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The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1899-07-20
THE CHIGI BOTTICELLI.

| It's Sale Under Peculiar Circumstances.
I have been able to obtain some fresh
details concerning the sale and exporta-
tion of the Botticelli picture from Italy.
The picture, as / previously said,
belonged to Prince Chigi, who, being in
need Of money decided to sell 1t to
the highest bidder. The picture itself is
small, and belongs to the cycle of the
Verglne dele Rose now In the Louvre.
1t represents a Madonna fand Child to-
which an angel Is offering grapes and
ears of ripe corn The picture is paint
ed in Botticeli's best style. with all the
curious grace which characterizes his
work. Prince Chigi let it be known that
he intended to sell the picture by auc-
ton, and the agents of some of the
most famous buyers of pictures assem-
bled here. The agents of Baron Roth
schild was among the number. The
minister of public instruction warned
Prince Chigi that he could not sell by
auction picture which came under the
Pacca edict, and that he must before
selling 1t inform the government of the
identity of the buyer. Prince Chigi re-
piled that he would sell the picture
without an auction, and would give all
the possible information concerning the
purchaser He then invited all the
buyers to his house, and told them that
he valued the picture at seven thou
sand pounds, and that he would sell it
for the highest offer. The highest offer,
in fact was one of G12600, and the
picture was sold at that price.
Prince Chigi, Of course, declares that
no public auction took place, but that
there was merely a competition among
the buyers to see who would offer
most The buyer, with all respect for
the law, at once sent a visiting card to
the ministry of public instruction, At
least visiting card was sent-whether
that of the real buyer or not is imma-
terial With the visiting card was sent
a declaration that the purchaser was
posseseor of the Chigi Botticelli. and
was ready to submit to the ministry of
public instruction, with true bureaucra-
tic precision, informed the purchaser
that his visiting card could not be re-
ceived, and that his declaration must
be made on stamped paper of certain
size and form. The buyer complied
with these conditions, and sent in a
new declaration properly drawn up.
Meanwhile the picture was travelling
toward the frontier, probably in the
bottom of a big trunk, and when the
Italian officials went to inspect the pic
ture they found that the visiting card
was false, that the name written on
the stamped paper Of proper size and
form was also false, and that the adj
dress was misleading. The willy buyer
has not been heard of since, and all
that is left is the declaration of Slgnor
Bacceli minister of public instruction,
that energetic measures will be taken.
Roman Correspondence of the Lon
don Times
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Z. A GRAMMARLESS LANGUAGE.
Necessity of Americans Learning tn
Simple Tagal Tongue.

Necessity of Americans Learning the
Simple Tagal Tongue.
With the college commandments over
and the academic year of 1899 fully
closed, it is time to direct attention to q
branch of learning which, from an
American point of view, has but recent
ly acquired practical Importance.
All American universities teach for
eign tongues. No longer content to give
instruction in Greek and Latin, they
pay heed to many modern languages.
In the list is Spanish, a knowledge OF
which would be Of the greatest use now
to many Americans who before the last
war had no occasion to regret their ig-
norance if it. But there is still another
language which should be taught at ev-
ery American seat of learning boasting
a department of philology. 1t is Malay,
the mother tongue of millions of people
who came beneath our flag by virtue OF
the treaty of Paris.
The Malay language is the vernacular
of more than forty million people. Pro-
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| falo further and began to retreat.
! Thinking they were beyond reach of the
| Sioux, a small band, with Logan at
| their head, started after a herd of elk.
| The Sioux swooped down upon them
and the village and that was the last
! seen of Logan Fontenelle alive. His
body was recovered, sewed up in six or
| seven wrappings of hide, and brought
| into the village of Bellevue, after four or
| five days journeyings, amid the loud
| wailing and weeping of the entire tribe
| For days the mourning fires were kept
! up, the watches were set and the wall
| ing never ceased.
Shortly after Logan's death the tribe
| removed to their reservation in the
| northern part of the state of ebraska,
| and here Henry lived until his death.
| In 1874 he went as Interpreter with
! band of Indians to Washington and
| stopped in Chicago. Steing his name in
the papers, a daughter of Amalie Lock
EFT, who had heard the story Of her UNI
Gle from her mother, hunted him up and
discovered in him cousin, with whom
she afterward kept up correspondence.
The records of the State Historical So
ciety of Nebraska contain an account Of
the Fontenelle family written by her
and obtained by Governor Furnas, of
Nebraska, while at the exposition at
New Orleans
A few years later a nephew of his,
grandson of Amalie Lockett. came west
with a romantic desire to hunt up his
western relatives, and finally married
Henry's daughter, Emily beautiful,
bright girl She died a few years ago
with consumption, which dread disease
has also taken other of his children, I'M
til but two left, the only ones who
still bear the name Of Fontenelle, AL
bert, Tecumseh and Logan having left
daughters only.
The influence of heredity was marked
in the case of Henry Fontenelle. While
his life had been passed on the frontier
and largely among the Indians, his
manner was that of gentleman of the
old French regime. He received his
guests with quiet dignity and grace,
and expressed himself we'll and with in
telligence, although all his education
was obtained in the two years he spent
at the mission school, That his great
grandfather was the Marquis de Fonte-
nellie; that his cousins the Merliers, OF
Havre, are the possessors Of fine estates
and belong to the nobility, and that his
family is related to Pierre Soule, Judge
Lockett and other prominent men of
New Orleans, one could well believe as
they talked with the quiet, unaffected,
courtly man. who softened the naughty
dignity of his Indian race by the suavi-
ty and easy grace of the polished
Frenchman. His daughter Emily had
all the sprightly vivacity of her French
ancestry, with the marked features of
the race from which her grandmother.
Me-um- ba ne, sprung.-Chicago Chroni-
Gle.
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TROLLEY RIDE.

On Friday evening, July 81, Quinni-
piac conclave, 313, T. o. H., will give a
trolley ride to Mansfield Grove and Mt.
Carmel, leaving corner Grand avenue
and East Pearl street at p m. sharp,
and cordially invite their friends to ac-
company them. For the convenience OF
those living in the city car will leave
the green at 7:45 and another will be
run up Quinnipiac avenue to the ice
houses at the same time. Those living
in Fair Haven will find car at Hill
houses until s. Tickets may be OBJ
tanned from E. Healy, O. A. Rose & Co.,
and members Of the conclave
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sumption, and not yetSknowing the gen
ius of Hiram, l had to admit that there
might be something in the rattlesnake
live neck and heart treatment; but
when / learned, during my stay in that
part of the country, that Hannah's
brother Joe's consumption never return
ed after he ate the snakes heart for the
very good reason that he died two days
later, and that Hannah's remarkably
white and even teeth We're the produc-
tion Of a Sinnemahone dentist who HAD
been through that settlement year or
so before, / awoke to the fact that while
genius was sure to develop in a real good
rattlesnake country, that was no rea-
son why should attribute more virtues
to the rattlesnake than he really has;
so / do not recommend either the live
neck or the heart cure. New York
Sun.
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fessor r. Clyde Ford, of Albion college,
pronounces it soft and melodious, rich
| IN expression, poetical in idiom and sim
pie In construction" 1t has another
feature which ought to commend it to
the studentLit is almost without gram
mar. The vocabulary" says Professor
Ford, lis full of subtle distinctions and
fine gradations of thought and mean
ing" 1t is written in the Arabic char
acters, but it had an alphabet of it's own
before the Mahometan invasion and
conquest of six or seven centuries ago.
In explanation of the statement that
the language is almost grammarless, it
Is stated by the Albion professor that
the Malan language has mo proper arti-
cles, and it's substantives may serve
equally well as verbs, being singular or
plural, nd entirely genderless." All this
may be rather confusing to a novice
but we have the assurance of Professor
Ford that the language is ''easily
learned, and has much to repay for SO
doing" 1t certainly must have many
surprises.
Several examples are given of the pO-
etc character Of the language. Thus, a
friend is "sharer of your joys and sor-
rows" interest is the Flower of mon
ey;" strolling to take the air is 'eating
wind" a coward is "a duck without
spurs" and to be drunk is to ride the
green horse"
AS nearly every Malay is quite content
to speak his native tongue, and does not
know how to write, 1t might answer
every purpose to employ the English
alphabet in the textbooks for it's study.
For the purposes of communication 1t
would be quite immaterial what alpha
bet was employed. For instance, If a
Malay dealer in agricultural inple-
ments were asked the price of ploughs,
it would be the same to him whether the
fact that 'hala,'' the word for plough,
was learned from English or Arabic
characters, provided only the right pro-
nunciation were given to It,
Which of the universities will be the
first to enter this new field of learning :? i
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
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IMMIGRATION TO THE FAR WEST.

The present year will, if the present
rate is kept up, show a remarkable in
crease of settlers throughout the agri-
cultural districts over any year since
the railroad land companies first be-
gan to sell farms in this state. The
hon7escckors' excursions this year hav q
been more popular than ever before, and
while no authentic informa ton regard
ing the percentage of settlers is OBJ
tainable, the land companies of the diff
ferent roads expect an increase of over
90 per cent. over any previous year.
The people arriving here during the
past few months are mostly from
states west of the Missouri, although
many are reported from Indiana, Ohio.
and Michigan. Immigration from Idaho
is remarkable thing noticed by rail-
road men. During the past year Idaho
has furnished more settlers in Washing
ton and Oregon than any other state in
the Union, and most of these have pur-
chased farms along the line of the rail-
road with which they have been doing
business.-Seattle st-Intelligencer.
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HOW TO. GET RICH.

You can't speculate unless you are very
rich in lots at $3.50 each but you can
speculate and get rich when you buy lots
double in value in Ten years. lots at Sl5O
TO $500 may double in value in a year.
In one case you make ten per cent. a
year. in the other you make a 100 per cent!
The lots on Ninth street which 1 purpose
selling on the 9th instant. offer the best
rate means, or reasonably sure incomes,
TO make money.
If you are looking for a place for a home,
or want to invest money so as to make
more money. the Ninth street lots afford
about the only chance. The figures nam
ed are about what the lots should bring,
but whatever is bid win get the property!
There win be no "by bidding" or puff
ing" or "bluhing'
If you have the remotest idea of ever
getting home or specializing in lots, get
right down 70 business now and develop
that idea, If you will examine the city
map you win see that there is very little
eligible land left within the city limits,
and every day ii is becoming beautifully
less"
There are no big profits expected by the
owners of this properly, and if you buy
you Will have the satisfaction of knowing
that you have got bottom prices; that you
are not only on the ground floor as to the
price. but down in the basement!
am going to try to sell you lot, and if
you will only come out when | am selling
l am sure you will buy one Come out all
ye who have a little cash or the hope
thereof, bring your wife. If you have one,
If not, bring your best girl. II she is to be
your wife Women have a better idea OF
a bargain than men!
Yours, in promoting your future pros
perity, c. II. DORSETT
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JAIL DELIVERY IN HULLocH.
Three Prisoners Escape. But Two OF
Them Are Recaptured.

Three Prisoners Escape. But Two OF
Them Are Recaptured.
Statesboro. Ga. June IA wholesale
jail delivery occurred here to-day at noon.
when Jailor w. 5. Hagm went TO the jail
TO carry the prisoners their dinner The
weather being warm, the Jailor had let the
prisoners out of their cells in the aisle.
when he gave them their breakfast. The
Jail building is enclosed with a high fence,
with only one gate to il. When Tailor Ha-
gin went TO carry the prisoners their din
ner. he locked the gate behind him. He
next opened the door Of The building.
when one Of the prisoners grabbed him.
The other prisoners came to his assistance,
locking the jailor up. They then scaled the
walls, and made their escape.
The jailor shouted for assistance, which
soon attracted a hundred men to his res
cue.
There were only three prisoners in jail
al the lime. G. G. Hale. lately confined in
Chatham county jail, charged with the
murder of Kickliter, in which case the
jury made a mistrial at the April term of
court. another white man charged with
larceny, and q negro man, charged with
Vagrancy. The two white men were recap
tured The negro made good his escape.
Much excitement prevailed for a little
while, as it was reported that the jailor
had been killed by the prisoners before
making their ESCAPE,
Crops are suffering in this county for the
already on account of the protracted
6rougbf
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NOTICE.

The bicycle business of Mr.. Fred Myers,
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The popular and most reliable bicycle in
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The popular and genial Mr.. Fred Myers
will be on the floor to help sing the
praises of THE CLEVELAND" and
you will be accorded a most royal well
come Very truly yours,
THE CLEVELAND BICYCLE CO,
Guards Armory Building. 81 Bun St.
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KIDNEY AND BLADDER
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\ SIMPLE bottle sent Free by Mail

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DIVIDEND NOTICE.

Georgia Investment Company, Savan-
nah, Ga, June u, 1894 dividend of six
per cent, that is 10 say $500 per
share, on stock paid up prior to July
l. 1898, and $3.50 per share on stock paid
up subsequently, has been declared this
day by the Board of Directors of Georgia
Investment Company to stockholders of
this date, payable at the Office of the
Treasurer on and after July /, 1899. Trans
fer books of said company win be closed
until July ], 1899
r. VAN WAGENEN. Treasurer.
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BY wearing glasses that not alone enable
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We have the latest and most approved
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A MIsTRIAL is EXPECTED.

Strong Speeches Made in the Robin
son Murder Case.
Waynesboro, Ca. June 14.-The most
powerful speech ever heard in Waynes-
boro was delivered here this morning by
Judge II. d. d. Twiggs, in the Robinson
murder case, which has been pending here
since Monday. He spoke two hours, and
held the immense audience spellbound fol
every minute of the time. He was fol
lowed in a three hours speech by Hon.
Thomas L. Watson for the defense, who
also made a very able effort. Judge Brin-
son made a very strong charge to the
jury, which took the case under consider
alton at O'Clock. AT this time, no YER
dict pas been made, and a misJrial is ex-
DeCte1.
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GEORGIA NORTHERN CAN BUILD.

Supreme Court Has Reversed DecI-
sion of the Lower Court.
Atlanta, June n-The Supreme Court
to-day handed down its decision in the case
of the Georgia Northern Railway against
the Triton, Townsville and Gulf Rail
way Company, in which these two lines
have been disputing as 10 a right-of-way.
The judgment Of the lower court was
reversed, all the justices concurrng in
the opinion, except Justice Fish, disqual-
fled
The court also gave the following ad-
ditional decisions: Montfort VS. Americue
Gnano Company. Marion Superior Court.
aihrmed; Many VS.. WaXelbaum g. Co.
before Judge Sheffield, Randolph Superior
Court, affirmed; Rodgers ct al. VS. E.der
Ct al, Wilcox Superior Court affirmed:
Byrd vs.. Aspinawall, Pierce Superior
Court reversed
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FUNERAL INVITATIONS.

PRITCHARD-The relatives and friends
Of Mir. and Mrs. r. l. Putchard and fam
lily. and OF Mr.. Edward Mcintyre ana
family. are respectfully invited to attend
the funeral Of Mrs. r. l. Pritchsrd- from
her late residence. No 223 Henry street.
east. this Thursday afternoon at
O'clock
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A CHANCE
FOR A SUMMER HOME
AT SMALL COST.
a CHANCE

The sale of lots on Wilmington Is
land Thursday afternoon, 10Th inst,
viii afford the chance for securing a
lot at this most popular resort at a
small cost, and on most reasonable
terms.
ny the kind consent of the commit
tee of st. Patrick's Parish picnic we
are able to have this sale of this
day, thus having the benefit of the
superior schedule which will be run
on that day by the steamer Clifton.
Purchasers OF tots will have the
cost of their tickets refunded to
them. c. Fl. DOHsETT, AuctiOneer.
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ATTEMPTED AN ASSAULT.
Posse and Hounds Now on a Negroes
Trail in Coffee County.

Trail in Coffee County.
McDonald's Mil, Ga, June 14-An un-
known negro. very tall and black, went TO
the home of farmer named Marion Null
lis, in Clinch county, ten niles from HON.
ervilie, near the Coffee county line and
asked for work on Saturday afternoon.
sunday night about II O'Clock he en-
tered the room where the l4-year-oia
daughter Of Mr. Mulls slept and attempf-
ed 60 assault her She screamed and Air
NUNS Went 70 hef rescue The negro
ran off in the darkness. leaving his hat.
a posse came here about O'clock Mon
DAY morning after bloodhounds and Is
now on the negro's trail with them Il
Is eight miles from here to Mr. Mullis.
nome ard the negro had time to go a
long ways before they get the dogs Ii
Is beheNed the posse viii get him
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Capt Davies and nanker Orme Came
Together in "A Row.

Atlanta, June 14-Capt. W. w. Davies
late OF the Third Georgia Regiment, now
member of the local bar, and Mr. Frank
Orme, a wen known young bank clerk
had a lively fstcuff on Forsyth street
this morning. Neither was hurt much,
but the fight has caused lot of gossip
favOTites.
Capt Davies went to Mr. Ormes office
end called hun out He accused him of
making uncomp'imeniary remarks about
him, and this precptated the row. which
was Interrupted by the police before much
blood was spilled.
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Governor OGers Rewards.

Atlanta, June 4-Gov. Gambler to-day
offered a reward of $50 for an unknown
ncendiary, who burned the barn of J. r.
Fitzgerald, in Sumter county, on the
night OF June 9, and $50 for Sam Rucker.
who Killed William J. G. Sanders in FL
bert county, Dec Is 1898
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sIEETINGs.

~S--~-~~~~~~~~-~~-~-~-~
SOLOMON'S LODGE NO. 1, II. & A. NJ.
A regular communication of this a
lodge viii be held this CThursday) XIX
evening al SIS O'Clock wv
The NJ. NJ. Degree will be conferred.
Members Of sister lodges and transient
brethren are cordially invited TO attend.
c. F. FULTON, w. NJ.
J. r. CAIN, Secretary.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

BY order Of the Board Of Directors a
special meeting Of the stockholders Of the
Savannah Bank and Trust Company VIII
be held at its banking house in this city
on Thursday June IS, 1893, at y o'clock
noon, for the purpose of authorizing ap-
pncation to the Secretary of State for
amendment to the charter OF said bank.
W. G. CANN, Cashier.
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NOTICE.

Having disposed of my bicycle business
to the Cleveland Bicycle Company of Sa-
vannah, l desire to thank my friends and
patrons for their many favors in the past,
and ask continuance of patronage to my
successors. Respectfully,
FRED MYERS. JR.