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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
THE WINTER PALACE.
Years Expended in Completing This
Abode of Russian Royalty.

From the 81. Petersburg NoUoe Vremva.
The Winter Palace, although construct
ed by the Empress Elizabeth, was not
completed until Peter III. assembled the
throne, and the square in front of it was
still covered with the shops and huts of
the workmen. Heaps OF stone, bricks and
rubbish obstructed the approaches to the
palace. In order to clear the place Baron
Kortf, who then filed the post of chief OF
police at st. Petersburg, proposed to the
Emperor to give permission to the poor
inhabitants to carry away these unused
materials. The plan pleased the Empe-
ror n orders were Immediately given to
carry it out. The Emperor witnessed
from his windows the operation, which
was completed by the evening. The EN-
perOr ON installing himselfin his new nal
ace occupied the part looking on the
square and the corner of the Millionnaia.
Ihis portion OF the palace bore the name
OF the King Of Prussia's apartments. The
occupation OF the palace was accompanied
by no extraordinary ceremony, The
rooms occupied by Peter had been deco
rated by the architect -Tchevakinsky, a
pupil OF Bastrelli, and the flooring and
guided cornices were brought from Italy.
Peters bedroom WAS in the extreme wing.
and beside it was his library. Above the
entrance door he caused a gallery to be
constructed, which he turned into his
working cabinet and furnished at n cost
OF more than $500 rubies. The Empress
Catharine occupied the rooms afterward
known by the name of the Empress Marie
Feodorovna. The day the court occupied
the Winter Palace april :, 1852, was
marked by the conservation OF the palace
church, under the name OF the Resurrec-
ton. Later on, in 1863, on the occasion
OF an ancient image OF Christ being re-
moved to the church, it was oOnsecrated
atresh by order of Catherine ii, as that Of
the Saviour. The establishment OF the
interior and the furnishing of the palace
were continued under Peter and only
completed by Catherine. The total out
lay up to the year 1868 was estimated at
1922, O2O ru0les, or about 9400, 900. The
principal director Of the works in the in
terror was the celebrated amateur, Jean
Betky. In 1857 the annex of the palace
destined TO be the Hermitage was COM
menced, the architect Delamotte, being
Entrusted with lts execution. This build
ing, Oblong in shape, extended from the
MilliOnaia to the quay. -Four years later
a second building was erected on a plan
OF the architect FELTON,. In 1850 several
fresh wings were added, and the Empress
ordered the architect Guaraughi to build
a theatre, which was at the latest to be
completed by August, 1884. The same
architect erected the arch connecting the
Hermitage with the theatre ard with the
part of the palace containing the Raphael
galleries. In 1856 the marble gallery ICON
tanning the hall of St. George and the
throne room was commenced, and in
1894 a superb throne was placed in the
former. This throne was the masterpiece
of the architect StarOw.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
COFFINs IN GAY COLORs.
A Down-East Town Wherein the Hearse
is q Pretty Red Wagon.
From TIC Lewiston, Me-, Journal.

From the Lel0iSt0n, Me-, Journal.
While riding with q friend through a
town in Lincoln county, not long ago,
we came upon a small shop curlously
decorated with waves Of paint of different
colors. The front looked as though the
occupant of the shop, whenever he wished
to test a newly mixed color, dipped his
brush into it and then wiped the brush on
the outside of the building. In this way
or some other he had produced a rude
rainbow, the hues dissolvIng into each
other where one brusnruI of paint had en-
croached upon the margin of its predeces-
sor.
''That is an undertaker's shop" said
my friend, land those are the cOlors in
which he paints his collins. He splashes
these samples on the outside of the build
ing IN order that he may see how they
look himself, and also n friends Of the
departed may pick out the color they
want"
"What"
eyes. Nearly all the people in this lit
tie town who have died during the past
ten years have been buried in col
ored cofins. Light blue is the favOrite
tint here for children and orange the pre-
vailing shade for old people. You see,
this is one of the most retired villages in
the State, and he is the only undertaken
anywhere near here. The people have
got used to his notions, and now they
rather like the painted cOdins. One Old
fellow got Disguised and took a solemn
oath that this undertaken should never
make a coffin for him. SO he drove TO
Augusta while he was yet in this and OF
the living and had himself measured for
a oofiu. The coffin Was made and he
carried it home. He tried his best to In
duce mis- wife TO have her coffin made, too.
She said it was ridiculous
the idea of having your coffin
made before you were dead!-and
plumply refused to be measured. This
made the old man 80 mad that he threat
ened to sue for a divorce, and be and the
old lady had many a jar after tha;, al
though they had previously lived in peace
and content. The old IA put his c0fhr
in the barn and used it To keep his yellow
eyed beans in. In the course OF time h.
died and was prepared for the grave. INT
yellOw-eyed beans were turned out OF tn
coffin, and an endeayOr was made to pu
the old gentleman into II. They iounf
that his body after all WAS so large that 1
could not be squeezed into the conn,
They had to patronize their undertaken ~
spite Of the enmity existing between MIN
and the late lamented. They tried TO gel
him to swap one of his cofins for the old
gentleman's Augusta purchase, put thls
the undertaken positively refused to DO,
and insisted on being paid cash down for
the coffin"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
THE BROTHER-IN-LAW."
Chicago Conductors Invent an Ingeni-
Gus System for "KnOcking-DOwn."

Chicago Invent an Ingeni-
Ous System for "KnOcking-DOwn."
From the CAicago Inter- ocean.
For some time past several OF the con-
ductors of the West Division Railway
Company have been under suspicion Of
knocking down" fares. Last evening
Charles Frank Nagl, superintendent of
the three divisions of the COM
pany, picked out one of the sus-
pected conductors, who was on the Mil
waukee avenue line, and with two detec-
tiYes followed hum On his last trip to the
barn.
AS soon as he alighted from his car he
was called into the Office and Mr.. Nagl
surprised him with a demand ''for that
bell under your vest" Peters at first pre-.
tended to be utterly ignorant of what was
meant. He was then ordered to open his
vest and replied that he would not. he
was told that it would be useless to pre-
tend ignorance or refuse to obey the de-
mands made upon him, as there were de-
tectiVes present who EneW OF the scheme
that he had been carrying on and would
arrest him. He still protested, and Mr..
Nagl then took hold of him and opened
his vest.
There disclosed In the presence Of seven
|AbhCooNo W&O q &uOC VI mdGuluH
which is known us ''the brother-in-law.v
1t is a bell, inolosed in a piece of perfo-
rated zinc or other metal, with a wire
chord attached, at the end Of which is a
brass button, similar to those on the reg
ulation uniform of conductors. "The
brother-in-law" is worn under the vest.
which when closed gives the button at
tached to the cord a very innocent and
harmless appearance.
To those who do not suspect the trick
the button would, Of course, attract no
attention. The conductor who cultivates
the acquaintance of the "brother-in-lawO
wears, as other conductors do, the usual
bell-punch in fun view Of the passenger.
When the car is crowded, and while
appearing to register fares OF passengers
on the platforms, the conductor pulls his
''brother-in-law's'' vest button, and a fare
is registered for the benefit OF his firm
and charged TO the desperate assets of the
company.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
IN THE KIDNEY
Expelled After Using DIR. David Ken.
nedy's ''FavOrite Remedy"
About Two Weeks.

One Of the most remarkable cases that has
ever been brought to the notice Of the public
is that of Mr. j. 5. Beach. Of Stone Ridge, VI
ster county, n. Y. Mr.. Beach HAD suffered
since Oct. IS, 1874, from the presence Of Calcu-
lus or Stone in the right Kidney. No less
than seven physicians We're employed at diff
ferent times, to whom Mr.. Beach paid hum
dreds of dollars for medical treatment, with
only temporary relief from his agony.
By the argent solicitations of ans friends he
was induced to try DR.. David kenuedy's "Fa-
vorlte Remedy" and experienced a marked
improvement from the first day he began to
use the medicine. On the nth )f September
he vOIded a stone as large az could be passed
through the natural channel.
Mr.. Beach concludes a long letter to DR..
Kennedy by saying: SIT Will always afford
me pleasure TO recommend he 'Favorite
Remedy to those who may be suffering from
difficulties OF the Kidneys and Bladder, or any
disorders arising from an impure state OF the
blood.
WILLIAM McKNEW, 1874 Tayette street,
Baltimore. Md. says: Il believe 'Favorite
Remedy is a good medicine. IL Is doing me
more good h anything l ever tried, and l
have tried almost everything. for / am a suf-
ferer from dyspepsia While '.Favorite
Remedy Is a specific in S~tomachand Bladder
diseases, 1t is equally valuable in cases of bill
lious disorders. Constipation of the Bowels
and all the class OF ILL., apparently insepara-
bic from the constitutions Of women,
Price, 81: Sin BOTTLES. s..
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
AN OLD NOTION REVIVED.
What Mr.. Torch Hopes to Accomplish
With "a Curious Little Boat.
From the Washington Post

From The Washington Post.
A curious little boat, 40 feet long, has
been built by Conrad f. Bennett, and
launched from his wharf at the foot of
West Eleventh street, fitted with a new
kind OF propelling gear. The latter is the
invention of Christian Woroh, of 921
Seventh street, and, if his hopes are real
lied, ships are to advance in speed, while
the cost of propelling them actually de-
creGses.
"More than half Of the power of a
steamboat boiler" said Mr.. Worch to a
reporter, sis at present wasted. For in
stance, the paddle-wheel of a steamer
travels over 80 miles an hour, while the
ship does not make a forward speed of
more than Is, and, perhaps, notthat much.
You see the wheel does not get a sufficient
grip Of the water. Most of the power OF
the paddles is exhausted in pressing the
water down while descending and lifting
the water up while rising again. Tn
waste of power with the screw propeller
is even greater. think" said Mr.. Worch,
confidently, "taat l have solved the prob
lem"
The little DO. which he has had built at
Benefits wharf for the purpose Of the
experiment has two wheels on each side,
a 6-foOt one in front and another. fleet in
diameter, placed AZ some distance aft.
The paddles, or water-pushers, instead of
being fastened TO the driving wheel, are
hrmly fixed upon two endless wire ropes,
which run in the grooves around the two
wheels. The revolution Of the big wheel,
which is to be turned by the engine,
causes the ropes carrying the water
pushers to move around the two wheels,
so that each water-pusher, instead OF
rising with the front wheel al
most as soon as it dips and wasting
most OF its force in sinking and rising,
and making a whirlpool against itself, is
drawn Though the water by ana to Ike
rear wheel, and its whole force is in this
way utilized in pushing the water back,
aud therefore in %propelling the ship for
ward.
By an arrangement of three wheels in
stead of twO-the large driving-wheel at
the middle of the ship and the smaller
ones tore and aft-the invention can be
made available for ferry steamers that
make no distinction OF bow and stern.
The inventor claims that the invention
will be a great advantage 10 canals, be-
cause with it there is little or no disturb
ance of the water to endanger the banks.
He also expects TO have it adopted for the
United States cruisers, where speed is the
cbief desideratum. He reckons that this
invention applied 10 ocean steamers will
increase the speed from Is to % miles an
hour, with half the engine power, which
can be produced with perhaps one tenth
partOt the fuel now used. Many expert
n|avigatOrs have examined the invention
and share in the inventors expectations.
Cranks are being attached to enable the
gear t0obe set in motion by hand on the
experimental boat, and there Will prOba-
bly, be a trial trip on the Potomac next
Monday.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
BURNsIDE's GUSHING MoDEsrY
Thoughtful for Others and Willing to
shoulder His own Faults.
From "a North Amerioan Rarinan-

From tho North American ReUiea1.
Three times was Gen. Burnside offered
the command Of the Army Of the Poto
mac, and three times with unaffected diff.
6lence he declined. Finally it was
PRESSED upon him by positive orders, and
e could no longer, without insubordina.
ION, refuse 1t. In addressing Gen. Hal
eek, after his appointment, he said:
Had ] been asked to take it., l should
ave declined; but being ordered, l cheer
ully obeyed."
He was a frank, brave. generous man.
laid a soldier who knew him well:
when victory crowned his efforts. and
congratulations poured In upon him, his
cpl, always was that the laurels did not
1elOIg 10 him, but 10 his brother officers
md b the sraye soldiers.
WIN a disaster befell him. be at ono
%telegnphed to his government:
9TH fault is mine. The entire respOn-
sibilit of failure must rest on my
sb0uldrs." -
lmmiiately after his victory at Roa-
noke is,rd he had occasion TO make a
hurriedrip TO Washington.
A friej. who by a happy chance was
AZ the Nita House when Gen. Burnside
tNilcA AifA1 Ms iteINtin W IItNlNHNt
Lincoln, Did me that "thG meeting was a
grand sictacle." He said that the two
staiwart men rushed into each others
arms, guns they warmly claspod each
other fer 9me minutes "they wept like
w0me1 iniheir joyous agitation" When
gen. BlrRide was about 10 leave for his
MOTEL ut President inquired:
els here anything. my dear General,
that l,an cofor you ="
''Ye! yes' was the quick reply, "and
am Cad 20 asked me that question.
My three B~yadiers, you know, glori-
Gus felOws-terything depended upon
them. tou kno\-and they did their duty
30 grardlyl-on Mr.. President, We owe
40 much to them should 50 much love
when ! 20 BACK Wake them their promo
TONS"
"It shall be zone was Mr.. Lincoln's
hearty response ah on the instant the
promotions were olNed aud Gen. Burn
side had the pleasuIS taking back 9th
him to Fosters hsh9 Parke their CON-
missions as MAJOR NeAals. J.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
wHEREMINTIE PATTERSON HID
A story of Anti-Bellum Times when
slaves were Bought and Sold.

Slaves were Bought and Sold.
The fredericksburg (Md.) Courier, in an
nouncing the death Of Mintie Patterson,
a well. known colored woman, at the age
OF y, tells the following story: Mintte
was a former slave. and in her young
days, when she was the property OF one
Peter Stack, and being rather comely and
Of a light color, stack had little difficulty
upon a certain occasion, in dlsposing Of
her TO a Southern trader at a good price.
Stacks wife, however, was opposed to
Mantle being sold 10 20 South, and adj
vlsed her 70 and aided her in secretlnZ
herself from the purchaser. Upon calling
for her aud finding that she had disal-
peRred, this person, 10 u related, became
very much chagrined, and with the AID OF
hired assistants secured the nelghbor.
hood tor days Ia search OF her, without
success. Mintie Is said 70 nave observer
them from her hiding place IN the Ioltoi ah
adjoining out-building, and more ihau
once to have supposed they %oulu cci,
tainly discover her, but they did not, D
the chase was given up upon STACK re-
funding tho purchase money paid over lot
her. Then IL WAS that the late Danicl
Cannon negotiated with Stack Tor her
purchase "as she run"-thAt Is be took
his chance OF finding her. She soon AFTER
became one OF Mr.. Cannon's family ana
remained his property up 20 his dealh, ana
was held In nigh regard by The entire
household, the children especially, ~
much so that at the sale OF Mr.. Cannon's
personal estate, when Mintie was 'put
up" by the consent and wishes OF me
heirs, Mr.. CannOn's children, Minute
bought her slime" for the nominal sum
OF IS, and thus became a free woman
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
BradGeld's Female Regulator

IS a purely vegetable compound. and is only
for the FEMALE sen. For their
peculiar diseases it is an absolute
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01

All the furnaces we saw coke the coal
at THE furnace, though 1t was said that
coke could be furnished at 81 % per ton.
Tie labor, including the cOking of the
coal is yari0usly estimated, but the most
accurate information places it at 81 to
81 50 per ton Of IRON. AS at Admission,
the negro labOTers are paid 75c. to 81
per day. The ore is not roasted, but goes
directly from the stOok-house to the 1ur-
mace.
Northern furnace men estimate 50 70
per ton for labor and making repairs as
The cost of making pig.iron with all the
materials laid down in the s~tock-hOuse.
a. ~. Lnnt. ~. -La-rIl Lnnra.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01

-~-
WOMEN!
Read what the Great Methodist
Divine and Eminent Ply
stefan Says Of
DR.. J. B%RADFIELD'S
Female Regulator
ATLANTA. Eel

ATLANTA, GA, Feb. 20. 1854.
DR.. j. BRADFIELD: Dea ~Sir-SOme ff-
teen years ago / examined the recipe of
Female Regulator, and carefully studied au-
thorities in regard to its components, ana then
las well as now pronounced it to be the most
scientific and skillful combination " the really
reliable remedial vegetable agents known to
science, to act directly on the womb and
uterine organs, and the organs and parts
sympathizing directly with these; and. there
fore, providing a specific remedy for all dis
eases Of the womb. and of the adjacent organs
and parts. Yours truly,
JESSE BORING, MD, d. ID.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
INDIGESTION CURED.

L suffered for more than hVe years with in
digestion, scarcely able to retain the sim Dlest
food on my stomach. The burning sensation
was almost inJolerable, and my whole system
was deranRed. / was Wakeful and could not
sleep, and consequently more or less nervous
all the time. | declined in flesh. and suffered
all the usual depression attendant upon this
terrible disease. In a word | was miserable.
At last, failing to find relief in anything else,
l commenced the use of Swift's specific. |
began to improve at once. The medicine
toned up the stomach. strengthened the diges-
tive organs, ana soon all that burning ceased,
and | could retain food without difficulty.
Now my health IS good, and can eat anything
IN the shape Of food, and digest it without the
slightest difficulty. / most cheerfully bear
this testimony, because there are hundreds
suffering as was, and / am sure they can be
as readily healed. Take the prescribed dose
after eating, instead of before.
JAMES MANN,
No. IA Ivy Street, Atlanta, Ga.
MAY 13, 1885.
For sale by all druggists.
Treatise on BLOOD and SKIN Diseases mailed
iree. THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
n. Y, l57 W. 23d ct. Drawer 3. Atlanta, Ga.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01

|erents5 Diphtheria. RsverG, Malaria
ilum the use ofReed &Carnrick,s
oonnenn lpochlorite (Disnfactant y
eiatlon Iueo by the Public teeItb A.
tants Ss superior 10 ali cher disin-
aere. sea9S germicides. sdd every
'eet New Yd ISF pamphlet, 10 Fulton
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
HOW SHE GOT EVEN.
seosed Wife Goes on a Frolic for a
week ~ C0ney Island.

~ Cohey Island.
From t1s Ven Yeyh Wor,5
'tlaIl children seated around the
b. ', liable and crying for their NAM
rg 'le sight that met David Falden-
gaze on the both INST.
asbq,I your mammag' he asked.
II +. oan5S 'ue said the eldest child.a girl
|asr3sII I' sne iet this for you.V and she
Odd -W' " note. 10 ran ~ follows:
Bon roIj wv expect me 10 believe the story
|slUe. ni last night about being snn.
Etsls qua lald up fora week ar tha ~
zen ON, ulNn Z believe a word. You've
pour bsrt cumming tgaln. ] looked at
n1igbt a,3 5'0A WING You were sleeping
Pm eo,peU y, st" tht you took out $75,
n%edciBes 1--WE }ol a dose Of your own
ea Isr we nadthe care OF the chill.
I've wees. AMI now Pll let Won do
n ,aaeu only 80 out OF the bank and
ave y ~ stay away for a week ana
er yoY r.g.u.i Tine. DON'T look for ma
aa,s,l wlGiives in Jersey CITY
1alsa '1 l0f his mother ana ieft no
d. vlt ''Fe While he went to look
sarI lie fond her at Conev
9qe. o.0lY AND he ordered her
BE- Was 1Aiu ste would return when
'lsit Man, eheoame 20 this city and
M er.ta Cut AZ No. SO Bayard street.
roW,t sbes Won't le up until to.mor.
e9lss.ed r'!ed toner husband when he
he caid ugr 10 cone home with him.
vent wiz policeman McManus, who
4udler.os sAe couple TO the Tomba.
oafeio9f' itsss were preferred and thew
Ieonrsti u.lr Woes 10 Justice Power.
calfs1s.l 'ne husband and dismissed
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
n CAUTION I~&a

The country is flooded with quac1
nostrums, containing IRON and
other injurious ingredients, which
claim to cure everything-even
Female Complaints. We say to you,
aVE1eEEENn7nxsA5AE13x2E1wsE8
If You value your life, Beware Of all
naelhdaaAHnes tsazsn
such!
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-09-01
sPEcIEIcI

Sold by all druggists. Send for our treatise
on the Health and Happiness of Women,
mailed free, which gives all particulars.
The BRADFIELD REGULATOR co.,
Box Is, Atlanta, Ga.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-04-11
G. W. Macfarlane Il Go.

Also ofe 70 sale
Carife Flat Coolers Tipping Coolers Wagons Wnce
Chain Blocks to lift 10 90 80
Rubber Pumps Steel SIeep and
Clutch Bolts for Portable Track Springs Spikes Plate
Layers, Spares and Tools Hammers longs Files
and they would call
and Thermometers, imported specially for boiling
Also to few samples of Iron Fence Railing.
Estimates furnished for machinery application
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1885-04-11
serious Accident.

Mr. James Castle. of Messrs. Castle d
Cookies store, on King street, met with a
serious and painful accident yesterday. "A
little after o'clock p. M, after the doors
and shutters OF the store had been closed,
Mr.. Castle, with some of the other clerks,
was going the rounds with lamp to see
that all was safe. While passing through
the rear room on the right of the store, he
did not notice that the elevator we'll was
open, and fell through into the cellar be-
meath. Fortunately the distance was not
very great-about seven feet-but as it was
he sustained a severe fracture of the bones
of the left leg between the knee and the
ankle.
Mr.. Myron Jones ran to his assistance,
aud found that the lamp Mr.. Castle had
been carrying was broken. The escaping
kerosene became ignited and the fire was
communicated to some loose straw lying on
4he floor of the cellar. This was promptly
extinguished, after which Mr.. Jones was
able to give aid to Mr.. Castle. DR.. McGrew,
who had been telephoned for, soon after
arrived and set the fractured limb, after
which he accompanied the injured man 70
his home, where he was made as comfqrt-
sble as possible.