went
out of the court room, smarting under the
rebuke like whipped schoOlboy. he re-
marked TO a brother lawyer: 'Old Tom
DrummOnd is the ablest legal mind this
country has produced. say it without
reserve"
Once Carpenter alluded to an attorney
opposed to him as "that man." The eX-
preston came out several times before
Judge DrummOnd's wrath waXed vocal.
He frOthed at the mouth and cried out:
ssMr. Carpenter, sit down. Do you desist
calling any lawyer in court that man,
If Won ever call a brother attorney in my
court shat man, you will cease to have
The opportunity Tor such an insult"
In a law suit over the Adams estate in
Milwaukee, one of the lawyers put in
Dill Tor SlD.uUus anu Sill duOluCA bAAl III
s. 600. and still another bill for an equal
sum. The estate amounted to but $S2, 900,
and the parties in interest were orphan
children. Drumm0nd went over the
charges which, as Judge, he must audit
As he went from item to item his anger
increased, It is said by those whe
were present that no set oil
men ever received such 2
Jove-like castigatiOn. "Gentiemen,D he
said, s'yOu consider yourselves good law.
yeFs. How much more are your services
worth to your clients than mine to the
people? You have charged $4,000 for 6U
days' service. Could you not be content
each Of you to take my pro rata for the
same time? These charges are infamous.
They are such as men who are scoundrels
and thieves at heart would make. This
charge of $4,000 is cut down to $1,000,
those of 5000 each to $500. Repeat such
a piece OF rapine in this court ana Will
disbaF every one of you"
Judge Drunmond, m oyercoat short
er than his undercoaT Rpcient. dilapida-
ted silk hat, broad, heavy, clod-h6ppering
shoes, and pantaloons too short by three
inches, was verify sipged cat to stran-
gers. But no man on the bench in this
| century has delivered clearer, shorter
decisions where millions were at stake
than he has. His decisions had the Vir.
tue and appearance of being eXtempOra.
neOus, but were the result of infinite
painstaking.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
A KENTUCKY JUDGES STORY.
He Doesn't Like Clumsy Method OF
Committing Suicide.

II don't like the clumsy way in which
CulbertsOn attempted suicide" said the
old Kentucky Judge; sit was neither
deXterOus nor decOrOus, and it threw some
discredit upon Kentucky's reputation for
good craftsmanship. 1t wasn't GENTLE
manly, either. Now, when a gentleman
gets tired of carrying this troublesome
mortal COLI he doesn't throw himself in
to the river to be picked up at the end of
week damp, bloated caricature of hu-
manity, with a catfish or a crab at every
7 toe, nor does he spatter his brains and
blood all over the furniture in an ATTEMPT
to kill himself with a revolver: but he
quietly makes all needful preparations,
takes bath, lays out his best suit of
clothes and his clean shirt, puts his sleeve
buttons in his cuffs, and, getting into
ped, takes a good dose of some sleeping
drug which carries him quickly and
silently away. l always think when |
hear of suicide like that attempted by
Culbertson of the very different way in
which a Kentucky friend of mine GOT
across the great ferry. He was a Young
man who had spent his little furtune in
Vainly trying to break a faro bank, and
who had family and debts besides. He
had always carried large insurance on
his life under policy which tor reason
could not be forfeited by his suicide. So
after thinking the matter over he came to
the conclusion that he would Just quietly
slip out and so get back some of the money
he had been paying in premiums. He
went to hotel kept by friend of his, of a
good Kentucky family like himself. and
took room. He was there perhaps a
day, and then in the early afternoon,
when his friend happened to be out, he sat
down and with a steady hand wrote a
note telling him that he proposed 20 COM
nit suicide and asking him to send his
remains and effects to the home of a mu-
tual friend, and concluding: Your
prompt attention to my requests l will al
ways try to remember Then he left the
note in the clerks hands, went quietly
upstairs, made all his little prepara-
tions, took two ounces of laudanum, and
quietly retired. 1t would have been a
very decOrOus suicide had it not been
for that laundering hotel keeper. When
he came in he must needs rush upstairs
and break in the door of his friends room
and try to resuscitate him. OF course it
was too late, and no one could have re-
GREETED that unnecessary fuss more than
the late lamented. He always hated a
scene. No, sir, don't 20 at things so
rudely and crudely. Always conduct the
affairs of life, and 1 may add of death,
with due regard to the proprietes."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
THE CAPERs OF A CRGsUs.
An Imaginative Description of the
Didos Cut when Vanderbilt Heard from

An Imaginative Description of the
Didos Cut when Vanderbilt Heard from
Maud ).
Saratoga Letter IA the Eel5 York Journal.
"Barger, old bOyl" exclaimed Wander
bilt, as be and his bosom friend met on the
piazza Of the States this afternoon, ''what
40 you think of the gal now: Hey! You
old six by nine you'd
ssWnliam," said Mr.. Barger, who is a
sedate gentleman and averse to hilarity,
..dOn't take on so. People viii think"
"D-n the peOplew shouted Alr. VAN
aerUilt.
Old friends Of Mr.. Vanderbilt tried in
vain to reason with him, and minister
made a desperate though futile effort 10
engage him in prayer. Mr.. Vanderbilt
danced up and down the piazza with the
alacFity of a three-year-Old colt. kicking
over fOweF,pOts, digging his friends in
the ribs and creating such din that the
inyalids who happened within earshOt
wisely retreated TO th6ir rooms and
barred the doors. Presently, ID . voice
trembling with emotion, the old nam
said:
Queen Of my heart, my verse is tame:
How you lew like a shell from . mortar
You swept around like prairie flame.
My Maud. you're a regular snOrter.'
Cheers rent the air at the conclusion Of
this noble effort, but Mr. Vanderbilt didn't
hear tbem. The great strain upon his
mind proved too much, and he fell as
gracefully as a ton of anthracite coal into
the arms of the expectant waters and
was carried to bed as became man of
his social standing.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
Origin of the Apple.
The Century.


Our cultivated apples undoubtedly
sprang from two distinct species of plants,
one the PyrUs MdLuS, the parent of our
ordinary large apples, the other, PlTls
pranifOtid, the Siberian crabapple. Our
large crabapples, as transcendants, etc.,
are supposed to be crosses between the
two. The original home of the apple tree,
PyruS MdLuS, is matter of uncertainty.
Wild apples are common in southern
Europe, and they are regarded by many
as the original, uncultivated species. Two
sorts of wild apples are recognized by
European botanists, one characterized
chiefly by smooth leaves, the other by
woody or pubescent leaves. De Cam
dole, the latest authority on the
origin of cultivated plants, is not con-
WINGED that the wild apples of Europe re-
present the original species; he doubts if
they are any more than cultivated apples
run wild, This author regards that part
of Persia extending from Trebizonde to
Gillian as the most probable home of the
apple, although he thinks it quite possible,
if, indeed, not probable, that the species
originally existed also towards the east
ern part of Europe. There is little doubt
but that the apple was widely known
THROUGHOUT Europe previous to the records
of "a Greeks or Romans. 1t was probably
bI5s ht to Europe with early the Aryan mi
gEAY6ns. The name apple is itselfa history
of The fruit. The root of the word is nearly
the same in all the ancient oriental Ian
guages, and from those languages, instead
of the more modern Latin or other Euro
pean tongues, our word is evidently de
rived. Says DR.. Prior: 'This was, ap-
parently, the only fruit with which our
ancestors were acquainted before they
came into Europe; for, with the exception
of a few wild berries and the hazel nut, it
is the only one for which we have a name
that is not derived from the Latin or
French. 1t seems to have accompanied
them on northern route from
the western spur of the Himalayan
Mountains" Dried and carbonized
pieces of apples are found in the pre-
historic lake dwellings of Switzerland,
and in some instances they appear to
belong to an age earlier than that In which
metals were used. 1t is possible that
these pieces of apples were derived from
wild crabs, although collateral evidence
points to different origin. They prob
ably represent the earliest stages of ample
culture in Europe. Much later the Ro-
mans cultivated the fruit, and Pliny men
tiOns q varieties grown in his time.
Many, and perhaps all, of these varieties
were inferior. Pliny asserts that some
sorts were so sour as to turn the edge of a
knife.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
American Charter Parties to Spain

Reported to State Department 6y Consul
Scheuch, Of BarceJ0nG.
Some two months ago l was called upon
to grant certificate for the current rate
OF exchange on London on certain day;
also thatit was customary in this port TO
accept in the ordinary business trans
actions Spanish dollar for an American
dollar" Being called upon by ship
broker last week for a similar certificate.
the request attracted my attention, and
on examination l found that a certain
firm here, importers of cotton, have taken
undue advantage of ship masters in set
Ting treights.
Permit me to say that do not wish to
reflect III the least upon the character and
honesty of the importers in general of this
port, this being the first case that has
come under my observation since a ten
years Official residence here, but feel it
OF Importance enough to report it, as pos
sible other importers becoming acquaint-
ed with the facts and OBJECTS might feel
inclined to initiate.
The case is as follows: A German ves-
sci arrived here from Charleston last
month with cargo of cotton, consigned
TO one of the Barcelona cotton receivers.
The charter-party stated, E'freight should
be paid at 2364d. a pound. sterling, at
current rate of exchange for bankers
eight days sight bills on London,' but the
Captain, in order to Oblige the shippers in
Charleston the latter being in turn re-
quested by the receivers here to do so },
signed "bills of lading" at 1884 scents,
american, IN gOld," to the pound sterling,
but without referring to his charter-party
for freight and other conditions.
Now, among commercial men in gen.
eral 1t is considered that penny is equal
to two cents in American gold, wherefore
the shipmaster above referred to in reality
should not have sustained any loss on
account of having signed the bills of
lading for freight at so many cents or
fraction of cent in American gold, if, at
the port of discharge, the american p
currency had been calculated or brought
into SpdntSb money according to its true
value.
The plan was no doubt Intentionally
laid. The receivers had requested the
shippers to stipulate the freight in bills
of lading in cents, and the latter, not sus-
pecting the masters interests would suf-
fsr in the least, consented to the propo-
sal, which, innOcently enough, was
agreed to by the Captain. On settlement
of freight the receivers insisted on pay
ing Spanish dollar for each American,
alleging such to be an old custom of this
port; but it must be recollected that this
custom dates from the time when a Span
ish silver dollar had the same sterling
value as an American. The Captain
whose case l refer to had to accept the
merchants settlement, suffering in con-
sequence loss of 6 per cent, which diff.
ference he is claiming from the shippers
at home.
In order to prevent similar cases our
shippers and brokers might be advised, in
chartering vessels for Spain, to stipulate
she freight in sterling, both in charter and
bills of lading, payable at the current
rate of exchange Tor bankers eight days
tight bills on London.
United States Consulate, Barcelona, May,
1884.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11

OCEANSTEAMSHIP COMPANY
FOR a
NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA.
Passage to New York.

= A1S1T sf20
ETEERAGE - IN
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
No. 1924.

We learn with much pleasure, that our
co-labOrer in the Journalistic field, Mr..
John G. Graz, of the "Tobacco Leaf,D a
paper published at los Maiden Lane, this
city, in the interest of the tobacco trade.
was the happy recipient on the 9th inst.
of $4,000 cash, by being the holder of
ticket bearing the above number, in the
Original Little Havana GOULD u Co.'s),
decided by the Royal Havana Lottery
June 2Sth ult.
The money was promptly paid, as usual,
by the General Agents, on presentation of
the ticket. Mr.. Graf is consequently
highly elated thereat, and believes that
''Little Havana" cigars are the best yet,
better even than journalistic enterprise.
We wish him joy.-Lds Noredddes, july
II TranslatiOn).
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11

7 a5a0HBtIb Dy 6s3I p m trAln coT1eet at
charleston junction with trains 10 all points
North and East via Richmond and all rail
line: by the 6:S5 a m train to all oints North
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11

The pleasure of visiting that garden of
the tropics, Florida, is still only possible
to the few, but the choicest fragrance of
that land Of flowers is brought within the
reach of all in the genuine Murray d Lam
man Florida Water, To the sick room its
balmY breath imparts a delicious fresh
ness, ever welcomed by the most delicate
invalid, while as an enjoyment to those in
health it is invaluable whether used in the
bath or at the toilet. To distinguish the
genuine article from its numerous imita-
tons look out for the ssTrade Mark,n
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
CONSIGNEES.

Per steamer David Clark. from Brunswick
and way landings-New York ship, Leffler,
ii MYERS \ Bros, j p Williams & Co, Frank &
Co. VIM Hone & Co. diamond Il, HOlcOmbe. q
x Co, NJ Y Henderson.
Per steamer Mary Fisher. from COhen's BluI
and way landings-D Bacon & Co, L Bird,
J = Williams & Co, W c Jackson. W Miller.
Rutherford T, Ii Miller, Baldwin & Co, r
jackson,
Per steamer Katie. from Augusta and wav
laudings-Baldwin & Co, z Williams & Co,
Garnett, \ Co, Peacock. Il \ Co, + NJ Hun.
W Jackson, W W Chisholm. Kennedy & B.
a z RO1erts 4 Co, Geo Byrnes, JuO Law
ton, H0lcOmbe, q 4 Co, Agt str Katie, L c
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11

Tvbee. Aug 10. s 200 p m-Passed out, steam
ship ChattahOOchee, brig Kodiak.
Wind SW, light; constant and heavy rain.
New York. Aug s-Cleared, schr Florence 4
Lillian. smith, Jacksonville.
Sailed, schr Geo r Congdon, Georgetown,
Hull. Aug s-saHed. bark Atlas Nor, Pc
tersen, Pensacola.
JNorJ, JOhansen, Pensacola.
Noutevifeo. Aug Arrived, schr Taylor
Dickson. Lake. Brunswick.
st CrOII. July zs-ln port, schr LaVlnla +
Warren. johnson. from Fernandins for New
Haven.
st Johns, p r, July l7-ArrlVed, schr c W
Lewis, Feddersen. Pensacola.
COOsaw. Aug CLEARED, steamship ANY
Dora tBr'. Thomson, United Kingdom
hey West, Aug S-Arrived, schr Gertrude
fBrl, Roberts. Nassau.
Newport News, aug S-Arrived, steamship
Thorn Holmes lBrl, Holmes, Bull River. cOaled
and sailed for Maryport
Philadelphia, Aug S-Cleared, achr Geo X
Hatch, Parker, Savannah.
smiths Mills. : c. Aug ARRIVED. schr
Delhl' simpson, Boston.
Pensacola, Aug S-Cleared, schr Edward
Avery. Hawley, Bilbao.
Port Royal. ) c, Aug s-Arrived, str State
Of Texas, RISK. Eernandina via Brunswick
land proceeded for New York: schr y II Bur
rows, Taylor. Perth AmbOy.
Bath. Aug s Arrived. schrs Reuben East
man, Eastman. New York; David Siner,
Guthrie. Philadelphia; + L Milford, Little,
Boston, to load for south: AbbIe G Stubs,
Lewis, do; Robert Morgan, CrOsslev, do:
Mary + Oliver, Hinckley, do.
Sailed, schrs Horace r Sturges. Muller,
Philadelphia; Robert II Parker. Stillman. do:
Golden Gate, Aimee, New York; Carrie Belle,
Seavey, New York; Ellen Powell, Bishop. do:
Four Sisters. Banker, Richmond, Va.
Belfast, Me, Aug S-Sailed, schr Charlotte I
Sibley. Bartlett. Jacksonville.
BOOthbay, Aug G-Arrived. schr Maggie J
Chadwick, Hall, Bath, to load for Norfolk
New York, Aug lO-ArriVsd, steamer City
OF Chester
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-11
THE STORY OF A LOVE SONG.
A Young Preacher who Hit the Popular
Fancy After Getting the Mitten.

ancy AFTER Getting the m1tten.
Upon one of the many hills surround
ing this old Ohio city, says a GAINESVILLE
special to the New York Sun, is a beauti-
full homestead which overlooks the smoky
eXpanse of the town and the shining
course of the Muskingum river. Thirty
years ago young preacher walked down
the hill from this home heavy at heart
and weary of the world. Two years be-
fore he had come to GAINESVILLE fresh from
the old collegiate institution in Column
bus as the Rev. II. d. L. Webster. He
soon fell in love with Ella BloXOm, the
daughter of Judge BloXom, who sang in
the choir of his church. He was privil-
eyed as pastor to call upon his fair Choir
lister at the home of her married sister,
Mrs. Henry BlandY. The young, penni-
less preacher proposed marriage TO her,
and was rejected.
The refusal was given in kind, though
firm manner, and the young man per-
suaded himself that his suit was denied
because of his poverty and the pride of
the girls family. He left GAINESVILLE, for
he could not be at peace where the woman
he loved was shining in society.
In 1856 he moved to Racine, and soon
atterward wrote song and gave it to j.
l. GUsLeT, Jue composer. lnlS song was
the once popular ''Lorena." In il Web
ster wrote the sentiments of his heart to
the memory Of the woman he had loved.
People who remember the songs of twenty
years ago will readily recall the opening
lines:
The years creep slowly by, Lorena,
The snow Is on the grass again,
The suns low down the sky, Lorena,
The frost CLEANS where the flow RS have been
But the heart thrObs on as warmly now
As when the summer days were nigh.
Oh, the sun can never dip SO low
Adown affection 5 clOudless sky.
In the days of the war the song took a
firm hold on the popular fancy. Soldiers
in the camps of both armies sang the
plaintive verses. 1t was the "Annie
was given to all sorts of things, and young
ladies Of to day respond to the same mu-
steal name which sentimental mothers of
that time bestowed upon them.
When it became known that Webster
wrote the song many of his acquaintance
in GAINESVILLE remembered his love affair
there, and concluded at once that Ella
BlOXOm was the original of LOrena. Miss
BlOXom was married to William w. John
stOn, young lawyer of IrOntOn, who had
been educated in GAINESVILLE, and who is
now the Chief Justice of Ohio and the Re-
publican candidate for Selectman. Mr..
Webster, who has drifted about from pas
tOrate to passionate, was recently station
ed in Oak Grove. He also is married,
having now a wife and several children.
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