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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
ALone-Lost BADGE Turns Up.

81 have heard of valuable trinkets disap-
pearing and turning up long afterward,"
said gentleman to a New York EUeninq
San reporter. but l never heard of more
strange experience than that which hap
pene1 to myself. l had a college secret So
ciety badge which l valued highly.
"Ihis is the badge. You see it is of
Etruscan gold, set with turquoise 1t is
valuable ia itself, but more valuable from
associations connected with it. In 1881 |
lived with my wife in lodgings in Clinton
street, Brooklyn. Next door was a restau-
rant, from which we had meals brought in
by walters. My wife liked to wear the
badge, and, of course, she did wear it most
of the time My wife came to me with
much / priced the badge, and said it was
nowhere to be found. She knew she left it
on the pin-cushion.
'rhe chambermaid hunted for it, the
walters were interviewed, the janitor
hunted through the ash barrels, but it had
disappeared. We concluded that waiter
had stolen the trinket, and pawned it, and
without looking through the tray
of odds and ends of jewelry always
displayed in the windows. My friends be-
came interested and they kept up
the hunt, but in vain. The badge was lost,
and when my wife thought to snub me for
being needless and careless about matters
for that is my falling mention of the los
Of the badge at once neutralized the cleo
trical disturbance.
-Four years passed, and had moved to
an outskrt of Brooklyn, when ] received
al my Office i'll New York an envelope in
closing postal. The postal was from an
officer of the Metropolitan Telephone Co IL
pany, vino wrote to ask whether / had lost
curious badge set with turquoise. If so,
would please call at the Office of the tele-
phone company! found a pleasant gem
tleman who required me to describe every
feature of the badge and prove my identity.
Then he gladdened my eyes by producing
the badge. This was the story of the
badge:
latter you quilted your apartments on
Clinton street | moved in. am bachelor,
old enough to enjoy my evenings reading
in my room in a big, upholstered armchair.
After living in the room for over year the
owner sold Off all the furniture at auction.
1t happened that could attend the sale,
and bought the Zig arm chair and took it
to my house in Monroe street, Brooklyn.
After using the chair for year or more it
showed signs Of wear, and l determined to
have it upholstered.
Fortunately for you l took off the
outer cover myself. Your badge was found
in the crease between the seat ard the back.
1t had probably been left on the seat and
mad slipped down out Of sight. As your
name was on the badge looked in the
Brooklyn directory, found it, and sent tho
postal
81 had moved" added the narrator, land
a friend who lived few doors from my
former residence learned of the postal aud
was kind enough to get it and send it 10 me.
What did my wife say Oh, she declar d,
of course, that she didn't leave the trukeG
on the seat of the chair. She knew she left
it on the pincushion. Mary, the chamber
maid. must have put the pin-cushion in the
chair when she swept the room. Isn't that
a womans reasoning ~
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
A CURIOUS NEW KITCHEN.
Something That Will Interest Every
Mistress of a Household.
ErOm the Patlddelphia Press

Something That Will Interest Every
Mistress of a Household.
From the Philadelphia Press
Here is unique kitchen worthy of de-
scription. 1t is not large, having been built
to fiji a very little woman. The pantry is
to the rear of it, the dining room to the
right, the hall in front and all outdoors to
the left, though it stands on a narrow city
lot The kitchen projects beyond the hall,
giving room for a door in front, and there
is a second door in the rear leading to the
back porch and garden. The range Chin
ney stands against the outer wall, and from
door to door in summer the breeze blows per-
petualiy past it. There are windows accord
ing TO circumstances, some high, some
low, some big, some little, some III the up
per panels of the doors. This temple of the
household gods is finished entil ely in wood,
for aesthetic reasons quite as much as utili-
tartan. Wood finish means that not an
inch of plaster appears. Ceiling, walls and
floor are all of delightfully."- polished yellow
pine. The castings Of doors and windows
are fiat for ease of washing, and all joints
are tight as tight can be. The work was
done slowly and carefully under the super
vision of the presiding genius, and while
perfectly plain, as BELTS kitchen, makes a
| really beautiful apartment, the veinings of
| the wood the rich colorings and the liuger-
ing forest odor suggesting pleasant thoughts
| and typifying the home refinement of tire
lady who joyfully gives bread to her house
rather than the drudgery of mental toll so
often put forward i'll its place.
The laundry ubs aud sink are of solid
white porcelain. But the wonderful
economies of space and numerous step
saving devices are the features of the place.
There are slides from the pantry to the
dining-roOm sideboard. There are shelves
in the triangular space over the cellar stairs.
There is Il table which pulls out of nos here
just opposite the range, and vanlsheS into
thin air when the cooking is done. There
are -four bins which SWING out into the
room when wanted and push in flush
with the wall again. When tho mistress
| of the establishment wishes 10 put anything
"down cellar she doesn't go down herself,
though the stairs are of gentle slope and easy
of access. She touches mysterious lever
with her hand or foot, and up comes a sec
ton of the kitchen floor, bringing with it q
series of shelves. Disposing of various
articles thereon, she reverses the lever and
down goes the whole thing. The fl Dor is as
solid as ever, and the shelves are hanging in
the dry, cool air of the cellar. Fearful and
wonderful contrivances Of this sort meet
one at every hand.
stlys Not at all. Economy and con-
venience were the two prime considera-
tons. The house was built by an artist
who planned first the kitchen-hls wite's
workshop-then tho studio-his own-and
let the rest Of the house group itself around
these two. The kitchen cost no more in
money than the most dingy type of city
basement, ard its owners call 1t worth all
that it cost OF ingenuity.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
LooKING-aLA ssEs OF oLDENDAYs
Rubies and Emeralds Polished Into
Mirrors for the Emperor Nero.
Fton, Notes and Queries.

From, Notes and Queries.
Mirrors were old-fashloned in the time of
Moses, and deemed by him of sufficient i'm
portance to be placed in the ark. Job also
mentions them and calls them looking
glasses-a term which is applied to them
throughout the sacred text-yet it seems
clear that they were made not of glass, but
of metal, as were all mirrors for many
centuries subsequently. Brass is spoken
of as one of the metals of which
they were made, but ..it is more
likely that the best kinds were composed of
silver or some other white metal capable of
receiving high polish. Pliny, speaking Of
the extravaganza of the Roman ladies, men
tions that their mirrors were of silver, ad-
ding. somewhat sarcastically, that often
only a thin surface Of the precious metal
was used, statement, which IS borne out by
discoveries made during recent excavations.
These ancient mirrors were of small siZe,
and of various and curious shapes. Pliny
is also responsible for the statement that
mirrors were sometimes formed out of ru-
bies, and mentions one made from an en-
eralI, wherein Nero used to watch the
fights in the amphitheater
The credit of fl st making glass mirrors
cannot with accuracy be given to any one
in particular The Sidolians are reported
to have invented glass, but even If they at
tempted-as it is said thev did-to manu-
facture mirrors from it, its inferior quality
would not have given SO high a reflective
| power as some of the better kinds Of metals
and at whatever periol they were first
made it was not until the thir-
tenth century that they became generally
| known, and much later before they en-
| tirely displaced the metal ones. At first
molten lie I'd was poured over the glass to
form a reflection surface, but the method
was soon exchanged for a piece of white
metal foil fixed at the back, and in the
latter part Of the fifteenth century an
amalgam similar to that now used was
substituted. With the improvements IN
the manufacture of glass came correspond
ing improvements in mirrors They were
made larger. and with truer surface, and
have now reached state approaching per-
lection.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
He Loved to Main Horses.


"Do you know that we had a case in this
city which for fiendishness was parallel to
the Whiechapel murders!" said Detective
John Schnucks at police headquarters. at
was out in the West End, and you will all
remember the case. 1t was that of a man
who went around night after night MAIN
ing horses. He would make a sneak into a
stable at night aud hamstring horse He
took the greatest delight, it apparel, in
cutting up the poor animals, rendering
them entirely useless, and all had TO be
killed afterward That was about nine
years ago 1t was strange mania, and be-
fore the fellow was cIptured he had carve d
up about twenty horses. Then we got on
to him. He proved to be an old fellow who
had been released from lunatic asylum as
cured. He Lad gone insane from being
kicked by horse, and in his devilish way
sought revenge. He was returned to the
asylum, and is there now"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12

can safely be sold. These frontier fences
are the pests of the border, and If they
could be put down fully 30 per cent. Of the
lawieSsnesss now prevalent would be
stopped. Besides serving in this capacity,
their homes are the refuge of all criminals
clo,ely pressed by the authorities, and the
great difficulty experienced by the
United States marshals in making
arrests Is due TO the fact that these
renegade whites, knowing the country
thoroughly, are able to conceal fugitlves
from justice so securely as to render capt
ure almost impossible. The officials Of the
United States court at Fort Smith, where,
by the way, more men are sentenced to
death every year than in the whole of the
country outside, could tell some curious
tales OF the murders committed by these
men, and the list OF United States marshals
who have fallen by their hands is a long
and bloody one In the most lawless days
of the mining towns no such set OF thieves
and ruffians ever was collected together as
can now te found in the Indian territory, as
there thev run very little risk of capture,
and make their raids almost as secure from
successful pursuit as if they came from
foreign country.
From these men, and not from the
Indians, comes the chief opposition to the
opening of the territory TO white settlers, as
they know that with their advent their ne
farlous trade VIII be put a stop TO- Ihey
affiliate little with the Indians, but are
hand ard glove with the half-hreeds, who,
as is well Known TO all having had any ex-
perience with them, seem to have the vices
Of both races. with the virtues of neither.
Nearly as bad in its effects as their pro-
pensity t. robbery is the fact that through
them alone is whisky introduced
into the territory. No matter how
peacefully disposed an Iadian may
be, in combination with whisky he is
a perfect fend, and nearly all the murders
committed by Indians can be directly
traced to the dram shops kept by the 'sduaw
mon.' No law or order can be expected as
long as they are allowed to remain in tile
territory, their presence is a constant
menace to the neighboring states, and the
only remedy is to refuse to recognize their
adoption by the tribes and order them out
Of the territory, as would be done had they
no connection with the Indians. Should
this rule he enforced the courts of Southern
Kansas and Western Arkansas would lose
80 per cent, of their patronage"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
AN OUTRAGEOUS ASSAULT.
A Drunken Man Clubs and Cuts
Physician of Valdosta.

Physician OF V a4COSOd-
VALDosTA, GA, Oct 1l.-Dr. J. b. Man
son of this city was sent for yesterday morn
ing to attend a sick child Of Henry Vickers,
who hives about ten miles from here. On
his arrival there he ate dinner, and as he
was leaving the dining-roOm he was met by
Vickers who had just come in, and was IN
toxicated. DR.. Manson bowed 70 him, and
spoke a few pleasant words Of greeting.
Vickers responded IN a very abusive man
manner. and drew his ife AID
Threatened to kill him. The doc
tor discovered mis- condition and
simply endeavored to get possession OF the
knife, which be succeeded in doing, and ran
out II the house INTO the yard. Vickers
followed him and tore off paling and pro-
ceeded 10 apply it 10 the doctors head and
arms. cutting deep gashes in his head,
breaking one Of ms arms and splitting off
two OF his fingers After this had been
done, DR.. Manson was powerless, owing to
loss Of blood and the great pain endured, TO
do ANYTHING, and Vickers took from him the
knife and cut him in several places.
DR.. Manson was then tiken into the house
and put in bed by Nickers, who bridlef his
horse and rode over to one of his neighbors,
and told him what ne had done. The neigh
Dor was Luke Webo, VINO Immediately
went to the scene of the trouble, a ID placed
DR.. Manson in his buggy and brought him
20 ValdoSta this morning. 1t is thought by
many that Nickers is crazy, but DR.. Man
son says it was due to his intoxicated con-
dition. Drs. Burton and Talley are at
tending Dr. Manson. They say that be
will recover.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
AT JEROME PARK.
NEW YORK, Oct. 1.-THE events at
jerome Park races today were as folio
The Electoral Count.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1l.-Mr. Hoar's bill
amending the electoral count law, 50 as to
make provision for sending the electoral
certificates here after they are prepared in
stead Of before. as the law now stands, will
probably go over to the December session,
although it has passed both houses. Mr.
Dougherty'S motion to reconsider will keep
it in the House, where it will have to 90 for
the speakers final signature after the presi-
dent pro TEN. signs it in the Senate. 1t
will be put through promptly when congress
meets again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
PAPER GOES TO SMASH.
The Atlanta Commonwealth in the
NeWspaper Graveyard.

Inc AIl6lGa ea4Ln LAC
Newspaper Graveyard.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct. 1.-The Common
,Cedlth. the prohibition organ Of Atlanta,
has given up the ghost aud retired from
business. The stockholders held meeting
this morning in the Office of Recorder An
derson, and decided that it was ussle %
continue the paper, as it was steadily sink
ing money They therefore decided 10 dis
continue it, and the entire outfit viii
be put on the market for sale. The
Commonwealth was started about four
months ago and since its begin ing has
made but little Roadway. Its circulation
has been small and its receipts from adver
Using have been little or nothing. Charles
w. Hubner was the first editor and he d the
position about two months. Since
he retired, no one has beel
permanently in charge, first one
and then another Of the stockholders editing
it. 1t is calculated that the stockholders
lost about 100 on the Commonwealth
during its short existence. The stockholders
of the paper at the time of its demise were
Recorder Anderson, Henry Hillyer, w
Woods White, Ulysses Lewis, g. n. Hurtel
and Green I. Dodd.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
LAwLRss "sQUAw MEN"
White Husbands Of Indian Women
the Curse of Indian Territory.

White Husbands of Indian Women
the Curse of Indian Territory.
InterUieD in 50. Louis Post Dispatch.
1.-THE curse of the territory, as is well
recognized by all who are acquainted with
its condition, is what are called the 'squaw
men, that is, whites who have married In
dian women and been adopted into the
tribes. do not believe that so low and
lawless set are to be found anywhere else
in America. They are nearly without OK
ception men who have made their own
homes too hot to hold them and whose only
refuge is in the Indian territory. They
never become fully identified with
the tribes, but form a race by them
selves, rejected by the whites and
not accepted by the Indians But
they are of inestimable value to the outlaws
who infest the southern border of Kansas
and the northwestern section of Arkansas.
These desperadoes are largely given to horse
and cattle stealing, driving their prey
across the line to the squaw men, who take
charge Of 1t and dispose of IL among the To-
dams, or pass it from hand to hand to the
westsrn sud southwestern bord1r. whore IL
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
Fulton's Grand Jury.

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct 1.-THE grand jury
to-day found true bills against SIlls Camp
bell (coloreD, for killing his wife with a
the shooting.
William Merwothe was indicted for the
killing of John Cunningham few nights
ago. He cut his throat with a razor.
True bills were also returned against
several saloon keepers for selling liquor
upon the occasion of the election Of justice,
of the peace, and also upon the day of the
primary for the election of delegates TO the
senatorial convention.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
AMONG THE ATHENIANs.
Matters at the University The GOWNS
ton and Macon Road.

Matters at the University-TheC oving-
ton and Macon Road.
ATHENS, GA, Oct. 1l.-Prof. J. w.
Spencer of Canada, who has been elected by
the board Of trustees of the university t.
fill the chair of geology, is expected in
Athens the last of this week. Prof. Spencer
has supplied many Of the specimens to be
used in his department, which are at the
universe y.
Nothing has been heard vet from DIR.
B0ggs concerning his acceptance of the
chancelorship. His friends here think he vii
Wis Athens and the university before he
makes any definite decision.
An engine on the Covington and Macon
road crossed the Oconee river to-day for the
first time. Mrs. S. H. Gould of New York
large stakeholder, is experimenting the
work, and says cars will be inside the city
limits by the latter part of the week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
SOUTHERN HoMEoPATdIsrs.
Opposition to Proposed Legislation as
to Licenses

LOUISVILLE, KY, Oct. 1.-THE South
ern Association of Homeopathists to-day
adopted resolutions protesting against the
alleged effort of the allopathic school to
gain control of the practice of medicine in
the south by securing legislation providing
that all physicians must be licensed to
practice by a state board composed of prac-
titiOners. and asking that, in case such
legislation is passed, all schools be given an
equal representation.
A paper by Dr. Holcombe Of New
Orleaus was read, combating the germ
theory of yellow fever.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
PARDoNED BY THE GOVERNOR.
An Amiahle Disposition and Untrust
WorthyW Cut q Figure.

worthy " ILubs5tS CUT y uI6.
ATLANTA, GA, Oct 1L-Gov. Gordon
issued an order to-day pardoning A S.
Speight, who was convicted of voluntary
manslaughter at the March term in 1886, Of
Wayne supe Tor court and sentenced to
four years in the penitentiary. A petition
was presented to the governor signed by a
large number of citizens of Wayne and by
the leading officials, including the judge,
solicitor general and jury which
sat on the ca e, asking his pardon
on the ground that he acted in sslf-defense
and that the two principal witnesses, one a
white woman, the wife of the man he killed
and the other a negro man, were unworthy
of belief 1t was represented to the gov
ernor that Speight was an amlable man
while the man he killed was a pas donate
fellow who had made threats to kill Spe ght
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
BOND BUYING.

The Secretary OF the Treasury Issues
q Notice.
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1.-THE bond offer
ings to-day aggregated sG.645.500. The
secretary accepted s596,OO0 AS at 1851. No
As were accepted.
Acting Secretary Thompson to-day Issued
the following:
Notice is hereby given that until otherwise
ordered the secretary will not accepts offers Of
bonds that are held as security for national
bank circulation. The offers already acc3p ted
are found TO include bonds deposited 70 an
amount which exhausts the 100000 limit for
the month Of October, and will nearly or quite
barred from the October Withdrawals are will
ing to lose the interest between this time and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
Damages for Eiectment.

ATLANTA. Ga, Oct. lin the city
court TODAY, J. b. Mcconnell of East
Point got verdict against the Central rail
road for $500 damages for being put Off Of
a train by a conductor during the Piedmont
Exposition. Mcconnell had purchased c
round trip ticket to Atlanta without an ad
mittance coupon TO the exposition. He got
on the excursion train instead Of the regu.
lar passenger aud was elected.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
GORDON GOING TO GOTHAM.
The Sale of the States Telegraph
Stock to be Considered.

ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 1l.-Gov. Gordon
leaves tomorrow night for New York,
where he goes to investigate the propriety
of selling the stock of the Southern Atlantic
Telegraph Company which belongs to the
state. The legislature authorized the sale
of this stock by the governor several years
ago, but the governor, after looking care
fully into the matter, decided not to sell at
the low price of the stock. 1t has recently
advanced largely price, ard the governor
wishes to make a further investigation in
New York, and he furthermore desires to
take few DAYS recreation before the meet
ing of the legislature.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
Fire at an Oil Refinery.

New YORK, Oct Il.-Fire at the oil re
finery decks in Green Point to-day burned
three barges, one steamer, several build
ings, wharves, etc. and 100 900 barrels of
oil belonging TO the Standard Oil Company.
The loss is between 500, 900 and $500. 600.
An exploding oil tank scattered burning oil
among the fremep, and six Of them were
badly burned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
Grant OTerg to Withdraw

New YORK, Oct. 1L-Sheriff Hugh J.
Grant comes out in an announcement to-
day that he is ready to withdraw as the
Taulmany hall candidate for mayor, in case
Mayor Hewitt will 30 likewise in favor of a
union candidate. Mr.. Grant speaks OF his
and Tammany's anxiety for the success of
the national ticket, and an unwillingness to
do anything TO jeopardize that by local
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
Columbus Chnnters.

COLUMBUS, GA, Oct. III. n. Patton,
who has been connected with the Columbus
street railroad as civil engineer, left to-day
for cambridge, whore he has accepted a
similar position with the Alabama Midland,
wi h headquarters at Bainbridgc.
A fire occurred at the Muscogee cotton
mills to-day, which caused loss Of about
ahO0
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
Golfers Give Warning of a Strike.

LONDON, Oct. n.-Twenty thousand
Yorkshire Golfers have given notice to taeir
employers that they will go on a strike I'M
less they are conceded 10 per cent. advance
in their wages. 1t is expected that sc, 900
golfers will give notice to the same effect
before the end of the week.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-10-12
Shot Dead.

MACON, GA, Oct. lin dispute over
the settlement # bill at L)mis' store,
three miles from Macon yesterday after
noon, Gus Small and his father became
involved in a difficulty with two negroes.
A young farmer named Lee Humphrey
tried 20 stop the negroes and was cut in the
back by Willis Lundy Humphrey drew a
pistol aud killed Lundy instantly