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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-22

-Boarders, and rooms to rent w by Mrs. N, D. HARRISON, 114 East 5th avenue
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-22

! OST--Gold trimmed spectacles. Finder E please return to this office. 4-20 d6t,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-22

CREAM
 BAKING
 POWDER
 A Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Powder. 40 YEARS THE STANDARD. Ube Daily Graphic. GEO s. vAnnIHpT, City Editor.
 CITY ITEMS.
 MT. s. Galligan. of Tucker, is in the city.
 Mr. F. R. Garner. of Marvell, is in the city
 MT. J. S. Mcdonnell, of Altheimer, was in the city yesterday.
 Mir. J. B. Baker, of Melbourne, is visiting in the city.
 Mir. c. H. Mason, is paying this city business visit today.
 MT. J. S. Williams, of Sheridan, is in the city today.
 Mrs. L. P. Alexander, of Monroe. La, is a guest of the Trulock today. Mir. k. L. Hinckly, of Little Rock, is calling on Pine Bluff merchants to- day.
 Mir. J. H. Eddins and son returned yesterday from a week visit to rel atives in Tennessee.
 CAscARETs stimulate liver, kidneys and bowels. Never sicken, weaken or gripe. 3-23-eodtf For electric bells. wire. etc, tele- phone G. c. Gady, Old Phone, No. 400. dlm Mr. ". H. Turney. cattle man of Sulphur Springs, Texas, is in the city.
 Don't forget the Old Maids Con- vention at the opera house Thursday night. alt. MT. j. c. Potts, of Little Rock is in the city selling flour to his Pine Bluff customers,
 Stop at Gleason's Hotel when you visit Little Rock. dtf. Mir. Floyd 4. Jarvis and little daughter Miss Sallie, are guests of the Trulock today.
 Mrs. ". D. Hearn returned yester- day from a visit to her sister at Detroit.
 Fresh fish, oysters and celery V cry Thursday and Friday at JoE c. MEYERS dtf New line of imported groceries just received at JoE c. MEYERS. dtf Mir. E. J. Daily, of Little Rock, representing the Waters Pierce Oil Cy,, is i1 the city.
 When bilious or costive, eat Cascaret, candy eathartic. cure guaranteed. 10c. 25c. g cod If MT. G. H. Fowler, travelling sales man for the Hammett Grocer Co.,. is ;n the city.
 Advertising Fans at prices as low as can be found elsewhere at the Ad- ams- Wilson Printing Co. If Mrs. Lee Somerfield, of Little Rock attended the full dress euchre at the Bluff City hall last night.
 Just try Toe box of Cascarets, the finest liver and bowel regulator ever made. } 23 cod If 1 Mr. E. Hit Stewart, the we'll kno wn insurance man, came down from Stuttgart yesterday and is pay ing this city business visit.
 Whom tho warshins rat to fiohtino i
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1898-04-22

JXTANTED--Posit as housekeeper
 w for widower. by middle aged wom- an, German decent; good reference. Either city or country. Address K, this office. 6t
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-09-10

1 email locker. outside of shop. Ono hsrress
room and locker.
itvo-story building. soxso feet. opsn below
for agricultural implemsnts and closed above
for general storage.
lsres corn crib, capacity 5000 dbl. bbls.
stables with barns. capacities - and 20
mules respectively.
gin house. with 90 saw gin. cotton press, en-
CINE and boiler.
Twill sell also, % part OF said plantation. 20
mules. S horses, 50 head Of cattle, and all the
agricultural tools and implements. consisting OF
WAGONS, carts. plows. cultivators, etc.. etc.. sum-
Gent to continue the cultivation Of the plsnts-
ton BY the purchaser.
And also a. Q part Of the said premisee the
property known 20 the ''Techs Railrood..' e1-
tsnding from Carencro In the parish Of st. Ian
dry to Breaux Bridge in the parish Of 81. Mar
tin, together With all tho engines. oars stations.
warehouses and all the rights. franchises and
sppurtensnces thereto belongins. The main
line IL about 20 miles in length. With switches
assreeatins nearly two miles OF track. There
sre two warehouses. two-ststion houses. ono 10
CAVqmo. ono ct Bradford; two elevated water
6a 6as 1t Huron ono at Carancro; one small
Locomotive, 90 new eight-wheel zane cars, nova
blss aidsa tsn ton capacity. thirteen dat cars. r.
B. soalsA hand.csrs. vslocipedes and necessary
tools. etc.. etc.
Tne said property will b sold for one-sourth
ossh. ons-fourth In one year, ons-fourth In two
ysars and one-fourth In thrss years from the
day Of sale. for the payment Of which the pur-
chaser will execute three notes, bearing interest
1t The rate Of Per cent per snnum from date Of
sals until paid. With vendors lien and privilsse
retained on the property sold according TO Law.
THOS. r. TAYLOR,
Commission rsnd Master In Chancery
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-09-10
OoRPoRATxoN
TAXES SALES
ENJOYABLE PROPERTY
Corporatitn Of st. Martinville
Delinquent Tax Debtors.
Parish of 1t. Martin.


Parish of 1T. Martin.
By virtue Of the authority vested in my by the
Constitution and Laws Of Louisisna. will soil
at the principal front door Of the Court house.
in which the District Court 10 held within legal
hours for judicial sales beginning at eleven
O'Clock Q. m. on Saturday the 2lth day OF Sep-
tsmber 1893 and continuing on each succeeding
day until said sales are completed. all tmmova-
bic property on which said Taxes nov dns to
the Corporation Of st. Msrtinville. Psrish Of 81.
Martin to enforce collection Of Taxes Assessed
for the year 1897 together with interest from the
sist day Of December Of the year In which ssid
Taxes wore due at the rate Of Two per cent per
month until paid and all costs.
The name of said delinquent Tax payers the
amount Of the Taxes due by each on the sssess-
ment Of said year. and the immovabls property
assessed to each to be offered for sale. arc -
follows. to wit:
Alexsndre Betsy
Hot N. and z. b. Road. u. Landry. W. Simon.
amount of taxes 40
Bsnoit victorine
1 lot N and W. Fournst, g. Olivier. z. st. Mar
tin. Amount of taxes lao
Carlson Adam
Ilot N. Kur. z. Bayou, W. st. Martin street. 8.
Fuselier Amount Of taxes 10
Dartes Coralie
Hot N. Prade. z. Martin Streat, 8. Denis, W.
Martin. Amount Of taxes lao
Narcotic Mozart
Hot N. Hart. e. Broussard. g. Old Market.
W. Liable. Amount Of taxes los
Cslsstin Malbronsh
Hot N. Prsde. z. Fauries. g. Hyacinthe. W.
Eastin street. Amount OF taxes 20
Neveu Elizabeth
flot N. Prsde, Z. Fsuries. 6. Hyscinthe, W.
Eastin. Amount Of taxes 10,
Vslien Joseph
Hot N. Road, z. Olivier, 8. Olivier. W. Pfsde
Amount of taxes Of 1893 1.At
Amount Of taxes Of 1897 ITO
On said day Of sale 1 will sell such portions OF
property as Zach debtor will point out, and In
case the debtor will not point out sufficient pro
perty. will ct once and without further delay
sell tho least quantity Of said property Of an,
debtor, which any bidder will buy for the
amount Of the taxes, interest and cost due b,
said debtor; the sale will Be without sppraise-
ment. for cash In legal tender money Of the
Unitsd States. and the property sold shall b,
redesmsble at any time for the space of ons
year BY paying the price given with twenty pe,
cent and costs and penalty sdded.
Collectors ofice st. Msrtinvills. La. this 5Ott
day Of August 1893. A.v. FLEMING.
Collector
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-09-10
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

The intense itching and smarting incl.
dent to eczema, letter, salt-rheum, and other
diseases ofthe skin is instantly allayed BY
applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured BY it. It Is equally
efficient for itching piles and fsvorite rem
edy for sore nipples; chapped hands, chill.
blains, frost bites, and chronic sore eyes
For sale by druggists at Is cents per box.
TryDr. Cady's Condition PowderA they
Just what horse needs when in bad condi.
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge.
For sale by T. j. Liable. druggist.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-09-10

Dr. csdy's Condition Powders, are just
what horse needs when In bad condi
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and verml-
fuge. They are not food but medicine
and the best in use to put horse in
prime condition. Price % cents per
package. For sale by 7. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1898-09-10
Texas Health Resort.


As a health resort, Fl Davis (Niarfa) on
the line Of the Southern Pacific-Sunset
Route. is rapidly coming into promi-
hence. The climate is unexcelled for
those ailments where pure and whole
some air Is prescribed.
In order to present an opportunity to
those wishing to visit this delightful
spot. the Sunset Route has announced a
rate of aud One-third fare for the round
trip, good to return until October 3lst
Call on any local agent Of the Company.
or address L. j. Parks, A. G. p. & 7. A.
Snuthcrn Pacific Sunset Route. Hons
ton, Texas.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
COastwise Exports.

Pr steamship Nacoochee for New York
-2,7H bales upland cotton, 224 bales sea
Island cotton, SO packages domestics, 300
barrels cotton seed oil, so barrels pitch. lOl
barrels turpentine, 1929 feet lumber, 3
barrels crude rosin, 1900 slaves, IA barrels
fish, A boxes fruit, "a barrels vegetables
209 boxes vegetables, 100 tons pig iron. as
cases cigars, 40 packages general mer-
chandise, 10 barrels oysters.
Per steamship ltasca for Baltimore-.2e
bales upland cotton, 440 barrels rosin. n
barrels turpentine, 1W, 1859 feet lumber "a
boxes oranges 80 tons pig iron. AS pack-
ages vegetables, 4 barrels rosin oil. 100
cases canned goods, 919 sacks CLAY ia
casks clay. 2U packages merchandise 547
bundles hides and wool. 46 packages do
mestics and yarn, 16 cases palmetto. 10
bale linters, 3 barrels tar.
Per schooner Hida for Philadelnbia-
4S072O feet pitch pine lumber-Cargo bv
John A. Calhoun.
Per schooner Luther T. Garretson for
New York-3S2, e61 feet pitch pine humber
Cargo by Southern Pine Company.
Per schooner Georgetta Lawrence fo.
New York-223. 799 feet pitch pine lumbes
Cargo by Southern Pine Company
Per brig Jennie Hubert for Portlana
Me.-35O,OO0 feet pitch pine LUMBER care.
by Cooney, Eckstein & Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06

America, are said TO have used similar de-
vices. In Europe they have been generally
treated rather as toys than as practical IN
struments; but there are instances-e g,
among hunters in the Pyrenees-where
they have been turned to very useful ac-
count
In 1882 Dom Gantey made some expert
ments on the propaga ton of sound In the
pipes which carried water from the pump
at ChaIllot II was stated that with
800 hundred pipes of a thousand 'toises'
each. dispatches could be sent $50 leagues
in fifty minutes" In 1873 he published at
Philadelphia a prospectus which shows
that he had proposed to the Academic
des Sciences absolutely new methods OF
sending a dispatch with great speed. The
two discoveries were examined by the
Academic. NM Condoret and Milly, the
commissioners appointed to report upon
them, stated on June 10. 1882 that ''as re-
CARDS the first discovery, the means pro-
posed appeared to be practical, In
genious, and novel; that it had no resem-
bance to any methods previously propos-
ed, and that by it a signal might be given
al a distance of thirty leagues in a few
seconds and without intermediate stations;
that the apparatus would be neither eX-
pensive nor cumbersome and that they
had appended to Dom Gantey's paper the
grounds of their belief in the possibility
OF the metDOQ, WHICH Jfl6 author WiSHeu "
keep secret" This secret was, in fact, plac-
ed under the seal, and maybe still remains
in that condition in the archives of the
Academic des Sciences. 1t would be in
teresting to know whether Dom Gantey s
secret is at the present time kept inviolate
by the Academic.
Among other not very well-known inven-
lions is that of NJ. Sudre, mentioned in the
Encyclopedia Universelles' AS the inven-
tor only died within quite modern times
QS62), and as his system was apparently
applicable to electromagnetic apparatus,
1t does not properly come within our pres
ent scope. It's popularity, however, was his
use of the notes of the musical scale for
distinguishing different letters of the al
phabet His widow published a description
of the invention. with other memoranda:
but it appears that the authorities have
never been induced to give it trial.
OF curiosties in signalling, both ancient
and modern-for those who care to seek
them-there Is indeed an abundance, if not
a positive plethora.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
Shipping aIemoranda.

Port Royal, S. c.. Feb. 5.-Arrived,
steamer Colorado from Brunswick and
sailed for New York.
steamer George ". Clyde. Robinson
Jacksonville; schr George r. Congdon,
Bayles, Norfolk.
Cleared, schr Florence Randall Thomp-
son. New York
Jacksonville. Fla, Feb. 5-Arrived bark
Brilliant DAM, Nielsen, Brunswick.
Sailed, steamship Algonquin, Plat, New
York.
Entered schr Isaac N. Kerhn, Steelman,
Perth Amboy, N. ].
Cleared. schr Ef1e (Br). Russell. Mas
sau, N. p.
Port Said, Feb. ARRIVED, steamer
Hounstow, Pensacola.
Bremen, Feb. 5.-Steamer RAMA Obj.
Savannah.
Fennit, Feb. 3.-Arrived, steamer Buck
minister CBr), Savannah.
Malta, Jan. 2S.-Sailed, steamer Gald.
Fernandina.
Philadelphia, Feb, 5.--Arrived, schrs
Harry B. Ritter Savannah; John c.
Schmidt Savannah
Pensacola, Fla, Feb. 5.-Arrived. schr
Napoleon Boughton, Stiles, Key West:
bark Olive Mont QtaD, Razeto Cartha.
gena.
Cleared, steamship Leonard (Br), Dustin.
Liverpool; barks Federico QtaD, Rossl
Santos; Buteshire CBrG Wyman. Buenos
Ayres; Genitori F. QtaD. Oneto, Genoa.
Fernandlna, Fla, Feb. 5-Arriyed.
steamer State of Texas Merritt, New
York; schr Lauro NJ. Lunt, Peck. 81.
Thomas. -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
FLORIDA.

Six fires and total loss of $75 Is Tam
pas record for last month
E. E. Johns of Starke has contracted to
furnish 25.OOO cross-ties for the v. ]. and
w Railway
Cora Cook, 6 years old, was adjudged to
be insane at Gainesvilles Tuesday and or
dered sent to the state insane asylum.
Last Monday there were forty-seven
cases Tor trial in the Mayors Court at
Pensacola. Fines amounting to SITS were
imposed.
S. s. Ingram, a prominent farmer living
few miles from Cedar Keys, was accl-
dentally killed THURSDAY by the falling OF
large tree upon him.
Lieut.. Van Deusen. with detail of
twenty men of Battery NJ, First Artillery,
now at st. Augustine, has been ordered
10 proceed 10 Charleston for duty at Fort
Moultrie. The troops will leave Feb. 15.
G. w. Rines of .Apopka lost most Of his
orange trees by the freeze a month ago,
and fire from an adjoining forest was
blown into it last Saturday and burnt il
over. heavy crop of dead vines of the
velvet bean was on the ground which
Haue tremendous nre. BESIDES Destroy
ing from six TO eight acres of orange
grove, it also destroyed some 500 or coo
bushels of beans.
The prospective appointment of a post
master TO succeed d. s. Shine upon the
expiration of his term is interesting Or
lando. 1t is said that the selection rests
with the county Republican committee,
1t having been arranged that the candi-
. date who secures the committees indorse-
ment will be successful. Immediately after
the election OF Mckinley, II. @. Garrett
circulated petition and secured the In
dorsement of a number of leading citizens.
Since then he has been out of the state
most of the time. and it is claimed that
he as out of the race. Among those who
are now working for it are NJ. e. Bishop.
j. +. Arnold, w r. O'Neal and w. III.
Odiorne Others are spoken of and still
others are likely to come 10 the snrface
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
Vessels Cleared Yesterdav.

Steamship City of Augusta, Daggett,
New York-Ocean Steamship Company.
Steamship Essen Ger, Schroeder, Bre-
men and Hamburg & Co.
steamship NacoOchee, Smith, New York
Ocean Steamship Company
Brig Jennie Hubert, Rodich, Portland,
Nee. w. Howard a. Co.
Schooner Luther t. Garretson, Green,
New Yorl1-Master
Schooner Hilda, Rines, Philadelphia.
w Howard & Co.
Schooner Georgetta Lawrence, Rollent.
New York-C. w. Howard & Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
ANCIENT METHODS OF SIGNALLING.
Early Devices for Communicating at
Distance Used I'm the Times of
the Pharaohs

Early Devices for Communicating at
Distance Used in the Times of
the Pharaohs.
Charles Bright in the Cornhln Magazine.
The fabulous honor Of being the first IN
ventor of the art of signalling is bestowed
by certain classical writer's upon the in
genious Palamedes. This hero may have
introduced improvements in detail, but it
is certain, long before the time Of the
Trojan war, the Egyptians and Assyrians
If not The Chinese and other nations OF
remote antiquity-of whom monumental
records alone remain to us-had developed
regular methods of signalling by fire
smoke, flags, etc.
The great wall built by Chinese ages
ago, and 1850 miles long, is studded with
towers. Between these signals were inter
changed when troops had to be collected
in order to resist sttack at any point
threatened by the Tartars or "outer bar.
barians" BY Mai. Boucheraeder and
others IL has been considered that the
huge tower of Babel was erected for SINH
lar as well as for a number Of different
purposes. That is 10 say, for the signal
ling, not necessarily of any particular
words or sentences, but of expected events
imperial DEGREES, military orders and 9th
er matters intended to be understood
throuGh conventional signals, whether Of
lights, flags, semaphores, or other devices
by all the motley host Of nationalities ane
languages of which the Chaldean empire
was composed.
Many ingenious and more or less scien-
tihc systems OF signalling. both visual
and acoustic, have been employed in differ
ent parts Of the world, ever since history
began to be written. How long before that
we cannot tell. The term telegraph came
into common use In France and elsewhere
several decades before the invention OF the
electromagnetic system.
Probably the simplest and earliest form
OF long-distnnce signalling is that BY bea-
son hres. 10 climates where the atmos-
phete 10 usually clear, ana the country not
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
Receipts nt railroads.

Per Central of Georgia Railway, Feb. 5.
a 54 bales cotton, so tons pig iron, 80 bar
rels rosin, 70 packages merchandise, 1OS
bales domestics, COZ barrels rosin, IS bar
rels spirits, % cars lumber
Per Florida Central and PeninsuIar
Railroad, Feb. 5.-15 bales cotton, cars
tobacco, car spikes, l car brick, 4 cars
fertilizers cars lumber, 10 cars wood.
car oil, II cars merchandise, car live
stock, cars vegetables, car grits, ! car
cotton seed, car iron, "a cars phosphate.
24a barrels rosin.
Per Georgia and Alabama Railway. Feb.
5.-S55 bales cotton, ass barrels rosin, III
casks spirits, 80 cars lumber, IA cars mer-
chandise, cars cotton, 3 cars bran, 2 cars
corn, / car hay, / car lime.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06

guished trio with letters of introduction
from antiquarians and a recommendation
but refused to be personally responsible
He encouraged possible purchasers by
pointing out the notoriety which must
ensue from having their names sent an
over the world, and dwelt upon the hand
some living made possible by travelling
with the mummies, giving exhibitions TO
countless spectators
Despite such allurements, bids were NOT
forthcoming until the auetioneer himseir
started the bidding at $50. The price grad
Gally rose to 1925, when a dealer in anti
Quities dropped out, declaring that the
bodies smelled to high to justify him IN
giving more. The auctioneer admitted that
1t was impossible to pretend that they
were fresh. Finally the lot fell for 1915 to a
dealer of the name OF Cross, Of Liver
pool.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
The time ball on Cotton Exchange drops
II m, 18th meridian time

Tompkinsville, N. Y, Feb 3-The Light
house Board gives MOTIVE that the severe
weather and the movement Of ice have ex-
tinguished the electric buoys In Gedney
and Chapel Hill Range channels and ar
southwest Spit, and that certain unlighted
buoys have been displaced in the main
channel, New York Lower bay The lighf
house tenders are at work repairing ma
lighted buoys and replacing all channel
aids.
Washington, Feb. 3--Notice is given by
the Lighthouse Board that, on or abou,
Feb. Il, the secohd-class fog siren will be
re-estaolished at Race Rock light station.
on Race Rock. north side of the main,
easteriy channel 10 Long Island SOUND.
but will be actuated by compressed air
and the characteristics Of the signal. dur
Ing thick or foggy weather, will be blasts
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
IN GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
NEWS OF THE TWO STATES TOLD
IN PARAGRAPHS.
GEORGIA.


Gov. Atkinson signed the pardon Of 7.
c. Crawford. charged with stealing q
watch and the young man is now free.
Col. Scott is receiving material and Will
loon begin the building of a new hotel al
Flovilla, which viii be leased 10 A. G.
Millen.
The people Of Cochran are becoming
aroused over the smallpox question and
the council has ordered vaccination. but
90 far there has been no cases reported.
The suit of C, W. Hancock of Americas
against an Atlanta publishing company of
Atlanta for 50 600 damages for an alleged
breach Of contract, resulted in verdict
tor the defendant
The bicyclisis of Augusta, Trenton.
Edgefeld. Vaucluse, Aiken, Johnston,
Langley and Bath are figuring on the ways
and means of building bicycle roads be-
tween these PAGES.
The Board Of Education Of Fulton coun-
ty e>ected Prof Leonidas NJ. Landrum,
assistant superintendent Of public schools,
to the position of secretary, made vacant
BY the resignation Of Prof. z. G. Merry.
Rev. I. L. Robertson, former tax collec-
tor of Hall county, was indicted last week
by the grand jury for embezzlement Rob-
ertsou is accused of misplacng $8.4J1 Of
the money collected by him when tax col
lector.
The residence, barn, stalls, cribs, store
house and goods of john E. Beezlv a
young farmer and merchant near Barlow,
were destroyed by fire Monday afternoon.
The loss is estimated a $780, With no in
surance.
at Granitevllle, a suburb of Augusta, was
entered and the entire communion service
was stolen. The thieves also took all the
prayer books and hymnals ana the robes
Of the minister.
The spring term of Jackson county Su-
perior Court will convene at Gainesville to-
morrow. Aleck Harvell will be put on trial
for the murder of Ed. Wright in June of
Inst year. Green Arnold will also be put
on trial for the murder Of Bailf Lud
Thormond last Christmas.
Darien Timber Gazette: During the week
there was shipped from the port of Da-
rien, coastwise and fore gn, 2.567. RS feet of
timber and lumber valued at $3.50 Sawn
timber continues 10 come in from the nils
on the main rivers but the small branches
are still too low for timber of any kind TO
come out. During the past month there
was shipped coastwise and foreign, Il, 1928,
OBS feet of hewn and sawn timber and lum-
ber, valued al $11f122. During the month
ending on the 31st ultimo, there was meas
ured al the public boom 10000 feet of
square scab and sawn timber. This does
not include the sawn timber and lumber
which came In during the month and was
carried direct to the private booms.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-06
MUMMIEs WENT VERY CHEAP.
Two Kings and a Queen Sold mt Lon
don for Only 1915.

TWO Kings and Queen Sold at Lon
don for only 1915.
From the Philadelphia Press.
London, Feb. 1.-"All is vanity" said
a preacher long ago, and he might have
repeated the remark yesterday, when the
authentic remains of Ptolemy H.. King of
Egypt; Antiochus Softer, King of Syria. and
Alpha, Queen of Babylon, came under
the hammer in Covent Garden sales
room.
The royal party were inclosed In a three
partitioned, glass-fronted case. They look
ed somewhat battered after 5000 wears Of
retirement, but Ptolemy. whose physIaua
was the finest, was complete. Antiochus
was perforated with small holes and his
right arm was lying at his feet. Alpha
retained a matted and dusty remnant ~
her raven tressess but her eves
had suffered sadly, looking AZ
II she had been engaged in unqueenilv
fsticuffs.
The auotioneer presented the dIstiu-