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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-25
A STORY OF TWO CENTS.
Return of Tramp After Thirteen
Years to Pay OF His Note.
From The Pitt86ur0 .Gasette

from tb6 1sN6OUTU .O0settos
Into small crack Of the ledge of the
toll window at the South-side end of the
Smithfield street bridge are firmly driven
two ordinary copper cents. They are tar
nished and dull and probably never are
noticed by the hundreds who daily pass
their pennies over them.
Yet these two cents have rather a ro-
mantle history, which was renearsed by
"Dick" Porter, the genial night collec-
tor.
This one," he said, pointing to one
whose edge was just visible, twas owed
to me tor thirteen years. In the spring of
1872 a man named Charles Henderson
came to me about 10 O'Clock at night and
said he wanted to cross the bridge, put
was busted He declared upon his
honor that he would pay me back the
cent. That's an old game, and if Pve
heard that promise once Ive heard it
thousand times.
81 never expected to get the cent, and
told him he could go over. He asked me
for O piece OF paper, and taking out his
pencil wrote his name at the end OF
note drawn in my favor tor one cent, pay
able at sight. The idea of giving note
for one cent struck me as rather amusing,
and instead Of throwing 1t down 1 put it
carefully away and then forgot all about
it.
zone night, about a year ago, a we'll
dressed gentleman came over the bridge
and stopped at my window.
"'Is there gentleman here named
Richard Brokawp heinquired.
81 told him that was my name.
"Well, Pve come TO pay note owe
you,' he said.
II thought the man must be crazy. l
couldn't even remember ever seeing him,
much less lending him any money. OBJ
serving my puzzled looks he sald
"'Do you remember one night thirteen
years ago a poor man came to you and
asked to pass him over the bridge be-
cause he had no money; then he gave you
note for one cent, signed Charles Hen
derson? Well, I'm Charles Henderson.
L want to pay you that cent with interest.
At the regular rate of interest for that
time the Interest would almost equal the
principal, so I'll just give you two cents.
"'A tier left you i beat my way on
freight trains to the West, where / went
bo work as a common laborer on the At
knson, Topeka and San Fe railroad. |
Iyas soon made section boss, and was
GRADUALLY promoted until now hold one
{ it's best offices. II you had not lent me
hat cent l could not have gone TO Pitts
urg, nor gone to work on the railroad,
or been what L am now. That cent
ade me-
"He then gave me a long history OF his
le, and, after leaving his address and
Ting me to write to him II ever | needed
| ariend, he left me. He wanted TO give
ne nice sum of money. but l wouldn't
tse it. 1 never have heard from him
size. except one day got paper which
sted that he had been elected Mayor OF
onof the most thriving cities OF the
We. I'll not part with those two cents
l foray money, but they'll etay in that
1 winw sill as long as stay here. Here's
: you,hange; good night"
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Xraal &alre.
Ergai $airn.
COMMISSIONERS SALE
Or
VALUABLE MINING LANDS.

TINE undivided one -half interest in lots
l. numbers 40, ~, 90, 60. SO, 20. 81, 81. 81, 100
and IA; the undivided one-fourth inter at in
lots numbers lO1 and lis. and the undivided
oneei9hth 20 interest in lot number lS2, all
In Tweniysecond district and second section
OF Barlow county, Georgia, and NJ ar Car
Railroad, and known "a the "Pool Furnace
Property"
The interest in these lands to be sold COM
prifes about $50 acres, and are sold under a
decree of Chatham County Superior Court
for distribution. Address
l. DRAYTON LaROCHE, Jr.,
Commissioner. Savannah, Ca.
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Atrtfott Saies JisIire laDH.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.
G. III. DoRsErT, Auotioneer,

@, II, DOKSETTs AuotIOneer,
Under and by virtue Of an order granted by
the Honorable Court or Ordinary OF Chat
ham county, 1 will sell before the Court
House, in the city of Savannah, during the
usual hours of sale, on TUESDAY, septem-
Der 7th, 1886,
Lot No. So Jackson ward, on Perry street
next to the corner of Barnard street. The
said lot being sixty by ninety feet. more or
less. and being subject to an annual ground
rent to the city OF Savannah OF SAG "A.
Also, lots "a and 35 OF Section ID OF Bona
venture Cemetery.
Sold as the property OF Cha5. E. Wakefield
for the payment of debts.
MARY WAKEFIELD, Administrative.
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CHEAP ADVERTISING.
One Cent a Word

ADVERTISEMENTS, is Words or
more, in this column (the best in the paper
inserted for ONE CENTA WORD, Cash
in Adoance, each insertion.
Everybody aoho has any iodnt to supply,
anything to buy or to sell, any business or
accommodations to secure; indeed, any toiSh
to grdtjfQ. should advertise in this column.
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prrannai.

A YOUNG LADY, quite prepossessing, ge-
"a NAL disposition and refined, desires to
form the acquaintance of young man who
is intellectually brilliant and morally vouched
for; object mutual edifcation. Address
BONA FIDE, care News office.
VOU ERR in this case when YOU thought
l. too much familiarity bred contempt.
Dennis says it seems an age since he has seen
you. PET.
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Tor Salt.

MULES FOR SALE.-Arrived to-day at
M Bowden's stables twenty head OF large
mules, suitable for drays or timber, which
will sell low. THOMAS BOWDEh.
TOR sALE.-A large lot OF Scantllng which
Il we will sell for 81 per 1000; this lot Of
stun must be sold. REPPARD & CO., Lum-
her Yard. Taylor and East Broad streets.
Telephone I'll.
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10 HORSE POWER Wood & Mann Engine
III without boiler for sale cheap. $l5O IN
good order and can be seen AT work any
week day; sold to make room for larger en-
glne. Apply to L. A. MCCARTHY, Morning
News basement.
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BOURGEOIS TYPE. complete font. about
ID 350pounds, including case OF itallc. for
sale cheap at Savannah Morning News Job
Office,
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WTILSON'S Famous Cabinet Photographs
w still remain at Three Dollars and Fifty
Cents dozen. 81 Bull street.
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entertainments.

open EVENINGS at HEIDT'S that you
" NAV bring your friends around to see the
beautiful photographs of Mrs. President
Cleveland
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DOR SALE, fine lot 9lxl30, on Gwinnett
IL street. facing south. Apply TO c. II.
DORIS Eft
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NOR RENT about twenty. acres OF land
Il partly within the extended city limits,
extending from the Waters road to South
Vile, with entrance from that road and also
by way of the White Bluff road. There Is a
small dwelling house and well OF good
water on the promises. Several acres
adjoining the house IL fenced and under
cultivation, and 1ne lot of fruit trees plant
ed. The place is conveniently located for
small farming or dairy There is a good
range for cattle, which can be fenced at a
small cost. For particulars apply TO G. II.
DORSETT.
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got SaIe.

EOR SALE, q handsome lot on Gwiunett
Il street, west of Park, facing south. Apply
to c. IL. DORSErT. t.IC
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NOR SALE, Old Papers, at the Counting
Il Room OF the Morning News; rs cents n
hundred.
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EOR SALE, strawberry flauts, ninety
Il thousand, Wilson's Albany, in lots to suit.
II. II. LEWIS, Savannah, Ga.
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r AnT1cV THE QUEEN PURE
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liable lady agents wanted.
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Yo physiciah'e Nccess depends on pure
smedhe, and chemsyss. HeShEstoA Street
Phar,eY.
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nELICIoUS aud Highly Nutritious
~ HEIDTs Improved Egg Phosphate in
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S0 DOLLARS will buy Pool Table COM
w plete. Apply to 10l Bay street.
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MRS. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND'S PIC
vi TURES at HElDT'S to-day. 80.

u ICE BIRDS served at all hour at FRED
IL &HICKS' Market Restaurant.
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WANTED, a irst-class carriage painter
w Address Post Office Box %, Savannah,
Ga.
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Cor observation-disclosures

NOR RENT, . bakery. in Palatka, Fla, q
L place of &, 500 inhabitants, and only one
bakery. Address J. Il. JACKSON. Palatka.
NOR RENT, desirable offices in Commercial
Il building, including the premises now
occupied by the Cotton Exchange. Apply to
J. r. BROOKS, 1856 Bay street.
nor RENT, from Let November, in whole
Il or in part, TO good tenant, the Jasper
Spring farm. with Its beautiful dwelling. out
house,. stables, yards, gardens and orchards.
Also. al acres adjoining tract. All excellent
for truck farming and convenient for chip
ping. Apply TO $. l.. LAZARON, 107 Bay
street, Savannah, Ga.
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employment ziIautr0.

w ANTED, position as bookkeeper, by man
w of experience; references Al, including
present employer. Address B0OKKEEPER,
News office.
WANTED, -Young Englshman desires
w clerkship; experienced; first-class ref
erences. Address CLERK, this office.
A YOUNG married man of experience, hon.
N esty and energy wants a situation with
o first-class house to work in store or on the
road; good references; five years with pres
ent employer. Address, with full particulars,
L. L. CALDWELL, Princeton, n. 9.
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HPl,1 manten

WANTED. good energetic and reliable
w men as canyassers; must come well rec
commended. Apply to NELL & HARRIS,
Agents, Domestic Sewing Machine Company,
az Bull street.
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MO BETTER INVESTMENT can be made
~ by merchant than by sending to his
patrons and correspondents the DAILY
MORNING NEWS. 1t will give them the
best reports OF important current events and
the latest and most reliable market report,
and be a constant reminder OF the sender. The
DAILY NEWS will be sent to any address
postage prepaid. three months every day In
the week, for 81 so.
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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1886-09-29
ANNUAL COLLECTIONs.

Sustentation-First Sunday in January.
Publcaton-First Sunday in March
Foreign Missions First Sunday in MAY.
Invalid Fuhd-First Sunday in July.
Evangelistic Fund-First Sunday in Septem-
Der
Education-Firs Sunday in November.
Theological institute for Colored Men-First
Sunday in December
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One Life's Influence.

From the Youths Companion we clip
the following most interesting account OF
what one brave, true, young man accom-
plished.
A little more than forty years ago
there came to London a young appren-
tice. He was poor and friendless he
had but single endowment-Chrstia
faith. He took lodgings In st. Paul's
Churchyard. He came to his room un-
known, and there made simple prayer
of conservation alone. He felt the soil
tude of the city. Some eighty young
men were employed in the same estab
lishment as himself
81 resolved, said greatreformer, to
have no friends by chance, but by choice,
and to choose only such as would help
me in my spiritual life"
The young apprentice had like pur-
pose. He found few young men among
his felloR-workmen whose lives had NOR
al aim and purpose. Some of these he in
vited to hold religious services with him
in his room. These invited others to meet
with them for the same purpose. The
meetings grew in numbers. They multi
piled. Young mems meetings for young
men became movement among the Lon
don trades, and in 1874 they led to the
forming of the first Young Mems Chris
tian Association.
The society spread. Its influence was
felt throughout England America took
up the work the islands of the Pacific !;
parts of Asia. Nearly three thousand
associations were represented or reported
at the tenth annual conference held in
Berlin. Now the movement is found to
meet the needs of colleges, and more than
two hundred associations have been
formed In colleges and schools
Some months ago a gentleman walk
ing along the Thames Embankment saw
the grand dome of St. Pauls illumined
by the twilight, and recalled to friend
the historic associations OF the church.
And yet, said the friend, still gaz
ing upon London's crown, the influence
of that church during the present century
has, l think, been outweighed by the
work of single individual"
Who p
A mere boy" He added, Il mean
the apprentice who began in his simple
room in st. Paul 8 Churchyard the work
of Young Men Christian Associations in
the world"
We cannot weigh influences, but the
above remark is inspiring in its lessons
to those who seek to be helpful to others,
but whose only resource is--faith.
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Never Swear.

l. 1t j. mean. A boy of high moral
standing would almost as soon steal a
sheep as swear.
3 1t is vulgar-altogether too low for
a decent boy.
8. 1t is copoardly-implying fear of
not being believed or obeyed.
4 1t ungentlemonly. A gentleman,
according to Webster, is genteel man
well bred, refined. Such one will no
more swear than go into the street to
throw mud with chimney sweep.
5. 1t is indecent-offensive to delicacy,
and extremely unfit for human ears.
1t is foolish. Want of decency is
want of sense"
7. 1t is abuSiue-to the mind which
conceives the oath, to the tongue which
utters it, and to the person at whom it is
aimed.
s. 1t is enomouS-showing a boy s
heart to be nest of vipers; and every
time he swears, one OF them sticks out his
head.
8. 1t is comtemptibLe-forfeiting the
respect of all the wise and good.
10 1t is a0icked violating the divine
law, and provoking the displeasure o.
Him who will not hold him guiltless who
takes his name in vain.
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and stagger along on them. 1t gave us
delicious feeling of superiority to look
on ordinary men and women, until sud-
denly we slipped, and fell fat in the
mud. | remember my father saw me
tumble into the gutter one day, and said
sternly,-
Keep to your own legs, boy. Too
many people in this world walk on stills !
X ep to your own legs !"
a have never forgotten his warning.
So many Of US are on stills There is
Judge c., who was leading lawyer
in Pennsylvania town. He lived in a
large house surrounded by beautiful
gardens his family were the centre OF a
circle of cultivated and refined people,
their life was busy, simple and genuine,
and therefore, happy.
Suddenly, c. removed to New
York, in order that his boys could have
wider opportunities, and his girls could
make wealthy marriages. His large man
sion in the village had cost two hundred
dollars year for rent his cramped city
fat cost three thousand. His wife and
daughter had worn muslin; now they
rustled in velvet and silk.
Late balls took the place of the in
formal, friendly hospitality of their old
home. The end OF it was, the girls, hav-
ing no dover, were laughed at and neg.
lected by the rich fashionable men whom
they courted the boys plunged into all
the vices OF the city, and c. in three
years was a ruined man. He had tried
to walk on stills
"When l see plain men trying to imi-
tate the leaders in business or politics
women aping fashionable life, college
boys pluming themselves upon their. &C
QUESTION of the alphabet of knowledge
or girls smiling and lisping with an affec-
tation of sweetness and innocence which
they do not possess, feel like calling
out, Come down from your stiltsr
Imitation and sham In any character
are but SYNONYMS for weakness.
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Bows and Men.

You are boys now, but you will soon
be men. Then you will have your own
way to make in the world. Do you mean
to be idle and tretiul, and deceive peo-
pie, and give them bad opinion of you?
Or do you intend to go to work, and act
bravely and nobly, and do your duty,
and leave name behind you when you
die which the world will love and res
pect? Take csre-now is the time Did
you ever notice large tree that grew
crooked, and was an ugly eyesore on
that account? Perhaps it stood on the
lawn, right in front OF the porch, and
your father would have liked very much
to straighten it. 1t was impossible to do
so. A hundred horses could not have
dragged it erect. And yet think of the
time when the large tree was small
sapling child might have Strengthened
it then, and it would have grown proper
ly, and everyone would have admired it..
By this mean that boys ought to grow
straight, not crooked. You are young
now, as the tree was once begin in time,
and you will be as straight as an arrow
when you are q man. If you wait, it
will be too late The way to make men
erect and noble is to take them when
they are boys and show them that there
is nothing in this world so noble as doing
their duty. Once more, say, 'remem-
Der that though you are boys now, you
will be men soon. You may do good or
evil If you are false and worthless, you
and everybody else will have hard
time of it. You may be soldiers, judges,
statesmen, and presidents. What you say
or do may decide the fate OF millions OF
other people. These will look to you :;
and more than all, God will watch you,
and hold you to a strict account. If you
are brave, and true. and unsel6sh, Heav-
en- will bless you, and everyone who
knows you will love and respect you If
you are mean and cowardly, and think Of
nothing but your own pleasure, God and
man will be displeased with you. Which
will you be? The best Of all things is to
be pure and to do your duty.
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Wonderful Anatomy.

Among the startling stories told of
white men in the Pacific, there is one OF
an " old hand" in Eli, who had cork
leg and who once found himself in the
hands of the natives, at a time when they
were apparently intent upon the prepare
ton Of meal.
On one occasion, tradition relates that
he wondered farther than was advisable,
or than he vas accustomed to do, in the
mountains of FIJI. At length he got to a
village, where the natives stopped him,
and allowed him neither to advance nor
to return. He did not like their looks
at ali, and he was very much excited in
his mind at the sight Of an oven, in an
active state of preparation, outside the
house he was in.
However, his presence Of mind did not
desert him He called for food, which
was brought him, and, with a large crowd
watching him, he began to eat heartily.
Between every mouthful he struck his
olasp-knife 30 firmly into his cork leg
that it stood upright. The natives watch.
ed these proceedings with intense aston.
ishment, and we're evidently much be-
wildered
When he had finished his meal, lie
evidently deliberately unscrewed his leg,
and composed himself to slumber But
this was too much for them they rushed
out of the house, and allowed him a clear
passage 10 where his horse vas Yotlth g
ComPQuiou.
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Acknowledge the Debt.

A venerable clergyman said recent {:
Men of my profession see much of the
tragic side of lite. Besides death bed
the secret passions the hidden evil, as
well as the good, in human nature, are
very often dragged to light. have seen
men die in battle, children, and young
wives in their husbands arms, but no
death ever seemed so pathetic to me as
that OF an old woman, member of my
congregation. l knew her first as a
young girl, beautiful, gay, full of spirit
and 1igor She married and had four
children her husband died and lett her
penniless. She taught school, and paint
ed, she sewed, she gave herself scarcely
time to eat or sleep. Every thought was
for her children, to educate them, to give
them the same chance which their father
would have done. She succeeded; sent
the boys to college and the girls to school.
When they came home, pretty, refined
girls and strong young men, abreast with
all the new ideas and tastes OF their time,
she was a WORKOUT, commonplace old
woman. They had their own pursuits
and companions. She fingered among
them for two or three years, and then
died OF some sudden failure in the brain.
The shock woke them to a consciousness
of the truth. They hung over her as she
lay unconscious, in an agony of grief.
" You have been a good mother to us u
Her face colored again, her eyes kindled
into smile, and she whispered, You
never said so before, John" Then the
light died out, and she was gone. How
many men and women sacrifice their own
hopes and ambitions, their strength, their
life itself, to their children, who receive
it as matter OF course, and begrudge a
caress, word OF gratitude, in payment
for all that has been given to them So,
children, acknowledge the debt you owe
your parents before it is too late
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Where to Feel Sympathy.

A kind hearted man knew that poor
widow and her children were in great
distress, because the widows COW, which
chiefly msintained them, had died. The
man was not able to help them much; but
he did what he could, and then he went
around to the nelghbors an told them
the tale of trouble. He received many
words of regret from those he visited
but he thought to himself These kind
words won't buy cow" So he went
back to the richest of those he had visited
before, and the rich man told him how
keen were his feelings of regret for the
poor widow.
Yes, yes" said the plain man. 81
don't doubt your feeling but you don't
feel in the right place"
How so" said the rich man; )" an
sure feel with my heart
q don't doubt that, said his visitor
but l wish you to feel in your pocket.
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A BOYS Faith.

Two little boys were talking together
about lesson they had been receiving
from their grandmother, on the subject
OF Elijah going 10 heaven in chariot
Of fire. ] cay, Charlie, said George,
but wouldn't you be afraid to ride on
such a chariot2'
Why, no, said Charlie, " 1 should
not be afraid if knew the Lord was
driving"
And that was Just the way David felt
when be said What time ara afraid
] will trust ia Thee He knew that
neither chariots Of fire nor any thing else
could hurt him, If God was present as HE
protector and lriend.-S s.. World.