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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-11
A STRANGE STORY FROM THE SEA.
A British Captain Spins Yarn that
Rivals the Fancies OF Fiction

A British Captain Spins a Yarn that
Rivals the Fancies OF Fiction.
A strange story told by Capt. Putt of the
British steamer Talisman, which came
around Cape Horn from Liverpool, makes
it appear possible that the stories of the
sailors may not be all exaggerations or in
ventions, says the San Francisco Examiner
1.-THE Ship" said Capt. Putt, "had a hard
time from the start. We had to do a lot of
repairing at the Falkland islands
after going through gale that
almost sent her to the bottom
From the Horn up to the Gillian coast
we floundered in a changing gale for two
weeks. One day the mates son, a lad of
about IS, was thrown by lunge of the
ship from his seat on a crosstree into the
water.
1.-THE boy was wrapped in a big sou'wester
and in consequence could not swim.
"a sailor named Banning saw that the
boy could not swim wrapped up as he was,
and leaped into the water after him.
1.-The sea water in this neighborhOod is so
cold that a man cannot live much longer
than twenty-five or thirty minutes in it.
1.-The attention of every man on board
was given TO the two men in the water but
when one sailor raised his eyes and saw an
enormous DlTu lOI luG DO1, ne
emitted cry of terror, which was joined
in by every one rs soon as they saw it.
at did not resemble cloud nor did it
carry rock in its talons, but it was an
enormous creature that no two men would
care to battle with under any circum-
stances.
''When Banning raised his eyes and saw
the bird, his first thought was to turn
around and make for the ship. Fear took
possession of him, and his strokes grew less
powerful.
"Soeing Banning's danger, James Gray
jumped in after him.
Just as he reached the water the great
creature reached the boy, VINO was grow
ing very faint
what to do. 1t pecked at the boy about the
body, needing not the shouts of the sailors,
who sought to brighten it away.
ut was some time before the boat could
be lowered, and by the time it was let down
into the water and manned the boy had
gone down once.
"His sudden disappearance surprised the
bird, which was about TO turn its attention
to Banning when the boy came TO the surface
again. | ran 10 my cabin aud returned with
a rifle to shoot the bird should itgrow ugly
"When got on deck the first thing l saw
was the strange creature rising into the air
with the boy, and its mate, which suddenly
appeared, almost as large, was attacking
Banning.
'He was on his back, lodging the beak of
his adversary and swimming toward the
vessel with all his might. | never was more
excited in my life. hardly knew what 10
do. The boy was being carried away and
was up 80 or 40 feet in the air.
''Shoot the birdf yelled the mate, run
ming about the deck like a crazy man and
shouting at the top his voice orders that
were not obeyed.
'In shooting of course ran the risk of kill
ing the boy instead Of the big bird, If indeed
he was not killed by the fall; but there was
not much time to think OF this; the bird
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was still rising, and after a hasty aim I
fired.
at was an excellent shot.
"A wing fell helpless, as If had broken
it, and the bird tumbled down into the
water The second bird, when it saw the
boat approach, left Banning aud made
fierce attack on one of the boatmen, strik-
ing him with its foot blow that felled him
to the bottom of the boat. Another of the
crew raised an oar and hit the bird with all
his might, when it flew away
Banning, Gray, and the boy were picked
up. The latter was unconscious but after
a good rubbing he was brought to. Ban
ming was bleeding about the face, and more
or less injured about the body.
THE wounded bird fought viciously
when an attempt was made to capture it.
1t was finally lasSoed and taken on board
Three weeks afterward it died, and it is
now at Valparaiso being stuffed.
The boy said that before he went down
he felt himself losing consciousness, and
grabbed at the enormous bird that was
lowering over him. He caught its feet,
and held on with the grip of a drowning
man. He partially regained his senses in
the air, but thought he was higher up than
he really was and did not dare to let go.
81 have seen many big condorS and other
large BIRDS continued the captain, "but
never any winged thing as large MS this.
The stretch of its wings was over IA feet
The head and neck were destitute of
feathers, and the former, which was much
hattened. was skinned and bleeding. 1t
has the big, strong beak of an albatross,
and the plumage, though somewhat darker,
was not unlike that of the latter bird. Its
feet were only partially webbed During
the time we had it ON board and until it
died it was not seen to eat, but it slept con
stantly, and it took some rough handling to
awaken if -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-11
PEOPLE WHO PRAY NAKED.
They Prick Themselves with Pins and
Seem to Feel No Pain.

They Prick Themselves with Pins and
Seem to Feel No Pain.
Your readers may remember, says
writer in the London Chronicle, that some
time ago drew attention to remarkable
phase of religious fanaticism is the little viii
lage of ToloN, in the province of Malaga,
which led to a state prosecution. The de-
voices of the religion, | may call to mind,
took INTO their heads, or rather were led to
believe by their leader, woman declaring
herself to be prophecies, that the highest
form OF religion was TO conduct the mum
dane affairs of this life in the simple garb
of Adam and Eve before the fall
This was bad enough, and led, as have
said, to the intervention of the crown; but
it was not their only divergence from the
ways of ordinary mortals, another portion
of their doctrine being to intlct upon them
selves wounds in the hands, breast and feet
such rs are shown in representations of the
crucifXion. They also burnt all, or nearly
all, their worldly possessions in the belief
that higher power would provide them
with food Their behavior indeed, was
such that, as stated, the government felt
called upon to interfere, and day or two
ago number of leadersof this strange sect
were nut upon their trial.
Already the most extraordinary revela-
tions have been made, apart from what may
be called the spiritual manifestations which
these misguided people declare have been
made to them. The most interesting fea-
ture in connection with the trial has been
the experiments in hypnotism which have
been made on the defendant by medical
specialists, this being the first time hypno
tism has been resorted to in Spain in the in
terests of justice.
Ia nearly every case the defendants
proved to be good" subjects Many of the
experiments tried by the doctors were of the
most extraordinary character.
One of the accused, for instance, when in
the state of hypnotism, on being ordered to
perspire, broke out almost instantly in
profuse state of perspiration, while another
who was ordered to ascend high noun
TAIN being the while IN an ordinary room,
behaved as it he were actually climbing,
his breathing becoming difficult and his
heart beating violently.
When this man was told that he had
reached the summit and might rest awhile,
thesymptoms of exhaustion gradually disap-
peared. Others were pricked with long pins
and gave no evidence Of feeling what was
being done to them. The trial will last SOW
eral days longer, and will probably result i'll
merely nominal punishment being imposed
upon the accused, who, for the most part,
seem to be merely harmless, weak-minded
people.
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MEMORANDA

New York, June S-Cleared, steam schr Louis
pnclyi Mount jacksonville; schr Warren
Potter Andrews, Georgetown, s G.
EuenOS AYreS mo ddte(-Arrived, barkS JnliuS
,cerN Meentzen Brunswick for Rosario; June
\ high Cam (Br), Bent, Pensacola.
'Cronstadt, June ARRIVED, bark Try (Nor),
AanoIfsen, savannah.
Fleetwood June Arrived, bark Beatrice
0taN Benvenuto, Pensacola.
Garston Dock, June SArrived, bark Wellamo
fRus) Rouneblom. Pensacola.
liverpool, June Arrived. bark Felicia (Br),
ZONES BARREN; Niagara GER, Steenken, Pensa-
20 Tow Point, C B, June 6-Passed, steamship
Varogate (Br), Surtees, Bull River, S c., for
sydney and United Kingdom.
Apalachicoa, June S-Arrived, schr Levi
Yart, Giles, New York.
Boston June S-Arrived, schr Carrie A Nor
top. Roberts Pensacola.
Cleared, schr Almeda Wiley, Copeland, Fer
nandina.
Bucksville. c. June S-Arrived, schr Frank
Howes Rich. Baltimore.
Daren. Ga. June S-Arrived, schr Standard,
Dram, New Haven.
Cleared, steamship Tonawanda, Buckley, New
York
Georgetown, S c, June ARRIVED, steamship
Caroline, Miller New York; schrs A P NOVEL;,
Philadelphia; Frank NJ Howes, Baltimore.
Sailed, schr Eranconia, Falker. Boston; Wac
camaw, SQuires, New York.
Jacksonville; June 6-Arrived at Fort George,
schr City of Baltimore, Tawes, Baltimore.
New Haven, June 3-Sailed, schr Varuna.
Pirdsall, Darien, Ga.
Pensacola June S-Arrved, Vedova R QtaD,
Segaro Buenos Ayres.
Cleared. banks Salama (Rus) Levelins, Tralee;
Gem Wallace, Boston
Port Royal, S c, June 8-Arrived, steamer
City of San Antonio, Wilder, Fernandian (and
sailed for New York;.
Cleared, brig Lewis L Squres, Nelson, and
schr Linah c KaminsKi, Woodbury., New York.
Philadelphia June S-Arrived schr Frank
Hall Rowland, Beaufort, S C.
Cleared. brig John Wesley, VanGilder, Savan-
nah; schr Annie Grace, Grace do.
Rockland, Me, june S-Sailed, schr Milford,
Haskell Belfast, to load for st Augustine.
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LIST OF VESSELS

<
BARKs.
Ermlnia (Br) Davies, at Cardiff via Cape Verde,
Achille Utah, Macera, Barcelona sid Feb5.
9oiway lNor), Hansen, Newport, sid March 49,
frlgga tNorl Tostensen, Liverpool, sid March 81.
Eandeur Norl Nielsen, Genoa, sid April 25
Jullus GPortl, Viera, Oporto, sid May i3
iona lNor), Stromberg Buenos Ayres, sid April
Brabant (Belgl, Bowman. Antwerp, sid MAY 5.
Victoria CBrl Davies at Rio Janeiro April "a
Mabel (Br), Johns, Newport E via Cora, sid April
Emma (Nor), Olsen, Leith via Rio Janeiro, sid
Albert Schultz, Thatcher, Boston via Fernan.
dina, sid June 8.
Hlrdostan (Br), Clement, Rio Janeiro sid May g.
BRIGs.
John Wesley, VanGilder, Philadelphia, sid June
sCHoONERs.
Maggie Mulvey, Randett, New York, I'D Nav %.
A Denike. Townsend Baltimore, up June g.
Kchard G Hartley, Falker, Boston, sid Nav g.
John I1ngue, Burdge, New York, up June s.
annie Grace Grace, Philadelphia, cid June g.
SEM Lee, Steelman, Baltimore, up June Z.
caleb 5 Rldgway, Townsend, New York, up June
Henry Ritter, Petersen New York, up June 8.
stephen G Hart, Smith, New York, up June 6.
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THE BOOK FOR BooKKEEPERs.
It Will open Out Perfectly Flat From
First to Last Page.

The MORNING NEWS Printing House is
the licensed manufacturer of Bronson's
Flat Opening Blank Books adopted by the
United States government.
There is no book made Of equal strength.
It will open at any page and remain per-
fectly fat There is no danger Of the leaves
becoming loose. II is the only elastic bind
ing designed to open fiat that has received
the unqualified Endorsement of bookkeepers
as well as bookbinders. Books ruled to any
pattern, made to any size and bound in any
style
We are making books for a number Of
firms in this city and elsewhere, and will
take pleasure in showing them to those in
terested.
The MORNING NEWS Steam Printing
House. j. II. EsTILL,
Propristor.
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price, so that even people who read eight or
ten books a week are in no danger of bank
rupting themselves by indulging in this
form of dissipation. 1t isn't an expensive
vice nowadays, at least in its immediate
~
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RECEIPTS.

Per steamer David Clark. from Fernandina
and way landings-150 bales cotton, case tins
lj6 bills mule and harness, 1 bedstead, 2 iron
beds 8 bales wool, bales hides. bag hams, 26
tbls spirits turpentine, l bucket preserves, 10S
hbls rosin, bag bark 2 boxes mdSe l bandbox
! box tools, . bbs tools, trunk tools, sewing
machine, coop chickens, pkg d goods, keg
beer demijohn.
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EXPORTS.

Per steamship Nacoochee. for New York
1859 bales cotton 62 bales domestics, 20 bbls rice,
30 bbs cotton seed oil, 1889 bbls rosin $50 bbs
spirits turnentIne. 100000 feet lumber 13 turtles
10 bales hides, 9461 melons, Il bbls fruit, 1 O9i
bbs vegetables, 1885 crates vegetables 1852 tons
pig iron. 113 pSgs mdse.
Per steamship Dessoug, for PHILADELPHIA
is bales cotton, % bales paper stock, 10 bbls r
oil 80 bales donestics, "a bbls rice, IS turtles,
JOG bbls spirits turpenJne. 1850 feet lumber,
eel empty kegs AZ hbs fruit, 46 crates fruit, 344
bbs vegetables Arb crates vegetables, 3,047
watermelons Il plgs mdse, 81 tons pig iron
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NOTICE TO MARINERS.

Foston, June 8-The second order light at
sankaty Head, Nantucket Mass, will be relight-
ed on June 10, and the temporary light is dis
continued.
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Thornton, 9 w Tiedenan, W lyman, F G Win
tnrop, II Wilinskv Weed & Co ] With
lngton, VI G W West, Augusta Co, WI
lei 20, 3. & w Ry, Ga & Fla ISBCo
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MARITIME MISCFrT.ANy

Pemambuco, May 18-A portion of the cargo
Of lumber of ex-bark Nyassa (Nor), from Pensa-
cola for Montevideo, before reported wrecked at
Rio Grande de Norte, was sold by auction May
Il, at Natal; the rest will be sold by auction
shortly
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MONDAY. June II, 1888
@NNo@Fa|-kHt . ttEt~ tHf
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.

etaanship City of Savannah. Smith. Boston
r Il Anderson. Agent.
Steamer Advance, Fleetwood, Augusta and
xaylandings-W Gibson, Agent,
Steamer David Clark. Bravo Fernandina-C
williams Agt
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ARRIVED AT QUARANTINE SATURDAY.
Bark Sirrah (Nor), Larsen, Rio Janeiro, in bal
last-Master.
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PASSENGERS

Per steamer David Clark, from Fernandina
and way landings Malcolm and wife, Miss
Williams, Mrs Dixon, Jim Brown, and deck
Per steamship City Of Savannah. from Boston
j H CoOmDs, Mrs A F. Packard and 3 children,
N leary and wife, NJ C Leary, C Nichols, Miss
r Ieary, Rugg, J Anderson, and steerage.
Per steamship Nacoochee, for New York
Mrs NJ f Leicester Adds, Ed Kaminski, J Frier
Col NJ Alexander, Miss NJ Alexander, J l. A
Fish and wife, Miss NJ T Stoffel, G E Atwood
and wife, Mrs c Flynn. Mrs NJ Morrisy. w H
Hasenplug, Miss A Hasenplug Miss R Hasen-
plug, colored, and steerage.
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SAILED YESTERDAY.
Steamship Nacoochee. New York.
steamship Dessoug, Philadelphia.
Bark Kintore (Br), Granton.
schr l. A Burnham, Bangor.
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LNoR SALE Old Newspapers, Just tho thing
II for wrappers, only IS cents hundred, I'D
70 I25 cents. Ct the blEin0as onlca
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CLOTHING.
RECREATION AND COMFORT.

We cordially invite the attention of all con
templating visit to the mountains or seaside
to call and inspect our stock of
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-07
CAPTAIN BLACKBOARD.
Death Of tho Officer Who Saved Presid
LincOln's Life In 1865.

Lincoln's Life In 1865.
Captain S. S. Blackford. who died Sc
suddenly in Washington recently, was
the hero of II very exciting episode on
the day of President Lincoln's second
inauguration. He was on that day n
member of the capitol police and
formed one of the line that guarded the
procession, consisting of the President,
Vice President, Senators and Represent
tatives, Judges of the Supreme Court,
and high civil. military and naval off
GERS, as it passed from the Senate
chamber to the platform at the east
front of the capitol, where Lincoln was
to take the oath of Office and read his
inaugural address.
The line of tine police was a double
enc and solid, and as those were crit
ical days and there had been rumors of
attempts to attack the President the
strictcst orders had been issued that no
one should be allowed to pass out of
the east door of the rotunda except
those rightfullyin the procession. After
portion OF the procession had passed
out man who behaved in very ex-
cited manner broke through the line of
police near the door and rushed for the
platform. Mr.. Blackford sprang from
his place and seized the man, and, in
spite of his desperate struggles to es-
cape, and his declaration that he had n
right to go upon the platform. held him
until the doors were closed. Then
others came to his assistance and the
man was put outside the lines. The
remainder of the procession then passed
out and the inauguration took place
without interruption.
Very little was thought of the Incl
dent until after the assassination of
Lincoln. when the descriptions Of John
Wilkes Booth that were published led
MIR. Blackfor' to suspect that the ynan
whom he had stopped on Inauguration
day was no other than Booth himself.
Further inquiry proved that Booth had
been seen in the crowd in the rotundn
on that day, and tho descriptions given
by those who witnessed Mr.. Blackboard S
seizure of him completed the identified.
ion.
Subsequent disclosures led to the be-
ief that it was Booths intention to
shoot President Lincoln while taking
the oath Of Office or delivering his in
augural, and that he was only frustrated
by tho bravery and promptness to act
of Mr.. Blackford.
The latter was retained upon the
Capitol police and rose to the rank Of
Captain. He told me this story within
year, and !repeatit from memory
Washington Letter.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-07
Manitoba's Census.

The census of Manitoba. which was
taken July 81, 1886, has recently been
published. 1t shows that the popula-
ton of the province, which in April.
1881, was 65, 954. had increased to l0S.-
$40. The gain of 1896 in five years
was at the rate of $500 a year. De-
ducting the natural increase OF the
population, the result would show an
influx Of immigrants at the rate of
about 5000 u year. A table of the
birth places shows that "a, 124. were
born in the province; 1892 in England
and Wales. 3.621 in Ireland, 5,9S2 in
Scotland, 81, lS0 in Ontario, 5.97S in
Quebec. 1917 in Nova Scotia, 704 in
New Brunswick, 1870 in Prince Edward
Island. and $40 in tho Territories. OF
the total population Of 108,64O. 42,S43
had migrated til ither from other parts
of Canada. How some of the principal
crops had increased is shown in the fol-
loving table: 'ie d
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-07
THE on,Ry.

Every dairy n,,.n should strive to
have pastures of clean. sweet grasses
and the land should be enriched with
top dressing. ST. Louis Republican.
The plan of engaging reliable
farmer or factory man to regularly sup
ply family with butter, is now quite
largely rcsortcd to. in the big cities,
and larger villages.--Hodrds Dairy
man.
"A good ration for Jerseys is four
pounds corn meal, four pounds linsecd
meal. six pounds wheat bran. and fif-
teen pounds OF clover hay. If You have
corn fodder, add u little more linsccd
meal and wheat bran or II little malt
sprouts If you can buy them reasons
ably. .-Jersey Bulletin.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-07
SUPERFICIAL TRAINING.
Point Which Is Overlooked by Parent
~ Well as Teachers.

A visitor to fashionable girls
school in one of our large cities lately
was not satisfied to admire the fresh
beauty and charming grace of the
graduating class. but made searching
inquiries us to theic requirements.
|'Were there any good mathema-
ticians among them?"
mo. They had good knowled 90
of arithmetic-enough to keep their
accounts. They were not likely to
have use for algebra and geometry
as the daughters and wives of wealthy
men"
'.Any thorough musicianse'
'.'They all played fairly well. A
woman of society is not expected to
sing or finger Ike a professional"
Gould they paint or draw"
"Yes; enough to please their friends
with an occasional sketch. at which,
probably, an artist would laugh"
They had studied. in gen eral way,
history and literature. For the rest
they talked and moved with grace and
quiet good-breeding. They were re.
fined. simple, sensible girls, who would
probably fill their places well MS wives
aud mothers in luxurious homes.
Bnt ii the homes ceased to be lux
uriou,?
Oar visitor prosecuted his inquiries of
tbs class which had left the school ten
years hafore, from the same rank of
wealthy families. Several of the girls
were now dependent on their own cf-
forts for their daily bread. They were
pleasant, lovable women, but thny had
not single craft or knowledge vita
which to earn money, when want came
npou them as an armed man.
T.ere is no country in which wealth
ds nlore insecure than it is here, vet
wonen are certainly not better guai ded
against its loss than are women in the
Old World. Hence our shops, news
paper Offices and employment agencies
everywhere are crowded with needy
women and their train of hungry chill.
ssiren looking vainly for work which,
when found, they may not be able to
do
How many girls, daughters of we'll
to-do fathers, who read this page. pos
ssss safeguard against possible pow
ertyp- YoutA's Companion.
"A new electric heater has recently
been patented.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-07
The PAPER COLLAR.
Decay OF q Once Immensely Popular
tlcle OF Wearing Apparel.

Decay OF q Onco Immensely Popular Ar.
ticle OF Wearing Apparel.
There was time when the paper
collar reigned supreme. 1t encircled
the masculine neck from Maine to Cali
fornia, and attained great popularity us
an article of feminine attire; nested in
boxes of every variety of color and
style of adornment, it added attractive
ness to the furnishing-store windows; in
it's decaying stages it filled cutters, lent
vanity to ash heaps and dotted the
landscape along the line Of every rail-
road in the country, dividing honors
across the Western plains with tho tin
can. Its stronghold was in the crowded
metropolis, but its trail extended into
tho remotest backwood district. 1t
would seem, considering this immense
popularity. that Mr.. Meserole. the in
vcntor of the collar, must have been in-
sured against poverty for the rest Of
his days. but such. it seems, is not the
case. A bigamy trial in New York. in
which member of the family is in
volved, brings out the fact that the
wealth which accrued from the patent
has, like the collar itself, vanished. no
man can say whittier; that the Mese-
roles have nothing left but character,
and if the bigamy trial is an Indication.
not much of that. Perhaps there is .
retribution in this. Western Bookseller.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-01-07

STATE SE>ATOR.
Sam Smith.
ASSEMBLY,.
John Bull.

His ticket Is now complete. he folds
1t, presents 1t to the officer. and u vote
each goes into the ballot box for Brown,
Smith and Bull. No human being but
himself knows how he has voted, and
no one ever will know unless he chooses
to tell. Leading men declare that it
will cut up by the roots bribery in tho
various open or secret forms in which
It was conducted at the last election,
and they propose to urge its adoption
upon tho incoming Legislature. not Is
q party measure, but in the interests Of
a. Sa,. unpurol'asabls ballot bgxEM y