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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
A Lineman,s AdYenture.

'DO you ever get a shock of electricity
! when you have occasion to touch the
/ Wires?"
''Lors, yes! l was knocked silly onct
While ! was mendin' wires out in Nebras-
ka. In them days they didn't know how
hain't got no Idee what pile of lightnin'
them 0ld-fashiOned batteries wasted.
When a man is swetin' or wet with rain
the wires II give him all he can stan.
now / tell ye."
Chow do you account for that peculiar
/ humming sound sometimes heard on the
wires?'
''When the wind blows it sets a tight
wire to singin'. You never heered slack
wire MARBLE that way. In the winter time
the wires is contracted by the cold, and
then Teller can have a free concert all
along the line.o
''Were you ever climbing poles in a for
est infested with wild animals?'
No one seemed to have been in the midst
of a natural menagerie, and the reporter
was about to take his leave when the old
veteran in the corner concluded to relate
one of his experiences.
Il think it was in ga or IS. / was
workin' for a railroad company in Illinois
at the time. On the day Lincoln was shot
the wires broke in what was known as
BiXePs woods, so me and another man
wuZ sent down to repair 'em. or course,
they wanted it done right of, cause they
he'd to. use wires. Jim, the Teller with
me, took sick bout noon and had to go
home, leayin' me alone in them dark
woods to mend the wires. About dusk l
got through with the job, and, Moses!
didn't the lightning snap! They wuZ so
anxious to telegraph bout Lincoln's bein'
shot, yer know. AS | was startin' to come
down the pole happened to look down on
the ground under and / IN animal
with glarin' eyes crOuchin' there. 1t was
a panther-the biggest | ever seed. |
thought | would wait while before gong
down. | craWled up to the crOss-arms
agin and waited till the moon came out.
The panther waited too. / had no pistol
with me; my only weapon wuZ a common
jackknife. All this time the electricity
WuZ pOurin' over them wires at a great
rate. l could almost imagine what the
messages wuZ sayin' about the martyred
President, but thought a deVilish sight
more bout that panther growing and
scratchin' the base of the pole. Every
time his nails scraped it sent a chill up my
back like man has in the fever. Time
went on; L was aWfully nervous, but l
made up my mind that something had to
be done. So l cut the wires, jined on some
more, takin' mighty good care not to
touch 'em with my bare hands, and finally
lowered piece through which somebody
was trying to send fourteen messages to
onct. May be you think it want right
Tor me to cut them wires at sech crisis,
but it wuZ all as saved my hide, and don't
yer forget it. l felt sorry cause had to do
it-but thar wuz no other way. stuck the
wire right in that panther's mouth. He
tried once Or twice to spit it out and paw
ed feebly, but it did the business.
iabbed it down his throat, and Ive always
thought sense he died from paralysis of
the heart.''
Ibid you fix the wires afterwards?"
Eyes, sir; and when the superintendent
of the road heard Of it he raised my pay
SO more month";"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
TITLED MARRIAGES.
Some of the Philadelphia Girls Who
Have Married Foreign NObIemeB.
Db,1v.J,T,Es.


The recent presence at the Assembly of
two foreign Princes and the attentions
they paid to Philadelphia ladies recall
some OF the numerous titled peTsOnages
who have made similar visits as well as
some who have met Philadelphia bellies
travelling abroad and been unable to
withstand their charms. Some recent
cases, notably that Of a granddaughter of
Mr.. Harlan, who married a German no
bleman, and of Miss Smith, who married
the Baron Won Frlesen, are fresh in mem
ory. Miss Bingham, a daughter of
William Bingham, married Lord Ashbur-
ton. Miss Mcknight, of BOrdentOWn, who
spent much of her time in Philadelphia.
married the Count de BOuXhOuYden, of
Russia. Miss Mexican, who married the
Marquis GYrupO, was a relative of Mr..
Thomas Mexican, of Twentieth and Wal
nut streets. Count Diesbach won as his
bride not many years ago Miss Meta Nc
Caull, a daughter Of Henry McCaull,
who married Miss Wilcox. 1t was a Miss
Cadwalader, of Philadelphia, who mar
ried the late Lord Erskine. Miss Ridge
way, of Philadelphia, is now the Marquise
de Clancy, and quite a long time ago one
OF the Murats, the famous Lucien, mar
ried Miss Fraser, of this city. The Coun-
tess CALI, who was Miss Roberts, and the
Countess de Calry, who was Miss Abbott
before marriage, are both residing in the
city.
Although there are three or four more
large balls yet to come before Lent. dane
ing parties, Germans and private balls
are on the increase, so that it seems that
increase of appetite comes with what it
feeds upon" The bellies of Philadelphia
are what are known as dancing girls"
and not only begin young but keep it up
late IN lite. There are more dancing mar
ried women to the square inch in Phila-
delphIa and more young old girls who trip
1t nlmbly whenever they can get partner
than any Otherplace where dancing looms
into prominence as fine art. 1t is the
custom here before any large ball for
ladies who have grown a little rusty to
"brush up" little, AID accordingly they
have recourse to the dancing master. The
day before the last Assembly q most pro-
nOunced ''Old girl'-she was fifty years
old if she was a day-entered the domain
of fashionable teacher and told him in a
grand way, with great deal of manner,
that he must ''cOnsider himself engaged
to practice with her for the Assembly and
''the interview must be secret" Wine
ing at his hard luck, the professor went
at it. Alter a dozen turns about the large
practice-rOOm had been made the wrinkled
and venerable belle began to enjoy her
lesson. Easter" she said; 'Ecan't you
do the gallop step? You don't pull me
around enoughW "Madam," said the
perspiring and desperate professor, sit
will be So extra for me to pull you around
any more than / am doing" ''All right"
she said, and the extra sum was paid
without a murmur. A gentleman who
came in quietly also to practice was wit
ness of it all. The same gentleman saw
the ancient belle at the Assembly with
huge bouquet, but in vain she waited for
partners-nOt one came to ''pull her
around"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
RIFLES FOR PARLoR PRACrICE
Those of American Manufacture Supe-
riOr-UsefuI as Cat Annihilators.

Those of American Manufacture Supe-
riOr-Useful as Cat AnnihiiatOrs.
Ne10 York Sun.
'Parl0r rifles are sought for nowadays
said the manager Of sPOrtsman's goods
store ''and there are many patterns TO
choose from
s-HOw many fiud ready sale?'
''Maybe . dozen. The most popular
parlor rifle is a light piece with an Octago-
nal barrel having a bore measuring D
100ths Of an inch in diameter. 1t can
shoot either a small ball cap or the very
small powder cartridge used in pistols.
The bail cap consists of a little copper
shell, one-quarter of an inch long, which
has in it little illuminate Of mercury.
and driven in at the open end is a b shot
The discharge Of the ball caps are noise
less, which makes the rifle particularly
good for house practice. and there is no
smoke. The rifles have eXtractors for
throwing out the exploded shells. They
were first made in France, but the demand
for them has so increased that several
American firms have started in to make
them. Strange as it may seem, not one
parlor rifle IN fifty has the makers name
on it,
"Are these American rifles as good as
those of foreign make?'
'-Ehey are much BETTER
Do the illuminate or nOiseless cart
ridges cary with any etiect?"
Yes, indeed. l have killed Il cat at 100
feet distance with one shot. These rifles
are famous for killing cats. Many per-
sons buy them for that purpose only. All
you nave to do is to poke out the barrel
through the crack of a window shutter,
get your aim, and pull the trigger. If you
take good enough aim you Kill YOUR cat
quietly, and if the cat chances to be in a
neighbours yard, you are also saved the
L % an ElE~r Of NJ,
y hat do these rifles cOst"
anywhere from 50 up. For So or 81
you can buy as good a rifle as anybody
ought to care for. They have vanished
walnut stocks and blued barrels. The
sights are excellent. The ball caps, or
Illuminate cartridges, as they are some
times called, cost sixty cents for a box of
$50. The ball caps, / think, We're first
made IN Germany, but those of American
manufacture are now the best in the
world"
what are the other kinds of parlor
rifies?"
some lately invented shoots a small
shot, which IS introduced in the barrel
near the stock end. A common percussion
cap fits on nipple opening into the bar
rel ana the explosion Of the cap drives
the shot. The force is not very great
There are any number of air guns, some
OF which shoot little bullets and some
shoot darts. Air rifles are not very accu-
rate, as it is hard to give the missile force
enough to prevent it dropping, if the tar
get IS at distance. Some of them are
very expensive"
How about parlOr pistOls?"
They are made, but there is not the
sale for them that there is for the rifles.
They cost from 81 up. You see, it is much
harder to shoot we'll with a pistol than it
IS with rifle, and as a rule people like to
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
LONG AGO.


7 sit beside the sinking fire,
Watch the weird faces in its glow;
All through the night should not tire
But they have faded, long ago.
Adjust to dust the last repose-
Ashes to ashes!-well know
How surely this hath been with those,
Those whom 1 loved, so long ago.
How surely this with me viii be!
From every petty JOY and woe,
From faucied slight. from Jealousy,
Made free and safe-ah long ago.
And vet may some things with us stay;
As. on the waters, lilies blow
fu white and green-just as they lay
fu white and green, so long ago.
tTis pleasant now to thiuk-"Perhaps
In memOry's light ones face may glow
"Out upon time r'-for all things lapse
10 that sad, dreary long ago.
But when I'm dead. don't M0U forget
Thou whom / used to treasure so;
) 20 may one tear thine cYelid wet,
Because ] loved thee-lCng ago.
Tll5 y9Ts Rgg-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
WONDERFUL, BUT ITS A FACT!
Great Reductions: Great Reductions

IT Is WONDERFUL, THE GREAT REDUC-
TONS WE ARE MAKING IN PRICES OF
CLOTHING, BUT OUR FALL AND WINTER
GOODS MUST GO TO MAKE ROOM FOR OUR
SPRING STOCK, WHICH WE SHALL RE-
CEIVE IN FEW WEEKS. II WILL PAY
YOU To BUY CLOTHING NOW TO CARRY
THEM OVER UNTIL NEXT FALL AND WIN
TER. WE HAVE OVERCOATs, SUITS, CAssI-
MERE PANTS, ETC, IN CLOTHING. HATS
IN VARIETY OF STYLES AND PRICES. IN
DERWEAR IN ALL PRICES. EARL & VIII
son AND OTHER COLLARS AND CUFFS.
NECKwEAR IN VARIETY. ALWAYS RE
MEMBER WE ARE THE AGENTS FOR THE
E'KING OF SHIRTS" THE BEST SHIRT IN
THE CITY FOR THE MONEY.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
The Jim-JaTns.

A correspondence of the New York World
tells all about the sensation produced by
jim-jams. This is the way he tackles the
subject: "Delirium tremens-shakes-
jim-jams? Yes, IYe had touches of them.
You want to know how it feels? I'll tell
you. You have been drunk maybe week,
maybe more. At last liquor ceases to ex-
cite, brace or tranquilize. You drink a
half pint Of brandy. 1t has no more eff
feet than so much water Then you are
close on the horrors. Food won't help
you; your stomach rejects 1t. Now your
punishment commences. You are weary
oh! SO Weary-but there is no rest. You
are tired of thinking, yet the brain will
think. You lie down, drop into doze
for a moment, and wake up with a shock,
as if touched by an electric wire. You
are covered with perspiratiOn. You get
up and walk the room, streets-walk,
walk, and then fling yourself down, pray
ing for few minutes sleep. All this Cor
days, with people about you, and through
nights. But no Chinese torturer en-
ployed in keeping some miserable c-imi-
nal awake until he dies was ever more
full of relentless vigilance than your
abused nerves. breads lndescribable seize
upon you. Your hands have a sensation
of being Of enormous size. They do not
look it. They feel it. Your head in like
manner feels as if enormously pulled out.
Then your breath comes spasmOdically
hot flashes strike at the region of the
heart; all the blood seems to rush in that
direction, and you fight aimlessly for life
and expect to fall dead. This is the COM
mencement of the horrors. Now YOU are
fixed for seeing rats and snakes and yer.
min.'
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
BALZAC's FIRST BOOK.
How a Publisher Dealt With Him After
Seeing His Surroundings.


Seeing His Surroundings.
When Balzac was at the beginning Of
his career and known only to the few who
had CHANGED upon his brilliant sketches
in the Paris newspapers. 1t so happened
that one of these sparkling etfusiOns fell
into the way ola Paris bookseller and was
published. The bookseller had, or thought
he had. from long experience, shrewd
idea Of what would take with the Partisan
public. He folded the paper and laid 1t
down with an air OfdecisiOn, saying as he
did so: II will offer that fellow three
thousand francs for a novel. l may have
to pay more. but I'll try three thousand to
start with Next morning the bookseller
started out to find Balzac. His quest took
him into an obscure street in one Of the
oldest and poorest parts Of the city. AS
he turned into the dingy thOrOughfare he
said TO himself as he looked about: "Ah.
indeed. he must be a plebeian; viii offer
him two thousand francs-nO MORE"
Somewhat weary, the bookseller at length
found the house; il was high, dingy and
not too clean. soho, l shall say fifteen
hundred" was his resolve as he crossed
the threshold. NJ. BalZac lived on the
fourth floor, and as his visitor climbed the
rickety stairs, 'FAha, a thousand francs;
not a sou more" was his mental deter
mination. But when he stepped into the
shabby room and saw young man dip
ping penny roll into a glass of water,
three hundred francs, just One-tenth the
sum first intended, was the offer that
sprang to his lips, and for this amount he
received the manuscript of what was
afterWard considered a masterpiece.
\ Pure and Effective Hair Dressing.
Cocaine, a compound Of COcOanut Oil,
beautIfes the hair and is sure to allay all
Itching and irritation Of the scalp.
TIE superiority Of Burnett's Flayoring
Extracts consists in their perfect purity
and strength.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
REGRET.


All! hapless man, why vainly moan?
Did'st not thyself fair youth dethrone?
Thy joys, Ike autumn leaves. are flown
And thou art left remorse alone.
This brightest crown of all the earth,
In home of kings, by humble hearth,
Too oft is sold for fevered mirth,
And thou art left to count its worth.
The strokes of passion can but mar;
Regret can ne'er eface the scar
That stands grim, unyielding bar
Tween what we hoped to be and are.
axe IrDed, Fla, FEB. 2, 1884.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
The RosadaIis.

ROsadalis is a sovereign remedy for all
diseases of the blood. 1t has no equal for
the cure of all nervous disorders. Read
this certificate: / would like to bear tes-
timony to the merits of ROsadalis, by say
ing that some eight years ago l was total
ly Frustrated and could get no relief from
our family physician, but after taking one
bottle of Rosadalis / became entirely re-
stored to health. L now weigh 175 pounds,
but when l first took your medicine |
weighed only $50. 1 cheerfully recon-
mend it to all, and especially to those af-
fiicted with nervous debility.
MRS. A. A. MARION, Baltimore, Nd.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
HORsFORD's ACID PHOSPHATE
In nob;Ii4x, from OverxUOrl..

DR.. G. w. Collins, Upton, Ind, says:
y used it in nervous debility brought on
by oyerwork in warm weather, with good
results
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10

Mr.. G.. II. Galpin, Wadley, Ca, says:
''My wife used Browns Iron Bitters for
weakness and debility with good effect"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
Wood andCoaI

For sale by R. B. Cassels. TAYLOR and East
Broad streets. Telephone No. U.-AdU.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
ZUbieIsy.
A GARDEN ROMANCE

CINCINNATI, June, 1880,
have carefully examined and anaIyzed your well
popular Whisky THISTLE DEW. The Whisky must be pro-
nOunced to be well matured and of excellent quality
soft and mellow to the taste and having fine bOquet The med
cal profession place full confidence III the purity quality
of the THISTLE DEW. a EENNEL
ANALYTICAL CONSULTING CHEMIST.
-. GUCH r n H EEIN1E r So SON.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-02-10
AN ANECDOTE FACTORY.
How a New York Firm Cracks Jokes and
Writes Obituaries to Order.

Passing down Vandewater street yes
terday, says the New York correspondent
of the Courier-JOurnal, a curious sign at
tracted my eye:
The Press., 1884-03-27
The New London Telegram has a col

The New London Telegram has col umn editorial on the quinine question, in which it says in regard to the proposed re- moval of the manufacture of the drug from Philadelphia to Baden in Germany 'It is cheaper to manufacture the drug there, not because labor costs less, but because it is cheaper to pay freight on tae man. ufactured article from Europe here, than it would be to bring over the crude brak and make it up in the United States. The question is purely one of transportation. Powers & Weightman establish factory in Germany so that they may buy their own bark at first hand, make the drug themselves and thus save the profit which otherwise they would have to pay to the European manufacturers. We take ex- captions to The Telegram's statement that "the question is purely one of transporta- tion, and adhere to our statement that the question is one of the price of labor. The workmen in the quinine factory have been forced out of employment, the cap- ital will go out of the country, and the people who buy the quinine will pay for eign labor. And all because quinine has gone on the free list.-H0rJord Post. -. ..s
 The most expensive kind of false hair is natural silver white. It is worth SIS or $20 an ounce, more than it's weight in gold Bleached white hair is worth only $3 an ounce. Natural hair of ordinary shades is worth from s5 to $2O pound, except the hair collected by ragpickers, which brings only from $1 to $3. The value of different colors of hair depends on the fashion. Yellow hair, not golden, is almost useless.
 Recently, 2 says the Portland Orego- nian, s'the sheriff of Walla Walla received two letters at the same time inquiring for long lost brothers. One of the lost broth CTS had been hanged a week before for the murder of the other lost brother
 The Conn. senate has refused to concur with the house in abolishing the factoriz- ing law.
The Press., 1884-03-27
SOM E RS.

Mrs. Henry H. Wolcott of this town has just returned in excellent condition from New York, where she has been for the last three weeks, under the care of the celebrated Dr. J. M. Qonins, for the re- moval of two cancers of the breast, and under the arm. The process has been per fectly successful.
 Courant:. A very hard case is that of J. c. Bond, the veteran stage driver, who has been prostrated by paralytic shock and is in deep poverty. He lost two sons in tho late war, who were members of the Eighth 0onneetiept volunteers. The ap- plication of his wife, Alaains Bond, for a pension has been rejected on the ground that she was not dependent upon them for support at the date of their death, as her husband was then able to, and did. SUD- port her by his own exeFtjona,
The Press., 1884-03-27
ELLINGTON.

Preaching at Square Pond next Sum- day at the usual hours by Ed. A. Morse.
 The Windermere mill is to be made more secure against fire, A full equip ment of sprinklers is being put in opera tion,
The Press., 1884-03-27

The six clubs entered for the Connecti- cut championship are: Hartford, Meri den, New Britain, Rockville, Waterbury and Willimantic. The schedule provides that each club shall play ten games, with each of the other clubs, so that in order to complete 1t each will have to play fifty games The season will open the 3d of May, with the following games Hartford vs. Meriden, at Hartford Rockville vs. Willimantic, at Willimantic New Britain Fs. Waterbury, at New Britain.
The Press., 1884-03-27
ROCKVILLE

Reg. and Mrs. s. B. Forbes and Mrs. George Maxwell and daughter are mem- bers of the excursion to Washington.
 ", c. Hammond closes his services as organist at the Second Church the present month to accept a similar position at the Pearl-st church in Hartford. Mir. Towne, organist at the Methodist church, succeeds MT. Hammond.
 : The Rockvilles expect to play the Springfelds, at Hyde Park, on Fast day, April II.
The Press., 1884-03-27

The Detroit Free Press claims that newspaper reporters, like poets, are born and not made An instance to back up the stateinent comes toA1ns from Ohioy where noble boy previous to a railway smashup, sat on the fence for two hours in the freezing cold, watching the broken rail, in order that he might carry the news to his father, who was the editor of the To- cal paper.
The Press., 1884-03-27
snrinofeld Republican .sUncle

Springfield Republican: "Uncle Josh Whitcomb" has been seen here many times by large audiences and must be tolerably we'll known by pretty much all of our thea ter-goers. He was greeted last night, how ever, by an audience which packed every part of the opera house long before the curtain rose, and was as responsive to the passing moods and quaint sayings of the player as if it were all new. This IS 8 tribute, not altogether to the character, for it is an exaggeration of type rather than an exact delineation, nor to the play, which can scarcely be called a play at all, and IS little more than sketch, series Of incl dents strung together without much rel evancy and little dramatic sequence. The attractiveness of Uncle Josh is due to the actor, the faithfulness of his concep- tion, the delicate finish of his portrayal, the exact nicety with which he realizes the spirit of the New England farmer, who IS upright in life, sturdy, independent, self reliant, somewhat dogmatic, but kind and gentle and generous at the core. Uncle Josh is put at times in unreal surround ings and made to do unlikely things !; but he does them as the New Hampshire or Vermont farmer would do them If they were to be done at all. He is natural, with the sort of upcouth gracefulness in his movement which comes from unconscious ness of self, as breezy and healthful as his native hills; and in all the little details of gesture, and movement and speech he IS true to the type he depicts. Indeed, sit uation aside, we have all seen and enjoyed just such men as the Uncle Josh MT. Thompson depicts so carefully. And this is the secret of his strong hold upon the New England popular fancy. MT. Thomp- son acted last night with his accustomed earnestness, and abandon. If he is suffer ing in body, as has been often said this winter, there was no evidence of it in his action.
 STAFFORD HOLLOW.
 There will be an orange race for la- dIes at Glovers skating rink next Wednes- day evening.
 Rev. J. J. Cooper will conduct ser vices at the Spiritualist Hall next Sunday at 5 p. m. Gospel hymn books used. All are welcome.
The Press., 1884-03-27

William Pratt, of Thompson, in Wind ham county, has won the championship of the county by saving five and half cords of four.fpot wood twice in twDi in ten hours.
The Press., 1884-03-27

TRY RICE & CO.'S ECLECTIC PILLS.
 1 Purely vegetable cathart1c and cholagogue No griping. Sure cure for iver stomach and all mala- rial diseases. Price, 25 cts. For sale by Re Ks TAFT, Stafford Springs.
The Press., 1884-03-27

It is expected that the next fast train between Boston and New York will be put on by the New York and New England road, and that it will endeavor by using the Air Line between Willimantic and New Haven to lessen the time to five hours be- tween the two cities