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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24
why a Cemetery is Guarded.


A yigilant secret watch is being kept
over Mount Adnah Cemetery, at Fulton,
and also over the grounds known as the
old cemetery. 1t seems that when the
bodies were disinterred for removal from
the old cemetery to the new, a certain
well known citizen was engaged in the
work In raising a well preserved coffin
containing body it proved to be heavier
than ordinary bodies. The coffin was
was petritied, and the upper portion hard,
cold and white, and the features regular
and easily recognizable. The hair was long
and wavy. and had grown several
inches during the p years ii
had laid in the earth. The fact
of the petrifaction was only known
to the husband and some of the i'm
mediate friends. Lately the matter has
leaked out, and a great effort is being
made by an agent of a museum in New
York city to obtain possession of the
body. Offering, it Is said, fabulous
amount to certain parties to locate the
body. No one in this vicinity knows
whose body it is, land as hundreds of resi-
dents Of this locality had friends buried in
the old cemetery, there is naturally con-
siderable feeling manifested. To get pos
session of a genuine petrified human body
mas been a life-work of the leading scien-
lists. museums and medical colleges; and
while 1t might aid science in arriving at
certain occult facts, and while it would
not be considered sacrilegiOus or ghoul-
ish to take the body, no attempt should
be made to spirit it away. A vigorous
attempt will be made to-day to discover
whose the body in question is. Several
names have been given your correspond
ent. but out of consideration of friends
they are forthe time withheld.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24
How Cocoa and Chocolate are Obtained

Many drinkers of these pleasant bever-
ages are unaware as to the method by
which the cocoa seeds are obtained. Co.
Goa. or cacaO, is extracted from the seed
of small trees of the genus theodroma.
which when cultivated, grow from II feet
to IS feet high, but TO a higher elevation
in their wild state. The flowers are small,
and cluster on the branches and trunk,
the matured fruit appearing as though
artificially attached. Out of each cluster
only one pod is allowed to mature. and
this when full grown is from inches to
10 inches long by inches to AZ inches
wide. The five cells contain each row
of from five to ten seeds imbedded in a
pink, acid pulp, the cocoa bean. The tree
is indigenous to Mexico, but 1t can be
cultivated within the 18th parallel of lati-
tude, and thrives at any elevation under
1000 feet, but it requires rich soil, a
warm. humid atmosphere, and protection
from cold winds.
The trees are propagated from seeds in
a nursery until they attain a height of
from IA inches to Is inches, when they are
transplanted and carefully sheltered by
Dlanting other trees about them. They
begin to bear about the fifth year, but do
not attain maturity until the eighth, and
continue yielding fruit for nearly half a
century. There is no special time for har-
yestine the crop, as the trees continue
bearing all the time, flowers and fruit in
all stages being curiously borne on the
same tree. But in Venezuela the prIncl-
pal gatherings are in June and December.
Chocolate is generally made from the finer
varieties of cocoa seeds, and was a favor
lite beverage in Central America long be-
fore Columbus discovered the New World.
As at present prepared chocolate is made
in cakes. while cocoa is usually sold in
powder flakes, or nibs. The constituents
of the average cocoa seed are as follows:
Fat, cocoa butter, 30; heterogeneous COM
pound, 20; starch, 20; collulose, ,; theO-
bromlne. 2; saline substances, 4; water,
10; cocoa red, essential oil, 10.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

yorce a lazy boy from warm bed on
cold winter morning. breckenridge Aelos-
THE fishing season Is about over, and a
man doesn't feel it so much at this tune
Of wear If his wife trades on his fishing
suit for a plaster cast Of Robert Burns
Boston Post.
IN front OF colOred wOman's cottage
in Hackensack stands pear tree, on
which is nailed a shingle bearing the fol-
lowing legend written ia pencil: r lie
d0llus fine WhOevur shaiks dis tree"
A TEXAS OWL mistOok sleeping man 5
head for a chicken. and fastened its claws
into his hair and scalp. ''Well, whats
the matter now. old wOman:" said the
assailed, as he awoke.-Jerssg CITY Joaf-
aGl.
s.WHo held the pass Of the Thermopyla
against the Persian hOstH' demanded the
teacher. And the editors boy, at the foot
Of the class. spoke up, and said: "Fatner,
l reckon: he holds an annual on every
road in the country that runs passenger
train"
BURDETTE wants Us to observe one
thing about railway lunch counters
..Tha man who growls the most also eats
the most. and the fellow who jokes about
the indestructible sandwiches thinks ne IS
in hard luck if he doesn't get away WIN
half a dozen before the gong strikes"
NO" said Mrs. Shoddy, Il don't care
50 much because / never had any chill
dreD: / never liked children, you know.
But / should like to have one, 50 thdt
could have a nurse in a lace cap TO take
care Of il when | 20 to the seasnore. IL :
50 stylish. YOU knOW."-BOSt0A If0its-
crypt
..DoN'T YOU forget exclaimed man,
arising during discussion, "that l Ia!
over the deck DO you mean that you
can whip me:' replied a lOng-haired Ar
kansas man, also arising. NO sir, sald
the first speaker. 'Then what DO you
mean when YOU say you lay over the
deck" I mean that | am steamboat
man. and sleep in the pilot mousse.
JACK had gone off and got himself lost,
and he had also found himself and walked
home. "Are you not sorry that you ran
away and got lOst:" asked the paternaI
ancestor. with a tone Of grief and re-
prevail. II wasn't lost" But nobody
knew where you was" Il knew where
| was myself That settled it. A boy
that knows where he is himself can never
get lost.
s.WALK right in. sir" says the cOlpor-
teur, in front Of the little church around
the corner. ''Seats free" 'Cant DO II;
too busy" 'Busy. Don't YOU know
that this is the Lords Day. and that you
have no right to be busy on the holy SAB
bathE'' .'Oh. have big respect for the
Sabbath day." 'sThen you have found
the fountain of eternal life:'' NO, not
exactly that: but / like Sunday, because
on that day / am dead sure Of escaping
my creditors
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24


The fishing has greatly improved for the
past few days. Among the Thousand
Islands pickerel weighing from eight to
thirteen pounds have been common, and
an occasional muscalOnge, weighing well
toward the twenties, has been reported.
What the old oarsmen call the most re-
markable catch ever known was made
the day before yesterday by a Mr.. Lee, of
New York, who is stopping at the Hub
bard House, Clayton. He and his little
girl Of years, together with their oars
man, were trolling above Clayton for
bass when they caught muscalOnge
weighing 80 pounds, the largest
taken for several years. The most
noteworthy part is the fact that
the fish was landed with the smallest
silk bass line and spoon on atwelve-ounce
bamboo rod. The little girl held the rod
when the monster was hooked, and is
Justly proud of her catch. The father had
her photographed together with the fish
with the hook in his mouth. They had a
lively time getting him in, and never
would have succeeded if they had not
happened to have 300 feet of line to let
him play on. And this incident reminds
me of the fact that nearly all these "big
fellows" are caught by the ladies: You
remember that a Syracuse lady took an
1S-pOunder last season, and the 64-pOund
monster caught six years ago was hooked
by prominent Troy lady.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24
Secrets in Washington


Secrets are often valuable in Washing
ton. When the Ways and Means Com
mittee decided to increase the tax on
whisky to 81 a gallon, number OF for
tunes are said to have been made within a
small circle of men. In the dark days Of
'04 Treasury clerk kept for "A hours a
secret known only to President Lincoln
and Secretary Chase besides himself.
When it became officially known 1t sent
gold flying up, and the country was In
dismay. 1t was secret, too, That could
have passed on without harming the Union
cause. 1t was simply question OF
keeping faith till the time came. An
hour after the news broke the clerk fairly
staggered under terrific slap on his
shoulder. He heard and saw banker
whom he knew well. 'sYou miserable
foOlp' cried the banker, "Pd had given
100000 to have known this "A hours
agow And the banker could have
well afforded to do it. But the clerk had
the satisfaction of knowing that he had
done his duty, as many another govern
ment officer has done under circumstan-
ces of temptation,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24
BRIGHT BITS.

YOUNG FAsTBOY says the first girl he
ever waltzed with was all the whirled to
him.
ONE reason why more people don't go
To the Yellowstone is because it takes to
many yellow stones TO get there.
DARWIN SAYS monkeys could blush.
This relieves the dude of the suspicion of
belonging to the monkey trlbe.-Boston
Post.
MATRIMoNY is said to be lottery, but
up to the hour of going to press no law
has been enacted prohibiting the use oil
the males.
IT SEEMS to the Chicago Times Just a
little singular that Mr.. Frank james did
not receive congratulatOry dispatch
from Nj. Dorsey.
A LITTLE GIRL at Newport, seeing the
willow phaetons for the first time, eX-
claimed: "Why, mamma, everybody rides
out in their clothes baskets here"
If YOU WANT to experiment on the
adhesiveness of affection endeayor TO di-
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24
crRIosITrEs oF NANrToBA.
Driving BuffaIoeS over a Precipiee foi
the Purpose of Breaking Their Necks.


thePurpose of Breaking Their Necks.
FInaipsg Corrssponaeaes Esic York Graphic
There are various points Of historic IN
terest around the CITY that the casual Wis
itOr seldom sees or knows anything ABOUT.
Fort Rouge. across the AssinibOine, IS the
site Of the old red fort, built as far back as
1884, by lie Nerandyre, the intrepid eN-
plOrer Of the Northwest. and from which
the Red river subsequently got Its name.
Silver Heights, few miles 70 the west
of the city, is the favOTlte resort OF ulstln-
guished tourists 10 drive 70 and dlne'
Birds Hill. about the same distance 70 the
east. was the refuge Of the Selkirk set
tiers during the great food OF $50.
Seven Oaks. on the suburbs, Is where
a desperate battle was fought IN IolZ
between the trappers Of the great lut
trading companies. But stony Mountain,
10 miles to the north, is the happy hunting
ground for picnics and all sorts Of pleas
ute parties from the city. Be II remem-
bered that a mountain in Manitoba SIM
ply means any kind Of elevation above
the surrounding prairie, and stony NOUN
tain is only about 200 feet in height. IL is
shaped like a mammoth horseshoe, with
the gradual ascent from the two arms 70
the rounded ridge IN front, where 1t ter
inmates abruptly in perpendicular dun;
The material is fOssiliferous limestone Of
the finest grade, and laminated into lay
ers of every thickness from an inch TO
feet. BOulders Of every size and shape
are scattered all over the surface. The
depth Of the ledge has never been ascer-
tanned.
The Provincial Penitentiary is built on
it, which is also used as an asylum Tor
the insane till a separate place can be
put up. There is no wall around IL, no
sentry, no guard except TWO brass neld
pieces within a small stOckade on the hill,
but ii is rarely. indeed, that any one gets
away, though most of the conylcts and
light-headed fellows are allowed to work
in the brick-yard, half mile away. The
keeper had a menagerie Of all the wild
animals of the Northwest, but only few
bears and buffalo by birds are left, the lat
ter a cross between a COW and bison.
They are very rare and beautiful, brown
and brindle in color, with long, Wayy
hair. 1t is a wonder Barnum has not
captured them. The next curiosity is
large. oval stone, perfectly smooth, that
a farmer used for many years as
a threshing floor, and a capital floor 1t
made, too. Then comes the cave in the
side Of the hill, where innumerable In
dams were buried, but some years ago
the rock cTumbled to pieces and covered
the entrance to it completely. 1t is well
worth excavating. The Indians made
another use of the mountain in the Olden
time. They drove large herds OF buffalo
up between the two arms Of it and forced
them to leap over the steep precipIce in
front. breaking their necks by the fall.
Their bones may still be seen there. The
ground at this time Of the year is thickly
covered with all kinds of flowers that
grow naturally on the mountain, which
gives it the appearance Of grand old
neglected garden.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

The best thing that can be done for the
business Of this country is 10 let IT alone.
The mOnopOlies that are already estab-
lisbed are the creatures Of legislation.
The moment the government hits us
heavy hand from the shoulders Of trace
and commerce the aspiring spirit Of the
nation will be swift to break away the
artificial barriers that restrain private
enterprise. and TO rebuild the fabric Of our
industrial and commercial prosperity upon
a scale commensurate with the resources
Of tho country
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

\ New York correspondent Of the Bal
timore SIN states that the circulation Of
the morning papers Of New York is about
as follows: Sun. $4,000; Herald, 10000;
Tunes. 1900: Tribune, $4,000; journal,
$1,000: star. 10000: WOrld, 10000. The
Herald is thought % be worth $5,0OO,OO0;
il Yields a net income of $500, 900 a year.
The Times is worth fully Sl,OOO,0OO; and
the Tribune about the same amount. The
value of the SIN is placed at S3,0OO,0O0:
it paid 90 per cent. in dividends on its
stock last year. The Journal is worth
probably 100000, and doesn't earn much
beyond expenses yet, because it has
very little advertising patronage. 1t is
difficult TO tell what the World is worth.
IL is understood that Mr.. Pulitzer paid
$3.50. 900 for il. 1t is probable that it about
meets expenses. 1t is hard to get at the
value Of the other papers mentioned. The
action Of the Times in reducing its price
to two cents produced CONSERVATION
among New York newspaper managers.
In the estimation of many, the Times is
the best newspaper in New York. 1t is
now sold AT the same price as the Sun,
and, printing many more columns Of mat
ter. will probably cut into the SUMS cir
culation. 1t will also hurt the World, the
Tribune. and the Herald, that is, if cheap
ness goes for anything. Among
newspaper men the impression is that
newspaper war has begun, and
that those papers which have the most
money and the best management Will
drive the others out of the field. 1t Is
pretty certain that the Tribune, if 1t con-
tinues to hold its circulation, will have
to come down to two cents, and it may be
that the sun will find it necessary either
to become a one-cent paper or TO increase
its size. Some marked changes among
the New York papers are looked for.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

What the south is doing in the way of
providing educational facilities does not
seem TO be fully understood in the North.
The impression is abroad there that the
south is far behind other sections of the
country in the number Of its schools and
colleges. A correspondent Of the New
York Tribune, writing from Ocean Grove,
New Jersey, shows that this is mistake,
ana furnishes some figures to support his
assertion that there is much better con-
lition Of Southern colleges and private
.ehools than is generally supposed. He
axes the following brief comparisons
tween a few Northern and Southern
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24
THE NEWEST sWINDLE.
a Young Man, a Pretty Lady, a Buggy
and Some Victimized People.

baltimore Sun. nd,
An ingenious sWindle. and one which
has been worked to great success, has
been practiced on unsuspecting trades
people, druggists and others in Baltimore
this week. The latest three transactions
took place about dusk on Thursday even
ing. and the victims were all within
short distance of each other. About the
time mentioned well dressed young man,
attended by an engaging-loOking young
lady. drove up in fine buggy in front Of
a well known drug store in North Balti-
more. He did not alight. but called
| loudly for the proprietor Of the store, who
went out to see what was wanted. Then
the genteel young man, In hurried and
GREATNESS way, explained that he was
the son Of a well-knOwn coal dealer with
whom the druggist was on very intimate
TERMS. The lady in the carriage was his
wife. and they were on their way to an
entertainment, when he had suddenly dis
covered he was without cent Of money.
Would the druggist kindly loan him so,
| as he was in too great hurry 10
20 all the way back home for some.
Of course the drugstore man would.
| The boldness of the request and the
| appearance Of the young man were sutfi-
cient, and the druggist went into the
store. took $40 from the drawer, returned
TO the carriage. and handed the young
man the money. After few hurried
thanks, the vehicle was driven rapidly off.
1t stopped in front Of a grocery store not
more than a block away. The young
man went through the same programme,
and obtained the money asked for. Then
the couple drove to another drug store
near the boundary, and by the same ope-
ration, except that the young man repre-
sented himself as the son Of prominent
manufacturer, and the lady as his sister,
| the usual $40 was obtained. Other places
were similarly victimized, one Bal
| timore street merchant losing
$25, and it is thought that the couple have
! left Baltimore with several hundred dol
| lars obtained from the contiding store
keepers and business men of Baltimore.
The boldness Of the demand had the de-
sired effect in every case heard from.
Had the young man alighted from the
buggy, which he never did, and gone into
the store to ask the loan, he would prOba-
bly, have been put down as a swindler or
fraud and refused. He seemed well posted
on the acquaintance of his victims. In
case of being suspected the buggy would
have furnished an excellent means Of
{
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

IIlI1UeIINEI III "ltFlEf-'
senator Blair's committee still IS sitting
with several thousand men and women
with grievances still 70 be heard. The
New Hampshire senator is found to pos
sess. in a remarkable degree, that rare
Gift. the capacity 10 listen. In allowing
crank after crank 70 free their minds al
his expense is doubtless doing the state
a noble service, as the restless spirits
having had their say, will live hereafter
in comparative cOntentment.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

The Morse Diamond Cutting Company,
of Boston, is negotiating for the job Of cut
ting the largest diamond ever sent to this
country. II is owned by parties IN New
York. ana has a Singular history. 1t was
found in remote district Of the
south African diamond fields be-
tween three and four years ago.
The finder was one Of party OF
diamond hunters, and he was so over
come with fear that he betrayed the fact
Of his valuable possession to his COM
panions He was murdered, aud the man
who murdered him met like fate. Be
fore IL reached this country it cost four
lives. The last owner, when dying, gave
il 10 a native who sold it 10 a sea captain.
Ii weighs ID carats and is "a little of
r0f0r
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

DIR. c. c. ABBOTT has kept a careful
record, extending over twenty years, re-
garding the building of winter houses by
muskrats, the storing of nuts by squirrels
and other habits of these and other NAM
mails, and has found that the habit refer
red to, or their omission, in certain
autumns, bears no relation to the charac-
ter of the coming winter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24
WINSTON. FORSYTH Co, n

GENTs-I desire to express to you my
thanks for your wonderful Hop Bitters.
l was troubled with dyspepsia for five
wears previous to commencing the use of
your Hop Bitters some SIX months ago.
NV cure has been wonderful. | am pastor
Of the First Methodist Church OF this
Mace. and my whole congregation can
testify to the great virtues of your bitters.
Very respectfully, REV. IL. FEREBEE.
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Disguised New Orleans TaN-Paycr~.

Somebody iu New Orleans Is thoroughly
disguised with the condition Of affairs
there. However. there is always lot OF
dissatisfied mortals in that city. An I'M
signed article j. being sent out to the
newspaper press Of the country making
various complaints The first sentence Of
the article reads a. follows:
s-The taxpayers u New Orleans are
tired and exhausted with the long strug-
sIe against an odious carpet-bag- l1ottcn-
tot and scalawag government. made still
more odiOus by the treacheTy and hypOc-
riSy OF many 81 our leading bankers, in
surancc men and public officials. includ-
ing judges. who have formed "A ring, and
constituted themselves the successors and
assigns Of the carpet-baggers. for the col
lection Of the pound of flesh alleged 70 De
due on the carpet-bag alias premium
bonds, for which there is nothing 10
show and the collection Of which has
ruined three-fouTths Of the prOperty-hold-
crs Of New Orleans for the benefit Of a
special class. and not "a very good class
either. considering the trcachery and ny
ugcrisy they have shown 20 their neigh
hGrs for which they ought to be bOycOtted.
fall other remedies having failed 10 reat b
them for the share they have taken IN
engineering this financial tyranny in the
interest 81 tho tribe 0f Judas lscariOt-'
The length Of the above sentence evil
IDENTIFY indicates that the feelings Of the
writer are stirred 10 their profoundest
depths. lie j. evidently tax resister,
who has been forced to pay his taxes.
There are GOOD many Of his kind IN
New Orleans. When the Republicans
bad control of the state they laid all their
troubles at the door Of the carpet-bag-
gers. although the caEpet-baggers never
had much 10 do with the city government,
and when the carpet-baggers lost their
grip on the state they began their com
plants against those who succeeded
them. II is probably true that the men
who run New Orleans are not 50 anxious
for the city's prosperity as they are
10 advance their own interests,
but the property owners and bust
ness men are TO blame for allowing
that class Of men to get control Of affairs.
Those who are most interested in having
honest men in office seldom 90 to the polls.
II is difficult to see, however, why tax re-
sisters or cranks. or whoever is sending
out the circulars, tell their grievances
outside Of New Orleans. The people of
New Orleans must remedy their own
evils: other communities have about a.
much as they can do to attend to those
with which they are afflicted.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

HErrtsfifFg A-tEfsDt A'rfat-is
The New jersey Republicans yesterda!
reformed the great feat Of shutting thelI
ewes and drawing out Of the political grao D.
bag whatever happened 10 offer It5eh.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24
Tired of the Bosses.

Veg HGrega Journal Ind.
The GROUND swell Of independence ID
the recent elections indicates Just one
thing. The people are tired Of the rule q
hCsses and rings and mean TO shake it on
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

Mr. Oliver Ames, the Republican noini-
nee for Lieutenant Governor Of Mass'-
chusett-. gave $1,000 last year TO assist
in beating Butler. There is some anxiety
% know how much be will give this year.
lie is able o. shovel" out pretty good
sized sum.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-09-24

The negro convention meets in Louis
vile today. and a lively time among me
NEGROES is expected. An effort j. % "e
made bv Washington friends Of Fred
Douglass To- make him chairman q the
convention