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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-03

Smith. Her mgtriculatos number 4.51T. Of
Mnoif i'0io ,u,, ON
General Francis N. Smith. who had nH-
cd the position OF Superintendent from
tho foundation Of the school. ana had re-
stored IL from IT'S ruins after the war,
sought ia reufmsnt ihe rtpose hc had 80
DISTINGUISHED service. On the 2lst day
OF March 1870 General Smith died, In
the seventy-eighth year Of his age. on
tho 18th day OF July iss1 Colonel J. T.
constituted the entire faculty Of the
school from 1870 TO 1872. died in the eish-
tieth year of his AGE.
THO FIATTERlNC LETTERS.
As a part OF this sketch. II - deemed
20 DO not lnpppropriate 10 introduce thu
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-03

s,rovel nor cau its name or fame per
isf lf VIII Else sirlA- ihan before
and continue 40 dinuse lt5 hclehts 70 "a
guteiai p.ople,.e Under our WIS, s.,.o a
SION nf .- uscfaIress. The diil ,uitics ny
which 30 is surrounded VIII call iorth
greater energies fIom it's officers ana ~
creased diligence from lH pupils l'
prosperity Z consider certain.
with great regard. yours very truly,
General r. b. smith
INNCHBURG HOME GUARD.
The Home Guard. of Lynchburg, Va, -
n company with 4 history 10 was or
<otrmhar g. 1852. with Samuel Garland
Jr.. as captain. Krkw0od Otey. first lien
tenant. AZ n. Norman. second lieu-
tenant. John O.. Moem. Jr.. third leuten-
amt. Samuel ". Simpson. fourth li'uien-
ant. Robert Mckinney. orderly serstahl
ON tho roll of the company when lf.t
orcauized-a roll Of honor-were eighty
names officers and men. IN ad4lt'n tp
tho officers named above there We're the
following. John g.. Johnson. second ser
geant. W. j. fL Hawkins third sergeant
William SANFORD. color sere ant. a. '.
Cosby first corporal. j. KRIS 'oahury,
second corporal. O.. y. Hammer tniIH COZ
ror4l. w 3D. NCWun fourth corporal. b.
Lewis Dlnclf0rl. treasurer Robert car
lick 1854 ktau. secretary. benjamin
Hlacfl0r1 surgeon: n. !. Goodman. ar
m0ror -. w Burks and g. a. Pres on
makers. Henry j. Abraheus. Calvin Mo
cortl.. Z ~ Adams Charles A. Nose iey.
u a Aker- No1 L. Mayer !. ". An
d.reou. A H. Miller. T.. b. Button, ).
Lawrence Nccm. r. $. Burton j..
Norman. Robert T. Brown. j w. NN,qlI. -
+ j. creed John T.. orieshv. -. 9. CLARK,
Robert g. Pierce. Wiley Camnnell. G. -.
pae. A. CrrninehaW a.. j.. Parciyal.
II. pamay. John a. Road CLINTON De-
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-03

(cantain Goldshoro O.. O. Rlnes'
i,,a.s io,ueursticns. 1885 and 1898. Ma
tional Drill az Washington wy, 80
I-nro,iinc OF Lee Monument AZ ltlchmOhu'
Virrlnia Nay 10. 1891, and numer-
ong local celebrations. , o,
The company has memoeIsnlp OF III
~, ,.u-rs ia own arm0ry and clup-rooui.
and il in fine financial condition as WEI"
az military oreaul4auon. - r,...,,,..
Its of GERS are. Captain, J. g lessen,
First Lieutenant. j. ". Young, Secohl
i.iepfenapf. II ". Bryan. During their
visit 40 this city al the reunion, they
viii be tho guests or the walker l.leno
Guqr,i. Captain Cunningham, company
b. First Virginia Volunteers.
CAPTAIN G. BhSSENT
was horn i'm Mocksvlle. North Carollns,
February H. 1855. Removed to winston,
Y O.. March II. 1874 Enlisted as a
private ia COMPANY a. Third keslnn,n .l,
y. G. s. c.. at US fe2t. ~. 80
ceant March 26. 1879. was appointed
and acted as Color Sergeant First NOrth
Carolina battalion ~ Yorktown, virginia
I'm ISL: prom ctec First Lieutenant June
4 1885. captain. June 6, 1882; served as
secretary and treasurer OF his company
from June 6. 1879 10 June 9. 1892, and as
Chairman " Board OF Trustees from
June 8. 1856 20 the present time.
Captain Eesscnt has attended every en-
ca mnment. celebration. and parade in
which his company has participated since
he enlisted as a private in 1873. He was
i'm command Of his company during the
riot in Winston during August. 1885. and
was highly compimented by the citizens
Of his city and the Adiutant-Generai Of
The State for tho able manner I'm which
no handled his company on that occasion.
Captain Bessent served tho city as tax
collector for ten years. hut Is now en-
gagged ir the fire insurance business.
Cartain Resent is tho ranking captain
Of the North Carolina state Guard.
WASHINGTON GUARDS.
The history OF the Washington Guard:
OF Fredericksburg. Va. is connected with
some OF the darkest days this nation has
passed through. Their organization date:
back TO a period prior to the late war be-
tween the States. and they were present
and. under command % the late Capt
j. W. Sener. participated in the capture
OF John Brown at Harper's Ferry.
Capt. Sener was succeeded by capt G
Wister Wallace. one OF our most promln
ent citizens and president OF the Ma
tional Bank
Under his command they entered the
Confederate army IN the Thrieth Nir
ginla Regiment. P.ckstts Division. Corse'l
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as captain retired 10 private life. In Sep
TENDER. 1873. the late J. 5. Cary, was
placed al the head. and in appreciation OF
his valued services as an officer ana
soldier, he was elected Major CT the
Fourth Virginia Regiment, al its lorna
ton September 10. iss2.
Promotion being in order at that tims
First-Lieutenant John ID. Ragiand was
UNANIMOUSLY elected commander. and
served with great fidelity for four years.
Lieutenant II. 4. Matteson. was elected
captain. March 10th. 1851. a, which ume
the company moved into It's present
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1896-07-03

HAM ARTILLERY BY GENERAL
GEORGE WASHINGTON IN i7el.
ENGLISH PIECE.
Of the company. but viii not be with his
commend al the reunion in consequence or
serious illness for several monhs past.
Tas Company viii be under coniniane OF
Ltrst Tfcusrsnt W J. Perry. with Sec
ond Lieutenant Latham Childs second IN
command The company has been drill
ing specially for this trip and present
handsome and soldiery appearance
IL is composed OF some or the best
young men OF that town,
OGI.ETHORPE LIGHT INFANTRY.
More than thiry-ttree years nave passed
away since the og'ethorpe Lisht IMAM
try. one m rdfed and one men Ia the dg-
gregate, Captain Francis e. Barlow IN
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23
ROYAL PecuIiarilties.

From the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Charles VI of France was a hopeless
imbecile.
The Assyrian kings all wore very long,
curly boards.
Hadrian was the first Roman emperor
to wear a beard.
George I of England never learned the
English language.
Paul of Russia was insane during the
greater part of his life.
Saul, the first King of Israel, was said
by the rabbis to be seven feet high.
Conrad III, Emperor Of Germany, had
six fingers on his right hand.
Charles VIII of France was said to be
the most affable man of his time.
PHILIPPE II was born in August, and for
that reason was called Augustus.
Charles Martel, or Charles the Hammer,
carried a mace weighing thirty pounds.
George III had the family faint of lun-
acy and for many years was insane.
Philip of Macedon was a drunkard, and
transmitted this popularity to his son.
Rudolph II of Germany had but one
arm. the left having been cut off in a
battle.
John of England had the reputation Of
being the handsomest man Of his age.
Louis ii suffered horribly, and when
little excited or angry he could not
speak at all.
Aga Mohammed Khan lost the two mid
die fingers of his right hand from a sword
cut.
Louis VIII was feeble-minded. and in
derision was by his subjects called the
lion.
Frederick the Great was said to be the
thinnest and most demonstrating
man in Prussia.
Shah Ashref of Persia was left-handed
and had a special saber made to suit this
popularity.
Edward III was six feet three inches in
hight, and had a rough, shaggy beard
that reached TO his girdle.
Claudius was an idiot. His eyes stared
in a meaningless gaze, and saliva drop
ped from his lips.
Henry III of Germany had a complex
ion so dark that he might easily have been
mistaken for a negro.
Louis I Of France was said to be the most
amorous king that ever ruled over thar
amorous nation.
Charles 1 wore a small, pointed beard,
and thus set the fashion so often seen in
Vandyck's portraits.
The Car Nicholas was said by the court
physicians to have suffered for many
years from ingrowing nails.
Vitellius, the Glutton, who for a short
time ruled the Roman empire had a waist
measure of sixty-two inches.
Tamerlane. the Tartar conqueror, had a
club foot. His real name was Timour
Lenk, or timour the Lame.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23
SEA SERPENT KILLED.
Was 40 Feet Long and TOvved a Boat
About Fifteen Miles.
From the Philadelphia Press.


Carrabelle, Fla, Aug. 19.-On the wharf
at his place is a great sea serpent which
was killed in the gulf to-day after it had
towed the steamer Crescent City for over
an hour, at a terrific pace The mon
ster is a horrible looking thing. 1t meas
ures forty-nine feet and two inches in
length and seventy-two inches around its
body in the largest part. 1t is eel-shaped
with the exception Of its head and tail.
1t has a spoon-bill shaped head with a
mouth resembling a sharks, except that
1t is a great deal larger. Its teeth are set
at an angle of about forty-five degrees
backward in the mouth, and it has a
long forked tongue The tail is armed
with formidable fins, six to eight inches
long. The color is brown, with a greenish
back, making 1t appear black in the water.
The underside is yellow.
The Crescent City left here this morning
for the snapper banks, off Dog Island, with
nearly 100 excursionists on board. Shortly
after the boat left, a line, to which was at
tached a shark hook baited with mullet.
was thrown overheard near the bow. The
hook was almost Immediately seized by
something which darted ahead at a ire
mendous gait. The line attached TO the
hook was nearly 600 yeards long, but it
became tangled after 100 yards had been
AhdlQ Ouls anu the DOdL was LueIl almost at
the mercy of the monster. The monster
made seward, pulling the steamer, which
is only a six-knot boat, at fully twelve
knots an hour. The passenged became
panic-stricken, and urged the captain to
cut the line, but he refused. saying he was
resolved TO capture the monster. Three
times the monster sank down and it looked
as though the Crescent City would be sub
merged. So deep was she pulled into the
water that great waves rolled over her
decks. The women on board screamed
and several tainted.
Some of the male passengers attempted
to cut the line but the captain prevented
them, swearing he would overpower the
thing" Afr the boat had been towed
fifteen miles, the monster tired and the
crew hauled in the line. When the mon
ster was within twenty yards Of the Cres-
cent City passengers and crew poured in
shot after shot, and finally killed it. 1t
was then hauled on board and the Cres-
cent City brought it here.
1t is the first sea serpent ever captured
in the gulf. though several have been
sighted. The strain on the Crescent City
was so great that her timbers were sprung
and she was leaking when she reached
here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23
MEALS of THE OLD ENGLISH.
The breakfast Is a Comparatively
Recent Invention in VictOria's
Country.

Country.
From English Notes and Queries.
Some time ago inquiry was made in IN.
& O." as to the hours at which our ances-
tors took their meals. The following alb
stract of a lecture delivered by Mr.. Darcy
Power at the London institution will give
information on the subject:
Mr.. Power said the old English had three
meals a day, of which the chief meal was
taken when the work of the day was fin
ished. The first meal was at 9, dinner was
about o'clock, and supper was taken
just before bedtime. The Normans dined
at the old English breakfast time or lit
tile later and supped at p. m. In Tudor
times the higher classes dined at II and
supped at 8, but the merchants seldom took
their meals before y and 6 O'clock The
chief meals, dinner and supper, were Ia
ken in the hall both by the old English
and the Normans for the parlor did not
come into use until the reign Of Elizabeth.
Breakfast did not become a regular meal
until quite lately, and DR.. Murray in the
oxford Dictionary" gave 1853 as the date
of the earliest quotation in which the word
occurred. The meal did not become rec
ognized until late in the seventeenth cen
fury, for Pepys habitualy took his draught
of half pint Of Rhenish wine or a drachm
of strong waters in the place of a morning
meal. Dinner was always the great meal
of the day. and from the accession of
Henry " to the death of Queen Elizabe
the dinners were as sumptuous and extrav-
ag7ant as any of those now served.
Carving was then a fine art Each guest
brought his own knife and spoon, for the
small fork was not introduced into Eng
land until Thomas Coryate of Odcome
published his "Crudities" in 1911. Pepys
took his spoon and fork with him to the
lord mayors feast in 1868. The absence
Of forks led to much stress being laid up
on the act Of washing the hands both be-
fore and after meals and to the rule that
the left hand alone should be dipped into
the common dish, the right hand being
occupied with the knife. The perfect din
ner at the best time Of English cookery
consisted Of three courses, each complete
in itself and terminated by a subtlety or
device the whole being rounded off with
Ypocras. after which the guests retired
into another room, whore pastry. sweet
maets, and fruit were served with the
choicest wines.
The English were essentially meat eat
ers. and 1t was not until the time Of the
commonwealth that pudding attained its
extraordinary popularity; indeed, tine first
mention Of pudding IN the menus Of the
''Buckfeast" at ST. Bartholomew's hospital
did not occur until ITO. end IN 17l2 is an
item Of five shillings for Ice.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23
CUNNING NECK AND NECK.
urrTWORE AND CINCINNATI IN
--.E PUSH FOR THE PENNANT.

-o CIubs Making n Hard Fight
setting n lively Pace for the
o-hers-CIeveIand Third In the
y.ce and Chicago Fourth, With
show of winning Under Any
circumstances.
VI. and neck in the stretch That is
,v Baltimore and Cincinnati now
-.,-7 With the same number OF games
- and lost and the same percentage
w.. two clubs representing respectively
~ -.-.st and east and sOuth-for the south
.,.l--e Ealtimore-are exactly even.
T,-sra never was a prettier or closer pen
~ race. Baltimore and Cincinnati
r,v- been lowering around the two high
-, ,.aces for the past month. First one
..sr, is leading and then the other. Tney
-laces for a day or so and then, just
A.. +bev might think that one good turn
5.se-ves another. swap back again.
II. VAS not thought that Cincinnati
...,5 keep up with the pace Baltimore is
..4-g but the Reds" are holding on
--,-b the tenacity Of bulldogs. The race Is
-,,r.s, 10 be hot, but in the end Baltimore
nil cain the nag. The western clubs are
.,,,. IN their last eastern trip, when they
nil return home and the eastern clubs
,+r 20 west This will make Baltimore
erssb away from home, but the Orioles
tsDe to have such a lead when they leave
,o7,e that will make it impossible for any
,lub TO catch them. Cleveland is in third
mac. some sixty points behind the lead
srs but the Spiders are known as game
erisbers. and they viii yet lead the top
notchers a merry chase.
chicago is a bad fourth with no chance
of me two. three money, while Pittsburg
te close behind the Colts Boston IS slXun,
,,-ttb BROOKLYN, Philadelphia and New York
t5-a,irf in a bunch Gus Schmeiz
senators are secure in third to last place,
v-bile the Browns and the Colonies nestle
IN tneir familiar places at the bottom
The following is the standing OF the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23
ABOON TO HUMANITY
Wsa1, HaggaTd, Suffering Women Have
al Last FOHnd Relief.
Physicians Are beginning to Realize
Abbo's Wonderful skill.

The wonderful cures performed by Ahbo.
the wonder worker. has gained him well
merited reward. Not only is the Abbo In
stitute daily crowded with persons seeking
his powerful remedies. but physicians In
an portions OF this ana adjoining states
whose appliances for performing surgi-
cal operations are lacking. and whose rem
edIes for successfully combating disease
are limited have very wisely thrown aside
prejudice and personal feelings and with
the best interest OF their patients at heart.
have sought tho assistance Of Abbo's al
most miraculous powers. Scarcely a day
passes now but brings with IL the notih-
cation from some medical practitioner.
that having noticed and carefully investi-
gated certain cures by .Abbo. he had be-
come convinced OF his marvellous powers
ana decided % bring 10 the Institute one
or mis- patients. whose disease had c,ou-
I pleie.y naiiled the skill OF himself and 9TH
er physicians Many Of these cases have
already been treated by Abbo. and with
results that were simply astounding
some OF them at the time they were
brought TO the Institute seemed even to
the eve OF the medical practitioner to be
| beyond the power of human skill and their
cures We're as astonishing to the medical
men almost as they were to the patients
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23

In the Mlxup-"We are threatened"
yelled the impassioned orator. waving his
hands above his head, with stlll harder
times unless we do the bidding of the plu-
tocrats, who claim to be our mastersi
They will starve US into submlssionl Be
fore our eyes rises the gaunt scepter Of
the quaint skepter-the gaunt stepker-
the gaunt spetker-the gaunt specter Of
famine. fellow-citizens, the gaunt spec
ter, and / can lick the hired minion of the
capitallstic press that's sitting at that
table down in front of me taking notes
and laughing! l can lick him out of his
toothplck shoes, fellow-citizens. with one
hand tied behind mel"
The impassioned orator paused, took a
drink Of water, and resumed his speech
amid tumultuous applause.-Chieoga Tri-
bune.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23
W0MAN'S BEST FRIEND.

II the Abbo Institute since its establish
ment I'm this city had done no more aveu
IMAM being the joy and comfort that tt
has to the numbers OF suffering women
who have been treated. it would have a.
complished more good than anything Of atn
Kind ever heard Of in this city. Hundreda
OF pale, suffering. weak and weary women
suffering lives of misery in which a de-
gree OF pleasure was a thing Of the mast
gong 10 an early grave as the result OF
some organic trouble peculiar to their sex.
a burden to themselves, a source of anx-
iety TO their relatives, the pity OF their
friends, but all OF whom were powerlesa
10 give them relief or assistance. were
brought back almost to new life, made
ROBUST, healthy and happy under the mag
netie and wonderful treatment Of Abbo.
IN many Instances they applied at tina
Abbo Institute with heavy heart and 4.
feeling that their case was a hopeless one
Ihey had spent year after year going tha
rounds OF the physicians and had almost
despaired Of ever gaining relief. Some had
been told they were incurable others had
been advised to go to some northern cit,r
for treatment which was beyond their
means and power while others had been
kept under the special care and protection
or the family physician until the bottom
or their pocket was reached and when
that was discovered to be dry the tender
hearted doctor simultaneously discovered
Ahht ulla Skill Hdh uteu exhausted and the
patient Is told that nothing can be dona
but allow nature TO take it's course.
Then came 10 Abbo the "incurable' vic
tim, the subject for treatment I'm the
north only" and the poor faded creature
who was allowing mature to take its
course" Deep was the contrast Of this
worn, haggard and practically lifeless ar
ray OF feminine forms with the healthy.
buoyant, Joyful type of womanhood, who
after the wonderful trea tment given at the
Abbo Institute are starting out on a new
and happy life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23
SLAVE SALES IN MOROCCO.
why Auctions Are Always Held At
ter Dark-Merits of the Slaves
Shouted.


ter Dark-Merits of the Slaves
Shouted.
From the London Daily Telegraph.
There has just returned to London a
gentlemen, Mr.. G. Herbert Phillips. who,
in the course Of ten months wandering.
spent nine or ten weeks in the dominlons
Of the Sultan of Morocco. Adapting himself
to the Arab life he babe adieu to civiliza-
ton at Tangier, and with his caravan PEN
etrated about !, 800 miles into the inter-
dor. This expedition was undertaken with
neither commercial, scientific. political nor
geographical object. Deciding to winter
abroad Mr.. Phillips left England last Oc-
tober, and having completed a tour in
Italy. sthe Riviera and Spain, It occurred
to him to run across to Tangier, where
his interest being excited, he determined
to see what Moorish life was like in the
districts where European influence was
and, passing with his interpreters and at
tendants from place TO place, visited every
town Of Importance in the northern half
Of Morocco, including Fez Melsinez and
Morocco City. He even penetrated into
some Of the little known Susa country, and
passed through the territory Of the Benz
Hasan tribe, one OF the most dangerous In
Morocco, or even In the continent Of Afri-
ca.
The house IN which Mr. Phillips stayed
~ Fez was the same as that which Sir
Euan Smith occupied when he made his
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23
Skin Cancer Cured-TestimOnyF From
the Mayor of SeGuin, Tex.

Sequin, Tex.-Messrs. Lippman Bros.
Savannah, Ga; Gentlemen-I have tried
your p. p. P. Gippman's Great Remedy
for a disease Of the skin usually known
as Skin Cancer of thirty years standing
blood and removes all irritation from the
seat Of the disease, and prevents any
spreading of the sores. ! have taken five
or six bottles and feel confident that an
other course VIII effect "A cure II has
also relieved me from Indigestion and
stomach trouble. Yours truly. Capt W.
NJ. Rust Attorney az LaW.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-23

in winning. The game was slow and IN
interesting. and was played in a drizzling
rain. Score: R.HE.
Brooklyn 30 0 Os1O-7 9 /
Batteries-Brigg and Arson; Daub. Alb
hey and Burrin.
Washington. Aug. 22.-The home team
won by superior stick work and support
ing SIcJames perfectly in the field. The
game was devoid of interest Attendance.
800. Score: RH.E.
washington o 11O4 1O2 xLsIS ,
Cincinnati IL 0 0 O O. 2 3
observation-disclosures and Mcclure; Fore
man and Vaughn.
Boston. Mass, Aug. 22-Pittsburg sur
prised the local talent by running away
with both games. Three hits by Pittsburg
and a poor throw by Collins in the first
game gave the visitors four runs and a
winning lead. IN the fourth inning Kill
len pitched very steadily. The second
game was close up to the seventh, when.
after two were out. Long made a poor
throw; Donahue hit safe. and Ely sent
the ball over the left field fence, clinch-
ing the game. Haskins pitcheJ admira bly,
and had splendid control. Attendance. g.
100. Score:
First Game RHE
Pittsburg - 1 0 O-S 10 3
Boston .....-..O o ? 1 0 O. II 8
Batteries-Killen and Sugden; SWEETS,
Nicholson and Ganzen.
Second Game RHE.
Pittsburg 80 0 O1 3 o x-6u !
Boston ....-...1 0 0 I 0 0 Is 7 g
Batteries-Haskings and Sugden; Klob-
edanz and Bergen.