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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
DIGNIFIED DUTIES.
Some Inside Bits of Information About
the Supreme Court Judges.

the Supreme Court Judges.
No pleasanter place than United
States Supreme Court Judgeships can
be found, says Washington letter to the
Springfield Republican. They draw $10,
600 a year for life, are not disturbed by po-
litical changes, have a dinner given them
every winter at the White House, others
at private houses, five months vacation
every year and a fine opportunity to grow
old with dignity and comfort. 1t is
tradition Of the court that every men Der
must Se good hand at the bottle, a story
teller and bon ri, ant. With the exception
of dried up, little Justice Bradley, they
all look to be Just that. All of them are
politicians, two or three of them have
Presidential aspirations, most are rich,
and they take lite without much trou BE.
Field is very wealthy; Miller has accu-
INFLATED a fortune; BldtchtOrd married
one; Stanley Matthews corporation fees
before he went upon the court were
the foundation of his means;
Waite has managed to save up comfort
able fortune, which, with his salary,
gives him fine income; Gray is known
to be Gu; so are Harlan and Bradley;
Woods was poor man when he went into
the army from Ohio, but since the war
| ei her he or his wife has come into an in
/ heritance.
SO they are all provided for, live in their
! own houses and give enough parties and
/ ent rtaInments to pay back the invita-
| tions they get. Among themselves Stan
| ley Matthews is accounted the best law
| yer, while Field and Waite are the hard
est working ones. Judge Gray is social
| favOrite, being a bachelor, and so has
not taken a prominent part in the court
| proceedings yet. 1t is a place where a
| man can work much or little pretty much
| as his inclination prompts. Waite likes
to go through cases, Flooding along IN a
quiet sort of a way, while Field, with
the brightness inherent IN his family,
| losses off cases one after the other with
very little worry. Harlan is painstak.
| Ing fellow, who really wants to do as well
as he can, and, am informed, makes a
creditable Judge. Field is the odd one Of
the lot, generally disagreeine from the
rest on points of law, and seeming to take
great comfort in writing dissenting Opin
| ions. He and Miller are the two great
politicians, but all of them manage tC
| put in an oar at court, when any one il
whom they are interested wants an Of
fee. 1t was Miller's influence that pu
HIS son-in-law, COrkhill, into the Distric
| AttOrneyship and kept him there In spite
| of the universal protest.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
GUYING THE DYNAMITERs.
How Mr.. Joyce Faced an Image of TIA
Devil.

Bow Mr.. Joyce Faced an Image of the
Devil
The number of letters which arrived
Yesterday at the Chambers street sub
scription shop, says the New York Herald
of Feb. 6. was unusually large. Some
contained threats, others congratulations,
and Others again money. In the mail
was a neat looking package, carefully
tied and sealed with black sealing wax.
Secretary Joyce, surrounded bv circle
of friends. eyed this package with a sus-
piciOus eye. He finally decided to risk
opening it. The outer wrapper was Ia
ken off, disclosing another one, tied and
sealed as the outside one had been. This
second one having been removed, without
disturbing the strings, a wooden box came
to view. Underneath this box was dis
covered steel spring.
The circle Of alleged dynamiteTs held
their breath while Mr. JOY ce pried off the
cover With a dagger paper-knife. The
cover was obstinate and for several min
utes refused to Yield. Great beads of
DrespiratiOn stood on Mr.. JOyce's brow
and the eXpectant circle was very pale.
Mr.. Joyce compressed his lips with the
air of a man who has come to desperate
resolve. He pressed the knife upward
with sharp wrench. At this Juncture
two gentlemen present suddenly became
conscious of pressing engagements. They
must have been late, for they LETT in great
haste.
Toe lid creaked. suddenly the dyna-
miter sprang back, and Mr.. Joyce almost
fell backward IN his chair as the lid gave
way and out jumped an enormous Jack
in the box,'' almost striking the great
subscriptionisps secretary between the
ewes. The dynamiters laughed at the
Joke, but their faces were like those OF
men who had recently risen from bed
Of SinknnSS
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
THREE CATAMOUNTs.
They Appear to Two Hunters. One After
AnnthAr and Die In the Same Order

They Appear to Two Hunters. One After
Another, and Die In the same Order.
BUsHKILL, PA, Feb. 11.-COunty Com
missioner Townsend Price and his broth
er Henry were out hunting foxes in the
woods in Barrett township on Saturday.
A big catamOunt jumped out OF the bueh-
es, ran up a beech tree, and perched on
lower branch. Co nmissioner Price was
about to put load of shot in it, when his
brother Henry shouted: "There goes
another Oner" Sure enough, out of the
bushes rushed another big CatamOunt,
and took defiant position on tree not
far from its companion. Brother Henry
was in the act of filling the second cata-
mount with the load he had in for
foxes, when brother Townsend, VINO
hadn't recovered from his surprise at the
appearance OF the second catamount,
shouted, "And there goes another Onev
Brother Henry took his gun from his
shoulder, and saw a third catamOunt
leave the bushes and go up tree a short
distance away from the others. After
waiting few minutes in expectation of
other catamOunts coming out of the
bushes, and none appearing, the two
brothers concluded that they would pick
the fierce animals out of the trees one by
one, both shooting at the same cata-
mount at the same time, as matter of
greater safety. They did so, and soon
had all three of the catamounts dead in
the snow. They loaded themselves with
the ANIMALS, and on the way home killed
thu ee foxes, just to equalize the burden of
the cats
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15

ginous steamers Il do not know the
archaeological term for them somewhat
resembles that of a catfish. | unfortu-
nately had no means of fishing for them
on the occasion of my visit, and they did
not happen to be migrating to their spawn
ing grounds, which they were evidently
doing when Tristram caught them, out
my late experiences on the shores OF the
lake have been full OF interest that pro-
pose TO make another visit in the spring,
when / hope TO go supplied with tackle,
and to give you my own piscatory expe-
Fiences.
There is a small Il act Of fertile land in
the rear Of the mill, but no ruins except
those connected with mills or water works.
Nevertheless, it is impossible almost TO
conceive that a position so favored by
nature should not have been the site of a
town, and it s on this spot that many
geographers place the western Bethsaida.
There are no apparent grounds tor their
doing so beyond the necessity Of finding
spot somewhere which should support
their hypothesis. II, however, they must
have second Bethsaida, l should rather
put il a mile further of at Khan Minich
instead OF SO very close TO Capernaum as
this would be, always suppOsing Tell Hum
TO be Capernaum, which is only two miles
distant frOm this spot. DR.. ThOmsOn's
theory that Fl Tabghah, the modern name
of this place. was the grand manufacture
ing suburb OF that large city, from which
its fountain took its name, seems to ne
rational. Here were the mills, not only
for it but for all the neighbOrho0d; so also
the pOtteries, tanneries and other opera
lions of this sort would be clustered
around these great fountains, theory
somewhat borne out by the name, Tab
ghah, which resembles the Arabic word
Dabbaga, meaning tannery.
There is no doubt that in this neighbOr-
hood somewhere, probably on the plain of
Genesareth. was the location of a town
far older than any OF those whose sites we
are now discussing, and this is the Chin
nerOth mentioned in the Old Testament
from which the lake, in the days long an
terror to those of Christ, took its name,
and which the Tallnud renders GiniZer,
which is therefore doubtless identical
with Genesareth. Indeed, it may be noted
as a curious fact, which has been forced
upon me By these Investigations, that the
towns noticed in the Gospels, excluding
the large cities, such as Jerusalem, Tyre
and SidOn, are almost all places not men,
toned in the Old Testament. Nazareth
and Capernaum, Bethsaida and Chorazin
and Tiberias are names never occurring
in the Hebrew Scriptures; and the scene
ry of the life Of Christ lies as a rule apart
from the centres, religious or political,
which reappear again and again in the
earlier episodes of Jewish history.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
LIFE IN NUBIA.
The Few Wants of the Natives SCantily
Supplied by the Palm.

4
The banks Of the Nubfan Nile vary with
every mile, and beautiful are they in d.
versity of color and combination, though
that beauty partakes of sterper quality
than the landscapes of Egypt. Now here
can be seen the rich fields which stretched
on either shore away to the feet of the
Lybian Hills. They have disappeared,
and in their stead rise from the waters
depths tall cliffs in broken precipice and
crag, or the river. owning freer bounds,
flows majestically on beneath rival
streams of bordering sands, that have the
gorges of the desert hills for channels and
the wind for current.
Poverty is written on the face of this
sun-scorched country, and such few
strips of fertile land as the Nile reaches
in its food are titled with jealous care by
the scanty population which they sup
port. It's curious to note with what re-
ligiOus care the villages and temples have
been placed upon the shelving rock or
desert sand, where none but the lizards
could begrudge their presence. Every
inch of land that can be cultivated is
cOaxed to yield its burden of beans or
doura, and OF spare land whereon to
place their villages, good soOth, there is
enough. Poor though the Nubian IS, his
wants are few, and his thrifty ways
make poverty a light burden 20 him.
Travel where he will for hire or trade, he
leaves his heart in his wild home of Nu-
bia, and returns hlther when fortune
allows.
No music has for him so great charm
as the melancholy creation Of the water
wheels, the constant plant of which
grease is never permitted to diminish, all
that he can get being devoted to the
shaggy locks of his unturbaned head.
Nature. who refuses him to dream of
aught but lean kind when he thinks of
dOura fields, has given to his land an
abundance of date palms, and on their
fruit he virtually subsists. Little cares
the Ibremee palm for the deserts envy.
but spreading its feathery leaves above
the sand or rock give to its planter the
much-prized fruit which enables him to
exc out the slender harvests Of the fields.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
GROWING OLD

Is It parting with the r0undness
Of the smoothly moulded cheekf
Esit losing from the dimples
Hat the flashing JOY they speak,
Is Il fad ng Of the lustre
FROM the wavy golden hairg
j. il finding on the forehead
Craven lines Of thought and carel
Is a dropping-Ss the rose leaves
Drop their sweetness, over blown
FksrsehOld names that once were dearer
More familiar than our owns
Isit m citing on the pathway
PAres strange and chances cold,
Nkie the soul with moan and shiver
Whispers sadly, Growing Olds"
% the gradual sloping pathway,
A. she passing years de line.
cleans gold n loVe-light falling
Par from upper heights divine;
AHa n shadows from that brightness
Wrap them softly IN their fold,
WAC unto celestial whiteuess
wax By way OF growing old
-Kdrg1ref Sd7gsteF.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
WHO'S THE COUNTESS ?
A Titled Partisan Lady Rescues Beg
gar from Drowning.

The incident happened last Thursday
on the Quai des Invalides, says the Paris
GauIo,s. 1t is $3.50 in the evening. Not q
carriage could be seen. All was silent
and deserted. The Countess coupe ap-
proaches; the trot of the two steppers
can hardly be heard on the muddy pave
ment. The coupe stops, The Countess
alights and walks a short distance.
she is soon accOsted, without having
seen him coming, by person who asks
for aims. At that hour, in this deserted
corner of Paris, she naturally believes
| MN 10 be an ImpOstor and continues her
promenade without replying. The man
! follows close behind, reiterating his tear
| fnl appeals, that refrain familiar with
all professional beggars. She remains
| silent.
"Then nothing is left for me but to de-
| groans the Individual, and, runnins to the
| Bridge of the Invalides, which is only 10O
| feet distant, he climbs over the parapet
and throws himself into the Seine. The
Countess hears the noise made by the
body as it strikes the water. She in turn
runs the distance, throws of her hat and
shawl, and in the darkness plunges head
long into the murky water, in which the
poor unfortunate, already exhausted, is
struggling feebly few arms'-lengths off.
She SEXES him, drags him out of the wa
ter, hoists him up the steps, stretches him
on the ground, makes sure that he is safe
and sound, slips 100 francs into his hand
and returns to her coupe. She is freezing,
her wet garments cling to her form, her
teeth chatter. The horses are driven at a
galOp to her residence.
The same evening, accompanied by her
husband, the Countess was present at a
grand ball. Nobody knew, nobody sus-
pected that two or three hours previous
she had risked her life to save beggar,
under circumstances from which every
other woman would have shrunk. AS
usual, she was radiant in her glorious
loveliness-even more beautiful, perhaps,
from the reflection of her great heart,
which shOne in her eyes, and wearing on
her brow, with the diamonds of her corO-
net, more precious crown.
The Countess is one of three young,
pretty and fair-haired cOuntesses whose
grace society admires, whose beauty it
extols and whose illustrious names it
hOnOrs.
Young, pretty and fair-fairer to-day
than ever. Can't you guess her name?
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
Expert UOunterfeiting.

United States Detective W. G. Bauer
to-day returned from Memphis, anncunc-
ing the conviction OF the celebrated cOun-
taTfeiter Martin Ogle. A reporter this
afternoon found Detective Bauer in his
room surrounded by piles of counterfeit
bills. and looking over the tools with
which the eQunterfeiter accomplished his
work. To reporter he explained the
processes, which certainly display Won
derful amount of ingenuity and delicate
workmanship.
Ogle had procured a genuine $1O-bill
and split this in halves, this being in it.
self a remarkable operation. The two
sheets thus made were so thin that they
were TRANSPARENT. he made a plate of
copper and brass, q little larger than the
bill. and spread one of the sheets on top
oft. With a steel tracing pencil Of his
own manufacture he engraved through
the sheet its exact counterpart on the
plate. The other half was engraved on a
different plate in similar manner, and
then he was ready for printing his spuri-
Gus money. This method of workmanship
looks very simple, but 1t is the first time
1t has been done by a counterfeiter, as ii
is almost impossible to split the bill.
The method always before used Is as
follows: The workman took, say SIC
bill. and spread over it a piece of trans
parent gelatine paper, and traced the fig
ures of the former on the latter. The
metal plate was next put in use, and was
coated with a solution Of shellac. On this
the gelatine paper was pasted, and, when
torn off, it lett on the shellac the outline
of its figures. BIZ following these in the
solution they were also traced in delicate
lines on the plate. The shellac then being
washed off the latter, they could be cut to
the right depth, and the cOunterteiter was
ready Tor his work. Ogle's method ObYi-
ated these three or four methods and rem
dered the engraving on the plate far more
accurate, as the correctness OF the lines
was necessarily lost through 80 many
transfers.
This man thus accomplished piece of
work alone and unaided, with tools of his
own manufacture, when the national gov
eminent paid over 800, 1000 for a steam ma
chine to do the same thing. Detective
Bauer showed Ogle's tools, which were
fitted to rough wooden handles, but pos
sessed points sharp as steel. He also dis
PLAYED the genuine bill split in two sheets,
and perfectly transparent. He had on a
table several packages of bills of Ogle's
manufacture, amounting in all to $50, 900,
in tens and twenties. They were all on
the Third National Bank of Cincinnati,
but the new plates were Intended for the
Queen City Bank.
"Ogle," said Detective Bauer, ''is the
first man who has issued any spurious
money during the last six years, and he
has shown an almost unexampled skill
and astuteness. His brother, who has
been returned to the Pennsylvania penn
Tertiary, knew nothing about this work
manship, but was merely kind OF head
servant to Martin. The latter did all his
work on a haJboat, and scattered the
money chiefly at river points. He turned
over to me in all $780, 900 of about the best
counterfeiting ever saw"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
The Best Advice.


Il is narrated that John K. Porter, now
famous throughout the State for his bril-.
liant attachments, when a young man
was assigned by the Court the defense of
a man charged with assault in the second
degree, to give the accused the best adj
vice he could under the circumstances,
and to bring the case to a trial with all
convenient speed. Porter Immediately
retired to an adjacent room to consult
with his client, and returned shortly with
out him.
"where is your client'' demanded the
astonlshed Judge.
''He has left the place, l guess" re-
piled Porter, with the most refreshing
sang frOid.
Left the place! Why, what do you
mean, Mr.. PorterW
"Why, your honor directed me to give
him the best advice l could under the
circumstances. He told me he was gull
ty, so advised him to cut and run for t..
He took my advice, as client ought,
opened the window and skedaddled. He is
about a mile away now"
The very andacity of the young bar
rister deprived the court of the power Of
speech and nothing came OF the matter.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
Aovlce Co mosners.

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button" 1t is very pleasant to taste. It
soothes the child. softens the gums, al
laws all pain, relieves wind, regulates
the bowels, and Is the best known remedy
for diarrhoea, whether arising from teeth
lax o. ether causes. - cents bettls.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15

American petroleum is threatened with
= most formidable antagonist in the Rus
sian oil fields. AS yet the Liverpool lists
and standards are slightly in favor of
American oil, but it is predicted that be-
fore long this advantage will disappear
and the American article will have to
compete on common ground,
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15

We enadea terrible cutn twe$3
ehavee ducedq
mine left
Of them mourning these bic loses yet We
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
I.--BIanketS.


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pru 0ooos.
DO WE MEAN IT}
We have determined to close out the entire ra]o,
of our Fall and Winter stock regardless ~
COST. We are gong to make it the
GREATEST EVENT OF THE SEAS0n,

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ort
bring
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
Actual Facts and not Bomb
W.--DreSS Goods.

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
U.--Children's Cl0aks.
uI.--Ladies' ClOaks, Circulars, etc.

GILDRENs CL0AKs former price s. 80 now reduced to Soc
TO
CMLDRENS CLOAks. former price % 70 5l0 redncel
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
V.-Our Black and COlOred Silks.
VI.--FlanneIs, Pants Cloths.

d SArFNS VELVETS, must share lie late
DRESS PATTERN buy 1t of us at
belore The main thing is can at once, whilst .Ee aa
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-02-15
YIU.--Hosiery and Handkerchief.

In egooisw W
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OF Irregular mad
utonem usts a
Ladies. Gentsa and
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MISUNDERSTANDING Goods.

many articles have been reduced to such low
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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-09-26
PACIFIC COAST ITEMS.

The people Of Grayson, Stanislaus county,
will not allow the building of Chinatown,
recently destroyed by fire, on its former
site.
James Wyndham, one of the oldest print
ers on the Pacific coast, died in McMinn-
vile, Oregon, September 21st, of general de-
bility.
Mrs. Teresa Petranik has obtained a YER
dict giving her 81, $50 damages in her breach
of promise case against George Kreth, liy-
ing near Drytown, Amador county.
A wild man was reported to the Los An
geles police September Goth, 10 be running
around in the Arroyo Seco with a big horse
pistol and no clothes. a diligent search
failed to find him.
The grape-growers of Sonoma and other
sections think the law against killing quail
except in certain seasons ought to be re-
pealed, as these birds are doing great darn
age to the ripe fruit.
The Seattle Gail says that it would take
but little provocation to start the Indians
in the White river CIV. t. section from in
augurating general raid against the Chi
nese there and driving them all out.
Over half a million pounds of fruit,
mostly pears and apples, has within ten
weeks been shipped from Nevada CITY and
Grass Valley to Eastern and foreign mark
cts, and it is estimated that upward of a
million pounds will have been similarly
disposed of by the growers of that locality
before the season closes.
Senator Walker of Nevada was attacked
by band of coyotes near Wamsley gulch
recently, and was obliged to take to a tree
to save his life. He had rife with him
and killed number of the animals. which
were quickly devoured by their comrades.
He remained in the tree all night. closely
watched by the coyotes, but was rescued in
the morning by party of hunters.