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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-10

The backbone Of winter appears to have
been broken at last.
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TOR SALE-Planed Flooring No. ]. SIS 30
Il per thousand IN railroad yard. Planed
Flooring No. ,, SlS 30 per thousand in rail-
road yard. X. i. REPPARD. IN S. +. & W.
Rv. ward. next 10 Cassel's wood ward
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Address wOMEN's SILK CULTURE AS.
ISOLATION, 1925 Chestnut street, Phila-
delDhia
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EOR SALE. 100 shares Savannah Bank and
IL Trust Company stock at So; offers solicit
ted; whole or part. Apply to c. p. CAL
HOUN, care II. T. Wilson & Co., Exchange
Court. New York city.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-10

The approaching immigration ConYen-
tion at Nashville is attracting wide atten-
ton. The Current, Of Chicago, has the
following to say about it: ''The Southern
States Immigration Association will be-
gin its active existence at a meeting to be
held in Nashville in a few days. No
organization Of progressive forces effected
in the South since the war equals this
association in importance, and if unanim-
ity and general cooperation can be Sc
cured the South will unquestionably be
able to secure a fair share of the foreign
immigration. One difficulty the South
has encountered is the absence of trans
Atlantic steamship lines, while scores OF
spacious and swift steamers, constructed
with special reference to the transporta-
ton Of immigrants, ply constantly be-
tween French and German and British
seapOrts and New York, Boston and
Philadelphia. The Southern States I'M
migration Association propose to make
Southern climate and resources known to
the people of Southern Europe especially,
and an effort will be made to have a new
Castle Garden established at a Southern
seaport, and every facility will be fur
nished immigrants to secure good loca-
tions and employment. The beginnings
OF such an enterprise will probably be
small, but its perfect ultimate success is
beyond question.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-03-10

The indications are that the straightOut
Republicans of Virginia are in earnest in
their determination not to submit to boss
Malone any longer. The Mahoneites
think Virginia Republicans will put an
independent electoral ticket in the field,
but whether they will pursue this course
or make the fight in the National Conyen-
ton is not settled. 1t is certain that Ma
hone will head a delegation to the Chicago
Convention. If the regular Republicans
also send . delegation the contest for adj
mission will be interesting. The conyen-
ton would have to decide whether it
would admit the representatives of those
who have always been faithful to the
party, or the corrupt tricksters who until
recently have loudly proclaimed that
they were not Republicans. Thousands
of the better class of Northern Republi-
cans have condemned the course that has
been pursued by the administration in in
dorsing Malone, and it is doubtful if the
party will formally commit itself to that
policy by admitting the coalition delega-
ton at Chicago, if the Virginia Republic
cans make the issue squarely.
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nor SALE, silk Worm Eggs. raised BIZ ex-
IL perts-.' Yellow Bar" Japanese Green,
Chinese White.
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Prices-s5 90 per ounce, 50 90 per half ounce,
81 co per 1000.
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NATHAN BROS, l86 Congress street.
StraYr0.
Eohrrp.


GTRAYED. near Dittmersville, a White
y Horse. A liberal reward viii be paid by
returning TO L. REMfON. Isl BronghJ0n 81.
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T~OR RENT, the three-stOry Brick House
II on Jones street. second door from Whita-
to b. GRAEFFE. Huntingdon and Montgionm i.
cry streets.
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The family troubles in the Republican
party in New York city appear to be as
far from a settlement as ever. The party
is not able to get along without the ma
chine, and the machine has been so utter
ly INSCRIPTIONS that it has forfeited the
confidence of the more respectable portion
of the party. The Republican caucus
met the other day and nominated the no.
torious ward politician, John J. O'Brien,
for President of the County Committee.
This meets with the unqualified disap-
prevail of the party papers. Even the
Philadelphia Press condemns it. 1t says:
''This is unexpected, because it was sup
posed that even the New York Republican
machine had learned something by the de-
feat in 1892 but there is, fortunately,
time to teach it something more before
next November. The boys will find it
toilsome work persuading rich New York
Republicans to trust O'Brien with cam
paign funds 1t seems that the great
objection to O'Brien's selection among
the Republicans is not one of principle,
but is based on the impolicy of being I'M
der the leadership Of a man who cannot
command sufficient respect TO encourage
the contribution of campaign funds.
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MONDAY, MARCH 10. 1884,

Registered at ne Post Office in Savanndh as
Second CEass Nail Matter
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TOR SALE. Two Lots IN Southville. Nos 80
Il and -, fronting 80 feet each on Lamar
avenue, by 80 feet to a lane. VIII be sold
cheap. C.. II. DORSETT.
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4 story of Arctic Adventure.

Letter % PGtt Adkt (LOgdOn) BUdgef.
Now that so much discussion has been
raised on the subject of the alleged can
nibalism IN the Greedy Expedition, some
interest may be felt in another dreadful
story of privauOn and danger, where a
similar temptation was herOically re-
sisted, as told by James Mcintosh, sole
survivor from one Of the boats Of the
whaler Chieftain. On May % last the
Chieftain sent out four boats in chase of
a whale, two of which, one commanded
by Alexander Balm, the harpOOner lost
the ship, and falling to find her, shaped
their course for Iceland. Some DAYS
later two of Bain's crew died, and
Mcintosh then came into Bain's boat
from the other to act as steersman. The
only other occupants of the boat then
were Balm and a seaman named McGregOr.
On the following day Balm thought he
saw land, and they altered their course
to steer to it, but found il to be only the
reflection Of cloud. By so doing they
lost their cOnsOrt, which did not follow
them. Next day McGregOr died, and his
body was committed to the deep. The
same day storm arose, which lasted
three days, during all of which time
Mcintosh remained at his post as steers
man while Balm lay helpless and despair
ing in the bows. At last the storm
abated, and the undaunted steersman
addressed some cheering words to his
cOmrade, but without rcusing him from
his lethargy, which continued so long
that Mcintosh at last grew anxious, and
though hardly able TO move, his legs
being Lenumbed with cold, managed to
crawl along on his hands and knees to
the bow of the boat, and found Balm
quite dead. A terrible sense of utter
loneliness came over him, mingled with
the fear that in his desperate condition
{ he had not tasted food of any kind for
several days he might yield to the temp
tatiOn Of supporting himself on the awful
means of nourishment within his reach.
Determined 10 avoid this danger at all
events, he with a great effort, weak as he
vas, succeeded in heaving his dead COM
rade's body overheard. On the fourteenth
day he perceived a small schooner and
made desperate effort to wave his cap
10 attract attention. He was seen and
picked up by the ship, but it was found
necessary to amputate both legs. mOrti-
6catlOn having set in. He finally arrived
at Dundee on Friday week. This gallant
fellow. who is married and has one child,
is now in a perfectly destitute condition,
as the loss of his legs precludes his re-
turning TO his former sea-faring Occupa-
ton, and he has never learned any other
trade
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-06
THE CRAZE FOR SMALL FEET.
People Who Desire to Have Their Toes
Cut OF.

People Who Desire to Have Their Toes
Cut OF.
The competition between dudes in the
matter of small feet, says the Philadel-
phia Press, has become so intense that
they are visiting the consulting rooms of
prominent surgeons and asking to have
their big toes amputated, so that they
may be able to get into boots of the small
est compass possible. Prof. William H.
PancOast, of the jefferson Medical Col
lege, has, during the past month, been
called upon by three men and one woman,
all of them making the singular request.
In every instance he refused to perform
the operation, and the wOuld-be patients
went away disguised. The idea of the
surgeons knife aiding them in their efforts
to attain the beautiful seems to have Oc-
CURED to hundreds Of people simultane-
Ously, like an epidemic.
Il can't account for this remarkable
desire for being mutilated for the sake Of
appearance" said DIR. PancOast to a re
porter, ''but L can say that it has, like all
fashionable crazes, sprung up in a very
short time. Ii must be due to the pointed
shoe. You see, the cutting off of a big toe
would not materially shorten a foot, but
it would make the end of it narrower, so
that the patient would be able TO wear a
shoe as pointed as a dagger. This seems
to be the modern conception of pedal
beauty. By-and-by the pointed shoe will
go out, and then these people who are
having their big toes sliced off will be
sorry"
"Would the slicing off of his big toe
hurt a dUde:' asked the reporter.
"NOt materially" answered the physi-
clan. 'In fact, people whose toes have
had to be amputated through disease seem
IL IL II hraw~ Hr,I Nlas- g
patients whose toes have been removed,
and they have always been cOnsOled when
told of the dainty little boots they will be
able to wear. And l really don't think
they miss the toes. 1t is a curious fact
that most of the applicants are men.
Popular prejudice would at once conclude
that none but a woman could be so vain.
One of my visitants was farmer, though
what on earth he wanted with small feet
l can't imagine.
''It is a common thing for surgeons to
have patients who want meeting eyebrows
eradicated," Prof. PanCOast continued.
81 these cases we remove the hair by the
roots and then apply electricity, which
gives the person a sharp, singing pain.
After this treatment the undesirable
brOws never return. Ladies who are so
unfortunate as to have mOustaches are
treated in the same way, but it is so pain
full that they can only have half a NOUS
tache removed in a day. They go away
looking very funny. 1t is getting quite
common to DO away with defects in the
ear or nose. All these items are parts of
/ a physicians regular routine; that is, all
| excepting the big-tOe treatment, which l
would never perform for anyone. call
/ il flying in the face of nature. The big toe
/ is not a supertluity; in fact, it has very
/ decided use, and the profession should
| discOuntenance any attempt to abolish
| it,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-06
A NEW swINDLE.
Getting Two Dollar Dinner for Twenty
Cents in a New York Restaurant.


"HOld on, young manp' shouted the
proprietor of a downtown restaurant
yesterday afternoon, as a well-dressed per-
son started for the door, after getting
check from the waiter on the plea that he
had lost his.
'There's your money on the desk" an
swered the youth, pointing over his
shoulder, and still hurrying toward the
door. But he was intercepted by a waiter
and forced to take a seat until another
young man finished his repast and came
forward.
'Tve lost my check" said the second
young man.
'Oh, you haver' answered the grim
cashier. Sunny that both YOU fellows
lost your checks. That dinner will cost
you just 81"
The young man went down into his
pockets solemnlY, tished up dollar and
half, borrowed half from the first Young
man, paid the bill, and together they de-
parted.
''Pretty smart dodge they have got" re-
marked the proprietor. ''They took me
in once, but they will hardly do it again.
It's superb swindle, and enables them to
get 50 dinners for 40 cents"
E'ImpOssiblev'
''Nothing impossible about it, and the
clever part Of it is that they steer clear of
little apart, as if strangers. and sit at the
same table. One orders a 81 so or 81 dim
ner, and the other cup of coffee and a
roll for 10 cents. Both receive checks.
By and by the coffee-and-roll young man
passes his 10-cent check to the other and
comes up alone to the counter. When he
gets there he says, like the first one who
tried to get out, The waiter forgot to give
me a check"
"But the waiter knows BETTER" ventur-
ed the reporter.
"That's where you are mistaken. A
waiter frequently neglects to give a
check. Sometimes he fOrgets it; perhaps
he thinks the customer will order more,
or most likely he holds it in the hope of
getting tip. So he does not doubt the
truth of the assertion, and says, Ten
cents The fellow puts up his dime, and
walks out.
''Pretty soon the other fellow finishes
his good square meal, drinks the last of
his claret, saunters up when several other
customers are paying, lays down the 10
cent check his partner passed him, covers
it with 10-cent piece and walks out pick
ing his teeth. OF course the cashier don't
know what he has had, and the racket
may be worked for an indefinite period,
and can only be found out through an ac-
cIdent. happened to be looking when the
check was passed.
"But that is only one 50 meal. When
does the other come imp
"Why, they meet outside, go to another
restaurant and play the same game; only
the 81 man becomes the 10-cent man this
time. Economical and sumptuous, isn't
it? Those chaps only lack luck and infl-
uence to get to be bank cashiers"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-06
AN ODD COUNTRY.
United States Engineer Potts Observa-
lions in Alaska.

United States Engineer Potts Observa-
lions in Alaska.
Robert Potts, Chief Engineer, United
States navy, says the Baltimore sam. has
returned to Baltimore after an absence of
two years in Alaska. Mr.. Potts was ON
board the United States steamer Adams.
which was stationed in the inland waters
OF that country. The Adams went up
into Alaska to stay for several months,
but it was two years before the man-of-
war Pinta relieved her.
THE ALASKA INDIANS.
The natives are Indians. divided I'D
INTO small tribes. The whites employ the
Indians to mine at Juno at 81 per day, but
mining can only be carried on i'm the four
milder months Of the year. The other
Indians live by hunting, but raise no
bread to speak of. They live on dried
hsh, seal oil, and spawn Of fish. At GER
tain seasons when the fish spawn the In
dians camp out, get all the spawn they
can, and dry it for winter food. The In
dams kill great many bears, black and
grizzly, in spring and summer, which
make a commodity. Wolf skins, land
and sea offers, seals and other animals
furnish large quantities of skins. which
are sold to traders. The seal islands. st.
Paul and st. George, from which most of
the sealskins are obtained, are about 1000
miles from Alaska proper and nearly
west from Sitka. A man can get all the
bear hunting be wants, but it is very dan
gerOus. The Indians use muskets and
nave trained dogs to worry the bears.
While the bear is engaged with the DOGS
the Indians shoot him.
There are more grizzly bears in Alaska
than any other place in the world. While
they are alternating there is little danger
in travelling, but in spring and summer it
IS running great risk to travel through
the woods. The Indians are often killed
While hunting grizzlies. They are not al
lowed by the government TO have rifles.
Furs in Alaska. considering they are not
tanned, are as dear as here. The Indians
know their value. If they once 90 up in
price they stay there; the native cannot
understand any fluctuatiOn i'm prices. The
skin Of a sea otter, one of the finest furs,
brings $3.50, and the skin is only feet
long and about Is inches wide. Silver fox
skins bring from $50 to $40, black bear
skins SIS and grizzly bear skins $40.
SOME VERY QUEER CUSTOMS.
The Indians live in huts made of wood.
some Of which would be worth $1,000 or
$4,000, and take several years to build
There are no marriage laws among them,
and boys or 10 years old marry their
grandmOthers. In case of a mans death
the nearest male relative of the family
will marry the wife so as to keep the
property in the family and live with her.
The property OF an Indian is principally
In blankets. Some own as many as 300
or 800 or more. A blanket is worth 81. 1t
is not so very cold up there, but when
ever they sell skins they buy blankets
and store them away in camphOr wood
chests, which keep the moths out. They
buy the camphOT wood chests in the stores
ready made. Chests made of their cedar
answer the same purpose.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-10-06
SUMMER SUICIDES.
Interesting Statistics Compiled by the
INSURANCE Chronicle"

Interesting statistics Compiled by the
Insurance Chronicle"
The suicide tables of the Insurance
Chronicle, published on Thursday, give
3S3 as the number of suicides in the
United States during the summer months.
This number is somewhat less than for
the corresponding period last year, al
though suicides were much more frequent
during the spring of 1894 than during any
other spring covered by these statistics.
For the six months ending with August
SOC suicides have occurred in the United
States. The usual annual average is
about LOO, or about 80 per 1,OOO.OOO of
population. So far in the current month
instances of selEmurder have been extra
ordinarily numerous. Indeed, suicide has
been almost epidemic.
The greater number of suicides during
the summer, at any single age, was % at
the age of 80. Next came IA at the age of
10 and 10 az the age of 30. The youngest
suicide was 43 years of age, and the
eldest 50.
Distributed by principal causes, 70 were
traced to insanity, 81 to family troubles,
A to sickness, 33 to business troubles, 20
to love troubles, and % to dissipation.
Distributed by condition, l29 were hus-
bands, SO wives, 81 bachelors, SO maids,
p widOwers, 8 widows, and divorced
persons.
Distributed by means employed, 10 shot
themselves, 76 swallowed poison, 81
hanged themselves, IS cut their Threats, "a
chose drowning, and the remainder pre-
ferred other methods.
Distributed by nationality, 1872 were
Americans, 50 Germans, - Irish, IL Eng
lish, and the remainder divided among
fourteen other natiOnalities.
Distributed by principal occupations,
81 were farmers, IL merchants, II labor
ers, 10 cOurtesans, and so on through a
long list.
or the whole number, 2S4 were males
and 80 females-about the usual ratio of
three males to one female.
Distributed by States, suicides were
most numerous in Illinois, in New York
next, in Indiana next, and Ohio and
Pennsylvania tie for fourth place with %
each.
Daylight was chosen by 800 and the
night by ia.
Suicides seem to be more common as a
rule during the last half of the month than
during the first half. Nine suicides of the
$50 were connected with murder or other
crimes.
The statistics are compiled in the inter-
est of life insurance companies which are
greatly interested in correctly estimating
the tendency to self murder in the popu-
lation of the country and in noting all
fluctuations of the suicidal wave. 1t
seems probable that the number of sui
cides in 1884 will exceed the record for
last year, Notwithstanding this falling on
during the summer months.
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Local Sleeping Cars on all night trains be-
tween Savannah and Augusta, Savannah and
Macon, SaYan nah and Atlanta.
Connections.
The Milledgeville and Eatonton train run
daily except Monday between Gordon and
Eatonton, and daily except Sunday between
EatcHton and Gordon.
Train No. So, leaving Savannah at S:4F L
NJ, viii not stop Except on Sundays) to put
of passengers at stations between Savannah
and No. AZ.
EufauIa train connects at Cuthbert for Tort
Gaines daily Except Sunday.
The Perry accommodation train between
Fort Valley and Perry runs daily Except Sun
day..
The Albany and Biakely accommodation
train runs daily Except Sunday between
Albany and BlaEely.
At Savannah with Savannah. Florida and
Western Railway; at Augusta with all lines
to North and Eaat; at Atlanta with Airline
and Kennesaw Routes 70 I'll points North
East and West.
Tickets for all points and sleeping car berthe
on sale at City Once, No. 20 Bull street.
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Gen. Pass. Agt. Gen. Supt., Savannah
j. g. SHAW, w. II. 6BELIAMAN.
Cen. gravs Agts Traffic Manager. Savannah.
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