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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-01
SOME FAMOUS JUGGLERs.
Men Who Have Surpassed Even the
Exaggerated FeAtsof the Hindoos

Men Who Have Surpassed Even the
Exaggerated FeAtso of the Hindoos.
From the NSlo York GRAPHIC
Nine. Diss Deba's experience as a Jug
gler by spiritual assistance started an ole
New Yorker telling me the other night
what he knew about conjuring. He wa:
quite famous amateur in that line once
himself, and was fill of his subject. He
showed me little od out-at elbows volume
printed in PHILADELPHIA in 1904, called
'Hocus Pocus, or toe Whole Art OF
Legerdeman." 1t vas a reprint of an Eng
lish edition, and tn author was one Henry
Dean, a London professor of the art of
con]uring and keepr of a shop on Little
Tower hill. The PATHETIC earnestness with
which he begs his leader to repair to said
shop and buyappaatus for the tricks would
seem TO show'that conjuring was not so re-
munerotive il his case as Nine. Diss Debar
has until latty found out.
Many Of 1e tricks that Mr.. Dean de-
scrlbes arc 4ll in vogue, and his little book
was quite tandard authority in its way
until Prof, loffman published his elaborate
treatment q Modern Magic"
Mr. Deangives some of the necessary re-
qulremcntsor a successful conjurer, such
as all memhrs Of the craft, splritualistic or
otherwise, lust sympathize with.
First" G says, 'he must be one of q
bold and ufaunted resolution, so as to set
q goo1facdpon the matter.
Second he must. have strange terms
and empirical words to grace and adorn
ms actionsRnd the more to amaze and as
tonish behlders.
And tftd and lastly he must use such
gestures obody as may take off the spec
ators' eye from a strict and diligent be-
hoIdlng HI manner of performance
Despltethe information of Mr.. Deans
Dook no ntlve conjurer of any note started
pI here, sd Juggling was not in any degree
!hhown hCe, though throughout, England in
ana vlllae was visited by Jack Pud-
dqlngs" VIII their cups and balls ana cards.
~ may bthRt our national enthusiasm in
burning ttches at Salem had a depressing
enect on omeborn talent. In 1884 gem
teman Cling himself Monsieur Adrien
performed in New York, succeeding well
WIN the bual stock of tricks. He was soon
oerown etireIy IN the shade by the arrival
,,s SlgnofBlitz, who spent the rest of his
me here, hade fortune and was exceed,
ingiy poplar.
blltz wS tho son Of juggler, though he
SaAeS carenot 10 melton the fact in his
autobiography. Thi work is of very little
value. Itls made upof anecdotes, some Of
q rather Mnuchnusnlike character and
Vels none of the ticks of tho trade Of
tricks. He wa1 Dor in Germany in 1910,
d Mo Travelled as conjrer while only boy.
tIe was gord venttoquist and relied as
s H,ueh on this power ) on conjuring. He
WT9G appeared heren the old Masonic
nan on Broadway. Before the war he
settled in Philadelphia and for many wears
gave performances inhe so-called Chinese
Museum there.
so,5 bntz was not mul Of a performer"
r. ~ my old gentlenp, though you'd
, tSaaK by the way be is entioned generally
mat he was something Nnderful. He was
The best we had had who he canne. and be
was kindly, easy-going d chap that had
'een a good deal Of the we'd and used To
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-01
Senator Ingalls, Family.
From The PhiLadeIphia Times.

The Senator also told about the interest
ing family of his colleague from Kansas. Be-
sides his eldest daughter, whose writings
have attracted considerable ate ton, he
has two beautiful little girls. They have long
blonde hair hanging down to their waists
and are about the prettiest children in
Washington. Like their father, they are
very bright. One of them is an uncompro-
missing Democrat, the other is a Republican,
but by promising her doll or a goodly sup
ply of candy she can be induced to hurrah
for Cleveland, or even for JEFF Davis. Her
Democratic sister, however, could not be
induced by promise of a whole confection-
cry establishment or an entire doll store to
cheer for Republican.
One day Senator Blackburn visited the
ingalls, residence, and, 10 test tho child's
fidelity 10 the Democratic party, he offered
her candy and doll to cheer for Blaine or
any Other Republican, but she was not to
be tempted.
Here is a child" said Senator, Black
burn, turning to Mr.. ingalls,, "reared in
the hotbed of Republicanism, and yet she is
a Democrat. Surely it is odd what can
have caused her TO inherit the doctrine of
truth when her worldly teachings have been
exactly the opposite"
Quick as a fash ingalls, replied: THAT
little child is tie only conscientious Demo
crat ever knew in all my life"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-01
SEVEN MILLIONAIRE CANDIDATES
The Scramble of Rich Men in Colorado
for Bowens Seat in the Senate.
From the Louisville Cotn.ier.JournaL.

from Ule LOulSCIte COtI1ef-JOur1lCt.
DENVER, May 23.-As United States
Senator is to be selected, the conventions
now being held in the State are of more
than passing interest. Half dozen mill
ionaires are anxious to succeed to the seat
now occupied by the Hon. T. NJ. Bowen,
and the municipal and State contests be-
tween parties and factions are rendered
tributary to individual strength.
E. O. Wolcott, the attorney for the Den
yer and Rio Grande railway, and one of the
milllonaires of the State, leads the RepIbli-
can contingent in the Senatorial race. and
Is backed by Moffatt, Of the First National
Bank, and the richest man in Colorado.
Lots Of money will be spent to elect him,
although personal peculiarities will have to
be overcome in doing so. Wolcott achieved
celebrity by his speech before the New
England Club in New York, and also by
his fiSticutf.
Ex-senator Tabor, who has made a barrel
of money in the past two or three years, ex-
Gov. Routt, the cattle king, and ex-
Senator Hill who has made $3,0OO,OOO out
of mines, are the other candidates, and the
fight has already been inaugurated, which
is to end with the election of members of
the legislature this fall
All the money necessary will be put up to
elect w olcott, as he is the champion of the
''powers that be-" WolcotJ and his brother
are immensely rich, and have to certain
extent controlled the political machinery of
the State. ed" as he is known, has an
unsavory social record, and money and in
f1uence are necessary to elect him.
Tabor, whose short but brilliant career in
the Senate, and his $500 night shirt became
conspicuous figures in national politics, will
spend his own money, and the events Of the
past month or so show that he is going to
doit.
Routt has made enough Off cattle and
fortunate land operations to put up good
pile, and Hill is regarded as Wolcotts
strongest opponent from financial point of
view.
The Democrats, or at least those who
aspire to Senatorial honors, are compare
lively poor. Tom Patterson, who heads the
party, makes $4,000 year at his practice
and as much more by investments, can
afford to spend a snug sum and not miss it,
Dennis Sullivan, who is at the head Of the
Denver National Bank, and is worth a
million, will make fight.
Ex-Gov. Grant, who, like all of Colorado's
Representatives in the lower House, is red
headed and rich, owns the controlling in
terest in the Omaha smelter, and wants to
succeed Bowen, and has as good chance as
any one else if his "wad" holds out
Bowen, of course, wants to keep the seat
for six years more, and has the mining in
terests Of the southern part of the State at
his back.
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w ARM SPRINGS
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The hotel is nine miles from Ashevile and on
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City references: DIR. W. S. Lawton and Ed
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-01
BoULANGER's POPULARITY.
His Stand for Better Treatment of the
Common Soldier the Cause of 1t.

Common Soldier the Cause of 1t.
st. Louis Post Dispatch Paris Letter.
A certain French General said to me the
other day: Il will tell you why it is that
Boulanger is known and beloved in the
smallest hamlets of the country When
you are told that his popularity is due to
the well-known ditty which the clever Pau
lus used to sing in the cafes-cOncerts of
Paris, don't believe it. Perhaps this may
in part account for his popularity at the
capital, but it does not explain why he has
such hold on the country districts, where
En- Revenant de la Revue has never been
heard, and yet where you will see the col
ored portrait of the beau General stuck up
on the walls of all the peasants cottages.
The real explanation of this popularity is
found in what he did for the common SOL
der when he was Minister of War; Every
village of France contains several of these
soldiers whose three years of service are
finished, and who never weary of singing
| the praises of the General.
"And what was it that Boulanger did for
| the rank and file of the army! In the first
place, he decided that the men should no
! longer have to eat in their tin bowls like
animals, but that they should have a table,
where each man would be provided with a
plate glass fork and spoon. The Colonel
| of every regiment was required to see that
| this order was carried out, and as long as
Gen. Boulanger was Minister of War the
new rule was strictly observed. The com
| mon soldiers were, of course, highly pleased
| at being treated no longer like dogs as
they put it. But since Boulanger left the
Hotel in the Rue Saint Dominique all this
has changed. The broken plates and glasses
have never been replaced, the forks and
spoons have been lost, and the soldier, when
he eats. sits once more at the foot of his
bed. tin cup in hand. When the General
was there, it wasn't So they say with re-
greet.
but the measure that did the most for
Boulanger'S popularity was the increment
of the soldiers pay. By a budgetary ar
rangement unnecessary TO go into here, the
Minister of War was able TO increase the
five sous given every five days to eight sous
for the same period. That is to say, the pay
was nearly doubled. Three additional. sous
was no insignificant sum to men who re-
ceived nothing from their families, which
is the case with the majority of the rank
and file of the army. One Of the greatest
pleasures of the French soldier is to drink
a glass of wine now and then. But wine is
not among the rations Those three extra
sous made this possible, and this has done
more than all the songs and newspaper ar
tjces to render the name of Boulanger dear
to the lower classes of France Mark my
word. that wherever and whenever Gen.
Boulanger stands for election be will get
the votes of vast majority of the soldiers,
an important element in a country where
all the young men go into the army"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-01

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on top Buck Mountain, 1900 feet above tide,
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-01
SUMMER RESORTS.
SUMMER RESORTS.
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SUWANNEE COUNTY, FLORIDA.

SITUATED in the high and dry section of the
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-01

A most complete stock of Shoes will be
found at A. S. Cohen, 1885, Broughton
street, between Whitaker and Bull streets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-01

The WatauGa Hotel 81 Cottages,
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-05
Colors of the Alpine Sky.

When the Alpine sun is setting, or,
better still, some time after it has set,
leaving the limbs and shoulders of the
mountains in shadow, while their snowy
crests are bathed by the retreating light,
the snow glows with beauty and solem-
nifty hardly equaled by any other natural
phenomenon. So, also, when first illum-
ined by the rays of the unrisen sun, the
mountain heads, under favorable atmos-
pheric conditions, shine like rubies. And
all this splendor is evoked by the simple
mechanism of minute particles, them
selves without color, suspended in the
air. Those who referred the extraordi-
nary succession of atmospheric glows,
witnessed some years ago, to vast and
violent discharge of volcanic ashes, were
dealing with "a true cause" The fine
floating residue of such ashes would I'M
doubtedly be able to produce the effects
ascribed to it. Still the mechanism to
produce the morning and evening red,
though of variable efficiency, is always
present in the atmosphere | have seen
displays, equal in magnificence to the
finest of those above referred to, when
when there was no special volcanic out
burst to which they could be referred.
It was the long continued repetition of
the glows which rendered the volcanic
theory highly probable. Professor John
Tyndall in The Forum,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-05
The American C,ub I'm London.

Among the many burning questions
which yet remain to be settled between
the United States and Great Britain,
none have caused more dissatisfaction in
social circles on the other side of the At
lantic than the lack of reciprocity shown
by us in the matter of club hospitality.
To the English gentleman every club in
New York is open: but the citizen of the
United States, on arrival in London,
finds the portals of the leading clubs in
Pail Mall sealed doors. Distinguished
men, it is true, are made honorary mem
bers of the Atheneum; but it is mot every
one who can find exuberant joviality
within its walls. Our countrymen who
have resided in America, struck by the
very one sided nature of the club treaty
existing between the two countries, have
recently started fresh addition to the
many London clubs. The American club
aims at affording a meeting place in Lon
don for all men interested in the western
hemisphere. Here members of the Pa
eific club at San Francisco, of the Mani
toba club at Winnipeg, Of the Cercle dies
strangers at Rio, the Knickerbocker of
New York and the Turf in Piccadilly
meet on terms Of perfect equality.--St.
James GPzetta
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-05
Legends of Serpent Women.

In the early Egyptian hieroglyphics
we find REPRESENTATIONS of snakes bodies
crowned by female heads: and, indeed,
this class of serpents seems to have
proved equally attractive to all nations,
an evidence of which subtle fascination
is that the legends of the ''snake mai
dens" still live in the nursery tales of to-
day. perenniaily young and beautiful as
though their birth were not wrapped in
the mysteries of prehistoric age. OF
this family came Larnia, the witch of
Crete, whose woman's heart rendered
her doubly sensitive to the degradation
she suffered during her incarceration
within her scaly prison: nor did she, ON
renewing the pristine glory of her hui
man form. completely lose the essence of
her SERPENT nature. Harmonic, the wife
of Cadmus, to be a companion in her
husbands misfortrInes also took upon
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-05
The Fat Man Trick.

Stage tricks ard illusions have an I'M
dying charm even when the veil of
mystery is raised. 1t was the celebrated
family of Ravels that invented the fat
man trick, and now we have an exposi-
ton of the manner in which that seem
ing marvel was accomplished. One of
the actors in the pantomime sits at a
table and ravenously cats DISH after dish
of food that servant brings on to him.
Presently the man. who like most raven
GUS eaters was rather thin and scrawny,
begins to grow plump. His clothes fit
him snugly. His waistcoat steadily
swells out under the very eyes of the
audience.
All the while he is eating like a saul
sage machine. In few minutes he has
grown to be giant eight or nine feet
tall, and with the proportions Of an in
fiated balloon. The food eaten is all
property food" made of tissue paper,
that the actor chews up into little balls
and takes out of his mouth when occa-
sion offers. His clothes are all Of rubber
and made to fit air tight around the
wrists and neck. In sitting down he
puts the heel of one boot over little
trap in the stage. An assistant below
Immediately couples tube running
from bellows to hole in the boot heel
Then he blows him up. By the time
that the suit has grown so big that the
inhabitant has to have lantern to move
around in it, the wind supply is cut off
and the boot heel is plugged up. Then,
by an ingenious arrangement of springs
under the actors feet the height is ac-
quired. Detroit Free Press.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-05
SOME CURIOUS rAeLe MANNERS.

Tho Good Old Days When Knives and
Forks wero scarce--The snltceliar.
1t was lato in the Fourteenth century
when the first evidences of art in the
shape of silver cups were noticeable ON
The buffet. The dishes were made of
pewter or wood and spoons of bone,
wood or silver. Knives were rare, and
on that account guests invited to feasts
carried their own knives. Forks came in
general use still later, and for long years
after their introduction they were con-
silered ridiculous aifectation and foppery,
and not nearly so convenient rs ones
own fingers. The lord and his lady
dipped their fingers into the same plate
and slipped their wine from the same cup.
Even the queenly Elizabeth, with all her
elaborate ideaS If etiquette, vas content
to carry her food to her mouth with her
fingers, and at first despised inc newly
invented forks as unseemly and awk-
ward.
Very gradually the dining lall grew
in comfort and splendor Dishes of gold
and silver were made, and so eager were
the mobiles for them that they would sac
rifice anything to possess them. The
saltcellar was for z long time the article
of highest Importance on tho board. It
was o great affair, and it stood directly,
in the center of the table; it was the di-
viding line; the mobiles were seated above
the salt, the commoners below; hence
grew the provero, Below the salt" Tho
passing OF falt YVES q ceremonious custom,
the guest throwing q pinch over his left
Shoulder and murmuring blessing.
The saltcellars were of the most curl
GUS device. Sometimes they represented
huge animals, sometimes great, full
blown flower, or long, slender stem,
and again they were in shape of chariot,
mounted ON four wheels, on which they
We're easily run down tho table.
The first glass cups camo from Venice
during the Sixteenth century, and from
thai time on society began t. lose many
Of its primitive ways, and became, in a
sense, more refined
Henry VIII was born with luxurious
tastes. He had his banquet chairs sup
piled with velvet cushions. and about
this time the parlor or talking room,"
as it was called. was introduced, and
here it was that the danes took refuge
when the dinner had advanced beyond
prudent limits, as it invariably did before
the finish.
The cook that presided over the kitchen
in those days YVES not the counterpart of
our Nineteenth century Bridget, but he
was an artist, and generally man of
quality. The ladies Of thc household,
even those Of noble birth, attended to
many domestic duties, making the
bread, preserving the fruits, while to
understand the proper use CT starch was
considered a great accomplishment
Title May Forney in Woman.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-05
The Legion,s Iron Disabling.

Many assertions continue TO take place
from the French army in Tonkiu. All
the deserters who are recaptTed are shot
without conjunction. Lately eighteen
soldiers Of the Foreign legion ran away
from Southay with lot of arms and ac-
GOVERNMENTS. They were caught in the
mountain defiles after a chase which
lasted considerable time, and the eight
cen were condemned to be shot at once.
1t is said that when the men were drawn
up in single file in front of their graves
the adjutant who was in charge Of the
firing party cried OUT with an oath, on
seeing some of the doomed men fall
slightly out of their alignment. Cant
you fellows keep your dressing better than
that? Eyes right! Dress!" No sooner
was the command given than the prison
ers with parade like punctuality straight
ened themselves up and obeycd a5 if they
were on the drill ground or ut review.
Then the fatal command was given, and
the eighteen men went down before the
terrible volley. The adiutant's words
if they were ever uttered, and il is prob
able that they were-show that an iron
discipline still prevails in the French
Foreign legion.-LondOn Telegraph.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-05
The Italian Bootblack's Discovery.

The march of improvement is still on
ward, and the Italian bootblack has
caught its step. A gentleman who
wished to have his understanding bright
ened took his seat in the chair of an en-
terprising son of Italy and soon had one
of his shoes adorned with nice patent
leather slime. When the artist completed
his work he took from the drawer of his
box piece of canton flannel about six
inches wide and foot long. Firmly
grasping its ends he applied its woolly
side to the tip of first the right and then
the newly shined boots. and rubbed them
up until the polish on them was as
smooth as that of the patent leather.
1T maka the shine vera NICE he
explained, as he pocketed the nickel
New York Evening Sun.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-05

A curious and novel method of saving
life in certain cases of poisoning has been
originated by DIR. Carlo Sanquirico, of
Sienna. By largely increasing the vol
ume of the blood, which can be done by
injecting into the arteries saline solutions
to the amount of about 8 per cent. of the
weight of the animal, the poisons are
actually rinsed out and eliminated from
the system. In this way the lives Of
dogs and guinea pigs were saved after
being dosed with deadly amounts of
strychnine, choral, alcohol, aconitine,
paraldehyde, caffeine and urethan. With
certain other poisons, as morphine, cura-
rine and nicotine, the method failed. 1t
is not at all impossible that this discovery
may introduce an improved treatment,
not only for cases of poisoning, but for
certain diseases. York Mail and
Express.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-03-05
The Study of Shorthand.

Nothing, in my judgment, surpasses
the study of shorthand for mental train
ing. 1t is, in its very essence, an ac-
quirement that lies far outside of the
mental limits attainable by idiocy, and
the application of its principles calls for
the constant exercise of greater and
steadier power of concentration than the
technicalities of any other known accom-
plishment. The fastest writer is habitu-
ally, on the average, nom six to dozen
words behind the speaker, and to carry
these in the mind. while at the same time
executing multifarious stenographic in
tIicacies upon the paper, is feat which
can hardly be said, with truth, to lessen
the brains retentive faculty.-A. E.
Leon in The Writer.