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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-01
Mill timber 81 below these figures.
FREIGHTS.

LUNBER-Vessels are in fair supply and bust
ness quiet at quotations. Freight limits S. 90
as so from this and the near Georgia ports to
the Chesapeake ports. Philadelphia, New York,
Sound ports and eastward. Timbe 50c0S1 90
and Windward, nominal; to South America,
S16 so: to Spanish and Mediterranean ports,
$14 00@15 90; to United Kingdom for orders,
timber, Is los standard: lumoer, l25 IS. Steam
To New York, 81 90; TO Philadelphia, So co. to
Boston, S. 90; to Baltimore, So 50.
NAVAL SToREs-Very firm. FOreign-Cork,
ETC., for orders, IS Cd, and or IS 81; Adriatic,
rosin, 81 20 per barrel of go pounds. CoasJwiSe
-Steam-To Boston, 45c on rosln, 90c on spirits
to New Cork, rosin, soc; spirits, SOC; 10 Phila-
delphia, rosin!, 3oc; spirits, soc; to Baltimore,
CoTToN-By. steam-The market is very
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-01

FRIDAY. March /, 1882.
ARRIVED YESTERDAY.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-01

ARRIVED AT TYBEE YESTERDAY.
Bark Catherine (Sw), Myra, Barbados, in bal
last-A r Salas & Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-01
MUSIC and MAGAZINES,
IN MARBLE. PLAIN OR GILT EDGES
Morning News Steam Printing House

Pnntng, Lthographing and bIndlng,
SA VANN All. GA.
Corporations Officials Merchants, and bust
ness men generally who require the very best
1uality Of work are invited 20 favor us with
their patronage Our Account Boots have been
used by the leading holsesan the South for the
past twenty years, and.haye stood the test for
STRENGTH, DURABILITY AND WORKMANSHIP. New
concerns can be fitted out promptly at reason
able prices. with whatever supplies they require
In our line.
sR~ALL ORDERS EXECUTED ON OUR
OWN PREMISES.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-01

NAVAL SToREs-The market for spirits turpen-
tine was strong and advancing, with a scarcity
of stock offering. The sales for the day were
50 casks at 47c for regulars. At the Board of
Trade on the opening call the market was
second call it closed firm at 47c for regulars.
Rosin-The market was fairly active at quota
tons The toatl sales for the day were about 8 600
barrels At the Board of Trade on the first call
the market was reported steady, with sales of
!. 632 barrels at the following quotations: A. B,
and s711c, E and 90c, 9216c, H 81 O216,
81 is, X 81 3d. NJ 81 60, n So 90, window glass
~ 50, water white So rs At the last call it was
unchanged, with further sales of 1914 barrels.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-03-01

BALTIMORE, Feb. 2s.-Flour in fair demand and
steady. WheaJ-Southern steady; Fultz 81 0411
I OS: Longberry 81 O5611 o.; Southern 81 05
Western steady No. winter red, on spot 94D
9lAc Corn-Southern scarce and firm; white
I05iA3c: yellow 39Gl41c; Western firm.
LOUISVILLE, Feb 2S.-Grain and provisions
unchanged.
CINcINNATI, Feb. 2s.-F1our in moderate de
mand Wheat quiet; No. red 96c. Corn dull ::
NJ. mixed 321GM33c. Oats dull; No. 2 mixed
26Gl26SIc. PrOvisiOns-Bulk meats firm and I'M
changed. Bacon firm and unchanged WHISKY
active at 81 03.
ST LOUIS Feb. 2S.-Flour unchanged. Wheat
higher; No. red, cash 06lHc; May Is19SI5a
$3.50 Corn stronger; No. mixed, casl 25l9C;
May 303%Gb3i16c. Oats quiet but firm No 2, cash
25c; May 273sc Whisky steady. Provisions quiet
and easier.
New ORLEANS, Feb 2s.-Market unchanged.
NAVAL STORES.
NEW YORK, Feb IS. noon.-Spirlts turpentine
firm and scarce at 4914040Hc. Rosin firm at
81 07166l l2If
500 D. m.-Rosin steady and quiet Turpen-
tine steady and quiet.
CHARLESTON, Feb. 2S.-Turpentine firm, 4516c
asked Rosin steady; God strained S5c.
WILsHGroN.N. c., Feb. 25.--Spirits turpentine
firm at &c. Rosln steady; strained Soc, good
strained s2L6c. Tar firm at 81 ~ tru le tur-
pentne firm; hard 81 20 yellow dip s. 30, vir-
gin 81 80.
PETROLEUM.
New YoRK. Feb. % The petroleum market
opened weak at 9l14c and declined 10 90>sc. II
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
OLDER THAN 1.-THE PYRAMIDS.
Death of a Famous Tree, Aged Six to Ten
Thousand Years.

With an antiquity rivaling, probably ex-
ceeding, that of the pyramids of Egypt,
and reputation scarcely inferior, it is re-
markable how little notice has been taken
of the death of the colossal dragon tree of
Orotaya, says the London Globe. This gi-
gantic, hoary-headed vegetable veteran died
almost suddenly few years ago, and may
be said, like the deacon old masterpiece
to have gone ''to pieces all at once-all at
once and nothing frst-jus as bubbles do
when they BURST After a babyhood of
centuries, decades of maturity and a deca-
dence of ages, it does seem pitiably that
the departure of this wonder of the world
should have worked little or no comment
When Alonzo de Lugo, the conqueror of
Teneriffe, came to Orotava in 1893 he
spared the tree, but, scandalized at the pro-
fame mysteries which had taken place in its
interior, he converted its hollowness into
chapple for holy mass Humboldt in 1899,
gives its height as appearing" about so
or so feet, and its circumference near the
rooss at As feet, and the diameter of the
trunk at ten feet from the GROUND lis still
II English feet, E" and he computed its age
at 10000 years. The opening was so large
that table was placed in it round which
fourteen persons could seat themselves, and
a staircase in the interior conducted the
visitor up to the height whence the
branches sprang.
Slow indeed must have been its growth,
for four hundred years after the visit Of the
first nayigators lie Dru measured the tree
most carefully, proving that during that
long period the increase had only been one
foot at the base, the other dimensions be-
ing practically identical. The old tree
moderately credited with 5000 years of
life, has gone the way of all trees, but most
felicitously the Marquisa del Sanzal has
planted ON It's exact site a Seeding derived
from its most ancient progenitor, and this
youngster is now healthy plant some four
feet high, looking in shape only exactly
like fine old carrot, lightly stuck in the
ground by its taper end, and surmounted
by crown of Acknowledged leaves.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
The Castle of the Douglases.

But now, as we turn our back on the Bass,
another ruined castle, grander and far more
massive and lofty than Dirleton, fills the
eye. On lofty jagged cliff that seems to
run out into the sea, and is washed on three
sides by its waters, stands the far-famed
castle of Tantallon. Sir Walters des-
cription of it in ''Marmion, if not in the
highest style of poetry, is a wonderfully
correct word-picture.
The origin of Tantallon Castle, the
renowned stronghold of the Douglases, is
unknown. For centuries it was the great
citadel of the family on the east of Scotland.
It's situation was so remarkable, the
structure so strong, and the means of
defence so skilful, that it seemed to defy
military attack. In 1879, the barony of
North Berwick and the castle of Tantallon
having been forfeited some time before by
the Earl of Douglas, were given by James
". to the Earl of Angus, the famous
"Bell-the-cat of Scottish history, whofg-
ures in ''Marmion'' as the lord of the place.
In the days of the next earl the castle
stood siege by King James v, but the
king was unable to take it. In 1889,
however, it was taken by the Covenanters;
thereafter Cromwell's troops besieged it.
and after feeble defence it was taken
again. About hundred and fifty years
ago the castle became the property of Sir
Hew Dalrymple, Lord President of the
Court of Session, in whose family it still
remains.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
THE FARM And HOUSEHOLD.
HOW IT HAPPENED.
JAMES wHITooMB RILEY.

1 got to thinkin of her-both her parents dead and
gone,
And ali her sisters married of, and none but her
and John
Alvin all alone there in that lonesome sort O.
And him blame old bachelor, confrm'der ev'ry
I'd knowed EN- from children, and their daddy
from the time
he settled in the neighborhood, and hadn't airy
Err dollar when he married. fer to start housekeep-
in onl-
So got to thinkin' of her-both her parents dead
and gone.
I got to thinkin' of her, and a-wundern what she
done
That all her sisters KEEP gittin married, one by
And her without no chances-and the best girl of
the pack
An old maid, with her hands, you might say, tied
behind her backl
And mother, too, afore she died. she ust jes take
When none of us was left, you know, but Evaline
and John,
And fjes' declare to goodness at the young men
To not see what wife they'd git, if they got Eva
linel
Was SIGH comfort to u.s. and so kind and neigh
She'd come, and leave her homework, fer to help
out little Jane,
And talk of her own mother at She never see
again
Maybe sometimes cry together-though fer the
most part she
Would have the child so reconciled and happy-like
at we
Felt Ionesomer'n ever when she'd put her bonnet
And say she'd rally hat to be a-gittin' back to
Johnl
l got to thinkin' of her, as 1 say, and more and
more
I'd think of her dependence, and the burdens at
she bore
Her parents both bein' dead, and all her sisters
gone
And married off, and her alvin there alone with
John
You might say ies' a-toilin' and slavin' out her
life
Fer man at hadn't pride enough to get hisse'f a
wife
Less some one married Evaline and packed her
off some dayl-
So got to thinkin' of her-and it happened that
away.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
Sworn on the Dictionary.
Savannah News


Does it matter what kind of a book
people kiss when magistrates swear them
If it does then a magistrate in district in
this county has gone beyond the bounds OF
law. Witnesses in his court have been
swearing for considerable time by a mu-
tilated Latin dictionary.
Some time ago. the justice said, Il
borrowed Latin dictionary, and it was
just about the size of my Bible, and looked
for the world like it. The back was torn
and mutilated and the edges were red.
The dictionary, as | thought, finally dis
appeared and could not be found l kept
swearing witnesses right along with the
Bible, as l thought, when in fact it was
nothing but the dictionary
How did l find it out? Why, the other
day. just as wound up big case and was
rendering my decision. the book fell out of
my hands into my lap. open. There it was
as plain as day, the old dictionary
did you suspend the trial?'
Suspend nothing. | just went right
along as if 1T was Bible sure enough.
Nobody, you may be sure, in that office
knew what | found but myself -
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
The Horse and Its Master.

"A Horseman" writes thus in Colman s
Rural World: Being a constant reader of
your valuable paper, and taking particular
interest in the horse, will you permit me to
occupy small space for the purpose of
setting forth one or two important features
in the management of that valuable ami
nal, which may probably prove of interest
to some of your readers. What | wish to
show as clearly as possible is that kindness
Is preferable to brutality. The horse Is
undoubtedly mans most useful servant.
1t is the means whereby many large fam
lily Is maintained, clothed and fed 1t is
the servant of both wealthy and poor.
the young and old 1t is in demand by al
most every one from the child up. either
as pet pony or a horse to ride, or gain a
livelihood with. Ought we not. therefore.
to consider somewhat its treatment by Its
drivers and owners?
have owned horses and taken deep In
terest in them all my life, and have in
every case always succeeded in the manage
ment of horse better by kindness than
harshness. [ remember once learning a
lesson with reference to what is termed a
balky horse, and the simple method here
explained | have never known to fail
more than with perhaps one horse out Of
every ten.
You have. no doubt, witnessed horses
with heavy load in a tight place, and
have seen the driver using the whip very
freely; also swearing and shouting. Now,
venture to say that my horse with a rea
sonable load will move it and go along
freely afterwards if treated In the follow
ing manner: First, cast the whip on one
side and consider that you have not got
one, take the lines in your hands at gooC
distance from your horses. stand in front
of his head. say two or three wards. lool
straight at the animal, and, if necessary
shout, kindly, mind
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
N0MNO from the diary of touristA
NUIEN commercial travellers. buni-
ness men and others -

N0mNn from the diary of tourista
NIINN commercial travellers. busi-
ness men and others -
revealed:
That the Wisconsin Centrri has tie
unqualified endorsement Of all;
That the Wisconsin Central has to-day
the most popular line between Chicago
and Milwaukee, and St Paul Mime.
apolis and the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central is daily
adding to its admirers as the recog-
nized Pullman line between Chicago
and Milwaukee and Ashland, Duluth
and Lake Superior;
That the Wisconsin Central touches
the most prominent points in Wiscon-
sin, and that it his more important
business centers on its through line
than any other railway to and from
the Northwest;
That the Wisconsin Central has made
an enviable reputation with its peer
less Dining Car Service;
That the Wisconsin Central runs faa
trains on which ali classes of passen-
gers are carried with commodious and
distinct accommodation for all;
That the Wisconsin Central has repre-
sentatives distributed throughout thu
country, who will cheerfully give any
information that may be desired and
that its terminal agents are specially
instructed to look after the comfort OF
passengers who may be routed via its
line.
For detailed information apply to yous
naQTQGT llRl<0t a uQnf. to nt -
tives of the Wisconsin Central
VIM. s. MELLEN, JAMES BARKER
General Manager. GenH PaSSr. 4 Tkt- Az
LOUIS ECKSTEIN.
Asst Genn Passr. & Tiki. Agt.
MILWAUKEE WIS
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
"HIGHNESS."
How the Title Has Fallen from First te
Fourth Place.

Fourth Place.
It is announced from Russia that the
car has bestowed the title of most illus
trious upon the comtesse de Beauharnais.
nee Skobef, and wife of the due de
Leucthtenberg. The notability of that
otherwise far from interesting piece of
news, says the London Globe, consists In
the fact that the lady has had a title ex-
pressly invented for her, she being the first
. most illustrious countess on record.
g Most illustrious is regarded as being
of the nature of highness " while of
somewhat less altitude; oddly enough.
" highness itself has been gradually
going down in the world until, we suppose.
it is held necessary that its descent should
stop somewhere. 1t was formerly the dis
tinction of kings Henry VII was . his
highness . only, and when kings became
majesty it passed down to royal princes
and to electors of the Holy Roman empire.
Then Louis XIV. created distinction be
tween ''highness and royal highness. -
the former thus taking another step down
ward. Then when the Legitimate children
of the grand monarch received the title of
. highness, the prince of Condo, scandal
lied by the proceeding, distinguished him
self by the title of ''serene highness. = or
=" most serene highness the title which
the Germans call d" durehlaut - and which
Thackeray makes fun of by rendering it
=" transparency so that plain 4" high
ness > from being first fell to fourth in the
scale. We are reminded by the French
authority, to which gratitude is due for
some of these curiosities of history, that
while the prince of Monaco is "most
serene highness, Prince Bismarck is
g" highness y only; and that the epithet
-" most serene > was originally invented by
serene republic - Republics of more
modern growth, however, have not followed
the Venetian example for reasons too
obvious to mention. The last simple
"highness,' by the way, known in Eng
land was Oliver Cromwell. who took it at a
period when it was the brand of royalty
and sovereignty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
Words of Wisdom.

Occupation is great relief for trouble
If man would work more he would weep
less. Faith and energy fly out of the win
dow when you let fear and doubt in the
door The trouble with another class OF
people is that they always want to be al
the top. We can't all be up high. If we
were the earth would be a desert. There
would be no farmers. The good black
smith some time makes the mistake Of
jumping into the pulpit The good school
teacher shuts up his books and goes around
carrying an empty lawyers bag. I dom
blame a man for being ambitious.
wouldn t think much of man who WASH t.
But, whatever your station, do your
work well. The good farmer will get a
crown just as certain as a good lawyer.
God likes a thorough man. He likes
good cabinetmaker who does not use putty
a milkman who does not serve half water,
and shopkeeper who uses full yardstick,
Sc inches, every time.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
The Day of Rest.
Charles W. Clark in Atlantic Monthly.

While the object of the Sunday laws of
our fathers was to protect the Lords day
from descration, with us their justification
must be the protection of each individual
In his right to his regular recurring day
of rest Yet the laws which we use and
abuse to-day are the mutilated remnants
was the ecclesiastical rather than the
humane spirit that directed their COM
position and has resisted their modification
partly because the relations of mai to man
have been so vastly changed during the
past hundred years, that revision in a
new spirit on new principles, is needed.
Neither must this revision be made in
the careless, unconsciously selfish spirit
that has modified or ignored the laws in
the past. In insisting on liberty of action
as we'll as Of conscience we overlook the
fact that our Sunday freedom often deprives
others of theirs. A hundred years ago, or
even fifty years ago, there was little
danger of this. Then nearly every man
was his own master, and could work or
or not on Sundays, as he pleased. In our
present social system, the employed are the
multitude, the employers the few. The
enlargement and concentration Of industry
have reduced to a small proportion of the
whole community the number of those who
can decide the question of Sunday labor
for themselves In this way it has natural
ly come about that the avarice of employers,
combined with the sefshness of the public
has been gradually depriving more of the
workers, and often the hardest workers, of
their rest-day. If our Sunday, then, is to
be preserved, it must have the protection
Of the law. Yet experience has shown
clearly enough that law avails little without
the support of the public sentiment. That
the great majority of the American people
do appreciate their day of rest, and desire
to protect it, [ think is beyond dispute.
The petition lately presented to congress,
known as the ''fourteen-million petition, -
though it had by no means that number of
actual signers, probably represented the
sentiments Of almost every one of those
whose delegates or representatives signed
it for them, as well as Of those who person
ally affixed their names. The main sup
port of this petition was from the churches
and the working classes; notably from those
who, like the locomotive engineers fray for
the restoration of a Sunday already lost.
The strongest support, too, came from
those parts of the country where the great
est announcements have already been made
on the true liberty of the day.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
A REMARKABLE PHENOMENON
A Mother SinguIarly Notified That Her
Little Bow Had Drowned.


Little Boy Had Drowned.
Two years ago family named Williams
consisting of father, mother and three
children, were residing in Pittsburg. The
youngest child. boy of 8, more than usu-
ally bright and smart, was especially near
to the hearts of his parents. One after
noon about this period, as Mrs. Williams
was seated in the rear yard of her dwelling
with few of her acquaintance, the boy
came bounding forward to ask if he could
go off and play with a knot of his chums.
The answer was given that he could do so,
but must not 90 near the river, the
Monongahela, which was close by.
Within few minutes Of the boys de-
parture one of the women was struck with
the white compressed appearance of Mrs.
Williams lips and a strange look In her
face of gathering concern and bewilder-
ment. They asked if anything was the
matter, when Mrs. Williams raised her
hand as if to brush something from her
face, at the same time saying:
. I do not know what ails me. There
seems to be cloud | can t see through all
around me- .
The next instant she threw up both arms
and screamed:
"Oh my God my boy is drowningl'
One of the women said: "0h, no! don t
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
ACROSS SIBERIA.
A Dreary, MonotOnOus Trip That Was TAX
en- for Pleasure.

In the way of pleasure trip, the most
extraordinary is that recently taken by Mr.
H. de Windt across the desert of Cobb and
through Siberia. He would not, it seems,
repeat his journey for $4,000. Here is
what he says about travel in Siberia:
IN one can thoroughly understand the
meaning of the word 'monotony' who has
not visited Siberia, and travelled for hour
after hour, day after day, week after week,
along It's dark, pine-girt roads. Along the
whole of the post-road from Irkoutsk, dis
tances are marked by wooden posts, paint
ed black and white placed at every verst,
while at every post-station a large board
indicates the distance from the chief towns.
My heart sank whenever [ looked at these
and saw the word Petersburg, with the APP
paullng number of noughts under it. The
few versts from station to station were bad
enough, but when it came to six thousand
odd separating us from Petersburg, one
almost gave up all hope of ever seeing
Europe again
Everything after the first week became
going to sleep at moments notice, if
there were no borses, Harvesting them at
once, If there were, and returning to the
gloomy depths of our vehicle, there to
lie hour after hour, day after day, with
nothing to look at but the black road and
eternal pine forests, nothing to think of
save fair, civilized Europe so far away, but
to which one felt, with sort of gloomy
satisfaction, every jingle of the coIlar-bells
was bringing us nearer. Even the scenery
does not atone for all these drawbacks
The Siberian forests are not grand, but the
trees have dwarfsh look produced by i'm
mense plains. Not bird, not sound is
heard in these vast solitudes, and when the
horses stop and the bells are silent the still
ness becomes almost oppressive