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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-13

"When, two years ago, Maj. John
Schwarz was solicited by several leading or
CARNATIONS to become a candidate for
mayor, he would certainly have been elected
had he stood but he held or, in order not
70 cause division in democratic ranks, ard
tlus Mr.. Lester was reelected. Now, Mr..
Lester is the nominee for congress, and
VIII be elected, 30 that another must be
chosen in his present place. Maj. Schwarz,
the present acting mayor, is the right man
for the place. In his long experience as
ALDERMAN, he has fearlessly done that which
seemed TO him right, and has taken an act
i've part In all city affairs The activity,
honesty and liberality Of Maj Schwarz are
as well known TO the American and Irish
as TO his German fellow-countrymen, and if
pc snail become q candidate at this time, he
Is certain to be elected mayor by colossal
majority. -, Only the hypocrites and the
natives will vote against him. and they are
always opposed 70 everything bearing the
Apame Of German
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A BAD FORD.

Having been a deserter from the
Federal army, Mr.. Pat Ford, whose
Irish World is trying to elect Har-
rison as it vainly tried to elect
Blaine four years ago, cuts rather
sorry figure in campaign in which
the ''soldier vote" plays SO conspic-
uous a part. The following para
graph is transcript from the war
records of Massachusetts,, furnished
by the Adjutant-G General of that
State:
The name of Patrick Ford of
Boston, aged Is, occupation, print
er, is found upon the muster-out
roll of Co. A, Ninth Regiment,
Massachusetts, Voluntary Infantry,
Colonel Quincy; enlisted on the
18th day of August, 1852, and
mustered into the service of the
United States Aug. 18th, 1862, for
three years; deserted on the 21st
day of Feb, 1868. Underneath,
opposite the word remarks" is
written: Deserted at Falmouth,
w -
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Forget-and-For Day.

About mid November there should
be love feast announced in every
township in the United States, to
give opportunity for old friends
who have fallen out about politics
to shake hands and confess they
wefe mutually intollerant and fool
ish. Of course it is human nature
to get ruffled quicker on partisan
politics than on any other subject
under the sun, but all the same there
is strong streak of Stiffness IN
thus permitting the temper to cloud
the reason. 1t is in accord with
the plan upon which the universe
is built that men shall disagree.
This is necessary because competi-
ton is necessary, and disagreement
is a form of competition. Ordl-
narily, without the competitive
spirit man would rust. Extraord1-
narily, without competition the
millennium would be here. Having
competition in politics, and having
human nature pretty well devel-
oped, there must be hot words be-
tween party competitors, who in
other respects would be friendly,
hence we say that there should be
a forget-and-forgiye day appointed
for mid-November.
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Treat Infants with Respect.

NJ. Challamet, who has written a
book entitled "L'Ecole Maternelle," !"
tells us that children are hurt when
they are not to a certain extent
treated seriously, and he observed
that they are generally pleased
when they are asked to do some
thing that is useful. ga baby" he
adds, "that can scarcely toddle will
carefully carry some little trifle in
trusted to it to be given to- some
other member Of the family; the
child will go straight to the person
indicated; there is not the slightest
chance that he will drop or forget
the articles given to his keeping.
He feels the responsibility of hav-
ing something to do, and will seri-
ously acquit himself of his duty"
In all this most persons who have
watched the ways Of the young will
recognize a good deal of truth, and
yet a too sensible baby might not
improbably lack something of the
charm that we associated with child
hood.-London Daily News.
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THE JUDGE AND THE BULL.

There were several snoring tales
told at recent gathering of law
yers at Athens, Ga, but it was left
to ex-senator Pope Barrow to finish
them up. He said that Governor
Lumpkin, formerly Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court, was in Lou
isville, in Jefferson county, attend
ing court, and that the landlord
put him in a room on the ground
floor of the hotel, the windows and
doors of which opened on the street.
Judge Lumpkin, when sound asleep,
could awaken the natives with his
loud breathing. About midnig ght
when everything was quiet, the
Judge commenced putting, blowing
and snoring in his sleep.
Out on the street was little
piney woods bull, which was mon
arch of all he surveyed He heard
the snoring Of Governing Lump
kins, and he must have imagined
that it was one Of his rivals from a
neighboring plantation. The little
bull threw few bushels of dirt
over his back ond prepared for bat
tie. He beloved once or twice to
notify his adversary that he was on
the ground, but it did not disturb
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A NERVE SKELETON.

One of the most interesting fea-
lures of the Convention of State
Homeopathic Physicians is the COM
pletion, by Dr. R. B. Weaver, dem
onstrator of anatomy at the Home
opathic College, of a piece of work
which has occupied his attention
for six months. It is a complete
expose of all the neves Of the hu-
man body, exactly in the position
they occupy during life. Some idea
can be formed of the labor involved
when it is remembered that the hu-
man body contains upward of a
million nerves Of various sorts. DR..
Weaver, who lately travaled in Eu-
rope, was struck with the want of
some specimen of anatomy show
ing the nerves only. Procuring the
body of a colored woman who had
died in very emaciated condition,
DR.. Weaver, working ten hours a
day for upward of six months and
chiseling the bones away piece by
piece, managed to get what he
wanted. AS seen yesterday, the
figure, pinned to a blackboard in a
polished frame, looked at distance
like very delicate drawing in white
of the nerves of the human figure.
A close inspection, however, reveal
ed the fact that the delicate lines
were really nerves, some as delicate
and fine as silk. The dura mater
of the skull and backbone are re-
tanned and also the eyes. The nerves
of the spinal cord are SO fine and SO
close together that very fine needle
had to be used to separate them.
Portions of the skin are also pre-
served, but every particle of bone
and tissue has been removed
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Not All at Once.

Drink does not, as a rule, turn
a man into a demon, or a woman
into a savage, all at once. 1t is IN
it's continued and excessive use
that the mischief Of complete de-
moralization lies. The drunkard
looses grasp of all moral obllga-
tions. He fails to recognize re-
straints which in his sober days
would have bound him with their
high and irresistible sanctions. AS
pirations wither and die within
him, the clinging tenderness OF
wifely love no longer wins him to
duty, the prattle of his baby boy
ceases to inspire him either with
resolution or the desire to be reso-
lutte. Any one who has ever fallen,
even for a time, under the full
temptation of continued over-ln-
diligence in stimulants, will con-
firm us in the assertion that the
chemical action of alcohol on the
brain tissues is distinctly and rap
idly deteriorating to the moral ma
ture. Not only are the votaries OF
drink maddened into momentary
crime, but the character is weak
ened, the impulse for good eradl-
Gated, the care which should dom
mate mans thoughts for his tenn
poral prospects, to say nothing OF
his SOULS welfare, is forgotten, the
sympathies and the affections are
overwhelmed in a gulf of sensual
passion and british self-indulgence'
Selected.
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A Notorious Womans Hard Fate.

A dispatch from Singapore tells
of the murder Of Lillian Hoyle, the
woman to whom Maxwell confessed
that he had killed his friend l'reller.
She left America about the time
Maxwell did, and became the recog-
nized leader of the demi-monde in
Hong Kong, where, clad in native
dress of extraordinary richness, she
finally grew to be such a consp1cu-
Gus figure on the streets that the
authorities forbade her appearing
on them in daylight. On the night
of June 4th she was in company
with a party of friends at q native
tea garden, which was a large en-
closed place thickly planted with
shrubs. Toward midnight she was
missed, and after a search her body
was found in dark corner OF the
garden. She had been stabbed to
death.
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BACK FROM THE GRAVE.
The Strange Romance of the Wife of
a Philadelphia Physician.

Long ago three medical students
who had paid an extra sum Of money
to professional "resurrectionist"
for the purpose of procuring an ex-
traordinarily desirable subject, en-
tered the college dissecting room
one night to view their purchase,
which had just been received. Lift
ing the cloth cover they were more
than pleased to discover the re-
markably fresh, fine, desirable
corpse ola young and lovely maiden.
1t was the form of Juno and the
features of Hebe Round, plump,
splendidly developed, perfectly
symmetrical, with a wealth of dark
chestnut tresses and chestnut-col-
ored eyes, pink, creamy-tinted COM
plexion, brilliant, ivory-white teeth,
thin, delicate ears, mouth and nose,
eyebrows and eyelashes beautifully
long and shapely. One ofthe three
fingered about the body, apparently
as one held under the spell Of
strange, underlined fascination.
The girl had been i'll, and was
supposed to have died of some heart
disease, and had lain in the family
vault about twenty hours. The
young student, filled with admira-
ton, gently lifted the magnificently
nodded arm. It was not chillingly
cold, although cool. The muscles
were not hard and fixed severely as
in rigor mortis. He raised the eye
lids and saw none of the CLASSY and
CHASTITY peculiarities. He went
around, and laid his ear down over
the. region of the heart. Then he
was puzzled and startled, and ap-
piled the stethoscope. Then he re-
pressed his growing excitement and
summoned assistance. Evidences
of latent life in the body were dis
covered beyond doubt. Vigorous
efforts were then made for resusci-
tation, and successfully, too. Then
the hapless girl, still unconscious,
was wrapped in blankets and ten
derly removed to the residence of
one Of the professors near by. Her
relatives were sent for, and in time
she regained perfect health, and
subsequently welded the student,
who afterward became President of
Philadelphia Medical College. She
is now widow, and resides with
the youngest of four stalwart sons.
Chicago Herald.
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A Clever Trick of Magic.

There are many men whose names
occupy space upon the lists of social
outcasts commonly called ''tramps"
who, had it not been for rum and a
general antipathy to hard work,
might have made their mark in this
cold and cruel world. Such a one
few days since dropped into a
LIQUOR store near the New York en-
trance of the Brooklyn bridge. The
place was crowded. This man in
quired if the loungers would like to
witness nice little piece of leger-
demain. The landlord was appealed
to first, and giving his consent the
man continued. He placed three
hats on the table and then requested
the waiter to bring him three pieces
Of. bread.
He then said he could not pro-
ceed until he got three pieces of
cheese. These were also produced,
whereupon the magician proceeded
to place one piece of bread and one
of cheese in each hat. After an
impressive incarnation he stated
that he would eat the three pieces
of bread and cheese, and then bring
them all under one hat. When he
had consumed two pieces he de-
clared he could not proceed unless
he had drink. A large foaming
glass of lager of the schooner type
was furnished him and the other
piece soon disappeared.
"Now, gentlemen. which hat must
I bring it under?"
A hat was pointed out, and the
fellow quickly placed it on his head
and left the store in hurry, before
his astonished auditors realized
what heap of information they
had derived from the little seance.
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Undeceiving a Trusting Child.

eyes," said board of trade man
to a friend yesterday, 81 wish I
could make a big winning on this
wheat MARKET need it in order
to square myself with my little son
this coming Christmas. I had to
fool him last year, as corn did me
up and l was broke when he hung
up his stocking. Along about Sep
tember he came to me and said, in
his ingenious way: "Pop, I want
you to have Santa Claus bring me
a pony this year and a drum and a
sword, and some candy and fruit. :"
Well, it was only September, and
| had an idea that corn would help
me out before snow flew, so I told
him [ would fix it with Kriss Krin-
gle for him. But corn kept on fool
ing me, and by December 1st I had
to borrow car fare. One bright
morning, about two weeks before
Christmas, the boy came to me and
asked me if I had thought to in
form Santa Claus of his wishes. l
thoughtit had come to a show down,
so took him up on my knee, ran
my fingers through his curly hair,
and said: Johnny, you are about
six years old, and it is about time
to unlearn some of childhood's fa-
bles. This story about Santa Claus
is very pretty one to tell little
boys in skirts and very little girls,
but now that you have put on
breeches 1 think it my duty to dis
abuse your mind of these baby le-
gends and to tell you that there is
no such person as Santa Claus. [
have always been Santa Claus to
you, and have bought you every
thing that you have thanked Santa
Claus for. But this year | am poor,
my boy, and, though will try and
give you some small presents, [
cannot afford to give you all you
ask for" | tell you, old man, it
was hard to undeceive that trusting
child, and it cut me to the heart to
see the tears well up and dim his
clear blue eyes as he realized the
truth-the sad truth. His tiny hand
clasped my thumb with a convul-
sive grasp, he dashed away the fast
coming tears, looked me full in the
eye and asked: "Pop, have you
been stringing me in the same way
about Jesus?'-Chicago Herald.
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SAVED BY A CAT.

During the Crimean war a little
cat, reared in his mothers cottage,
followed a young French soldier
when he left his native village. The
lads heart clung to this small,
dumb member of his family, and
he gave pussy seat on his KNAPP
sack by day on the march and a
corner of his couch at night. She
took her meals on her masters
knee and was general pet in the
company.
On the morning that his regiment
was first ordered into action the
soldier bade his little cat farewell
and left her in charge of a sick
comrade. He had marched about
mile from camp when what was
his surprise to see Miss Puss run
ming beside him He lifted her on
her usual seat and soon the engage
ment commenced. Twice did the
soldier fall, but the cat clung fast
hold. At last severe wound
stretched him bleeding on the field.
No sooner did pussy catch sight
Of the blood flowing from her mas
ter than she seated herself upon his
body and began to lick his wound
in the most assiduous manner.
Thus she remained for some hours,
till the surgeon came to the young
lad and had him carried off to the
tent of the wounded. When he re-
covered consciousness his first
question was "Shall | live?" eyes,
my good fellow" was the surgeons
answer. thanks to your little cat,
for if she had not used her tongue
so intelligently you would have
been too exhausted by loss of blood
to recover.
You may be sure that pussy was
we'll cared for, and contrary to all
regulations, she was allowed to ac-
company the young soldier to the
hospital, where she was regaled
with the choicest morsels from his
plate and became very distin-
guished character-Christ' Weekly.
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ABOUT FACES.

Memory of events This is shown
by wide, full forehead in the center.
Reasoning power: A high, long,
well-defined nose and a broad face
exhibits this great faculty.
Moral courage: This faculty man.
ifests itself by wide nostrils, short
neck, and eyes set directly in front.
Language: This faculty is exhib-
tied in many parts of the face, par
ticularly by a large mouth and
large, full eyes, opened wide.
SeIf-esteem. This faculty shows
itself in a long or deep upper lip.
Large self-esteem gives one dignity,
self-control and perfect indeperd-
ence.
Firmness The presence of this
faculty, when very large, is indicat-
ed by long, broad chin. Firm
ness is synonymous with willful-
ness, perseverance and stability.
Perception Of character: This is
indicated by a long, high nose at
the lower end of tip. This faculty
is very useful if not indispensable,
to a Judge in the exercise of the
functions of his Office.
Powers of observation The situa-
ton of this faculty is in the face just
above the tip of the nose, filling out
the forehead to a level with the
parts on each side of the nose. 1t
is a faculty which enables one to
concentrate the mind upon the sub
ject being discussed.
Conscientiousness This is shown
in the face by square jaw, a bony
chin, prominent cheek bones, and
general squareness of the features
of the entire face. To be consci-
entious means that one has sense
of fjustice, honesty of purpose, rec
titude of character and moral cour-
age.-Chicago Inter-Ocean..
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THE BELLE OF CHAUTAUQUA.

"Good Monday mornin' to ye,
Mrs. O'Raherty. An phwat seems
to be yer hurry?"
Indade, Mrs. O'Flaharty, wud
like very mooeh to shtop an talk
if it wasn't for We always a-pryin'
into Mary AIMS business"
"Sure, Mrs. O'Raherty, rather
than offend ye, me mkt door neigh
Dor, l won't mention the name of
Mary Ann. All / would want to
know, of coorse, is if she's we'll or
not, which hope she is" :,
"Yis, she do be well, thank God,
and doin' WELL"
II suppose it's soon comm home
she'll be, bein' as the saison's about
over"
"Yis, she did wrote that she'd be
home before long"
can phwat ilse did she say?"
"Arrah sure an she says she has
made so many gintlemen frinds
that if she'd sthay a month or so
longer than the saison that the sal
son would be lingthened out that
long. Yis, she do be very popular
wild de millionaires there; and it's
no ind to the roidin' she gifts out
in the skiff wild thin"
can is the French count dead?
I heerd that he was dead?"
"Arrah, no Divil the dead is hep"
II wonder that he allows Mary
Ann to be goin out wild this an that
one all alone in the skiff by herself
"Faith an he don't allow it at all
at all, but ye see he do be sich a
great poker card player that phwin
she do want to 60 out wild any par
ticular gintleman she do git that
gintleman to git his gintlemen
frinds to invite count to a private
game av the play, an thin she slips
out wild the gintleman and has a
little recreation, ye know. Yis, it is
a great tonne Mary Ann has there.
She's the belle of Chitauquaky; an
it'll not be long whole ontil she
will have enough reputation to go
on the stage an be a great actress.
Well, I must be goin' to the shtore !;
l don't fale we'll at all at all, an
I've got two awful big washin's to
git out to-day"
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The advent in our midst of Mrs.
Shelton, the Territorial President
and Organizer of the w. C. T. u,
has resulted in the uniting of the
temperance elements of our COM
munity into working organization,
from which we earnestly believe
good results will come. Two reg
ular meetings have been held; new
members received into fellowship ;
superintendents and officers of va
rious departments appointed, and
a hopeful spirit manifested.
The mothers, wives and daugh-
ters of our little town, who feel an
interest in the protection of home
from the blighting curse of intem-
perance, are urgently invited to
join the society.
There is also provision made for
Honorary and Sustaining member
ships of men, and the cooperation
of men is earnestly asked and is
already being received. The society
is non-sectarian, and people of all
denominations, and of none, are to
be found all over our great land
united in the good and pressing
work. In this vitality important
labor for the good Of all, every one
can aid. Some by lending their
influence to enlist the interest and
zeal of others, some by prompt and
active work in building up the or
ganization, and all by their good
will. Special efforts are due the
youth in our midst who, by asso-
Citations and surroundings, are apt
to have evil impulses strengthened,
and thus the more easily become
victims of the intoxicating cup.
Every heart that consults the In
stincts and affections of mother
hood and fatherhood, and realizes
the seductions of the wine glass
must echo the appeal: Save the
boy! He may not be yours or mine
but he is somebody's boy.
Now, will you not unite with us
remembering Him who, to save US
gave himself to us.
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COUNTY SATURDAY OCTOBER e. 1888 NO. 45

the Governor in the least; the snor-
ing went on without intermission.
This exasperated the little bull, and,
curling his tail over his back, he
made a break for the window and
went through it, carrying every
thing before him on his horns. The
sudden rush of the bull into the
room awakened the Governor, and,
taking in the situation, he left, with
the bull in full possession of the
room.-Philadelphia Record.
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The Mysterious Vinegar Well

A story from Vincennes, Ind, ls
ooinq the rounds to the effect that
q mysterious vinegar well which l;i
was dug on the farm Of $. ". wlIi,
Jams, just east Of that city, has been
accounted for, after much discus
sion by chemists and others. Some
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1888-10-27
An Ominous Threat.

Colonel Yerger, very much under
the influence. of ardent spirits, is
greeted by his wife as follows:
"That is a nice state you are in
again! You will break my heart
coming home this way every night.
O, what shall / do?"
Colonel Yerger, (reproachfully y
"Mishes Yerger chic. if you 'buse
oe-'buse me thish way reg liar
every night chic. irsht thing you
know III take to drinkin. Shee II
| don't. texas Siftings.
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twenty years ago the farm was
owned by F. M. Fay, who had an
extensive orchard. The apple crop
was large, and he made several
hundred barrels of cider, to be con-
verted into vinegar. While the fluid
was fermenting about 100 barrels
burst and their contents were lost.
The cider sunk into the ground
until it reached an impervious stra-
tum of clay, where it lay until the
we'll was dug on the same spot"
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A DRINKING man told his family

A DRINKING man told his family
one morning of a strange dream ne
had had the previous night. In 1t
he saw three cats, a fat one, q lean
one and blind one, and he was
anxious to know what it all meant.
His boy answered quickly; Il can
tell what it means. The fat catis the
landlady who sells you the drink,
and the lean cat is mother and me,
and the blind cat is yourself.
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LIKE wise aster-builder, the
Woman's Christian Temperance
Union is building for the future, as
we'll as for the now. Toiling and
praying that the manhood and
womanhood of our time may be-
come strong and noble in the sub
ordination of every appetite to
higher interests, it's most beseech-
ING heart-cry is, "Save the boy"