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The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
A Mysterious Well.

Last July, Farmer Hathaway of Sierra
County, Cal, sank an artesian well.
At the depth of 300 feet he struck water
which flowed at the rate Of 200 gallons
a minute; but it was hot water-hot
enough to cook an egg in three minutes.
The water from the well flows for halt a
mile over the sandy desert, then forms
a pond several feet in depth and sinks
into the sand. The other day one of
Mr.. Hathaway's children told him that
the pond was full Of fish. Her father
laughed, but the child was right. The
pond contains hundreds of mountain
trout from one to three inches long.
Where they came from Is a problem.
All the water that flows into the pond
is boiling hot as it comes from the
ground; there IS no spring anywhere
near the pound, and no one has stocked
its waters with small fry.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
Charity and Crime.

A very pretty little woman, with a
clear complexion, carnation lips and
hair that the "Maid of Athens might
have envied, walked rapidly down
Chestnut street Saturday afternoon.
When opposite the Mint she halted,
opened dainty little purse, clasped by
a tiger head, and dropped a quarter in
the outstretched hat of blind mendi-
cant. The lazzaroni glanced obliquely
at the coin and then slowed it away in
the recesscs of his many pocketed gar
ments. A detective and a reporter
witnessed the the incident "That wo-
man, said the detective, 'is one of the
cleverest pick-pockets and shop-ifters
in the country. She and Kid Miller,
the confidence man, once worked to-
gethcr, but there came squat and
they parted. -LPhiladelphia North
American.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
Worth Their Weight in Gold.

1t is no unusual thing to sec small
volumes that you can hide almost in a
vest pocket go for from twenty dollars
to eighty dollars. Some books, if they
are rare enough, of the incunabula and
black-letter kind, will bring hun dreds
of dollars. The first edition of one of
Longfellow's books, "The Coplas de
Manrique," thin and dingy though be,
brings almost always near fifteen or
twenty times its original price. Tenny-
sons first thin volume, containing also
his brothers poems, which must have
been published for not more than a dol
lar aud half, saw sold the other day
for only trifle short of forty dollars.
First editions are especially stimula-
tive to prices, as there are so many col
lectors who pride themselves on theiI
possessions in this line. The editions,
however, must be of books and authors
themselves highly esteemed. Their value
rests on the fact that, having long been
out of print they are positively unpro-
durable, except by the rare accident
which the book auction occasionally af-
fords. An uncut copy of first edition
or book has extra value for it bears its
own evidence that no bookbinder has
cut down the margin.
1t is surprising to see how dingy and
apparently worthless some of the rare
books are that bring high prices. II
you do not know the special charm that
is bestowed on the air to the inflated by
one of these suspicious volumes, of
course you can not rate it highly. You
would give more Tor a gilt edge modern
book that has just preceded it, and was
sold for twenty-five cents. But now tho
coveted prize is announced, and, 10! it
goes up to, perhaps, eighty-fve or one
hundred dollars. You must be born o
book fancicr to know wherein that
value lies. Paper and print and de-
scription are powerlcss to communicate
the information. II Cosmopolitan.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
Keen House Plants CIean.

When the room IS swept, sprinkle the
carpet with damp sawdust or spent tea
leaves, to keep down the dust, and
cover the plants with papers, and leave
them on until the dust has settled. Ivy,
and all smooth-eayed plants, should
have their leaves washed weekly with c
soft rag and blood-warm water. Other
plants with rough leaves should be
taken to the bathroom, or sink, laid
on their sides, and given a thorough
drenching with a syringe or a watering
pot, held high to give force 10 the
shower; lei the leaves drip well before
returning the plants to the room. 50
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

1t is as great to be woman as to be
man.
Death rocks our second childhood to
sleep in the cradle OF the coffin.
Many people are busy in the world
gathering together handful of thorns
to sit upon.
There is nothing that so refnes the
face and mind as the possession of great
and good thoughts.
One good thought retained and nine
ty-nine bad ones let go, and we would
all be the better for it.
An irritable man lies like hedgehog
rolled up the wrong way, tormenting
himself with his own proxies.
No one is a more dangerous enemy to
all that is sweet and good in human life
than the one who lends to impurity the
sanction of splendid talents.
One of the saddest things about hui
man nature is, that man may guide
others IN the path of life without walk
ing in it himself; that he may be pilot,
and yet castaway.
In the early ages men ruled by physi-
cal strength. Now they rule by brain,
and so long as there is only one man in
the world who can think and plan, no
will stand head and shoulders above
him who cannot.
If thou art rich, then show the great
ness Of thy fortune, or, what is better,
the greatness of thy soul, in the meek
ness of thy action and thy conversation,
sympathizo with man of low estate, aid
the distressed and show consideration to
the neglected; be great
The motives and purposes Of authors
are not always 50 pure and high as in
the enthusiasm of youth we sometimes
imagine. TO many the trumpet of fame
is nothing but tin horn to call them
home, like laborers from the field at
dinner time; and they think themselves
lucky to get the dinner.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
An UnsOught Appeal.

In the market place at Atri,
Placed free for all to swing,
A large bell hung for those who sought
In Justices name to ring.
The hamlet was peaceful one,
Not many wrongs to right,
And now the rope was worn away
And would have fallen quite.
But leaves and tendrils of a vine,
Which twined themselves around,
Alone sustained the nodded strands
From falling to the ground.
A poor old horse, half starved and thin,
With neither friend nor hay,
Turned out by master, barked by dogs,
Sought food along the way.
Sleepily grazing on he found
A vine whose shoots were fair,
He cropped and tugged until full tone
Filled the summer air.
The town turned out, as was its wont,
The edict to obey,
And the poor steed's unsought appeal
Was answered from that day.
IL w. Mitchell in Philadelphia Call.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
The Busy Bees Latest Rival.

81 never saw honey look like that"
remarked a New York Mail and Express
reporter, who had ordered toast and
honey for his breakfast. al never saw
a honeycomb look so white or be so
uniform"
''Well, sir, replied tho waiter 'Tn
let you into the secret. That is manu-
featured honey. The comb is manufac-
tured now of white wax. Moulds are
made to the shape and size required
and the heated wax is poured in and be-
comes an limitation honeycomb. A
piece of this comb is placed in the Jar
and the syrup poured in. They can
make good imitation, though; nearly
every one who calls for honey detects the
imitation. The wax is whittier, and then
it is unpleasant if it should get into the
mouth. 1t is much cheaper than real
comb honey and sometimes the supply
runs short and the manufactured honey
has to be used"
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
The Measles.

Measles begin with the symptoms of a
bad cold hoarseness, a cough, sneezing
and weak eyes On the fourth day a
rash appears on the forehead, spreads
over the face and extends to the body
1t IS a darker red than the rash in
scarlet fever, and feels slightly raised
to the touch. When the rash first
comes out it looks like flea bites ar
ranged in little half moons on the skin.
The great danger is Of taking cold,
which may bring On Inflammation of the
lungs, and Of injury to the eyes from
over use or exposure to too strong a
light.
The patient should be kept in bed in
a ventilated room at a temperature
Of about sixty-eight degrees. The win
dow must be lowered a few inches at
the top, if possible, the opening being
covered with a strip of flannel to pre-
vent a draught. As fresh air is in
dispensable, if this makes the room too
cold, fire must be lighted to counter
act it.
A warm sponge bath should be given
each day, folded blankets being placed
over and under the patient in bed, the
night-dress removed aud the hand hold
ing the sponge being passed under the
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
Care of the Sick.

The etiquette of tho sick room should
be better understood. Many patient,
nervous and excited, has literally had
the life forced out and gone TO the grave
through uneasiness or FRIGHT over his
mysterious surroundings. There Is no
time when a man or woman more needs
to have natural and cheerful people
about them than when tossing on a sick
bed. Taking in the room should al
WAYS be done in a natural tone OF voice,
and never in whispers. There should
be no tiptoeiug and no long faces, or
discussions over this or that grave symp-
tom. The doctor that don't bring a
breeze Of cheerfuncss with him to thaa
sick room had better quit business and
90 TO the undertakers trade There are
many forms Of disease whore the patient
is killed or cured, not by any remedies,
but by the indiscretion or discretion Of
the physician and attendants. -lInter-
Ocean.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
Facts About the Year 1889.

The year of 1889, which comprises
the latter part of 113th and the begin
ming of the Hath year of American in
dependence, corresponds to the year
6602 of the Julian period; to 1893 90 of
the Byzantine era, the year 1898 com
mencing September 1; to 5649- 80 of
the Jewish era, the year $3.50 commenc-
ing September % at sunset; to 2G42
since the foundation Of Rome, accord
ing to Vdrro; to 1896 since the begin
ming of the era of Nabonassar, which
has been assigned to Wednesday, Feb
ruary 26 Of the 3961th year of Julian
period, and in the notation of astrono-
mers to tho 746th year before the birth
of Christ; to the 1865 of the Olympiads;
to 2201 of the Grecian era, or era of the
Selucide; to 1905 of the era of Diocle-
tian; to 2549 of the japanese era, and
the 22d year of the period entitled
"MeijL" The year 1907 of the Moham-
medan era, or the Hegira, begins on
August 20, 1889, and the first day of
January, 1889, is the 2,411, O04th day
since the commencement of the Julian
period. Il Science
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
Whole Colonies Of Leners.

An indianapolis doctor denies that
leprosy in this country comes from the
Chinese. On a recent occasion he IS re-
ported to have stated that whatever
traces OF it arc found in the United
States are attributable to African
slavery. This particular doctor is said
to have made an extensive study of the
subject. The statement he makes might
be safely left to the scalpel Of the gentle
man of the Same profession, whoever no
may be, whose shingle is hung out IN
his immediate vicinity.
But, as we have sort of remote in
terest in the subject it may be proper to
interject the fact that twice in this city
we have had to pull up by the roots and
transport to China leper colonies, i'm
each case numbering over twenty per-
sons, and that another is now slowly
gathering which will have to be treated
in the same way. The facts in both
these cases are easily attainable-the
numbers exported, the price paid for the
pqAsage, &c. But the indianapolis
specialist regards all this as sensations
alism that is regularly started about
once in every two years on the Pacific
coast. = San Francisco Bulletin.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
SAVANNAH. GA. SATURDAY. MARCH a. 1888

band looking very ill, and she thereupon
woke in great agitation. When she
looked up she saw the same figure stand
ing by her bedside He appeared in
uniform and as if suffering intense pain.
He then gradually faded from her view.
At first Mrs. W. supposed she must still
be asleep; but rubbing her eyes and
listening to the breathing of a child
beside her, she convinced herself that
what she had seen was no dream. In
December, 1857, telegram from the
seat of war appeared in the morning
papers, stating that Capt. w. had been
killed before Lucknow on the fifteenth
of November. The family solicitor APP
piled for further information as to the
date of Captain WIS death, which Mrs.
w. felt sure must have taken place on
the fourteenth, and not on the fifteenth.
But the date given in the telegram was
confirmed at the war office. At this
time singular circumstance came to
light. The solicitor Glanced to men,
ton the case of lady, a friend of his,
who, according to his account, had a
tendency to see visions. Turning to
her husband, she said:
''That must have been the same APP
partition saw on the evening when we
were speaking about India"
They were able to fix the date by
means of a receipt for an amount paid
that day, as the fourteenth of Novem-
Der. The solicitor on this applied to
the war office again, saying that the
friends Of Captain W. were persuaded
there must be some mistake about the
date. The officials stated, however,
that there could be no mistake, since
the death was referred to in two dis
patches from Sir Colin Camp
bell, who, in both cases, gave
the date as the fifteenth. In March,
1853, letter arrived from a brother
officer, giving an account of Captain
W. death. This officer, who had been
riding beside Captain W. when he was
killed, stated that death occurred on
the fourteenth of November. Finally,
though whether on the strength of this
officers evidence, or through faith in
the apparitions truth to time, the date
wac altarnd IN tho fourtonuth
1t seems never to have occurred to
anyone to consider the difference be-
tween Indian and English time. If the
time Of Capt W. S death really coincid-
ed, as Mrs. W. then and thereafter firm
Iy believed, with the time of her dream
then, unless she went to bed unusually
early, he was killed on the 18th Of
November, Indian time. Suppose,
for instance, she had her dream
at ten o'clock on the night
of November IA, then at that
moment it was twenty -four minutes past
three on the morning of November 18th
at Lucknow. Surprising it was later, as
the account suggests, then we may we'll
suppose that daylight had already
broken on the morning of the 10Th at
Lucknow, at the hour when Mrs. w.
had her midnight dream at Cambridge
and her husband met with his death.
Cosmopolitan.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
Dishes TO Order.

The first hotel in this city, or in this
country, for that matter, to adopt the
Moslem custom Of serving dishes "to
order" was the Irving House, which
was opposite Stewards store, at Broad
way and Chambers street. The 'inno-
vation' Of the Irving House was not
popular 1T FIRST, but soon became
general. New York Times.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-24
Authentic Ghost Stories.

1t is when we turn to visions of living
persons, or to thoughts and suggestions
relating to living persons, at distance
from the person affected by the vision
or impression, that we find evidence
most difficult to deal with, and the re-
suits not only difficult to explain, but
not altogether satisfactory for discus
sion, because the numb Der of those who
welcome the discussion of all such mat
tiers with ridicule enormously exceeds
the number of the more sensible.
To illustrate the class Of cases in
question, I will take few very care
fully selected examples from among
hundreds that might be cited.
Ia the following case we have tho di-
rect evidence of the person affected,
who is well known, may even be said to
be in some degree eminent the Rev.
James NJ Wilson, head master of Cliff.
ton college, England, and senior wran-
gler Chat is, first in the honor examin-
alton for Mathematics in the year 1859.
was at St. Johns college, Cambridge,
when he was there, taking my degree
only one year later. l was captain of
the boat club to which he belonged,
and have played in the same games
with hun at foot ball and at cricket
He was capital wicket-keeper, which,
though not in itself a proof that he
would not be liable to fanciful notions,
will suffice to show every one who
knows what cricket is that he was zeal
Gus in open-air games, since nothing
but constant practice will enable any
one to keep wicket successfully. The
following narrative is in his own words:
II was at Cambridge, in full health,
boating, foot-b playing, and the like,
and by no means subject to halluci-
nations or morbid fancies. One even
ing !. felt extremely i'll; trembling,
with no apparent cause whatever, nor
did it seem to be a physical illness or
chill of any kind. was frightened.
was totally unable to overcome it.
remember sort of struggle with my
self, resolving that 1 would go on with
my mathematics; but it was in vain. l
became convinced that was dying.
was in strange discomfort, but with
no symptoms that I can recall except
mental discomfort aud the conviction
that I should die that night. Towards
eleven, after some three hours of this.
got better and went upstairs, and got
to bed, and after a time to sleep and
next morning was quite we'll. In the
next afternoon came letter to say that
my twin brother had died the evening
before in Lincolnshire. am quite
clear of the fact that I never once
thought of him, nor was his presence
With me even dimly imagined"
Let this story in which not only was
no apparition seen, but the presence Of
the relative who died at the time Of the
strange sensation was not even imagined
be compared with the following, which
is one Of the best authenticated of a
class of stories whose name is now be-
coming legion;
In September, 1857, Captain W, of the
Sixth Dragon Guards, left England to
join his regiment in India, leaving his
wife at Cambridge. On the night be.
tween the lsth and 15th'of November,
1857, she dreamed that she saw her hus-
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-30
Con. shermsn,s aNephevy.

Bismarck, Jan, 27-Yesterday a tall
man of sandy complexion registered at
the Sheridan house IS Maj. MeComb,
representing himself as nephew OF Gen.
eral w. T. Sherman as having been for
eighteen years in the war department at
Washington. To-day he is missing, and
it rs learned that he pilIaged several
rooms in the Sheridan house during the
night, taking shirts and various
Articles OF clothing. Yestard6y he
called on Gov. Church end asked
for financial aid TO Senable
been to get 10 Mansfield Ohio. He pros
duo d letters m IL GSn, sherman and
others for identification. but che COVER
nor suspected that all was NOT right, and
refused. He also went to Fort Lincoln
for the same purpose and o liveryman is
among the mourners. He also pleaded
with the Northern Pacific agent TO give
him q pass east, saying he had come from
Portland, Or, and had been robbed OF
his ticket. To others he stated that he
had just come from Washington, stop
ping in Milwaukee, st. Paul, Valley City
and Jamestown.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-30
dakota on Trial.

Minneapolis Journal: There are
some people who seem to think that
Dakota is on trial-out on her good be.
hayior,'' said o citizen OF the big terri.
tory, at the West hotel this morning.
There never was q more foolish idea
IN she World. The day has passed when
sensible men will believe the outrageous
newspaper Htories that i beng told
about is. We are not ON trial, nor ia
the climate, the soil or the temperature
of our greas territory. II is true that
during last year we had 4e
toTnsdoes. They dad not do any harm,
and they we're scattered over q
wide field. Nobody was hurt to any ex-
TEN and someso of them conld only be
called tofnAdoes ~ q matter OF courtesy.
Rnt Illinois had LIT in tho same time
and Illinois isn't nearly % big as Dakota
Georgia bad 1913. Indiana "a, Missouri
l6e and New YORK 81. Peopla talk .as
though the Sftiaeps shonId lease 3 coun.
try BIZ w~holesaie il : good wind Esarta
mp. WhJf ton'x they n~svoaate Tho IN
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-30
moval to soms other CLINE Of she peo-
pie who live in she states thEa I have
named, who have moye tornadoes record
I'D against them than Dakota 2.
Exinney amd tie Froaen lsabias.

49,
Ss.PauI Pioneer Press: Did Kinney
see those babies die on his car in Bon
Homme county, OF were they simply
asleep. or was Kinney drunk? Where is
Kinney, any hoy?
"The men gave the women their outer
garments and then brought mall sacks
from the postal orr and wrapped the
children in them Aud yet "they per-
ished." So says Kinney. We have been
hunting far and NEAR tor those babies.
Whose were they, Kinney? Had they q
father, had they d mother, had they q
sister, had they q brother. had they
Q maiden aunt? To come right
down to the point, Kinney,
were you not mistaken about the babies
and the mail sacks and the dead bodies?
Kinney says Mrs. Clark was frozen to
death, but Mrs. Clark says che was not.
We presume our eastern brethren will
believe m official like Kinney before
they will a plain farmers wife like Mrs.
CLARK, but in the neighborhood where
this lady resides there is q disposition to
think she knows more about il than
Kinney, n
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-30
Each waiting for the other.

Berlin, Jon. 2e-Herr Won Tizza's
statement in the lower house of the
Hungarian diet to-day has confirmed the
conviction that war between austria and
Russia is accepted by both sides as
inevitable. Each is simply lying in
wait for the first chance to strike. Re-
ports received at the wax office from
agents on the Polish frontier intimate q
renewal of activity among Kussiant
troops. Austrian war officials suspect
that the real object in view is the inya-
sim OF Bulgaria,
The sinews Of war have been obtained
by the Russian treasury by 3 loan mr.
ranged in Amsterdam, the amount OF
which is said to be G4.s00, 900.
Herr Won Tizza has concluded nego-
tiations with the Frankfort Kothsohilds
for q loan of 20 ,0O0. 600 forms.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1888-01-30
The Tally-sheet cases.

Indianapolis, Jan. @-The t~aiIy-shees
jury this evening brought in e verdict
convicting Coy and Bernhemer and ao-
quitting Mattler. Coy and Bernhemer's
motion for q new trial will be heard next
week.
This afternoon County Clerk Sullivan,
who was among those indicted, APP
preached Judge Claypool, one OF the
government counsel, and accused him o!
denounoing him(Sullivan) in an mn
warranted manner. Sullivan then spai
in Claypool's face, and struck him.
Claypool tried to resent it. but Was held
by friends. There is mach Indignation
over tns occurrences, aad Sllayan vi
be arrested. Judge Oiaypool is 6S years
old while Sullivan is o muscular man il
the prime OF life.