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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2s 1886.

so great has been the spread OF the
opium habit in New York that we have
now physicians who attend TO nothing
else than repairing opium wrecks. They
conduct their business in the utmost
secrecy, taking their patients into their
own houses and putting them under
strict surveillance all the time. One doc
Tor In Brooklyn never has less than
twenty patients IN his house. The vice
strikes high. don't know any victim in
low lie, though there are undoubtedly
plenty among the idle and vicious. In
the professions, though, am acquainted
with scores of 'heuds." Thay soon be-
come hopeless wrecks. Physicians seem
to be especially liable to fall, and pastors
are the next most numerous in my
acquaintance. The eyes OF these men
nave an unnatural lustre, their hands
witch nervously, and they have way
OF staring stonily ut any one addresslng
them. Thesymptoms cannot be mistaken
Woen one becomes acquainted with them.
90 secret is the vice mat people are not
yet alarmed by it, yet figures SHOW an ap-
palllng growth. In 1879 the consumption
oil opium in the United States was 10000
pounds. Since that time the Chinese
population has not grown, yet the con
sumption of opium last year was nearly
3,OOOOO0 pounds. The difference repre-
sents consumption by Americans. One OF
the patients OF the opium doctor spoke OF
ls the vile of an American Admiral and
another the wife of an eX-Lieutenant Gov
ernor OF Canada.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28

Muukacsy, the Hungarian painter, who
has just come to New York. met with
an amusing adventure which he told with
some astonishment to one or two OF his
friends. He strayed into a region OF sec
ond-hand shops and found one where very
old and dilapidated paintings were offered
for sale. Some OF these be priced, and
finally asked The Hebrew proprietor about
wretcbed monstrosity which looked rs
II some gamin had made IL and then be
coming disgHsted with his work had
thrown IL in an ash barrel. "Dot's Il
chenuine Munkacsy," said the dealer.
alt was 800 years olt. zell him for $3.50.
schoost nodings ad all.' "Munkacsy
Munkacsyl" said the visitor. "Why that
can't be, for Munkaosy Is alive yet. He
Is mere In this city now" "Not dot vel
lerp' exclaimed the dealer scornfully,
ivy he's fraud. All de kreat ardlsds
here say dot"
Thanksgiving Day in this city passed
of with the usual great feasting ia tue
houses OF the rich and slight temporary
alienation Of the miserIes OF the very poor.
Great quantities Of food were given away
at the churches and charitable iDstitu-
tons, and II the hungry could only accom-
mOdate their appetites "a two meals a
ysar--ons at Thanksgiving and the other
At Christmas--they would have no cause
10 complain on the score OF food. As L.,
these very inirequent ieasts hays the
inadequaey OF Al oyster patty thrown %
Vanishing wolf. The people IN general
have plenty ~ be thankful for. and the
STRANGER 10 ksN fOrk lads a very bright
city Sled with very happy looking people,
Tor the siUms are hidden away ln nO1t6
and corners which HifRneeTs % not nud
unless they search Tor them.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28
LIFE IN NEW YORK CITY
SKETCHES OF METROPOLITAN
MEN AND MANNERS.

The Aztec Fair-Munkacsy's First Ad-
venture In New York-Growth of the
Opium Habit OfiicIaI Corruption in
Brooklyn-Thsnksgiv In New York.
NEW YORK, Nov. 27.-New York is
pretty well OFF for novelties in the show
line at present. The scores of 1O-cent
museums keep up with the latest dis
coverIes. Every one has the "original
and only sea serpent, just captured after
tremendous struggle" and new freaks
are supplied as fast as the 10-cent mind
demands them. With such large choice
in the matter Of theatres, no man who
likes the stage need stay at home for lack
OF interesting entertainment, and these
regular attractions are supplemented by
the Eden Musee, the novel "Cyclorama,"
and Buffalo BilPs Wild West Show,
which attracts thousands Of sight.seers to
Madison Square Garden. The "Aztec
Fair" which opened at the corner of
Broadway and Forty-frst street recently,
is the latest novelty. 1t Is Mexican viii
lage and museum of Aztec curiosities
combined. Everything is novel and in
structive to the New Workers who visit it.
The floor OF the big building is built with
flag bedecked booths, in which Mexican
artists and artisans clad in their ma
tional costumes carry on their strange
Industries. Seated before his primitive
loom is the Mexican weaver. He makes
bis shuttle, carrying the wool fly back
and forth through the web by rapid jerk
Ings of a string which he holds in his left
hand. The fabrics produced are mix
ture of cotton and wool, very bright, with
heavy bars OF contrasting colors. In an
other place bright-faced peon girls, with
long black hair, sleekly braided and bound
with blue ribbon, kneel before board,
holding square rolling pins in their hands.
In front OF them Is a pile of maize, or
which they constantly throw water as
they crush the grain into a paste. This
paste they atterward turn into excellent
cakes, selling them not to the visitors
Other Mexican girls make chocolate after
the fashion of their country. In little
booth all by himself sits an artist who
makes pictures of brightly dyed straw,
| The groundwork ID a common white card,
| and the artist embroiders beautiful land
| scapes so cleverly on this that they look
| like paintings. Another man carves
novel trinkets IN coffee wood and dyes
! them to resemble in color as well as In
! form the objects initiated in miniature
Another makes the latest kind OF Next
can statuettes of cloth and wax. Hun
dreds OF these depicting all kinds OF Mexi
| can types OF humanity and all treated liz
| a quaint and interesting manner are being
sold to New Workers, who are always or
the watch for curious mantelpiece orna
ments.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28

Wax pictures are another novely to
which visitors devote a good deal of at
tention. Then there are the onyx cutters
and the silver filigree artists, and the sill
yer cutter, who cuts out of a Mexican
dollar all the metal except that on which
the die has made its stamp; the workers
in ivory and horn and feathers too turn
out beautiful and wonderful productions.
The feathers are made into pictures the
horn yields dishes and spoons and various
trinkets that look like amber, and the
ivory worker is as delicate and minute
as Chinese carver. Then there is
an ''opticurriculum," consisting of a
long row of glass lenses through
which visitors look at pictures of Mexico
and it's people, and in addition to this is a
collection Of curiOs which interest every
man who reads history. There is bull
fighting collection OF costumes, spears.
swords, flags, saddles, spurs and pic
lures; the heroes OF Mexico to the number
OF forty carved out OF coffee wood; there
are also mummies, relics Of the conquest,
relics OF Macmillan, of the inquistion,
the war of independence ard OF the high
way robbers, besides ancient paintings,
| old books and manuscripts and Aztec
idols and household utensils. A Mexican
orchestra plays delicious music at brief
intervals during the day, and in the
afternoon and evening n quartet OF Mexi-
can villagers gracefully dance the gay
| "jarade."
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28
Monaco.

Hundreds Of thousands of dollars pass
through the pool boxes on the race tracks,
and tens OF thousaud of dollars are thrown
on the roulette and faro tables, while
every hotel has It's poker game. This free
and open gambling has attracted scores
of the worst scoundrels in the country to
the place. and the west end OF COney
Island becomes a pandemonium OF
drunken and desperate ruffians after Q
O'Clock at night. Evidence against the
gamblers was procured by private citi-
zens and piled sky high, for their doings
were open and fragrant, but the rings
District Attorney and the rings Judge
have managed TO avoid Furnishing any OF
the scores OF men they have been forced to
indict or try. One of the judges of the
Brighton Beach track, in an open letter
to Brooklyn newspaper, stated, a week
or two ago, that 1t had cost the manage
ment OF his course more than $1,000 per
day to purchase immunity (from justice }.
At the last election the church people. LED
by some of their most eminent pastors,
called on all order-loving citizens to COM
bine against the reelection OF the very
easy-going District Attorney. The result
was a canvass and polling with gamblin 2
or no gambling as very clearly defined
issue. The power of the ring, backed BY
the gamblers, salOonkeepers and lovers OF
loose government, was so great that the
present District Attorney was reelected
by majority OF about $4,000. nearly five
times as much as he got the first time he
ran. SIDNEY REED.
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GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OFTHE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS

One OF the Fugitive Murderers from
Muscoges County jail Caught in Ala
bama-Two Firms Fail at AtiaDta-A
Young Man Tries to Escape With $50
Bill Given Him in Mistake for Five
at Waycross.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28

In cases of fever and ague, the blood lie
as effectually, though not 80 dangerously
poisoned by the effluvia OF the atmosphere
as it could be by the deadliest poison. DR..
j. Il. MoLean's Chills and Fever Cure
will eradicate this poison from the sy s,
TEN. soc. bottle.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28

Bad as is the condition OF New York
city in the matter OF corrupt government,
it is nothing in Comparison with that of
throughout the nation as the "City OF
Homes and Churches" 1t stands in
fair way now to have itself permanently
dubbed the ''Gambler's Paradise" a name
first given to it by Anthony Comstock, OF
the Society for the Suppression of Vice.
The Mayoralty, the Common Council, the
public offices, the Judgeships and the
Board of Supervisors are all in the hands
of as corrupt a ring as ever falsely pro-
fessed the principles OF Democracy. Dur
ing the summer season gambling is as
open and widespread at ConeY Island,
which is under the Jurisdiction OF the
BROOKLYN authorities, as it Is at
Monaco.
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-11-28

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To the a id Silver Watch worth $25 eacb
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The Republican journal., 1886-10-28
Vessels Owners and Captains.

The first annual meeting OF the Vessels Own
ers and Captains National Association was
held in Boston Oct. 49, About 100 were in at
tendance. The Association is organized to cstab-
lish uniformity on coaSting freight rates and
for the benefit of that branch Of the merchants
marine service. President Lawrence, of Phila-
delphia, presided, and f. l.. Litchield, of New
YORK, was chosen temporary Secretary. The
Secrctary's report shows that about Il thousand
vessels are included in the Associations mem
ber>hip and that central Office has been estab-
lished in New York. The Secretarv's report
further urges important changes for the benefit
OF the Association. Charles Lawrence, of
Philadelphia, was reelected President, F. L.
Ltchticld, of New York, Secretary, and j. A .
Van Crunk, of New York, Treasurer. A
Board of Commissioners oServe two wears was
also chosen. The following resolutions were
adopted: That all vessels of 400 tons carving
capacity or less, shall have the option of amend
ing the bill of landing that the conSignec
shall he required to discharge 100 tons instead
of 100 per day, and recover damages of eight
cents instead of six cents that it is ineXpedient
for the association at present to adopt any sys-
TEN of rebates The question of the abolition
cussed, and a committee Of fifteen. headed by
Charles Lawrence of Philadelphia, was ap-
pointed to present the shipOwners' side to Con
gress in conjunction with the New York and
Philadelphia maritime After the transaction
of some minor business the convention adjourn
ell to meet in New York Nov. 3.
The Republican journal., 1886-10-28
Studies Of the Recent EARTHQUAKES,

The systematic study of the great mass of
earthquake returns gathered by correspondents
Of the Geological Survey from all portions of
the area affected by the recent convuSionS is
about to be undertaken by officials of the sur
vey under the supervision of Captain Clarence
+. Dutton, United States Ordnance Corps.
Captain Dutton has been for many years con
nccted with the work of the Geological Survey
and is well recognized authority upon volcano
ic and seismic phenomena as well as upon
general geology. He has just returned from the
Northwest, where he spent a season in making
a preliminary geological survey of the Oregon
region. Two maps of the affected region-one
showing the lines of intensity and the other
those of the times of the impulses-are being
made as preliminary steps. These, as far as
prepared leave no doubt that Charleston and
Summervie were at the very focus of the dis
turbancc. From this centre the impulses
spread in all directions with increasing inten-
sity, as would be the case with waves of the
sea, but they We're much broken and varied in
their progress by reason of the varying densi-
ties of the material which transmitted them
The impulses appear to have travelled. much
faster up the sAtlantic coast than toward the
west. No other great earthquake was ever so
well Observed from a scientific standpoint, and
while the scientists hardly hope to discover the
seed of the disturbance, yet the study it is be-
lieved. cannot fail to throw much light upon
seismic phenomena.
The Republican journal., 1886-10-28
No Hotel for Baby.

The following advertisement appeared in a
New York paper in the early part Of the sum
mcr:
DABl DESIRES COUNTRY BOARD FOR HIM
ID self, mother and nurse, with privilege of occa-
siOnaly inviting his father. Cries sometimes Is
sentials pure milk and good physician in neigh
borhood. Address r., etc.
The idea was not wholly new, as similar
methods of putting it have been adopted be-
fore; yet summers have come and summers
have gone, hut the baby-not that particular
baby, but The Baby as an ordcr-gocs on for
ever seeking the desideratum of a >ummcring
place where his interests will be put where
they 'leserHe-in the foreground. Now multi
tudcS Of babies are returning to their city
homes worse rather than better in health for
having hld no more facilities provided for
their wcll-bcmg than they could have had at
home, and hence nothing to counterbalancc the
fatigue of journeys. excitement of strange
sights and sounds, and certain neglect on the
part of parents distracted by the necessities of
hotel life. Why is it that, with such great
demand as there certainly is, so few country
boarding-h0uses and hotels make a speciality Of
studying the baby's needs and inviting rather
than sighting him: But we believe each sea-
son records an advance, and we shall be clad
next season to welcome to our columns any
suggestions which readers may give to each
other based on their experiences this summer.
fI}ahVhOO1.
The Republican journal., 1886-10-28

\ correspondent Of the Journal writes from
Fort Fairfield; The two great enterprises of
Arpo>to"k county are bringing in piles of money
There were shipped from the Font Fairi,hl aud
lloultoh stations daring the month of Nc1trml,t.l
last potatoes enough to bring back to the lal1nrr-
over SiG0oe. Then there arc some thirty five
shinG'r mills i'll the county, runnin. from one To
eleven machines, each machine turning oft from
ten to twenty Thousand daily. unc mill in this
district stevens 4 sons, manufactures one hun.
dred thousand -h4gt~ daily. One man i'm hi
nal! sawed "ln' hundred thousand in five ot:1 S.
election week This firm will employ directly and
mdlrec'ly the coming winter more than two l.,up-
drrd men.
THE farmers in thi~ county turning. their ,.r-
tenton to another depart raising. of nice
thoroughbred stock. The town fail in the Ilaiuc>
neighhorhood last Thursday was conclusive proof
that they are bound To succeed. aud the fine dis
play in the Grange hail Which wa, built in thirty.
tW" day from the for.-t, j. ample proof that the
ladies Of Fort Fairfield know how to ,lo ~oulr
thing besides house Work.
The weather thus far thi- month Has hcrn ad
mIahlc ami Wcll have the farmers im},ru,ca il
The potatoes are nearly all harvested ami it is
well they arc, tur Jack Frost with all his tribe
were out ON q raid las week and l,ut their -h,trl
teeth in cvcrl thing Within their rcach
When the long looAc,l-ror direct Time from -.,nc
point on the Maine Central shall be established
then Aroo-tuok vll not he the garden of the stat,
In name only hit In rtalitv J.r
The Republican journal., 1886-10-28
Newspaper Notes.

The WatclNiil' sentinel has entered upon its
seventh volume. tits bright and ncw-y sheet.
Not every paper ha, 4 Lord for nm editor.
Mr.. Il. 4. Goodridgc resident of Bucksport in
his YOUTH is now editor of "Thc Pine Knot" Il
paper published at southern Pines, Moore county,
NC.
The Phillips Photograph and Bath Independent
have each their special artists and cngra,cr- The
work done is superior to most Of the newspaper
illustrations.
Miss Juliet Stanley, the sparkling editor of the
Winthrop Budget, school marin, etc, has met her
fate and her Rome" and departed useful life of
single blcsSctiness. Her short articles will he
set up i'll small caps. Phillips Phonograph.
The holiday number of the Illustrated Graphic
News is to contain more than sixty pages of illus
trations, number of them colored. The growth
of this new illustrated weekly is surprising In
interest and ability it is second to none
Bro. shorey, of the Brdgton News, has become
quite Il farmer and hen raiser At the far held
there recently he and his good wife and children
carried on lots of prizes for cows, hcifers, roos
ers, hddcs, and Sister Shorey for best butter.
Our friend lives on the fat of the land. The News
keeps pace with his diet Portland Express.
The Portland Evening Express has entered upon
its fifth volume. We recently noticed the progress
this paper has made under its new management
and the projected improvements, which include an
enlargement, the fourth, on the lst of November
The editor says "In politics we shall continue to
take Il hand as in the past. Neutral in nothing
independent in every thing Dead set against civil
service reform rs preached by Beecher and Cur
tis. We are of the old school, believe in red hot
party politics"
The Republican journal., 1886-10-28
Industries at VinaIhayen.

While at Vinalhaven recently journal repre-
sentative made brief visits to some of the indus
tries of the town. The principal business is the
immense granite works of Bohwell, Webster &
Co., where at times thousands of are employ
ed. At present, however, the granite business is
at sandStill. All thc contracts have been finish
Ell and no new ones made. Owing tc the labor
troubles no one is disposed to make large con
tracts, but in the spring the welcome sound of the
workman's hammer will no doubt again he heard
Evidences Of this great business are seen 0n every
hand. Huge derrcks tower into the air, and by
the waysidc are the immense wheels used for re,
moving large stones. The long sheds used by the
wolkmcn are numerous and almost form il village
of themselves.
Next to the granite industry comes the fishing in.
tercst, which was once the leading business of the
place Many handsome fishing vessels are now
owned here, but as is the case elsewhere little
money has been made this season. The firm of
Lane 4 Libby do Il large business in buying and
shipping fish and employ from thirty to forty men,
There formerly two such firms in town. hut
they have been consolidated under one manage
mcnt under the firm name Of Lane & Libby. The
members are Hiram Lane, Thomas Libby, Ed
Libby, Fred $ Walls, and j. II. Sanhorn.-thc lat
ter son of Joseph Sanborn of Belfast. Lane &
Libby have handled about 10000 quintal- of fish
this season. They buy both salt and fresh fish
Whlch are prepared for the market by several pro-
cesecs One, known as homeless fish may be found
in almost any market. The fish are skinned and
the larger bones removed and are then nicely pack
cd in boxes. All this is done by hand. Under
another process the fish marketed is ''brick-" "
The fish arc skinned ana boncd and then pressed
;,,..
The Republican journal., 1886-10-28
Ye Olden Time.

The venerable Daniel Stickney is writing
some interesting personal "reminiscences, which
are published In the Aroostook Pioneer. He
speaks of the time when toNicating liquor
was as much the universal beverage, not only
of men but of women and children, as is tea or
coffee to-day The rich drank their brandy and
Wine, the poor their n. +. rum and bad whis-
key. Mr.. Stckney continues: "a portion Of
the years 1925 and 1927 was in Portland.
was Il carpenter in those days. | worked in a
crew of sixteen, all of whom drank spirits, and
our employer furnished it at II A. NJ. and p.
NJ. for all to drink. Everybody drank. l did
not know of working man who did not drink
After we had finished one building, the whole
crew went down the harbor upon an excursion
in sail boat. We took two gallons of liquor
with us and when we returned at night half of
the company were drunk. In 1926 worked
upon a meeting house in Whteted, east of
Augusta. A hogshead of rum was bought by
the contractor, and the most of it drank by the
men in building that house. The winter of
1924 taught school in Boothbay. There was
not a family in the district in which | taught
who did not keep liquor on hand and use it
habitually. attended a wedding whilst there
to which 10 persons of the best families were
invited. A sideboard was furnished with every
kind of liquor, and at least half of the guests
went home intoXica ted"