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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

at a moments notice. The traps have
locks on their edges along the wall Of the
press and when the shelves are not in
use they present no difficulties in storage.
While the charms of this entirely mod
ern discovery n cabinet making are rev.
olutionizing the fitting of bedrooms, there
has come into existence revival on
lawns of the use of complete sets of
Dutch bowling green furniture. set of
seven remarkable and attractive pieces is
necessary, according to the newest no
ton, for adequately fitting a garden.
These pieces consist of low benches, gar
Gen foot stools, dos-a-dos seats and tea
tables, and if you possess a lovely gar
den or a fine lawn they NUT be distrib-
uted under arbors and trees or beside
fountains. in order to give the out of
doors a thoroughly habited and inviting
expression.
Most of this furniture is made of cy-
press or locust wood, and is soaked in
chemical prepara ton to make ii impervi-
Gus to dews and rains, and then painted
an agreeable green. These ponderous
benches are always arranged in groups of
three to form a half circle about tea
table and secure a sociable effect. and de-
MIN cushions and a straining kettle do
the rest 20 produce an al fresco air. In
the days of Dutch King William they first
introduced this ponderous open-air furni-
ture into England, along with Dutch gar
dens and to-day, for the American as
well as the English garden, the stout
seats and tables have been revived and
introduced on a croquet lawn or near
tennis court The result striven for is
that produced two centuries ago in Eu-
ropean back lawns, when the men col
lected on the half circle of benches,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29
THEATER SEASON NEARBY.
SAVANNAH THEATER WILL OPEN
IN ABOUT THREE WEEKS.

Manager Wcis Says the Season Will
BE n brilliant One-some of the
Largest Attractions on the Stage
booked for Savannnh-Presiden-
tiaI Years VIII Send Many Attrac-
tons south-A Few of the Big
Stars That VIII De Here.
| The fall theatrical season will open in
about three weeks. The opening play at
| the Savannah Theater will be on Aug.
| "A. The new manager, Mr.. Fred y.
! Weis, is expected to arrive here in few
| days, and will at once put the Theater
in readiness for the season. There will
! be no changes. it is understood. in the
! Theater staff the same employees as last
| year being retained. Manager Weis of
| the Greenwald Theatrical Circuit Com
| pany writes from New York that the
! coming season will be a brilliant one in
| Savannah in point of attractions. Some
of the largest of the great stage
attractions will be here. There will
the season and until October the attrac-
! lions will be mostly of a lighter class The
| amusement managers are already sending
| out their prospectuses. One of the lead
ing attractions booked for Savannah Is
Louis James and Kathryn Kidder in "A
Midsummer Nights Dream" and Modjeska
| in a revival of king John" Mr.. James
and Miss Kidder were seen here last year
with Mr.. Hanford in "A Winters Tale
and gave one of the finest performances
even seen in the theater. Wagenhals &
Kemper who will continue their manage
ment of James and Kidder in "A Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" will also direct a
farewell tour OF Modjeska. King John
| has not been given on the American stage
In many years, but was recently revived
! in London by Beerbohm Tree with great
success. Modjeska will be seen as Con
stance a role she has much desired to
play for many years. The King John" il
is promised, will be played by one of the
| best legitimate actors in this country, and
the Prince Arthur" by a distinguished
woman. The version of King John" to
be used by Modjeska for this tour has
been especially arranged for her by the
distinguished Shakespearean scholar Mr..
William Winter, dramatic editor of the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

no doubt locate them in the upper lips
1t is wonderfully efficient lip soft as
velvet to the touch and sensitive to the
least inequality. A horse sweeps the
manager with it almost the instant he be-
gins feeding, and if 1t touches upon knots
or splinters, keeps ware of them after
ward. Before wallowing. even the dullest
horse puts down his head until the upper
lip touches the ground, and turns slowly
round and round, feeling thus all the
space upon which he means to fling him
self down and roll with all his force. If
he finds sharp stones, or stubs, or sticks
he lifts his head and goes in search of an
other place. The lip also tells him when
the ground is mellow enough to make wal
lowing supreme pleasure. Though
horses wallow in wet weather, sometimes
coming up coated with mud, they do IL APP
parenty from a sense of duty, with none
of the abandon they display, tossing and
tumbling upon light sun-warm earth.
Often, indeed. they jump from pasture
into plow land solely for a wallow exact
~ to their minds. The wherefore of wal
lowing is still a mystery. 1t belongs in
the category of involuntary motions, along
with stretching and yawning.
II strains Aredulity to hear how far a
horse will thrust his lip through an open
ing TO reach and bring in coveted tit
bit Thus he gets apples lying just inside
fence, first paving a hole in the earth
upon his side, then half kneeling to reach
under his substitute for fingers Thus,
too, he brings to mouth lush grass spring
ing up beneath the net of a dead brier
clump. A thrust of the lip also flips up
gate latch when he wishes to go
through, as many thrusts, Earring up and
down. work loose the pin that fastens his
stall door.
Draw bars he learns to take down with
his teeth, catching the bar fast and shak-
ing his head sidewise until one end is Jig
gled from the socket. Sometimes, If ex-
perience has taught him that a gate IS
weak in either latch or hinges, he runs
Violently against 1t, bears 1t down, and is
or. Horses in herd have spells when
jumping out or in is a necessity. They
may be full fed, have shade and water.
everything indeed to satisfy a reasonable
animal, not to say a well bred one vet
out they go. Where there is big range
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29
IN SOCIETY,".
from Page Twelve.

49,, o,,,t,r. ,ae, ,.o-.ar7,,, Tor mat,
/ $50 ga Asha,,iIle
Me- ,1a,,r,o- pa,ne has returned % her
home in savannah after visit with
Mrs. J. NJ. Fesperman.
Miss Morrison Of North Carolina Is
visiting her sister. Mrs. George y. Nor
ton
/ Miss Georgia yValdron and Mr.. J. e
! B-,ant p,bo vvera married In, TIidee y
! Sweat Sunday afternoon, are spending
/ the honey moon at the home of The
grooms father, Mr.. r. S. Bryant, near
/ Traders Hill.
Miss Mamie Strickland who was mar
ried Sunday 10 Mr.. J. D. Strickland at
| St"son' was wen known ana very pop
uiar IN TINS CITY Where she lived for
<-,,-.
9oiIIilol Denei d penn a.h fanny
! are enjoying d" ou'"s at . 0I'io" >
WIS, = Esne' after a peasant TeL F ICY
-, 'le L. ~, I,oi1sa7I.iI,.
! Af+ar t,o t,., esh ~, ont on. the ss+ilo
49, ra,,,o.t re ea@,TSo,, AZ ~
! James cave the Young neonIe a delight
/ ful social marty
Mrs J. Weichselbaum has returned to
her home in Savannah after a visit with
| her daughter. Mrs. c. Hohenstein
Gollfe N1rpbv Of J7aefr1an SO vie
! itirr oId friends in vVavcrose
o r,l.,tl a. Asba,,iIla ~ r.
NIS9 I1nlle "e4cHsel"auin mas re'uIneo
10 savannah
Mrs. b. NJ. whiting came home last week
rom rom Fort s nut "llI pIopaoly return
'Hei : III d Ie" udSs u sl'e"u 'He ie'hdlnuer
Vi 'lie summer
Mr.. j. d. Gould has returned from
visit of a week to Ashburn. He Is 81
Years OF age, Dut Is male ana nearly ana
D'us lalr 10 I'VE years yet
MRS. ). W. Ferris OF Ocala, Fla..sis visit
ING at lhe nome OF MI l. h. Morton.
Miss LILY Thigpen spent Tuesday in the
CITY.
Mrs. R. c. Hawkins of Thomasville was
among the visitors to old friends and ac-
quaintances last week.
Mrs G p Moore and +bree cbiIdrer
were in town with friends Tuesday
Ntrs t1osror moe n v,,o,,o.oss 1a..t .,.oo,.
from, E,,,srs1,iuo Ind wen
Maj p u pira is ,r,,,,o,.,,,, 80 ,..,,,
soon ba out
Mic Ant 11,oho. 49,, 1T.
inc, tba Me- E7,lsl' - ~ ~, ,.-,,,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29
FIRST BALE BROUGHT IL CTS.
SOLD FOR NEARLY TWICE LAST
YEARS FIRST BALE,

G. 4. Shearson the Buyer-Classifica
tiOn Committee of Cotton Ex-
change Reported the Cotton Dry
and We'll GInned-Whs Received
by Il. 4. Cults From Georgia Cot
ton Company at Albany.
The first bale of new cotton was receiv-
ed at the Cotton Exchange yesterday by
Mr.. f. A CUTS from the Georgia Cotton
Company OF Albany. As is usually the
case the new bale attracted general atten-
ton on The Bay. and was closely examined
by cotton men, many of whom took sam
pies from L.
Superintendent J. P. Merrihew makes a
good auctioneer once every yer, and this
year was no exception to the rule. After
the bale had ben examined it was put I'M
der the hammer. There were several bid
ders. starting with a bid Of ten cents. The
bale was knocked down to Mr.. c. A.
Shearsou at twelve cents. This was con-
sidered a good price.
The first bale last year was received at
the Cotton Exchange on the same date as
this years. 1t was sold to LeHardy &
Co. al cents a pound. The first bale
for the season of 1S9S-1s99 was received by
P. D. Dafin & Son, and brought cents
The first bale for the season of 1S97-1S9S
brought 10 cents at auction, middling be-
ing then quoted at ~ cents.
The classification Committee of the Cot
ton Exchange reported that it found this
years bale to be of this seasons growth,
and remarkably dry and well ginned for
so early in the season. The bale weighed
$50 pounds. 1t was left on exhibition at
the Excharge
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29
Says Prosecution his only Remedy.

Savannah, July %. 19OO.-Editor Savan-
nah Morning News: The quotation in
the Morning News of one of abe jurymen
in the Brooks case, tried in the Superior
Court. this week 10 the effect that it
was a crying shame that the prosecution
had ever been brought, in view of the
facts, does me greaG injustice The
facts of the case, as they really exist are
that there was no partnership whatever
between the defendant, r. l.. Brooks. and
his deceased brother, l.. p. Brooks, in ref
erence 10 the dead mans general bust
ness. This debt was contracted between
DR.. Cowart and l.. E. Brooks individual
~. The money order sent in payment Of
the same was sent in the name of L. b.
Brooks individually. T.. L. Brooks re-
ceived. signed l.. b. Brooks name and
collected the money after l.. 3. Brooks
was dead and though often demanded
of him, he has persistently refused TO re-
turn the money 90 me, l.. b. Brooks ad-
ministrator. I am not familiar with the
rules governing the admission Of evil
dence. The books Of the business of l..
b. Brooks were ruled out Of evidence by
the court, and we were not permitted to
introduce them. Whether The court was
right or wrong. I cannon say, but l do
know that II the books had been intro
duced they would have shown that
Z. L. Brooks never had any interest
in the business OF i. b. Brooks. about
which this debt was contracted. This
prosecution was not brought by me
through any spite As the defendant.
b lieved was nsolvcnt. the only remedy
had for thu widow and children Of the
deceased WAS to bring a prosecution
aga rst him. Respectfully
c. M, Roberts,
Administrator Est Of L. Il. Brooks.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29
HOW TO UNDERSTAND HORSES.
Horse Sense is DoubIe-Edged
Phrase

Phrase.
You can never even begin to understand
horses until you have watched them at
grass throughout long summer days The
understanding is more perfect if the
watching begins early-say when the foal
is trotring after his sleek full-uddered
dam, going all the gaits, though he may
be no more than week old, nipping grass
daintily, or nuzzling in the feed-trough on
the ground, making a pretense of eating
grain the same as his mother. 1t is only
a pretense until the saucy fellow is a
month old. He is foaled with teeth, but
does not for a while learn the use of them
Men are said to wear their souls in the
pineal gland Horses, if they have souls,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29
CITY BREVITIES.

The retail clerks picnic at Tyhee was a
success in every way A large crowd
went down TO the island with The boys and
the day was an enjoyable one 10 All. II
was the first annual picnic of the new as
ISOLATION. il has enrolled upward of 100
members and is becoming popular MIR.
Richard Baughn is president of the asso-
citation.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

WESLEYAN Female College, Macon, Ga
EDUCATIONAL.

world It's A
ladies in
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departn
Of
proted sickness
land water furnur
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TIL Term
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

Remarks Showers in all districts ex-
cept Little Rock; cooler over the Mont
gomery, Wilmington, Atlanta and Au-
gusta districts.
of time at all stations, July 2S. 1900, p. m
10th meridian time.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

thoroughbred blood one means always
running blood. Trotters are in a class
apart. They have been developed by ju-
dicious admixture of running blood, with
common road stock, and fixed and per-
petuated by careful breeding for trotting
conforma ton from trotting stock, with
still more crosses of running blood.
The young horse, kind and prankish IS
the very best play fellow in the world
At least one solitary child found it So
The child was a sad tom boy. Her black
nanny said, indeed, "she wouldn't neo-
Der git mar'ied-nebber in dis worl'-wid-
out she TOXIN stopped de boy-walk, an
hoy-ways she had" But the tom boy DID
not very greatly mind anything so long
as she had Princess-and time to fronc
with her. Princess, was three years oiu'
a blood bay with black points, gentle as
a Cog, full of frolic as a kitten she pas
tured all summer in a big old field, put
her mistress was hardly over the tehce
of it before she came prancing and whlc,
kering to meet her. Than when the two Oh
them had pcW-wowed, when the sugar OF
apples had been eaten and The salt oasNe'
hung in high sapling. Princess stretch-
cd herself till her back was low enough
for her playmate TO leap upon 1t, tneh
went career.ng off, with her head Nigh
her tail likewise, Trancirg a II tie as sHe
ran, and giving the least small sidewiss
jumps. Sometimes she ran thrice arouhu
The field, sometimes it was half a dozen
times. No matter how many, the rluer
never got down Berg thrown was tne
very best part of the fun Princess dl1
with the incest care and feeling II over
wi her nose as though she herself mean
to walow. Commonly she chose a pidco
slightly sloping, where the grass was
thick and short. once satisfied with !"
she put her head down, kicked up ne.
hind fest, gently but decisive!y, ana SEN
her rider over her head, then stood loon
Ing at her. wagging the head up anu
down, and Tipping a derisive lip But one
when in Jay the little girl lay lhelg
with ou;str> tche d, motionless arms To-
two or three minutes, Princess cauens
the shoulder of h frock gently untll SIG
opened her eyes, sat up and laughed
All this before the mare had ever pesn
hitted She had been raised a pet pelus
orphaned at little more than a MON"
old But when 1t came to regular preaH-
ing she id not belle experience, which 70
that a pet colt is the hardesl thlns u
the world to break properly. Inc red is.i
POSSIBLY is they have been so lhuuls -
they can hardly be made to believe 'n'
breaker means what he says.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

'Received too late for Geographic means
Special Texas Rainfall Report-Beau-
mont "a; Houston, .S6; Luling, .OS; Temple,
trace
Heavy Rains-Kingstree. S. c., 1s4;
Florence, n. c., 1.SS; Natchez, Miss, 200.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

River Report-The hight Of the Savan-
nah river at Augusta, a a. m. G5th mer-
idisn timO yesterday, was 1915 fee, a rise
of 81 feet during the preceding twenty
four hours.
Cotton region bulletin, Savannah, Ca,
for the twenty-four hours ending at a.
m, 10Th meridian time. July %, 1900
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29
WILL PLAY JULIUS CAESAR.
COlored Actors Appear at the The
alter Tomorrow Night.

Julius Caesar will be pulled off at
the Theater tomorrow night The Sa-
vannah Dramatic Association, a coIored
organization, will put on the play, and the
posters that advertise it announce that
something very smooth in the Shakespe-
rean line may be expected
In language that, though a bit mysti-
flying, has all che empressment of three
or-four syllabled words, the promise Of
a fine performance is given. Here is
what the posters say: This assoc.a ton
is composed of some of the very best
colored talent in the South along the dra-
matical line. with shining and costly cos
tunes in compliance with parts assigned.
together with the qualification that the
players possess in all the Arts of Trage-
dy, will distribute complacency to the
most astute critic"
For several weeks the company has
been engaged in rehearsal and lusty
voices have 1oated out from the old
Ford's Theater in the enactment of the
parts played in the great tragedy by Cas-
suis, Brutus and the rest. Such an am
bilious undertaking is unusual for COL
ored Thespians but they seem to believe
they can put up something very merito-
rious in the way of acting. After the
success they expect to achieve tomorrow
Damon and Pythias," which they will
also put on. "Othello" is also in the rep
ertoire.
Following is the cast:
Casca ..........................J H. Baldin
Irebonlus .........-............W. l.. Jones
DeciuS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. A. Miles
Soothsayer ......,.............J. W. Roberts
CHINA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS H Hopkins
Pndarus and Popilius .........A. W. Gibbs
Metellus ......................T. J. Hopkins
I.ucius and Servius Master E. T. Lewis
Leading Plebeians ........ Gibbs and Bryan
Flavius and Varro ..........Alonzo Davis
julius Caesar and Titinius
.........................J F. Andre WIS
Octavus Caesar ..........,.....J. f. Lovett
Mark Antony ...,............G. NJ. Brown
Cassius .,...................B II. Godfrey
Brutus ......................R N. Rutledge
Caiphurnia ................ Nellie Sheckells
Portia ....,.................Anna l., Tweedy
Soldiers, plebeians, attendants, etc.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

Question of the scarcity Of fuel IN hus.
sla has long occupied the attention "
Russian scientists. Coal is found ohly d"
small quantities, while wood Is hy Nv
means sufficiently abundant to warrant
tensive consumption. 1t is proposed
surmount the difficulty by turning uo
enormous quantities of peat to accounI
In many districts the turf comprises a.
most the staple fuel. lis calorihc power -
said to be double that of wood Inc 'u'
is compressed into small briquettes ~
sent 10 the market IL is estimated that
the cost of manufacturing the turf LOT
commercial purposes is about SO per tol'
which compares favorably with the priv
Of coal.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

The Missing word.-Dimley: The
books are very helpful 10 children, in my
opinion
Tharpe: First steps to composition, so
10 speak2
Dimley: Eactly; they leave out import
ant words for the children TO SUPPLY. thus:
Father says it is - hot to-day.
Brooklyn Life.
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drank their ale and watched the progress
of a game of bowling on the green.
Fanny Enders
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29
Tettersnc Is the Name Oft

II you have any skin disease such as
eczema, salt rheum. ringworm, or letter.
nothing will cure you so quickly or thor
oughly as Tetterine. 1t has cured thous-
ands and win cure YOU. Numerous testi-
monials for the asking Accept no subst-
tute. j. T. Shuptrine. Manufr, Savan-
nah, Ga. viii send you a box postpaid for
b0c. in stamps If your druggist doesn't
keep it.-ad.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29

Charles J. Hunt and his wife of De-
mott have given 10 the University OF
Michigan a large tract of redwood timber
land in California.
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WASHINGTON SEMINARY s :: X


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T. for temperature; V. for velocity.
II. b. Bayer, Weather Bureau.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-07-29
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Don't fail to call and see those ma
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THE WEATHER..

Forecast for Sunday and Monday
Georgia. Local rains Sunday. Monday
partly cloudy; light to fresh northeasterly
winds.
Eastern Florida and Western Florida:
Local rains Sunday and Monday; light to
fresh southeasterly winds
South Cardinal Generally fair Sunday
and Monday; light to fresh northeasterly
winds
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21

BOTH HAD BEEN OUT.-"The reve-
nue. cutters of the United States, as you
NAV know" said an officer of one oi
them who likes his little joke, "confne
their services, which are really invalu'
able to the government, to the coast,
and it is a rare thing indeed for any
one of them, except those ofthe Behring
sea patrol, to venture any distance out
to sea. Nor is this rule an unsatisfac.
tory one. for, say what you please
about it, sea service is not as pleasant as
the novelists and other romancers
would have you believe.
"But 1 am getting off of my story
which applies to the cutter Grant when
she was doing duty in New York bay
and vicinity. Something had hap
pened to call her down the shore
somewhere, and she left the bay one
afternoon, and early the next morning
while she was bowling along at about
seven knots an hour, she hailed big
four-master.
"sWhat ship is that p came the cry
from the Grant.
The Royal Bengal Tiger, 24S days
out from Calcutta, came the reply
what ship is that ?"
"sRevenue cutter Grant, was the
plaintive answer, 'and we've been out
all night "-Washington Star.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1900-04-21
NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS
MEETING.

A MEETING of the Stockholders OF
n the CAROLINA AND NORTH
WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY
is hereby called to he held AT CHESTER,
S. c., ON THE 24TH DAY OF APRIL,
1900, AT IL O'CLOCK, NJ, for the follow
ing purposes:
/. To consider and adopt plans to change
the railroad to Standard Guage, and to
extend and equip the same.
2. To authorize new issue of bonds
secured by mortgage upon the companys
railroad, to provide the means necessary
to change the railroad to Standard Guage
and extend, equip and improve the same,
and to refund its present mortgage debt.
3. To increase the capital stock OF the
company TO an amount not exceeding
two million dollars, and to alter and re-
wise its bylaws.
4. To transact any other business pro-
perly coming before the meeting,
A full attendance of stockholders is
requested.
WILLIAM A. BARBER, President.
J. J. MCLURE, Secretary.
March "a saw St