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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
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THURSDAY, Aug 10, 1876.
CLEARED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Nacoochee, Kempton. New York
q NJ Sorrel.
Bark Christine Elizabeth Nor, Thorsen,
Bristol-Holst \ Co.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
Fruit aud Vegetable Market.
FLORIDA DISPATCH LINE QUOTATION

FLUKIDA DISPATUH LINZ QUUIATIUNSs
SDscjdl 10 NOypaia9 NstoS.
NEW YORK. Aug. S.-Watermelons. Geor-
gia, selected. per hundred, $40 00a35 90: water
melons. Georgia. IaIr to good, per hundred,
SIS 00a25 90: watermeons, North Carolina.
per hundred, Sc 00a20 90; watermelous, South
Carolina per hundred, $25 O0a35 90.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19

Vegetables by steam t. New York. Phila-
delphla, Baltimore and Boston, standard
bushel crates, Csc each; barrels, 76c each; by
special contracts, standard bushel crates, 25c
eNch; barrels. SOC each.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
MARITIME MISCELLANY.

SPUhEN.
Ship Virginia, Allen, from Pensacola for
Greenock, Aug 8, 25 miles W of Sand Key.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19

NATAL STORES.-Ihe MARKET TOT spITIIs
turpentine was very firm, There was some
little inquiry, but holders were generally
asking higher, and business was limited. The
sales for the day were 800 casks at 32a324c for
regulars. At the Board of Trade on the
opening call the market was reported firm at
SIC Tor regulars. At the closing call it was
firm at 32l4c bid for regulars. Rosin-The
market was quiet but firm. The sales for the
dav were about $50 barrels At the Board OF
Trade on The first call the market was re-
ro;ted quiet for II an above, and firm for 6
and below at the following quotations.: A
and B 9Oc. G and d Csc. b 81 021%, f 81 Ola.
& 81 10. II 81 80. Isl 80. K 81 05, M 81 so, n
1915, window glass SO 90, wafer white So IS.
At the closing call it. Was unch anged, except
that was quoted at 81 10 and G at 81 1213,
with sales OF II barrels.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
TO NEW YORK.

TO NEW YORK.
TALLAHASSEE, Capt. W. II. FISHER.
FRIDAY, August 90 at 3 A. NJ.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Can't. X. 8. NIckER-
SON MONDAY, Aug. %, at II NOON.
CITYOF SAVANNAH. Capt. Fl. G. DAG
eETr. WEDNESDAY, August rs. at2P.M.
ohATTAHOoCHEE. Capt. J. w. CArHA-
kline. FRIDAY, August q. at4PM.
NAa,OCOOCHEE. Capt. r. KEMProN.
MONDAY, August 80, at $3.50 A. M,
TO PHILADELPHIA
These steamers do not carry passengers.I
DESsoUG, Capt. F. SMITH, SATURDAY
July "a, at IL NOON.
DESsoUG, Capt. f. SMITH, WEDNESDAY.
August 4, ut o A. NJ.
DEssOUG. Capt. r. SMITH, SUNDAY. Au-
gust II, at p. N.
DEssoUG, Capt. F. SMITH, TUESDAY.
August "a, P. NJ.
Through bills Of ladtng given to Easter~ and
Northwestern points and to ports of the ITni~
ted Kingdom and the Continent
For freight or passage apply TO
G. III. SORREL, Agent,
City Exchange Building.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19
COUNTRY PRODUCE.

Sweet potatoes, yellow reds, y hushel 90aSl 90
sweet potatoes. yellow yam. T. bushel 81 90
Sweet potatoes, white yams. p bushel 75aSl 90
PoULTRY-Market steady. EGGs-Market
very firm ard pretty bare of stock; demand
good. PEAEUTS-A mple stock demand good;
native peanuts in good request 1T quotations.
SUGAR-Georgia and Florida, nominal; none
in market. HoNEY-NO demand; nominal.
Sweet potatoes scarce: demand good.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-19

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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16

Riggs, Esq, special. examiner of the
pension office, on the question of hav
ing the payment of his pension re-
stored. 1t appeared that his pension
had been stopped on an affidavit made
by Andrew j. Morse of Woodbury., in
which he stated that Lieutenant Day
was ruptured prior to his enlistment in
1861 that when he was examined to be
admitted into the military service the
surgeon who made the examination dis
covered the rupture and at first refused
to accept him, but several men of the
company whom Day had enlisted refus-
ing to serve unless Day was allowed to
60, it was concluded to accept him. But
on further examination of Mr.. Morse
on the witness stand he admitted that
he was in error in saying that he knew
that Mr.. Day was ruptured before his
enlistment; that the first time he knew
it of his own knowledge was after he
had been in the army about a year.
Lieutenant Day offered the testimony
of General Thomas, colonel of his regi-
ment, and others, tending to show that
he was sound at enlistment. He also
introduced the testimony of Captain
Slayton to impeach Mr.. Morse. Mr..
Morse failed to produce any witnesses
to support his charges againat Lieuten-
ant Days claim, and it is thought that
Day will be restored to his pension
soon. A party who makes false atfi-
davit to defeat pension is subject to
the same penalty as is imposed on a
party who makes false affidavit to OBJ
tain one.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16

of cathedral statutes and constitutions.
He was an advanced student in the ORR
gin of liturgies, especially Irish, and in
deed in the whole Irish literature and
printing he was supreme; and finally,
he was by common consent the best
photographic, or critic of the date of
manuscripts, in the world. The story
of his adventure in the Partisan Ii
brary is worth recording here. A book
had been lost for nearly century; he
went over to see if he could discover it.
Search was fruitless, though there was
a strong presumption as to the part of
the library where it would be found.
He stood in one of the classes describ-
ing its probable appearance to the Ii
brarian, and to illustrate it said:
" About the height, thickness, and of
similar binding to this" taking book
out of the shelves as he did so. 1t was
the missing volume.-,Selected
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
Great Tower for Paris.

M. Eiffel, civil engineer, has sub
mitted for approval to the French min
lister of commerce and industry, M.
Lockroy, the plans of colossal tower
which he proposes to erect within the
precincts of the exhibition of 1889.
This proposed monument consists of
an iron framework or scaffolding nine
hundred seventy-tive feet high, through
which the wind might circulate freely.
In shape it resembles lighthouse. In
heavy weather the platform above
would swing to and fro, like a mast
head, with oscillations of nearly yard.
Visitors would be taken to the top in a
lift. They could get out on landing
two hundred twenty-eight feet in alti-
tude, and take lunch there in high
class restaurant. M. Eiffel does not
think the undertaking would cost over
100000 or e220,000. He is ready to
guarantee 100000 on condition that
the state will make up whatever de-
ficiency may be left and allow him
such profits and perquisites as the en-
terprise may afford. 1t is also repre-
scented that scientific experiments and
astronomical investigations might be
conducted on the top of the tower with
novel and interesting results. 1t is
highly improbable that this scheme will
find favor with the government, and in
this case intending subscribers will
withdraw their support.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
Questions Answered.

A. NJ, Island Pond.-If your hus-
Ind, to whom you were married in
$50, was entitled to pension for serv-
E in the war of 1912, you, as his widow,
Fe entitled to pension from the date of
s death.
D. K, Worcester disability
sufficient to give you pension of
II month, but as it was not caused
the disabilities named in the act of
bngress that entities one to such rate
pension, you can only receive it by
special act of congress.
O. N. K, Montgomery, desires to
now if a soldier pensioned at $50 a
lonth for disability equivalent to the
Iss of leg is entitled to an increase
T pension on rheumatism also con-
-acted in the army or resulting from
he disability for which pension is now
|eceived. AnSCer-No, unless the ag-
|regate of his pensionable disabilities
Ire of such a character as to necessitate
he personal aid and attention of another
erson in caring for him.
J. L., Worcester, Mass, is an appli-
ant for a pension who cannot under
tand why the pension Office calls for
he same testimony in his claim that he
as already furnished. His witnesses
we're men whose word could not be
doubted. He asks: Do you think
by affidavits have been overlooked?"
Hnswer-We hardly think the affidavits
lave been overlooked. Your claim is
based on disability resulting from
Fhronic diarrh9a and kidney disease,
which are classed among the obscure
diseases at the pension office and re-
buire the best obtainable evidence to
Fhow their origin and continuance.
rhe affidavits may be too general in
Ferms, or the atlantis may not have per-
Fonal knowledge of the facts stated
herein, and therefore better tes-
Fimony is required. But the original
ball for evidence in pension claim is
not to be repeated in the same form.
If the evidence does not cover the
points, it must be stated wherein it is
insufficient. The claimant is at all
times entitled to know the exact condi-
ton Of his case. This the pension office
has neglected to give you. You had
better call the attention of the COM
missioner of pensions to this situation
Of affairs by an affidavit of your own.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
Henry Bradshaw, the Greatest of
PaleOgraphists.

When one speaks of his work." it
is hard to make ordinary people quite
understand either Its extent, its impor-
lance, or its perfection. He knew more
about printed books than any man liv-
ing; he could tell at glance the date
and country, generally the town, at
which book was published. And the
enormous range of this subject cannot
be explained without technical knowl-
edge of the same. He was one of the
foremost Chaucer scholars; a very etfi-
cient linguist in range 0hough for read
ing, not speaking purposes), as, for in
stance, in the case of the old Breton
language, which he evolved from notes
and CLOSES scrubbed between the lines
and on margins of mass-books; and his
ioy at the discovery of a word that he
had suspected but never encountered
was wonderful to see. He could ac-
ouire language for practical purposes
with great rapidity-Armenian, for in
stance, which he began on Thursday
morning at Venice and could read so as
to decipher titles for the purpose Of
cataloguing on Saturday night. He
had a close and unrivalled knowledge
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
Mark Twain's Tribute to
His Wife.

The mother of my children adores
them-there is no milder term for it;
and they worship her; they even wor-
ship anything which the touch of her
hand has made sacred. They know
her for the best and truest friend they
have ever had, or ever shall have; they
know her for one who never did them
wrong, and cannot do them a wrong;
who never told them a lie, nor the
shadow of one; who never deceived
them by even an ambiguous gesture;
who never gave them an unreasonable
command, nor ever contented herself
with anything short of a perfect ODE
dience; who has always treated them
as politely and considerably as she
would the best and Oldest in the land,
and has always required of them gentle
speech and courteous conduct toward
all, of whatsoever degree, with whom
they CHANGED to come in contact; they
know her for one whose promise,
whether of reward or punishment, is
gold, and always worth its face to the
uttermost farthing. In a word, they
know her, and l know her, for the best
and dearest mother that lives-and by
long, long way the wisest. In all my
life have never made a single refer
ence to my wife in print before, as far
as can remember, except once in the
dedication of book; and so, after these
fifteen years of silence, perhaps l may
unseal my lips this one time without
improperly or indelicacy. l will insti-
tute one other novelty; l will send this
manuscript to the press without her
knowledge, and without asking her to
edit it. This will save it from getting
edited into the stove.-Babyhood.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
Rest in Change.

Change of work is one form of rec
reation, because it may be presumed
the new employment occupies differ
ent portion of the brain, and the one
that has worked obtains rest, says the
Fortnightly Review. Monotony of oc-
cupation is always irksome, no doubt,
because certain portions of the brain
are exclusively occupied. A hard
worked man should think no form of
recreation beneath his notice; he is for
tunate if he has a really satisfactory
hobby or two. Talleyrand's prognosti-
cation of the kind of old age that
awaited the man who did not know
whist is full of truth, if it be applied
to amusements and hobbies in general.
Perhaps its author would scarcely have
recommended whist for an old man had
he been able to foresee the bewildering
notifications which have been made in
the way of playing the game. In this,
as in other things, the tendency is to
turn play into work. Let us hope, how
ever, that some of our simpler forms of
recreation may be permitted to survive,
at least for our time. Books remain,
and we may be thankful for the stock
we already possess. Reading offers the
most available means of recreation.
Dean Hooks practice in this respect
also is worthy of adoption. He tells us
himself that he always had novel in
hand. 1t lasted him long time, but
when a man has much to do, little
time thus spent does the mind good"
Books, however, should be suited to
the occasion. AS Bulwer tells us,
when taken Unfortunately they are
no cure for the diseases and affections
of the mind. There is world of sci
ence necessary in the taking of them
1 have known some people in great sor.
row to fly to a novel or the last light book
in fiction. One might as well take 6
rose-draught for the plague. Light
reading does not do when the heart is
really heavy" By all means let the
recreation be conformable to the tastes
of the individual and adapted to hi;
condition. When man over sixty
who has led sedentary life suddenly
and vehemently takes to tricycling, he
may feel pretty sure that he has failet
to catch the meaning of the term "rec
reation," and that very different pro
cess will certainly develop itself.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
A Historic Fiddle.

"Here's a fiddle" said an Auburn
man, Saturday, " that / reckon has
about as singular history as most Of
the traditional violins nowadays" The
violin referred to was an old settler,
all marked up with deep scratches, and
looked as if it had seen pretty hard
service in its day. "This violin," said
the fiddle man, {" is the property of an
old army man, who fought on the
Union side in the late war of the re
bellion. The man lives way down in
Eastern Maine. He has sent the fiddle
to his brother in Auburn to have some
repairs made on it. The story of how
he came into possession of this violin is
romantic. One day, during little Skin
mish with few rebel cavalry, in which
fight he was engaged, his party was
driven by the Johnnys into deserted
planters house for refuge. In rum
maging about the house our Maine
soldier ran across this fiddle. He said
not word to anybody, but put the in
strument into tight box and hid it in
thick growth of bushes near the rebel
tured, and held for long time as a
prisoner by the rebels. Five years
later this gentleman was travelling in
the South, and, purely out of curiosity,
he went to the same spot where he had
been besieged by the rebels and there
found the fiddle, hid away in the bushes,
in the exact spot where he had placed
it five years previous" The instru-
ment is apparently over a hundred
years old, and is valuable. -Le,DiSton
(Me.) Journal.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
A Story of General Shields.

In May, 1862, Shields division
marched out of the Shenandoah Valley
to Fredericksburg to join Mcdowell in
the contemplated advance toward Rich
mond to form on McClellan's right
Jackson, becoming aware of Shields
withdrawal, made his famous descent on
Banks, whom he drove completely out
of the valley. The writer, then an
ordnance sergeant in Shields division,
went to headquarters near Falmouth in
quest of the chief-of-ordnance, whom
he found in large tent where Generals
Shields, King and some others were
discussing the news just received from
the valley and the necessity of Shields
immediate return there. The writer,
without any intention of listening,
heard Shields say, laughingly, ooh, L
knew Banks would be lonely without
me!n That afternoon the division set
out on the long march back to Port
Royal by way of Manassas Gap. Shields,
by the bye, seemed to be the only gen.
eral of whom Jackson stood in dread.
Certain it is that enterprising con-
federate never INDUCED in his habitual
riskey movements when he was in
Shields vicinity. The mystery of the
senate's rejection of Shields nomina-
ton to ma ior-general will perhaps be
cleared up some day. Shields was a
soldier, if ever there was one; never so
gay as when the prospect was overhung
with complicated difficulties. His CHEEKY
manner was delightful to his men and
it is doubtful if any general in the war
had the equal knack with him of march
ing troops, rapidly and necessarily, with
little comparative fatigue to the men
and little or no struggling. Amid the
greatest haste there was always good
order and good humor everywhere-a
proof of the clear intellect and watchful
energy of the commander. Shields was
full of drollery and was fond of trotting
along beside the column on march and
making dry remarks on some man or
group of men that happened for the
moment to interest him or to attract his
vigilant gray eye. Once, after slight
but brilliant skirmish, he congratulated
the regiment that had borne the CHIEF
part, and ended his little speech with
"You've done well, boys; I'll give you
little more marching" words which
remained as cant phrase among those
men long afterward-long after Shields
time-in the midst of hard forced
marches when fatigue had driven some
of the men almost to the verge O
despair. -NeoD York Tribune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
Paganini's Last Smile.

Paganini, after his eventful career,
so full of triumphs and unparalleled
successes in certain directions, was
sad victim to melancholy in his later
years. This was induced by ill-health,
by his trouble in the law-courts, and
was not the unexpected result of such
life, full of mystery, intrigues and dis
sipations. He had moved the world
with his violin, had seen Rossini burst
into tears on Just hearing him; courts
had showered honors upon him, beauti-
full ladies of the highest rank had
thrown themselves at his feet. Yet in
the last year of his life he is said to
have smiled but once, and that at
musical concert. This was on the oc-
casion of grand musicale given by
Zimmerman in Paris. There were
present Hertz, Chopin, Thalberg,
Frank List, and the Chevalier An
tome de Kontski. Each in turn played,
and though Paganini was interested,
his face always wore the same melan-
choly, mournful look. Suddenly he
asked Kontski to play his "Valse Infer
nal," of which he had heard. This
waltz is descriptive of the meeting of
the devils in their great hall, illumi-
mated by fire, and opens with the blasts
of trumpets, always false. During the
council of the devils, illustrated by mu-
sic truly Internal, suddenly there is
heard the most angelic of strains. which
come from the innocents, who, in some
manner, have strayed into the halls.
For a time the devils are mute and
amazed, and listen to the heavenly
strains so in contrast with their own.
AT last it occurs to them that the inno-
cents will learn their secrets and must
be driven out. In all rage and fury
they do this, the music describing their
action, the trumpets again calling false,
when suddenly the portals are heard to
close with crash, and there is silence.
So graphically does the music describe
the terrible anger of the devils, and so
cleverly are the false trumpets intro
duced, that in the last frenetic storm of
strange harmonies Paganini forgot him
self and smiled. 1t was the last time,
for he lived less than year after, and
his last smile, the last ray of sunshine
which came from within and played
over his face, was never forgotten by
those present.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
Earliest Methods of Measuring Time.

The story is that King Alfred had no
better way to tell the time than by
burning twelve candles, each of which
lasted two hours; and when all the
twelve were gone another day had
passed. Long before the time of Alfred,
and long before the time of Christ, the
shadow of the sun told the hour of the
day by means of a sun-dial. The old
Chaldeans so placed hollow hemi-
sphere, with bead in the center, that
the shadow of the bead on the inner
surface told the hour of the day. Other
kinds of dials were afterward made with
a tablet of wood or straight piece of
metal. On the tablets were marked
the different hours. When the shadows
came to the mark TX. it was nine
O'Clock in the morning. But the dial
could be used only in the daytime; and
even then it was worthless when the
sun was covered with clouds. In order
to measure the hours of the night, as
well as the hours of the day, the Greeks
and Romans used the clepsydra, which
means " the water steals away" A
large jar was filled with water, and hole
was made in the bottom through which
the water could run. The glass in
those days was not transparent. No
one could see from the outside how
much water had escaped. So there
were made, on the inside, certain marks
that told the hours as the water ran out;
or else stick, with notches in the edge,
was dipped into the water, and the
depth of what was left showed the hour.
Sometimes the water dropped into
another jar, in which block of wood
was floating, the block rising as
some very rich man had a clepsydra
that sounded musical note at every
hour.-Popular Science Monthly for
| ,Tune.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1886-06-16
Stray Shots.

The Soldiers Home at Dayton, Ohio,
has 5,24S inmates.
THE members of the Grand Army of
the Republic in Minnesota are endeav-
oring to have the state establish home
for its soldiers.
THE pension claim of Russell Wheel
ock of Calais has been investigated by
James E. Curran, special examiner
of the pension office.
Mrs. SARAH COLLINS of Orange,
whose name was dropped from the pen
sion roll last year on account of her CO.
habitation with man to whom she was
not married, has had her pension re-
stored.
THE claim of Betsey Motif of North
field, which has been pending in the
pension office for dozen years or more,
has at last been decided against the APP
plicant, who claimed that she was de-
pendent upon a son killed in the army
for a support. 1t appeared that the
father of the soldier, who was the hus-
band of the applicant, was in pretty
good health at the date of the sons
death and was worth quite handsome
property, and when he died, only a
few years since, he left $4,000 to his
widow. The following letter to T. J..
Deavitt, Esq, of Montpelier, signed by
Hon. John G. Black, commissioner of
pensions, states the ground on which
the claim was rejected: ,Sir-You are
informed that the claim of Betsey Motif,
as mother of Henry Motif, late of
Company X, Seventh Vermont Volun-
teers, is rejected, after special exam
ination, on the ground of non-depend-
ence upon the soldier for support at
the date of his death, as her husband
was able to, and did, provide her a
comfortable support"