The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-04-29
WAYS TaEY SPEND MONEY.

Fakirs Ready ID Take the c ountry
Visitors Nick els-The City's Sights.
The Merchants week festivities have
brought an unusual number of fakirs into
the city. On almost every stres5 corner
they can be seen displaying their wares aud
calling upon the Rullibls public to invest
their small change.
All sorts Of mechanical and ear-piercing
devices are presented for the consideration
/ OF the visitors, and the din from their
/ operations on BroughtoD street. puts one
| in mind Of Christmas times The
''locust" man seems to attract the most.
| His contrivance consists Of a circular piece
| of sheet iron. covered at one end with a
| piece Of kidskin drawn taught, through
| which is inserted double piece OF horse
hair attached by a slip-knot TO O circular
| stick. By revolving this machine a noise
identical to that made by locusts IS pro-
| duced. He is meeting with considerable
success in disposing Of the tricks, not only
to the country folks, but to city people as
WELL
Another affair which is attracting a
share Of attention is the electric
battery apparatus. The country people
seem TO be very anxious to
receive shocks" and some Of the seen es
! are ludicrous in the extreme. Last night
great crowd Of them gathered around It,
and one large bony individual undertook to
see what virtue there was IN the polished
bsll-tingling machine. He was hoggish
and wanted 20 be shocked all over. He
grabbed the handles and had the
df dan pads put put under his
turned on slowly, and he seemed to be
highly delighted, from the broad grin that
spread over his unsophisticated counte-
nance. Gradually the current became
stronger and the grin slowly changed to
one Of grim determination to hold on or
die. At last the full force was given him
and he gave a yell like an Indian war
whoop as he said to the operator, in
tones of evident pain: Say, mister.
turn her of. got enough"
When the current was shut down he and
three or four friends who accompanied him
walked over directly underneath the cleo
trio lamp at Altmayer's, where he stopped
to examine the palms OF his hands to see If
auy damage had resulted. After q thorough
and satisfactory investigation he said to his
companions: "Golly, boys, she's strong. i
thought that when that thing went shootin'
through me | was goner." The
show greatly amused the crowd, and
the countryman walked off with an
air that plainly indicated that he was.proud
of having found out the mysteries of
electricity.
The electric cars are probably the great
est attraction to our country cousins. The
novelty Of riding in cars propelled by other
than mule power seems to tickle them be-
yond expression. They make up parties
and take regular picnic rides around the
Belt and out Barnard street. Others stand
on the corners with open mouths as the cars
rush by, seemingly unable to understand
| the invisible motive power which operates
| the cars.
The fire department headquarters has had
its share Of attention from the visitors, and
the country people seemed to take great
interest in examining the different APP
paratus and having their points shown
them. Several happened to be at the CO.
CINE house yesterday afternoon when the
regular test alarm came in. They were not
prepared for what was to follow, and
as the horses rushed out to their places
| under the swinging harness. they broke for
| the street In dismay for fear of being run
| over. They thought it was a fire call and
didn't propose to stand around and be
trampled upon. The thing that caught
their eye above everything else was the
| brass descending poles. Some of the fire.
| men gave exhibitions Of their utility, much
to the enjoyment of the country people who
never saw such things before.
The barrooinS are reapinR harvest from
| the visitors, and many of them have
inaugurated the all night plan to catch the
wanderers who remain out until the small
hours to see the elephant.
With all the drinking that has been
| INDUCED in, remarkably good order has pre-
vailed aud the police have experie ced no
| difficulty in maintaining good order. An
| inquiry at police headquarters showed that
the average daily arrests had not increased
since the inauguration of the festivities.
| A countryman was standing on the Bay
| yesterday morning talking to a merchant
when one OF the Belt Line cars came along
| Looking at it moment, the countryman
| turned to the merchant and asked:
"Whar did that car come fromw
| THAT car" said the merchant, .."came
from the depot, about two miles outside the
city. WhyP'
"Waal, they must er give her - of q
push to make her come this far"