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LOOK OUT FOR YOUR COMMA.
Its Use in Place of q Hypheu Pu
Foreign Fruits on the Free List.

Its Use in Place of Hyphen Put
Foreign Fruits on the Free List.
From the Philadelphia Press.
There is scarcely ever a session of con-
gress in which bills are not found to contain
mistakes Of photography or punctuation.
phe only wonder is that many more do not
occur when it is remembered that all such
work, near adjournment, is performed
under extraordinary circumstances. All is
haste, noise and confusion. Rsst or sleep is
unknown oftentimes for two or three days
and nights in succession. Z he clerks be.
come nervous, wearied and sometimes
wholly exhaused by the intense strain and
prolonged physical labor.
Probably the smallest, and apparently
most insignificant, OF all such blunders was
the most expensive one of the kind ever
made. IL occurred in tariff bill more
than twenty years ago. There was a sec
ton enumerating what articles should be
admitted free of duty. Among the many
articles specified were ''all foreign fruit
plants" ETC., meaning plants imported for
transplanting, propagation or experiment.
The enrolling clerk, ia copying tie bill, ao-
cidentally changed the hyphen in the COM
pound word "frui5-plants" to a comma,
making it read, "All foreign fruit, plants, '
etc. The CONSEQUENCE was that for year,
until congress could remedy the blunder. all
the oranges, lemons, bananas, grapes and
other foreign fruits were admitted free OF
duty. This little mistake, which the most
careful man might easily have made, cost
the government about 81, 000,0
On the other hand, Uncle Sam occasion
ally saves dollar. About ten years ago
one of Virginia's statesmen, who bad waged
a very spirited and unsuccessful battle
against King Alcohol, departed this life
after terrific attack of delirium treraens.
The usual committee, composed Of congress
men and senators, was appointed to &C.
company the body to its last resting place
and participate in the funeral ceremonies
Arriving at their Destinations small
country town in Virginia-the party got of
the train and took the carriage in waiting
and started for the cemetery, mile or two
distant.
When crossing q bridge over a deep
stream the horses attached to the hsarse got
frightened at something, became unman-
ageable and dashed against the khiffng IT
the bridge. The railing gave way ana the
whole establishment went overheard. The
driver got out alive, but both horses were
drowned and the defunct congressman
soaked In an unknown element-water.
The hearse and cssket were finally fished
out, and the burial service completed. The
owner of the hsarse sent in a bill OF $3.50 for
the loss of his pair of horses. which congress
promptly voted to pay. By some oversight,
the amendment appropriating the desired
amount was marked wrong at the clerks
desk i'll the houss, was not enrolled, aud
consequently the poor fellow who lost his
horses was obliged to wait year before he
got the money due him.
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REPTILES IN METAL.
A Craze for Odd Jewelry Has Seized
the Parisians.
IRON. the Dunlap Gable Ne,cs Company


From the Dunlop Gable Ne,es Conspana.
PARIS, Feb. GA new fad In jewelry has
seized the ladies of the capital. The real
PaTisienne must have jeweled fad. And
one Of the peculiarities of this tendency is
that il invariably runs to animals, insects,
Turing creatures of the lower orders, venom
Gus, repulsive, or suggestive. 1t was not
long ago when the hdute monde dangied
gold or silver elephants on their bracelets, or
attached to theft rings. Then the evoluted
and adopted the American Hog" dimin-
utive pig in paecious metal or cut from an
agate an ONYX or some similar material,
displaced the more bulky though no more
material elephant, and Chicago was prop
erly represented on the fair neck or wrist,
or at the belt Of every dashing wearer Of
Worth's or Felix's outfits.
So now it is Cleopatra's asp. The deadly
creature is made in diamonds, and glitters
instead of bites, but the fire which IL shoots
from its thousand facets is just as deadly to
womankind, poisonous to her vanity, as was
the original that gives these jeweled imita-
lions a reason for existence.
OF course, it was ia Deese Sarah" The
reincarnation Of the Serpent of the Nile,
the--but why multiply expletivesa You
have her with you, and can make them for
yourselves. 1t was she who inspired the
fashion. as she has inspired score Of Others,
and the beau monde rushes wildly in the
wake.
The idea OF an asp has inspired other cog
nate reptiles and SO one is surprised to
see specimens Of the natural order LAGER
tilia which the vulgar call lizards, glisten-
ing in all tie colors OF their varied lines.
They are made OF diamonds and sapphires,
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A SOUTHERN BsLLz.

She Was OF an Old Southern Family,
But Dies in Abjscs Poverty.
The New York Herald of Tuesday CON
tsinsd the following;
"Mrs. Francis LleWellyn Young, once a
famous southern belle. and member OF an
old southern family, died yesterday in alb
ject poverty In the tenement house, No. Y
| Back street She had been an invalid for
ten years, being confined 10 her bed with
paralysis. The disease finally caused heart
\ Failure.
"Mrs. Young was the wife Of Col. Will
lam H. Young. who formerly owned the
/ American Sentinel, New York paper,
and the Spirit of the South, a daily jour
nal published in Louisville, KY, In ante
| bellum days. She was q writer Of ability
aud was at one time q well-kuown con-
tributor to magazines throughout the
south.
| Fla. Her relatives were wealthy planters
/ in that vicinity. and she was educated
abroad In 1855 she married Col. Young,
and then began q series of travels and re-
markabis adventures. Whsn the company
was organized in this country 10 purchase
| the mosquito coast from Nicaragua, Mrs.
( Young, upon the advice OF Der husband, con-
tributed S65, 600 and with him went 70
that country with the people under d. L.
/ kinnedy.
when the colony finally broke up, Col.
Young aud Mrs. Young ioined the celebra-
ted filibuster, Walker. They spent several
years with him, and finally returned to the
| United States aad settled IN Louisville.
"When the war broke out her husband
organized q cavalry regiment under the
name of 'Youug's Kentucky, furnishing the
money with which the horses aud equip
ments of the regiment were purchased. This
was done at the request Of Secretary OF War
Simon Cameron. The regiment fought
through several battles. and was finally re-
organized as the Third Pennsylvania, and
since THAI time numerous Intellectual at
tempts have boon made to have the money
expended returned to Col. Young. The
matter is now under consideration by the
government
| "Up to about two months ago Col. and
| Mrs. Young lived in Washington, but as
the latter's condition seemed to ne growing
worse Col. Young decided to bring her to
| this city for treatment. She could not
travel on the cars, and as related in the
Herald at the time, they made the trip TO
this city in wagon, spending six days on
the road.
wealthy relatives who live in this city
have taken cha &c OF the funeral. and the
body will be sent back to Florida for
burial" $500.
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Dolls, Half Price. at silva,s.

A large stock Of dressed and undressed
Bisque JOinted Dolls, Bisque Kid Body Dolls,
Washable and Wax Dolls, which must. and
will be sold, il price is any inducement.
Early buyers will save money and get the
choice.
Ny sale at reduced prices to close out
retail stock still continues.
Silver plated ware very low. Rich Cut
Glassware ditto. Dinner Sets, Chamber
Sets, Tea Sets. moving lively. A good line
Of Pianos, Parlor and Hall Lamps. Table
Cutlery, Brass Goods, Bisque Figures, Art
Pottery, aud everyday furnishings. A
large lot OF Toy Tea Sets. Call early and
often. JAS. s. SILVA,
I'D 40 Broughton Street.
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LEGAL SALES.
CITY sHERIFF's SALE.
TTNpER and by vLrtne q Q distress war;

I TNDER aud By virtue OF distress warrant
u returnable to the City Court Of Savannah,
Us favor of HENRY r. JACKSON vs. Mrs. r.
HERiOT, / have levied upon the furniture OF
said defendant, contained In the residence No.
1C6 South Broad street. northwest corner Of
South Broad and Barnard streets, In the city OF
Savannah.
VIM. ID, Harden. judge of said City Court of Sa-
vannah. will sell the above levied on furniture,
as per inventory, on the premises, No. 163 South
riiary, 1891, beginning at ii O'Clock a. M on that
day, for cash. The furniture may be inspected
on the day before the sale. Inventory of same
may be seen at the court house, market and en-
trance to city exchange.
L. L. GOODWIN,
Savannah, Feb IL. 1891. Sheriff O. G. s.
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With your stomach. Take that only which has
been proven TO be purest and best TIE genuine
imported Carlsbad Sprudel Salt is admitted by
the best physicians Ia the world to be the
grandest remedy for stomach disorders. Be
sure and secure the genuine, which must have
the signature of ''Eisner & Mendelson OK. Sole
Agents. New York, on every bottle.
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KIESLINGS NURSERY,

WHITE BLUFF ROAD.
DI.ANTs, bouquets, Designs, Cut Flowers
Il furnished TO order. Leave orders at DAVIS
BROS, cor. Bull and York SITS. The Belt Rail
way passes through the nursery Telephone 40
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I.adiaa, Rlouaas.

To close out we offer a large line Of Ladies'
Blousss, of Onting Cloth. Flannel and Silk
at rs cents on the dollar. These goods are
well worth looking after.
I'D. b. II. LEVY e. BRo
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PETITIONS ron INCORPORATION

~ EORGIA, CHATHAM CouHrv.--To the Su-
~ pertor Court of said county: The petition
OF JAMES II. FURBER and ULDRIGK H
MoLAWS. both Of said county. respectfully
shows:
/. That they desire 20 form themselves ana
such persons as they may associate wish them
into private corporation under the corporate
name Of
"THE GRANGE LAND COMPANY"
2. That the objects OF their association and
the particular business they propose 70 carry
out are as follows: To buy, sell, lease. grant,
mortgage, encumber, improve and otherwise hold
and deal In real and personal property; to sub.
scribe for, purchase receive, hold and dispose of
the stock, securities and obligations Of any other
corporations now or hereafter formed under tha
laws OF this or any other state or territory OF
the United States; to lend or borrow money
on note, bnl, bond, pledge, deed, mortgage or
real or personal security; 20 enter
into and carry out contracts
and obligations for the building, constructing
equipping repairing and improving ofshouses,
buildings factoriss, warehouses, bridges roods
and other public or private works; to manu-
facture sell and deal IN any aud all articles of
personal property, and generally TO do ana per-
form all acts and things incident and similar to
those above enumerated. g. The principal place
OF doing business win be In Chatham county,
said state but viii do business IN other counties
Of said state, and In any or all the states and
territories OF the United States L. The amount
Of capital to be employed by petitioners act
ually paid in viii be TWENTY THOUSAND
JULIA h9 ulNlubu tnLO Two huAfeH OF
ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS each 8. In addi-
ton TO all powers necessary TO the carrying OUT
of those above enumerated, and the powers CON-
mon TO all corporations under the laws Of Geor-
gia, petitioners desire the following special
powers: To Increase or diminish the capital
stock, from time 20 time, to any sum not
greater than ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND
DOLLARS nor less than said sum Of TWENTY
THOUSAND DOLLARS; to provide by bylaws
or otherwise, from time to time, for assess
ments, by way OF loan to the company or other.
wise. upon it's stockholders, and enforce the
samo by sale of the stock In question or other
Wise, and 10 provide by bylaws or otherwise,
from time tn time for limitation or restriction
Of the right and power to transfer stock
Wherefore petitioners pray that they and
their associates may be Incorporated as afore-
said, for the term Of twenty years. with the privi
lege of renewal at the expiration OF that time.
And Petitioners will ever pray, etc.
u II. MoLAWS,
Attorney for Petitioners
The above petition filed IN Office and recorded
this 9th day OF February, 1891
JAMES K. r. CARR,
Clerk s. O. @. O.
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AS PRESIDENT of the Drexel Institute, at s;o.
900 year, Prof. MacAlster is the best paid
teacher in the United States.
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Local Record for the Morning News.
Local forecasts for Savannah aud vicinity
for to-day: Decidedly colder; fair.
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CHEAP ADVERTISING.
ONE CENT A WORD.

ADVERTISEMENTS. IS Torts or
ssovv, - tAis column inssrtsd ror ONE
CkNT A WORD. coaA ~ Adponos, saoA
tsssrttoz.
Acsvroody snao has dmy s0ons 20 s~pp,y,
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seCos's'nodotEo~st 20 secure; irdsed, any ssisA
to gTostJv should ddvertfss ~ thIs col,uu.
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CTRAYED, on my place last December, white,
- spot-face COW With calf, brown and bald
face. Owner can have same by paying charges
A. GREENE, East Savannah, on Gwinnett
street.
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Do Not Exnsrimant

tndiostestraos 4Tneass and hundreith 8
O. 8. GoRsAs. Observer Signal Oorpe.
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A LM0NT LIVERY STABLES. - stylish
"A Horses. Buggies and Carriages An orders
promptly attended TO- Special attention given
10 boarding horses Telephone 500. J. G. DE-
MARTIN, Manager
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l.. That they desre 20 form themselves ana
such persons as they may associate wish them
into a private corporation under the corporate
mn IL
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noS'T fail to get a copy OF Sundays issue OF
~ the MORNING NEWS. For sale at BISHOPS
DRUG STORE. corner Hall and Price streets.
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EOR SALE, the finest Imported Wines, Wits.
II kleG, Cordals, etc, at lowest prices con
sistent wish quality. n. LAWNS ESTATE.
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ENOR SALE Imported Martel Brandy, 81.
Il Croix aud Jamaica Rum, Holland Gins, all
kinds of Cordals, Champagnes, Ssuterne, Clar-
cts BurgundlsE etc. NJ. LAWNS ESTATE.
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TOR SALE, fine evergreen shrubbery and
II ornamental trees. flowers, etc, at Con
cordia park; raised at tho place and healthier
plants than any from the north; suitable for
flower gardens, lawns and cemeteries CHA5.
SELLER.
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MIsCELLANEous WAITS.

NTANTED. . quarter Of front lot at Tybee,
DoRsEfT.
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q CENTS per foot for Rubber Hose. Cotton
" h ose at a great bargain. GEIDLINGER Il
RABUN
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"THE GRANGE LAND COMPANY. "

2. That the objects of their association and
the particular business they propose 70 carry
out are as follows: To buy, sell, lease, grant,
mortgage, encumber, improve and otherwise hold
and deal In real and personal property: to sub.
scribe for. purchase receive, hold and dispose Of
the stock aecuritiaa mr. nhligations ~ any ofher
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1891-11-13
A GREAT HEAD.
A Washington Man who is Paid Hand
some1y For Carrying 1t.

WASHINGTON, D. c., November II.
There is man in this city who has the
biggest head in the world. His name
is Lotus Jones Parker, and his head
measures little more than 80 inches
around. The girth of the average mans
head is about q inches.
Mr.. Parker is AZ years old, and is a
respected citizen of the capital. He has
been business man, with place on
Louisiana avenue, near Seventh street,
but for about twenty years he has been
leading retired life. He did not re-
tire upon the accumulations of an ac-
tive business career, as many worthy
men do, but upon a bonus or subsidy
given by three noted physicians of
Washington, who wanted to secure his
remarkable head for an autopsy when
he came to shake off the mortal coil.
That subsidy was begun twenty
years ago. He was then % years old,
and the enterprising medicine men
thought then that he would not live
much longer. They could not see how
a man with so big a head and so small
body to feed it'could hold out beyond 33
years, the average Of human life. So
the endowment was set aside for his
maintenance, the conditions being that
he was not permanently to leave the
District of Columbia, and that the
doctors were to have his body for
scientific purposes when he had no
further use for it.
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pointment or unexpected misfortune, is
unable for time to meet his indebted
ness. When this is the case, moral
honesty requires an exploitation of the
circumstances which caused the fail
ure. Such an explanation viii satisfy
reasonable man though he be the
disappointed creditor A manifest dis
position to do to the extent of personal
ability, is proof of mans integrity,
proof Of a refined moral principle.
Nothing more can Justly be demanded.
But to be totally Indifferent, and per-
haps, transfer patronage to another be-
cause Of indebtedness, because gen
erous creditor might occasionally IN
stitute an inquiry respecting his claim
and the probabilities of settlement, is
to indicate want of honor and pro
per sense of justice.
"No man can be honest in the sight
of God and refuse the payment OF
debt, if he possess the ability, no
matter when it was contracted or how
it may be regarded by the civil law.
This refusal, if persisted in, will oper-
ate most seriously against his saliva
ton Restitution is necessary to the
divine approval and consequently to
our spiritual safety. And the Chris
tianity of that man is false who de-
clines, when it is altogether possible,
to make restitution. To retain that
which is the property of another by
obligation and right, is to violate one
of the highest principles of Christi
anity 1t teaches us to render to
all their dues and to provide things
honest in the sight Of all men, And
he who acts upon this teaching, does
unto others as he would have them do
unto him., presents to the world an
enviable character and will be remem-
bered and honored of men, long after
his earthly departure.
ga short time ago brief obituary
of gentleman appeared in one of the
public journals, remarkable for its
rarely in these days of Generalization
both in public and private life. 1t
was as follows: AT Plainfield, New
Jersey, Henry A. H. Martin, locally
known as the man whom everybody
trusted, died on Friday. He was town
collector for fifteen years, and his ac-
counts never varied cent. No nomi-
nations were ever made against him
at an election What record What
compliment to his integrity! What
a monument is therein reared to his
character and memory, monument
of interest and value to society as well
as to his kindred and their posterity.
And possible is it for every business
man to achieve such a character and
leave to others such an inheritance.
"Acting upon the principles we have
announced, business success, to a
greater or less extent, is insured. No
one can fail to progress who observes
the rules of industry and prudence,
promptness and honesty. May we all
profit by the lessons of the evening.
Act righteously toward men and God,
righteously in our dealings and daily
conduct, that it may be said to us in
the final day in language of common
dalton, 'aceU DONE"
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DIR. KEELEY'S BONANZA.
He Is Treating 500 Patients At His San
itarium.

CHICAGO, November 11.-Dr. Leslie
Keely, of bichloride-of-gold notoriety,
is greatly shocked, he says, by the
death of Colonel John Mines, the well
known journalist, who had been under
the anti-whiskey treatment. The doc
tor puts it in this way:
"He was one of the unfortunate five
per cent, who are beyond the reclaim
ing power hold. l can save ninety
five per cent, of the drunkards who
come under my treatment. No earthly
power can save the others / believe. !"
Dispatches from Dwight, H., state
that DIR. Keely is constructing big
hotel and sanitarium there. He de-
clares that ne is not ready to give away
the secret of his cure for drunkenness.
And it is no wonder that he guards it
closely. present he has 500 patients.
Each patient pays 1875 a week for the
treatment, making total gross income
of $4,000 a week. The expenses are
not over $4,000 in that period, leaving
a net profit of $4,000. The number Of
patients is increasing all the time.
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THE YANKEE LOCK PICKER.
Career of A. c. Hobbs Who Picked Lock
For Queen Victoria

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, November o.
A. c. Hobbs, Superintendent of the
Union Metallic Cartridge Company's
business since 1866, died this morning
of brain disease. He was seventy
nine years old.
Mr. Hobbs was the most skillful pick
er of complicated locks in the world.
He had picked locks supposed to be in
vincible in many states. In 1850 he
was paid $500 for picking Herring
safe lock in the Merchants Exchange
Bank of New York He went to Eng
land in 1851, taking with him his tools,
which so resembled burglar kit that
the British custom officials declined to
permit him to enter the kingdom until
a letter from the American consul es-
tablished his character.
The fame of his exploits preceded
him to England, and wherever he went
he was followed by curious crowds. In
London he picked with ease massive
locks of the intricate construction,
including the famous Chubb and Brah-
nah locks, and in five seconds he opened
before Qreen Victoria alock ofLondon
make. For this service he was given
200 guineas.
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A HORRIBLE CRIME.
A Woman Outraged and She and Her
Children Burned to Death

Ch1ldren burned TO Death
ALEXANDRIA, VA, November IL
This morning a man named Hefin,
who was shocking corn in a field near
the house of Mrs. James Hines, about
one and a quarter miles from Calver-
ton, Fauquier county, discovered the
house to be on fire. He at once started
across the field to notify neighbor
and secure assistance. In the mean
time the other neighbors saw the fire,
and, Fastening to the house, broke
open the door, when they discovered
the remains of Mrs. Hines and two of
her children almost burned to a crisp,
and the body of the other child lying
some distance off with bruise on its
head and spots of blood about its face.
Enough of the mothers body was re-
covered to show that she had been
foully dealt with before the house had
been set on fire to hide the crime.
The coroner's jury returned verdict
that the mother, who was a widow,
and her three children had been muir
dered and the house set on fire. There
is no clue to the murderers.