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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
A NEW LIFE BOAT.
An Invention That Combines the Quail
ties of the Duck and Cat.

49, -1-61 LAAO a
ties of the Duck and Cat.
An interesting exhibition was given on
Saturday afternoon, says the Baltimore
Sun, at the foot of Hughes street. Federal
Hill, with DickensOn's improved l~ife-boat.
the first of which has been built by a Bal
timOre mechanic. MI. J. f. Rossiter. The
boat used was IS feet long, 81 feet beam
and , feet 8 inches deep amidships, with a
Water-tight compartment at each end 9
feet long Z > feet deep, holding one dOz-
en- persons. The boat is constructed Of
metallic sheets, with a hold that viii adj
nit several persons comfortably seated.
Access is had through the water-tight
compartments, which are entered by
manhOles, closed securely by thumb
screws and rubber lips. Air is supplied
through air holes at each end. The boat
is propelled by oars and carries adjusta-
bic sails. The crew are on deck, but the
steering gear is in the after compartment
and away from the weather. The inyen-
tor claims that the boat is self-righting
and self bailing.
To test the bUOyanCy Of the boat a dozen
persons allowed themselves TO be locked
up in the water-tight compartments. The
boat was thrown overheard, but the peO-
pie inside experienced 10 jar and no wa
ter reached them. The second trial was
made with four men inside while the boat
was twice turned bottom upwards. 1t
could not be kept in that position, but
righted in an instant. In righting the
boat relieved itself of almost all the wa
ter on the open deck, thus proving its self
baillng and righting qualities at the same
time. The boat was built for a
of Washington capitalists, Of which Gen.
ROsecrans is one. 1t will be taken to that
city on Friday in the steamer Sue, when
the government will experiment with it by
throwing it overheard from one of their
vessels. Admiral Porter and a number
of shipbuilders have Endorsed the boat.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
THE FIG LEAF BUSINESS.
Some Characteristic Incidents of Paris
ian MOdesty.

ian Modesty.
The autumn leaves are falling in the
Champs Elysees and in the Bots de Bou-
logne, says a Paris letter to the New Or
leans PicdyuRe, and so, too, are the fig
leaves of folly. Ever so many years ago
| was told a story in st. Louis about one
of the bellies of that city, which l thought
then, and still think, a very good one. AT
the hotel table where we all lived sat a
gentleman whom this young lady disliked.
One day, noticing him take some salt,
she called to the waiter to remove the
salt-cellar, "because that mans knife has
been in it," When dessert was reached
''that man" ordered the waiter to remove
the dish of fruit because 'that lady helped
herself to grapes with her fingers" A day
or two later MILE appeared at dinner
dressed very deCOttette, and determined to
get even. So, toward the end of the re-
past, she sent the gentleman a fig, as
much as to say; GA fig for you, sir!"
ThereIpon he sent her back a fg-leaf.
Those two persons hated each other so
much that they finally married and are
now among the best beloved in Missouri.
One morning not long since it was dis
covered that the antique statues in the
Louvre galleries were decorated with an
ornament lacking to them the
evening before-a leaf like that worn by
Mother Eve, and Of the kind have just
referred to. Each and every marble had
this fg-leaf ornament, and the question
was how did they get there. 1t appears
that the Conseryator of the National
Museum had these leaves placed in
position so that nudity would no longer
offend prurient provincials and those
prudes from England and America who
are forever hunting up just these sort of
statues, who will look at them and cry,
'~'Shocking!r or "How dreadfully indie
away. These fig leaves were not permit
ted to rest long in the places chosen by
the ConservatOr. The art critics kicked
up a row abont it, and the Minister of
n Arts has just ordered their removal.
This, too, just as winter is coming on,
and coal sells for SIS to S25 a ton here in
Paris during the cold season.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
The Exclusive Briton.

AClUCH Z CftCs
The following anecdote is told in rela-
ton to the u%nsOciable habits of English
men who travel: An old American gentle
man was travelling from Liverpool to on
don. Three gentlemen in all occupied the
carriage, and for an hour after the train
had begun its journey never one eX-
changed a syllable with another. At last
the American broke silence and said:
Gentlemen, l am l. D.. | have
come from -. Ihave been a merchant
for fifty years, and now ] am living IN
ease. l am so years Of age, and l have
two eyes and one tongue, and, like a
great many of my countrymen, L take
pleasure in using them. My eyes feel the
period in which they have done me
service, and l cannot read for the motion
OF the train. Having introduced myself,
l trust, gentlemen, you will not look
upon me as a ~pickpocket." At this one
of the gentlemen drew out his card-case
and gave his card. This example was
Immediately followed by the other.
"What, gentlemen" said the American,
s'you do not seem to know one another;
let me introduce YOU" and with that he
crossed his arms and presented the card
of one to the other. This was the begin
ming Of a warm and long friendship.
A rough braid, tufted like Astrakhan
cloth, and about two inches in width, is
used for trimming the new rougE-surfaced
suitings this autumn.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
THE WIsHBONE.

Slender and shining. prophetic bono,
We pulled II the future TO dIvlnei
Her bare pink palm, the bit in my Own.
Told tina the wish and wishbOne both were
mine.
ssWhat did you ask fors" whispered my Rose,
Looking m shyly with eyes so true.
Il Wished" I answered, drawing her close,
The woman 1 win might look Ike you:
.Her ewes as brown as a forest brook,
Ter cheek as pink Is q sea-shel's tint,
A tender mouth and . saucy look.
AID pale brown hair with a golden CLINT;
..Ir short. that my future wife might lie
I0u. dear little Rose. and only YOU
L l1c her face IN my breas-. said She:
ISN'T IL fuunJ II wished that too
-E1rper's NGgIsiHe.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
ANCIENT ARROW HEADS.
a Slight Cold,

if neglected, often attacks the lungs.
Browns BRONCHIAL TROCHEs give sure
and immediate relief. Sold only in boxes.
Price % cents.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
AN INDIANS TOMB.
Discovery of AN Indian WI Skele-
ton, Arrow Heads and TOmahaWk.

While workmen were digging in a sand
bank about two miles from this city, says
a Binghamton, n. Y, special, they un-
covered a tomb built of field stones and
covered with flat stones in the form OF a
roof. The tomb was about three feet high
and contained the skeleton Of a man in a
good state of preservation. The bones
crumbled when exposed to the air. The
skull and thigh bones are well preserved
The contour of the skull indicates Indian
origin, and this theory is supported by
the relics found in the tomb.
ANCIENT ARROW HEADS.
An earthen vase OF curious design con
tanned about three quarts of flint arrow
heads and a flint tomahawk of white flint,
with the edge as sharp as a knife. A pot
of fine red paint was also found, which
differs from any of the mineral paints
known to the local chemists. The arrow
heads have been examined by several an
tiuuarians, who pronounce them of re-
mOter origin than the arrow heads used
by the Six Nations. This places the origin
of this tomb, if their theory is correct, at
a period many hundred years ago. The
skeleton was found facing the south. The
relics AVE been preserved and will be
carefully studied.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
HORsFORD's ACID PHOSPHATE,

DR.. A. L. Hall, Fair Haven, n. Y, says:
sHave prescribed it with marked benefit
in indigestion ana urinary troubles"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
C0RSE S,

In order to open our new department with an increase of trade W shall oer EXTRA0R-
SOC: Copsts att &c. worth soc. a good one at 5M. Ladies are astonshed at the quality
Corset we sell at this price
Cores at 81 25 81 J,$ 81 10 2:i in fact, at all price u toss.
CAL Patent Premuma u. Warmers Health COBet, R. \. Co., Marques Embroidered
Glove fitting Nursing oet, Hercules SuppOrungGo Tet,P erNctC Contour, SuperbC ua-
STA etc. w keep the Largest stock md greatest variety II, this. department. ever soFnn
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
Cocoaine-

Promotes a Vigorous and Healthy
Growth of the Hair. 1t has been used in
thousands of cases where the hair was
coming out, and has never failed to arrest
its decay.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

in six jerseys. They are pulled from
shoulder to wrist.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
ALT IA Frs
SOC. TO 81 90
on Shoes
lady in Savannah buys Shoes Just think of it, Sometimes they get Just wb,t 4M-
don't want they get Shoes that do not fl, or they get Shoes they 10 not wear, or
they pay too high a price,. Languagefa fails when we attempt to describe
the bargains " have in store for th@e wshinEfne, com
Portable footwear IN the latest fall styles.

T AIDES CURACAO KID BOOTS Zeger Bros make, French SD Ply. wonedt ..-
Il hos, made with Spanish arch Opera toe nd heel or Oh PM sense last, 81 sGs
other stores at 1910. '"
Ladies; 1S-Thread Lasting Top kdF Oxe3B Button NGgies Bros. make, Curacao KdFO-
regular heel 81 50; pHcei in regular shoe stores 50.
Ladies Finer French kid Booty re guarantee Dual to any s. Shoe n Savannah an
worth So. 49,
s Coz, Handsewedn opera or common senses style. Plsase remember this pnGt
lar Boot Also we warrant very pair and guarantee them Qua to any Sc Shoe 0e
prices
TO hose desiring an eaya and comfortable Shoe, W would suggest our Common-sra
tsS hes made with low broad hela nd tO5p price 3d. worth 81
SHOES AND SLIPPERS-Wes shall make a specially of these goods, and you viii NOT
waste your time by Ealing ad eXaminngo our goods IL thEd department..
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

Use Burnett's Flayoring Extracts-the
best,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
SPECIAL FOR THIS WEEK ONLY

50pds Inf9nts French Kid Button, with tases zeIEr. Bros malei TS Everyday
has ever purchased q pair IF these celebrated makers nfants ShoeJk knows the rEs to
e$I Is in every shoe tre in Savannah.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

ra slippers. 49c. 500 pairs Children's Button Boots, size g. z
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23

and the galiants sometimes wore them as
favO-s in their hats. "Capps'' were sell
dom washed. Shirts, when possessed,
were applied equally 10 that part of both
male and female attire worn next the
skin. They were usually Of fine H0l-
land. and often of silk, and occasionally
embroidered; 'halEshlrtes' were sto-
machers, more richly decorated with
embroidery and lace, over which the
bodice was laced from side to side.
s'BOotehOse" We're not stockings as now
wo-n, bUt were drawn up the full length
Of the limb, and sometimes ever to the
waist, and had pockets in their sides.
Tops were the Holland linen and lace
Innings and frills worn around the full
hanging boots of the cavaliers. These
were tony" affairs, and would be a sweet
consolation TO the modern dudes heart.
''SCckes'' were generally beautifully
worked and drawn on over the hose CT
stocking and reached nearly to the knee.
~"Pilowberes' stands for pillOw-cases,
and table-elcths were used in England
since the Saxon period.
Under the head of napkins came table
linen, cloths for head-dresses, ETC., and
also handkerchiefs. Towels, however,
were lot much in use, but it is not clear
that the inhabitants resOrted to colOrings
10 cover the blemishes of the skin.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
EVERY BOY

out two pairs Of Shoes to his fathers me- and it don'tt take their parents long th
here hey car by somehngthey an rely u. W have a arge trader Boys Shoag
we sell good onesa and sell them cheap. Shoes for boys. with pair of our Genuine SOs
hoes; they will lot wear mt at the toes; every pair guaranteed; price 81 S and 80
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-11-23
EVERY GIRL

Likes a handsome shoe; They wear short dresses and feet g eonspeqqas We give
special attention Ote fitting and wearing qualities OF our MISSES S2oes,a anu keep Or prices
within the reacn OF III.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

News from san Antonio reports
another outbreak of highway robbery.
Twice within brief period the stage
mail coaches were halted, the passen-
gers robbed and registered letters plum
dered. The robbers gained rich prey
in cash and jewelry, and they have so
far escaped capture, though the stereo-
typed assurance that "oilicers are in
close pursuit of the robbers" gives
hope that they may be apprehended
snd delivered to the service of the
state for term OF years long enough
to enable them 10 expiate their crimes.
The history of stage robbing In
Texas shows that there Is n regular
epidemic of that kind of crime which
passes over certain portions OF the
state at irregular intervals. Let one
stage be robbed, and IL is not long be-
fore there are other robberies of like
character in remote regions, which
could not have been perpetrated by
the same parties. Then will ensue, In
rapid order, other and still other rob-
berries, until the country becomes
aroused, hunts down one or two
of the bighwaymen, and the dis
ease Is broken up. Travel is
safe until some adventurous fellow
with constitutional and ineradlcable
antipathy to honest work goes through
another stage coach, and at once there
il an apparent spontaneous outbreak,
and the epidemic quickly travels over
the state where 1t can find n Judgement.
Last summer there was q notable prev
alence of that sort of brigandage for
two or three weeks, which appears to
have had Its origin in Palo Pinto and
PARKER counties. In the winter the
distemper broke out in other parts Of
Northwest Texas, but the fortunately
speedy roping in Of one or two of the
knights of the road allowed IL but u
short run. Since then there has been
an immunity from the infection until
the reported outbreak in Southwest
Texas. If past experience is to be nc.
cepted as guide, we may look for
further assaults on stage coaches, and
the purses and watches of travellers
are carried at IA risk until the arrest or
killing of ono or two of the highway.
men puts Il stop to the rage for rob.
| bling.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

must not attempt 10 raise stock; and
without a bunch of cattle to assist In
giving the settler start, our raw lands
never can be reclaimed. This Is the
logic OF II. The facts of experience
bear this out; for with 2,000oDO acres
leased, after eight months the only
case In which an actual settler has gone
on leased land was In Jones county,
where the land entered upon was sur
rounded 10y settlers before 1t was leased.
In this case the settlers held the conn
try, and could crowd out the lessees !;
in other districts the lessees hold or
will hold the country, and can crowd
out the settlers.
In the deliberate statement that there
are loo, 900, 900 acres of unsettled land
in the West for settlers there Is depth
of misinformation that Is not befitting
man who is asking for so important
an office as that Of representative.
The vacant domain 10 which immigra-
ton is trending lies west of the Tooth
degree of longitude, which embraces
considerably less than half the state.
The entire area of this country,
settled and unsettled, is less than
S0,000,000 acres. Railroads and
private individuals own about half of
this territory. Mr.. Cranes mr.
gument liz, in effect, that the
state can lease its lands to
corporations, and the settler can buy
from private owners. 1t would seem
that the state should have an interest
In the settlement of the country which
individual and corporate proprietors
are not supposed to possess, and it is
the state to which settlers look for IA
vorable terms and indulgence in set
Ting new regions. Now, Mr.. Crane
wants the state to lease its $1,000, 600
acres IL 1t can, for the sake of school
revenue, and the remaining unoccupied
lands, which are private property, may
be sold to settlers upon such terms as
the proprietors wish to exact
The intelligence of the people Of
Johnson county will doubtless enable
them to deal fairly with Mr. Cranes
logic, and see wherein he is at issue
with the states welfare. If the con.
test is waged in that county upon the
direct issue of the lease law or no lease
law, and the yotes cast for Mr.. Crane
represent the lease law sentiment, THE
GAZETTE now predicts that the repre-.
sentative from Johnson in the Nine
teenth legislature will be man whose
vote and voice will be in behalf of the
people and against the leasing of their
lands.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

The following, from Republican
paper in Philadelphia, is u sample of
the sneers by the partisan press of the
Republican party at the Democratic
nominee:
The candidate who IL 10 he preferred to ali
others IN not the statesman trained In ma.
tiona affairs, nor the soldier who has tlkt n
his own life In his hands To protect the con.
sttutior aud the laws, nor the trained and
distinguished Iurlst II is the shcrln who, In
the security of jail walls, performs the impos.
Ing and elcvnting business of common
hangmHn.
When Gov. Cleveland was sheriff at
Buffalo two men were sentenced to
death there. IL was his sworn duty tn
carry out the sentence and he did it,.
According to all accounts II was "A good
job, too; the men were dead when
they were cut down and that was what
the law called for. If Cleveland can
do as good n job for the Republican
party In November IA he did for the
two murderers at Buffalo he will de
serve well of the country. 1t Is time
II were dead aud buried.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

HAVING replaced the broken parts
of our Hoe press, THE GAZETTE Ia able
to resume regular form audsize to-day,
and greets its readers with glad face
and the usual amount OF reading mat
ter. The public have been very indul-
gent In passing over the compulsory
shortcomings of the paper for the
past week, and they are promised
hcnceforth the best paper In Texas for
their instruction and entertainment.
The latest telegraphic news aud the
best free-grass literature are now at
the command OF the reading public OF
Texas.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25
Clay County Democrats

me Democrats of Clay county meet
IN convention tomorrow. No man
who knows aught of the situation has
u doubt that Clay county favors the
abrogation OF the lease laws of the
state. All tho opposition there is to
free grass ocnters in the town of Hen.
rie'ta' and this opposition Is organized
to defeat the will of the people Inv
political management. TurGAzr1rr
eounSels the free-grass majority of Clay
70 stand firm and not be hoodwinked
into an expression OF sentiment hostile
10 their views. Agree on some free.
grass man for chairman and vote for
no one else. Agree on the list of
peH Nnown free-grass men as delegates
10 houston and vote for no one else.
agree on the resolution opposing the
land lease laws and vote for no other
free grass has a majority in Clay and
,'s voice should not be silenced. Ifit
49, iet an outraged people speak at the
polls where no shrewdness can silence
the voice ofthe people,
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

THE general verdict OF the press on
the Greedy expedition is that II will
be well to let the North pole alone un-
til mechanical science can devise some
means of reaching 1t other than by
ship. Perhaps Convnander Cheyne's
air.sbip theory may yet be made pos
sible-Ii not In this generation in "A
subsequent one. At all events it il
certain that meteorological science,
which inspires Arctic exploration, has
not yet been benefited thereby at
least TO compensate for the loss of life
and suffering inseparable from these
explorations.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

actual settler, as even lie will and does
acknowledge did he suppose that the
proper remedy was to give TO the man
who had fenced In the commons ille-
gally the right to fence it in legally ?
Yet that is what the legislature did,
and what Mr.. Templeton now indorses.
Jones had no legal right to fence Smith
Off the commons, but he did 1t never
theless. Smith naturally complained,
and to remedy the evil the legislature
gave to Jones the right to fence Smith
Off legally.
Jones had no legal right under the
old law to say to the would-be actual
settler: You shall not come on this
school land" The next friend of the
would-be actual settler went to the
legislature with his complaint and the
legislature righted the wrong bygiving
to Jones the legal right to say: "Keep
Off or pay tribuien
Yes The settler can now go inside
of Jones' barbed.wire fence, but he will
not do 1t. He had the legal right to
go inside before the lease law was
passed, but wouldn't do 1t. Nor will
he do it, Mr.. T'empleton, nor would
you do it, nor would you honestly ad-
wise your friends TO do it, even though
the law does say to them, ZONES
lease is subject to a sale to you, if you
wish to buy"
Mr., Templeton argues that not so
much, so dreadfully much of the COM
mons is being taken up, ergo, there IS
no use complaining. That is hot the
point at all as we see it. In former
articles on this subject we have given
the facts and figures which disprove
those offered by Mr.. Templeton, and
to our facts and figures we refer
our readers. What we complain
of is that the law gives the right
to parties to goblhe up the commons in
lafge bodies, by lease, and to tie it up
for long term of years. This fact is
known, and the result is that the
would be ac'ual settler who was on
his way to these commons, or prepar-
ing to come to them to grow up with
the country, does not come to make
his home in a section where he Is liable
at any moment to have all the COM
mons around him gobbled by Jones
or some other man. There Is the
trouble. What we ask for, Is, that
this danger shall be removed, and
actual settlers will move on to the
commons by the tens of thousands.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

gains, and at little outlay OF labor and
capital, by putting in a melon patch
of few acres. They will sell, al
though the market sometimes gets
overstocked, and they bear rail ship
ment even better than the peach. 1t
IL to these diversified industries Of
field, orchard aud garden that the
South must look IA auxiliaries Of pros
perity. They have been neglected too
much in the past.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1884-07-25

THERE la very important issue le-
tween Mr.. Walsh and his fugleman
the Houston Post. The Post, in an al
tempted reply to The GAZETTE, states
that the lease law went into effect in
July, 1889, and contends that the ill.,
crease in values in Texas tncc that
time is to the credit of thaxaw-or, at
least tiny the law has n9Iniured the
state. to the questly of when the
bate 1t is IA well-knjwn fact that the
law dliowi"g the Easing of school
lands was dead LEI Ter until last Jan
uary. This is W.. Walsh's plea.
dressed the question, 'Has the leas-
hfgof school land retarded settle
ment?" to Mr.. Walsh, and that gem
tleman, replying to him under date of
June y, 1854, said;
It's impossible to answer this question o,r
the reason that leasing only began January
l. ISL seven months ago. and its effects ON
settlement cannot be determined.
The GAZETTE RENTS the settlement
OF this question to Mr.. Walsh and the
Post One says 1t Is, the other says It
isn't. IL is either so or not so, and Mfr
Walsh or his organ is very much at
iault. Let the CALLED lease advocates
vince our free'grass withers are un-
wrung.