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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
THE COMMISSIONERS REPLY.


OFFICE OF INTERNAL REVENUE, ,
WAsHlNGTON, Jan. 2S.)
Hon. George T. Barnes, House OF Repre-
SeHtatiGeS.'
SIR-In reply to your letter addressed
to me on Jan. 20 | would say that plan
ter and producer OF tobacco is permitted
by the statute, section IA, act March l,
1879, to sell his leaf tobacco anywhere,
and in any quantities whatever, whole
sale as well as retail, without the pay
meut of any special tax, prov ided he sells
tuus to three classes OF persons only, VIZ,
leaf dealers who have paid the SPECIAL
tax, manufacturers OF tobacco, snuff or
cigars who have paid the special tax,
and persons purchasing leaf tobacco for
export.
he may also retail his leaf tobacco d.
recily to consumers at the place of pro-
ductiOn, provided he does not thus sci
more han 500 worth annually. Sec. ,,
act March 3, 1888.
II he should sell to any other persons,
or otherwise than as above state d, he
would subject himself 70 special tax, not
as a dealer in leaf tobacco, but as retail
dealer in leaf tobacco under the seventh
paragraph of sec. 3244, Revised Statute,
and the act of March 3, 1888, section ,,
requires that "retail dealers in leaf
tobacco shall pay $3.50, and SOC. for each
dollar on the amount of their monthly
sales in excess OF the rate OF $500 per an
mum; provided, that farmers and pro-
ducers of tobacco may sell at the place OF
production tobacco OF their own growth
ana raising at retail directly to cOnsum-
ers TO an amount not exceeding 500 an
nually."
1t is unnecessary, and could be Of no
advantage, for a planter TO pay, as you
suggest, $l2 as dealer in leaf tobacco,
Tor the statute, section IA, act March |,
1879, provides that ''dealers in leaf tobac
60 shall sell only to other dealers who
have. paid special tax as such, and to
manufacturers Of tobacco. snuff or cigars,
and to such persons as are known to be
purchasers Of leaf tobacco for export"
Respectfully, Jos, 5. MILLER,
~ I'd bee sr.s Commissioner.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
GNoRGIA,s PoCKErRooK.
Items Which are of Special Interest t.
Business Men.

A0h.
j. 7. Palmer, of Macon, proposes to open
shoe and hat store in Americas at an
early day.
The firm of Pierce & Culver, of Sparta,
dissolved on Feb. l, and the new firm of
l.. Pierce has opened business.
l.. ). Cox's grocery store at Marietta
was closed Monday on mortgage of $3.50.
He claims that his Indebtedness is about
$1,000.
De Lamar Turner is building q new
store opposite the depot, at Sparta, where
be Will carry on wholesale mercantile
business.
About sos has been subscribed for the
supper and the reception to be given the
ONO eXcursiOnists next Thursday night
by the citizens of Rome, and the balance
VIII be secured.
At Americas Mr.. Foster has sold out
his mercantile business TO H. Soloman,
and they are now busy taking stock. 1t
Is Mr.. SOloman's intention 10 continue the
business at the old stand. 1t is rumored
that Messrs. Foster aud Gross will move
TO Pennsylvania and engage in business
together.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
AtIanta's smaIl-Pox Hospital.

Levi C. Wells has brought suit against
Atlanta for 81. 900 damages.
1t appears that Mr.. Wells IS the owner
Of a certain tract Of land In the Four
teenth district of Fulton county, located
near the smallpox hospital or pest house
and quarantine camps. The land covers
IA or more acres, and has been used by
him as a market garden. The smallpox
hospital is within 30 yards Of Mr.. Wells
property. During the small -pOx
epidemic the city caused the
bedding and clothing 10 he hung on
the fence enclosing Mr.. Wells prop
erty. The city also caused about sixty
five persons who had died at the hospital
to be buried very near the fence and land
Of the petitioner. These bodies have re-
malned there undisturhed ever since.
Three families who lived \ shoyt distance
from the hospital and camps caught the
smallpox, and several mem hers died lrOis
said disease. which the city allowed 10
exist at the places stated, Mr.. Wells
says he has tried 10 get the city % move
the hospital and camps, but In his efforts
be has been unsuccessful. He claims
that he has been damaged to fully the
amount asked for.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
A Man Shot.

From The Washington ga Chronicle
On Wednesday last negro man whose
name we could not learn was shot by
Minor Hobbs under the following circum-
stances: Toe negro had been living with
Mr.. Hobbs and working for part OF the
crop. Some disagreement had taken place
between the two, and Mr.. Hobbs had tor.
bidGen the negro 10 come about his prem
ises. On Wednesday the negro accom-
panied by bis wife and wfe's sister, en-
tered Hobbs yard, aud Hobbs ordered the
man off. He declined 70 leave, and adj
vance1 towards Hobbs with some
threatening gestures, whereupon Mr..
Hobbs went into his house and
armed himself with a pistol. On
coming out from the house the ne
gro again advanced towards him with
an AK IN bic hand. and Mr.. Hobbs, not
wishing 20 shoot him, picked up a stick
ana struck ut him as be came towards
him. This did not stop him, however, and
Mr.. Hobbs AZ last drew his pistol and
fired. The bail entered the negrO's mouth,
tore away the palate, and came out back
OF the ear. DR.. Anderson, the attending
physician, thinks that the wound Will
probably prove fatal. The negro's wife
says that she did everything she could 70
keep her husband from going TO Mr..
Hobbs that days, and went with him her
self because she anticipated di6'e''''''
Toe O"curvs@f ~
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
srREEr CARS IN MExICo.
Funeral Cars, Baggage Cars and First
and secOnd-Cias Passenger Cars.

Msgic0 DOR. B0st0n Herdid.
The District Railway Company orper-
stes 100 kilometers Of track, or about 90
miles English measure. It's rolling stock
consists OF 1870 irst-class cars, 6j second
class cars, 40 platform cars for transports
Ing furniture, merchandise, ETC., %
funeral cars (regarding which l will
speak later on and 26 wagons for trans
porting material and fodder. The com.
pany owns 500 mules, 8 estates In the
cry and ~ Ia The suburbs. IL transports
nearly 10,00O.C00 passengers yearly.
Fares range from 80 10 cents, according
" distance aud class, tut In the limits OF
the city proper the irst-class fare is 81
cents, or medic, equal TO &c. American
money.
Toe divisions OF the cars into first and
second classes will be noted. This Is an
excellent idea, for people who want good
company pay double what those less par
ticuiar are charged. The hrst-class cars
are painted yollow and the second-class
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05

A. 5. Mann sold his orange grove in
fernando county last week for 500 600.
The Library Association at Orange City
will build a library 24x5O feet. two stories
high.
Sixteen new members have recently
united with he Orlando Presb, terian
church.
The Nacs- Budget is the name of a neat
little paper when has just been issued at
ApOpka.
A ferry is b be established between
North Beach and the lighthouse AZ st.
Augustine.
The committee are arranging 2
entertainment Of the member
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
OLE irir prl o,
Cure Guaranteed.

TINE Electro Cav nlc Suspera Belt IL
Positive cure for Nervous DEBILITY, Lose
az Vteor. weakness. Premature Old Age, ETC.,
etc, Five hundred dollars re ard paid X
every Belt We sell does not generate genuine
klet trc current. Price reduced TO So With
each llelt we send a written gusfassss e. re-
turn the ia amount pad IL n does not make
4 complete cure. Sealed particulars sent FREQ.
ELECTRIC BELT AGENCY cor. fiatbunh
Az. and state 81. Brooklyn. n. 7,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
MAY. BARNES LETrR

MAY. BARNES LETTER.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, u. s.,
WASHINGTON, Jan. 25.l
Hon Joseph 7. N Her, Commissioner Of later
nal ReUcRae, Washington, D. o.:
DEAR SIR-You will oblige me with an
answer to the following inquiry, tor the
benefit OF certain constituents of mine,
applying 10 me for information:
eau a planter on the payment Of $l2
annually sell leaf tobacco ia ANY quantity,
any where aud 70 wnom he peases without
further hcensef II not, bow and TO what
extent is be restrictedf An early an
swer will Oblige, yours. very truly,
GEORGE T. BARNES,
M. T., 10Th Dist, Ga,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
GROWTH OF TOBACCO.
Correspondence Important to Prod uCer
of Leaf Tobacco.

From tAe 4 U0sstG cal Chronicle.
The following correspondence explains |
itself:
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
rHENEys OFraG Two STATES
TOLD ~ PAHAG RAP rs.

a Child of MitIedgev . Loses ITS Eye
ba,l-A Youug Lady of Knoxville Fre-
vented from e Oping with Sigsmist-
The OHIO ExcnrsiOnists Beginning TO
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-02-05
Now YORK CITY

~ EW YORK CITY
THE BRISTOL. "A select family hotel, IL
i East Eleventh street, between fth ave-
nue. ana u iversity place, one block and a
half from Broadway; CONVEX lent to all the
best torres and places OF Amusement; the
comfort of guests carefully stuffed; a good
tabe, well lurflsh 81 rooms. polite attention
assured; prices as asOnabe as 6rst-clasa
boarding use.
CTOP at the eTUBBLEFrELD HOUSE.
- next door 10 the academy Of Music, Ma
N. "a. Terms 81 80 per day. MRS. 5. l..
WHITEHUbsT. Proprietress.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12
Rev. Mr.. Talmage's Mother.

One of the most affecting reminis-
cences of my mother is my remem-
brance of her as Christian housekeep-
er. She worked very hard, and when
we would come in from summer play
and sit down at the table at noon, re-
member how she used to come in with
beads of perspiration along the lines of
gray hair and how sometimes she would
sit down at the table and put her head
against her wrinkled hand and say
well. the fact is, Pm too tired to eat. 4"
Long after she might have delegated
this duty to others she would not be
satisfied unless she attended to the mat
ter herself. In fact, we all preferred
to have her do so, for somehow things
tasted better when she prepared them.
Some time ago, in an express train, L
shot past that old homestead. looked
out of the window and tried to peer
through the darkness. While L was
doing so one of my old schoolmates,
whom l had not seen for many years,
tapped me on the shoulder and said:
ode Witt, l see you are looking out at
the scenes of your boyhood." "Oh,
yes" l replied, Il was looking out at
the old place where my mother lived
and died" That night in the cars, the
whole scene came back to me. There
was the country home. There was the
MONDAY meal. There were the children
on either side of the table, most of
them gone never to come back. At
one end of the table my father, with
smile that never left his countenance
even when he Law in his coffin. 1t was an
eighty-six years smile, not the smile of
Illumination, but of Christian courage
and of Christian hope. At the other
end of the table was beautiful, benig-
nant, Woodworking, aged Christian
housekeeper, my mother. She was
very tired. am glad she has so good
place to rest in. BLESSED are the
dead who die in the Lord; they rest
from their labors, and their works do
follow them"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12
BEING SCALPED.
How 1t Feels To Have Your Hair Lifted by
AN Indian.

How IL Feels To Have Your Hair Lifted by
AN Indian.
A sick and sorry looking spectacle of
humanity stepped from the passenger
train, says the Chico (Cal.) Chronicle,
and climbed into waiting wagon and
was driven TO the country. His name
was Samuel Neff. He is man of about
thirty years of age, and his parents re-
side in Pine Creek. Young Neff is just
home from Arizona, where he has been
prospecting in the mines and acting as
a scout on the hunt for Indians. I'm
fortunately for him he found the MUIR
derous red devils, and they almost
made mincemeat of him. One day
while riding through a canon he was
shot through the shoulder and fell from
his horse. His assailants. finding that
he was not dead, tortured him outra-
geously. They cut gashes in his face
and all over his body, applied fire to
his feet and hands, aud ended their
brutality by scalping him. He suffered
untold agonies. and prayed that death
might relieve him. Finally he fell into
a faint and upon awakening he found
himself being kindly cared for in a
miners cabin. The miner had picked
him up and carried him long distance
on horseback. Neff suffered weeks of
excruciating pain and raved with a
fever, and as soon as he was able to
travel he took the road for home.
Last evening a Chronicle reporter
asked Neif how it felt to have his hair
lifted.
1T is dreadful sensation" he said.
"One thinks, as the skin is being torn
from the skull, that his feet are COM
ing right up through his body to the
top OF his head. Oh, it is terrible. 1t
is so painful that you cannot utter
cry, and thousands OF stars dance be-
fore your eyes. You imagine red-hot
needles are darting in and out of your
flesh, and you clasp your hands so
closely that the finger nails cut into
the flesh. L would rather be run
through thrashing machine, ground
up in a sausage mill or thrown under a
locomotive than to ever undergo such
another ordeal. 1t makes me shudder
to think of the tortures have gone
through with, and never want to look
upon the face of another Indian.
"Do many persons survive the opera
tion?" interrupted the reporter.
"No; l have only heard of two or
three men beside myself who have lost
their hair by the scalping- knife and
then live to tell it"
"Do you think the hair will ever
grow out again ?"
"Oh, no; 1 shall always have bald
spot up there. The skin was torn off
for space of four inches square, and
I'm afraid it will never heal entirely.
Even if it does heal over. the bare place
will always be so painful that cannot
touch it. keep my head tied up in
cotton and sweet oil. You see my
beauty has been entirely married.
These frightful gashes across my face
will go with me to the grave"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12
Curious Experiments i'm HypnOtism.

l have recently attended three very
interesting seances given by Prof. Luys,
concerning hypnotism. The meetings
were held at his private residence, and
were attended only by his personal
friends and some acquaintance of DIR.
Luys. The result of the experiments
were very singular indeed, especially
during somnambulistic trance. Nj.
Luys has studied, and shown to us, the
effects of the different drugs and poi
sons when put in glass vial, firmly
sealed with lamp, and kept near the
patient action DIES indictments q
diStance). Each different drug pro-
duced special and characteristic eff
feet. Nalerian does not act like ether
or brandy. Wine, brandy, and cham
payne do not produce exactly the same
effects; that is, the drunkenness
brought on by the presence of these
different alcoholic beverages is not pre-
cisely the same, and the differences
closely correspond with those observed
in persons really intoxicated with wine,
brandy, or champagne. For instance,
ether acts on Esther y. in the follow
ing manner: After few minutes APP
plication of the ether vial behind the
neck, she grows less drowsy, opens her
eyes and begins laughing and grinning
without any reason whatever Her
mirth is soon very great and even
noisy. A very singular fact is that in
her normal condition many colors arc
not seen by her; but under the infu-
ence of ether she sees them quite dis
tinctly, and is astonished at the vivid
ness of her color-impressions. Valerian
acts upon her very differently. She
begins scratching the floor, as cats do,
and believes she is disinterring the re-
mains of her mother; and she is in a
train of thought. Wine, similarly put
behind her back, intoxicates her in
most pronounced and realisti manner
she is certainly in state of beastly in
toxication, and could not possibly be
more so if she had really swallowed
several bottles of wine. 1t is quite a
sight to witness the experiment. She
goes through the whole ordeal from
beginning to end, and finally rolls on
the floor as drunk as a drunkard ever
was. Water brings on symptoms of
hydrophobia. These experiments fully
confirm those of Drs. Burot and -Four
ru, of Rochefort, on the same subject.
Science.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12

"You have, then, given me all that you
possessed Then shall be just and give
to you all that 1 have in the world, my
motherless child, my darling Laura. l
know that she loves you, else hundred
times twenty thousand could not buy one of
her kisses away from her old father. May
God bless youl"
A sudden and wonderful change has come
over the Baltimore House. In front is a
new, gold-lettered sign bearing the firm
name, "Girard Il Hammond" There is to
be sound of wedding bells, while "the
flowers that bloc" but no matter. Ham,
mond has retired from the road; old Rich
ard Girard takes life easy in the gray and
grue of nearly ended career, riding at
will in his comfortable private carriage
once again. Laura is busy with her trous-
seau; and Hammond, the groom elect, is
busy infusing the life of his younger blood,
energy, and experience successfully into
the fast recovering business of his partner
and prospective father in law.-The Amer
lean Commercial TrdUeler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12
Ruined.

Jack Packard, of Echo Hollow, an
old fellow who had been a squatter all
his life, called on Colonel Jickerson,
the well-known lawyer. Old Jake had,
a short time before, employed the law
yer as counsel in vorce case.
"Goodmorning, Uncle Jake, good
morning, sir"
"Hy'rl" said the old man as he sat
down. Coin, yer tole me that you'd
have that ''orce by yistidy.'
Yes, | know that, Uncle Jake, but L
have not been able to obtain it.
What the old man exclaimed,
springing to his feet
Yes, haven't been able to get it.
Wall, I'll he burned. thought
you had got it an l staked my all on
your promise, an now I'm ruined.
"Fow so, Uncle Jake?"
wy. bein' sartin that yer had the
documents | got married yistidy. -
.ArkGnsdW TrdUeler.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12
Eunine Celebrities.

Lord Falmouth gives ii as his opinion
that the ten best horses of the century
have been Plenipotentiarv Bay Mid
dleton, Priam, West Australian, Flying
DutchmaH, Surplice, harkaway, Touch
stone, Cremorne, Gladiator. Mathew
Dawson thinks the ten best were Touch
stone, Flying Dutchman, Voltigeur,
Stockwell, West Australian, Thorman-
by, Blair Athol, Gladiateur. st. Simon,
and Ormonde. John Porter, one of the
most successful trainers i'll the world,
says Teddington, Virago, West Aus
tralian, Fisherman, Gladiateur, Rosi-
crucian, Isonomy, Robert the Devil,
st. Simon, and Foxhall were the best
of the century. The Hon. Francis
Lawley, a well-known turf litterateur,
includes Foxhall among the ten best
which he has ever seen. SO does Mr..
James Smith, owner of Rosebery, win
ner of the Cesarewitch and Cambridge
shire; so, of course, does William Day,
who also names Plenipotentiary Bay
Middleton, Mendicant, Priam, Blue
Gown, Touchstone, Surplice, West
Australian, and CrucifiX as the best he
ever saw. John Nightingale includes
Foxhall in the best he ever saw. T.
Jennings, Jr., includes Verneuil (by
Mortemer) in the best he ever saw.
John Dawson names absolutely the best
horse he ever saw as Prince Charlie
All are more or less influenced by theft
close connection with the best horsei
they name, yet, for the benefit of pos.
terity, their own opinions may be well
worth preserving. -SpOrtSmGn.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12
Did II Herself.

There were five of us in the stage
riding out to the Mammoth Cave from
Cave City, and one of the number was
a young lady. AS she was good-looking
and attractive it was no wonder that
all of rs men folks slicked up our hair,
wiped of our chin, and sought to enter
tain her. She didn't ask any of us
whether he was married or single, but
Just chartered away with one and anoth-
er like sensible girl. We had gone
about mile when the harness broke
and we had to wait half an hour while
the driver made repairs. During this
interval the young lady produced a
small book of poems and interested
herself Pretty soon the Major asked
her to read a few poems aloud for our
delectation. She blushed and hesitated,
but finally complied. She was fair
reader, and 1t read like fair poetry, but
she had scarcely finished the first poem
when the Ma or spoke up:
"Ah! it's Burns l recognized hin.
by his false syntax, lame meters and
wishy-washy rhymes. Dear me, but /
hope he is not your standard"
"These are not Burns POEMS, she
quietly repl ed.
Not Burns? Who then?"
"I-I wrote them myself, sir !"
The Major slid out to see about the
harness, and we saw him no more. He
walked back to the hotel to ruminate.
Detroit Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12
Valuable Plants.

In recent geologi al paper, Prof.
j. Starkie Gardner sketched the value
and importance of the grasses at the
present day, remarking that they oc-
cupy under cultivation one-third of the
entire area of Europe, inclusive of
lakes and mount inns, while, exclusive
of malt and spirituous drinks dstil ed
from them, their products to the value
of nearly one hundred millions ster-
ling are imported annually into England
alone. There are over 5000 species,
fitted to occupy most diverse stations
and to overcome nearly every kind of
vegetable competition, with the result
that about 80 per cent. of the plants
growing in ordinary meadow-land are
grasses.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-08-12
International Fame.

In competition for the laurels of in
ternational fame the pen, or its ally,
the printing press, has become decided
~ mightier than the sword. If we had
to guess at the name of the widest
known citizen of the nited States we
should not lose our time among the
W's and G's. In Roumanian villages,
in Tyrolese dairy hamlets, in poor Sile-
sian weaver towns, where the name of
L. S. Grant has never been pronounced
10y human tongne, and where even the
sage who divides his time between
scuttlemending and school-teaching
has only a vague idea that General
Washington was doughty rebel. who
somewhere or other gave the English n
deal of trouble in his time, the author
of "Uncle Toms Cabin" would be well
coined as an old acquaintance. In
Livonian moo land settlements, where
the rumors of war come only through
the medium of censor-sifted Russian
weeklies, blear-eved spinsters have
shed more tears over the turbulence of
Squire Legree than over the smoke of
their own turf-fire, and are ready to in
woke all the saints of their family al
manac to attest the veracity of the
Lady Byron scandal-for the wor-
ship of one idoliZed book hallows all
its successors. Prof. OSWdld.