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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-07-05

Mr. Cleveland went fishing at Marion.
Mass, the other day, with Joe jefferson
and Richard W. Glider, and it is stated
that, with his usual luck, or skill, he
caught more fish than either of his COM
panions." And Col Lamont wasn't there
to count the fish
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Tsg-A ARABS GIFT.


. A, Arab traveink3D Desert drear
Mst g1th a we'll 81 water sweet and clear.
+, was 10 bin q Iuxury-a treat
I,n1se,i was be 70 water. wholesome, sweet
TaA, In his SPARKLING, clear and bubbkna
spring.
ree,sed 10 his simple mind fit for King.
He said. mn ali my bottle. and win haste
Me ,o-.he csiiph, that he, too, may TASTE
m, lcs,born bottle filled with eager hands,
he trsagcd away across the burning sands
Long miles he trudged thro' sands OF biisterinR
heat
III S,ff 5ssf ffysss=al ring ut the Caliph's feet
The Caiiph took the leathern bottle up,
And poured draught into bis golden cup,
Drank It, and thanked the Arab with q smile,
A length one seized the water bottle. "s3topit
The caIiph sharply said, Drink not one drop. y
The conrlieF quickly put the bottle down.
And turned away with an impatient frown.
MeaAahae the Arabs face litup with joy
His happiness was great-without alloy
Smiling ne left the royal prcsgnce. Then ,S
The Ca,ipb thus addressed his waiting men:.
'Tbe water in this bottle is unfit ss''ssji
To iuk, and yet Ibid partake ofit,
because IT is an offering OF love-
As such ttssweet as mama from above.
You. IS til the bottle / dared not 10 trust,
Fearing you'd Show your loathing and disgust;
an fur 10y Calipbate I'd not offend &
50, l4.s4uas- true and generous friend. 'NEK
A simple gift from one who holds us dear
Should ne'cr accepted be with frawn or sneer
Look in the givcr's face-if love BIZ meant
Accept as precious the well-meantSintent
Thomas Burke, In Yankee Blade.
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FINANCIAL coNUNDRuM.
One That Has Done More Than Deliriun
to Scnd Men to the Grave.

One That Has Done More Than Delirium
to Sond Men to the Grave.
Once there was man who had mis-
fortune. The further he went the
worse he Jared. When he. struck Ell
Paso he had just one round white sill
yer dollar left to his name, and he
went and bought drink with it.
THE barkeeper took his American
dollar and handed him Mexican dol
lar in change. A Mexican dollar at
that time was worth only eighty-fve
cents in United States money. There
W ere rumors of trouble between the
two Republics, growing out of Indian
raids and the pursuit of the robbers
from one country into the other. A
Mexican dollar was only worth eighty
five cents IN Texas, and the United
States dollar was worth but eighty
five cents in Mexico. 1t was early in
the morning. He had nothing to do
with the rest of tho day, or with the
rest OF his life for that matter. The
Mexican eagle on his last remaining
coin suggested something to his des-
perate fancy, and he wandered across
TO Et Paso del Nerte, on the Mexican
side. He bought drink OF mescal
there for fifteen cents, laid down his
Mexican dollarsand received an Amer
lean dollar in change, equivalent to
eighty-five cents in Mexican money.
He looked at the coin and an idea
struck him. 1t appealed to HIS specu-
lative humor.
HE retraced his steps to the Amer
lean side. walked into a saloon, called
for drink Of whisky. paid for it with
his solitary American dollar, which he
had received in change on the other
sale and got a Mexican dollar in
change. This he promptly carried over
the line, bought a drink Of mescal and
got a United States dollar in change.
Then he got to thinking. Here was
the situation. He had precisely the
same capital he started with an hour
before. and had distributed sixty
cents worth Of liquor through his
system in the way OF dividends. The
whisky and mescal were gone They
were no further use to any body. The
visible supply Of exhilerating beverage
had been absolutely diminished to that
extent. He had bought II ct the
market price. He had paid for II in
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Carving Zulu Babies.

When Zulu child is first born it is
OF light hue, and does not get the
darker tint OF the parents for some
years. As soon as it enters the world
the medicine man" Is sent for. Con-
trary to the custom OF the civilized
medicine man. he takes no notice
whatever ofzthe mother, but deyoting
himself entirely to the child, makes a
number OF small gashes in various
parts OF the poor infants body, into
which he rubs medicine and goes on
his way rejoicing, returning next day
to make the incisions deeper and rub
moro medicine into them. This sec
ond operation being performed the
child is washed and dried by being
moved around in the smoke OF wood
fire, eventually being daubed all over
with red paint. which is renewed as
fast as it wears off for .. period OF sew
eral months. The child is not allowed
any natural food until the visits of the
medicine man" are ended (this for
mality often causing serious conse-
quences to the offspring). and few
days afterward the mother will be seen
about her work as usual with the lit
tie one strapped to her back. brakes
Magazine.
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gOR OUR YOUNG READERS


rhc fairy tale was ended, the wicked Queen
had fed;
The Prince had saved the Princess and cut Of
the monsters hoad:
the people MI we're joyful. snd the Princess
and the Prince
Were married and-so ran the tale-'l.ved
happily ever since"
Nell closed tho book OF fairy tales and muscd:
Il wonder why
There arc no fairies nowadayss only wish
that
couid DO q fairy Princess like the Princess
s1aaaa Golden airs
Here Nell dropped on to sleep, aad then shs
started in her chair,
When, OF lie own accord, the book popped open,
and behold .
Out crcpt wee ei.-Princess MI arraycd in cloth
OF gold;
She sighed little tired sigh, and then Men
heard her say.
In tiny tired little voice, that sounded far
.oh. dearl how very nice IL is for once 70 get
outside.
You've NO idea how nat II is, my dear, until
you've tried,
TO be shut up in a story book with Dragons.
Queens and Kings,
And always have 10 do and say the same old,
scnseiess things;
You think II would be very finc, but really it's
no joke
I'd rather be q girl, like yomt.=a''
awole.
"Poor Princess Goidenhair.s said she--"un-
happy little elf
I'm rather glad, upon the whole, that am just
mysclfi'
% Hereford, in ST. Nicholas.
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= :
Be Able to Say "Noi"

Many boy has entered the down
ward path merely because he lacked
courage TO refuse his companieaship
to those who had already taken that
road. Mrs. Bottome says:
1T takes character to say Mo-
The three Hebrew children said: We
will not serve thy god;' and there they.
rested. They had nothing to do with
the results. II the King threw them
into the fiery furnace. that.was his
business; and 1t was Gods business to
look after the fire whom they were
thrown into it. They simply said and
acted; mo, we will not Dare to say:
sNo!'r
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FHE-xuMA- INDIANS.
An Interesting Summary of Some Of Their
Superstitions.

An Interesting Summary of Some Of Their
superstitions.
Yuma superstitions are many; the
few following will serve as examples:
With rare exceptions they strenu-l
ously object to being photographed.
for they believe the accuracy OF the
pictures due to something taken from
them whose loss will soon cause death.
Many will not allow themselves to be
viewed through field glasses, as they
imagine their nakedness is exposed
Notwithstanding their clothes II
dead person had in life been accus-
toned to share the food OF his rela-
tives the latter. during feasts and
other ceremonials, set aparta portion
for burning, for fear tho deceased
would otherwise upbraid them in
dreams for, their selfishness. The
smoke Of the sacrifice is consumed by
the dead. For the same reason death
aud kindred Subjects are seldom men
toned and the names of the departed
pass the lips under no circumstances
The woodpecker is never killed. be-
cause the slayer will Immediately be
stricken with blindness. Children are
often frightened into good behavior
by illusions to a bird-like ghost re-
sembling q monstrous owl, called
Toh-kah-lot, capable of inflicting aw-
full calamities upon the disobedient
The dead sometimes communicate
with the living through an owls boot
ing. The bird itself is the pulse or
heart-beats transferred temporarily
md comes at night to convey good or
bad news. Whatsoever happens,
whether natural or accidental. must
soon be duplicated. For instance. II
an Indian dies, two more will follow;
II it rains, two rainy days may be ex4
pected; and should tho wind blow
hard, there will be two days Of storm
On seeing an eclipse, they believe the
planet is sick and trying to sleep.
Should 1t not awake. the Colorado
river would dry up and bring sickness
and death upon them. and SO the tribe
assemblies to clap hands, shake rattles
and shout to assist 1t, and indirectly
themselves. out OF predicament,
Shooting stars are messages from Cob
coh-mak. communicating to the In
dams the death Of one or more white
men. 20 Overland.
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cash. He had all his original capital
stfsas tn his pocket Izae, he had con-
tributed the labor OF walking back
and forth from tide Mexican TO the
Texan side. and vice versa, but that,
as he shrewdly decided. was nom
productive labor, so far as the inter-
ests Of the public was concerned. It
earned nothing. for it added nothing
TO the supply Of any thing. He might
have walked back and forth until the
river run dry without any body being
the better on
Here was 4 chance to get even
with the section Of country which had
indirectly been the cause Of his bank
ruptcy. He walked back to the Texas
side. bought another drink, got Mex
lean dollar in change. went back to
the Mexican town, got another drink
and United States dollar in change
He kept It up all day. He picked up
q stick and cut notch in 1t for every
drink. as the old Indian fighters used
to keep score Of the scalps they took,
He kept it up pretty steadily all that
day until closing-up time. and set at it
again the next day as soon as he could
see He Waxed enthusiastic over his
speculation. giving war-whoop at
every notch in the stick.
But at length he got to wondering
who was losing all this money. APP
parently not the barkeepers. They
were getting the market rate for their
liquors. Surely not he. for he was
holding his own. The problem both
cred him. He was naturally Curl
Gus man. The more he thought OF it
the more he drank, the moro his head
swan around with perplexity, and tie
more the subject in question zbecasne
complicated with extraordinary things
which reminded him OF the menagerie
he had gone to see when he was a
boy. At length, when he had con-
sumed $5.05 worth of Texas whisky,
and s. worth OF Mexican mescal, he
died in front OF the saloon where he
got the first drink, and with silver
dollar in United States coin in his
pocket-died of wondering who had
lost the $l0.05 worth of two kinds OF
liquor which he had consumed, al
though the local coroner said it was
delirium tremens.
But neither the coroner nor his
jury explained who lost the $l0.05,
and that's what / want to know
Pittsburgh Times.
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The most valuable book In the
world is said to be a Hebrew Bible al
the Vatican in Rome. In 1912 Pope
Julius. then In great financial straits,
refused to sell it 10 a syndicate Of rich
Venetian Jews for its weight In gold.
The Bible weighs more than 325
pounds, and is never carried by legs
than three men. The price refused
by Pope Julius was therefore about
1925, 900, and that, too, when gold was
worth at least thrice what It ID now
worth.
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Have you hall 4 load p,

Have YOU half 4 load PP''-=-5=5
Yes
.Any more than half loadp"
..Yes. y
How much more than half d loadpn
Il don't know"
well, why don't you know"
because don't want to know"
why don't you want to knowp'
You go into the house and torment
some one else" said Frank, now thor
oughly exasperated.
So Harry would go into the house,
where he would find his cousins very
busy but Harry would not stop for
that. II Kate were sewing Harry
would say:
Cousin Kate, what are you maxi
ingp"
Perhaps the answer would be: "A
dress for Ella
why are you making a dress for
Cousin EllaP'
Because she needs one, | pre-
sumo"
%aS IL nearly uOueE
mo. only began 1t this morning"
Why didn't you begin 1t before,
Cousin Katep''
Il was not ready, suppose.
why were you not readyp"
Because l wasn't said Kate, fall
ing back on womans reason.
lis it half donep"
"No.n
lis it quarter, donep
Yes
rs iteany more than quarter donepn
..No.r
why don't you make one for your.
self P"
..Oh, Harry do. stop asking ques-
tions.N
Harry would then go to other mem
bers OF the family with similar ques-
ti0ns about different things, until each
In turn would fmplore him TO stop;
then he would begin his rounds again.
AS this continued day after-day, the
girls began to think OF some plan by
which he could be broken or shamed
out OF this habit
Finally the leng-looked. oppor-
tunity arrived, One morning Harry's
uncle Charlie told him that If he would
sort some apples that aftern DON he
would take him TO the county fair the
next day, and give him any number Of
rides on the -go-round. let him
look at the races and show him all
that was worth seeing. Harry was de-
lighted with this plan, and was very
eager to begin his afternoons work.
NOW Is our time said Kate to the
other children and Frank; "let US each
GO into tho barn. in turn, and ask him
all the questions we can think Of. =
Splendid" cried the rest Of the
children. sYou go first Kate"
s.All right said Kate. and Of she
went
She walked quietly into the barn. as
II on some other business. and seeing
Harry, said:
Hello. Harryl You hereP What are
You doing?r
Sorting apples" said Harry, limo
Gently.
why are you sorting applss.
HasryS' S3
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"Oh, George I've lost my gumr'
Texas Siftings.
"A correspondent asks us II we be-
lieve in travelling for health. Under
certain circumstances we do-particu.
larly when we see a mad dog or a
runaway horse coming burlington
Free Press. 's'''s'
Bessie--'I met Miss Shapely out
shopping to-day. and l nevcr before
realized what loud voice she has. .
Jennie-"But you must remember, my
dear, that she was asking for pair OF
No. 2 shoes. - Harper's Bazaar.
The price OF cremation has been
reduced in Philadelphia from $50 tic
S28. The cremators don't advise peo-
pie to come early and avoid the rush,
but that's probably the idea. they III
tend to convey. Rochester Post x-
press.
The price OF castor oil has been
enormously increased by the trust
controlling that commodity. Unless
there is an early reduction people will
have to castor round for something to.
use as q substitute. Philadelphia
Press.
Book AGENT should like tc
show you our new cheap edition OF
the Encyclopedias Britannica Farm
er--s.Mister, you deedn't show me any
'cyclop@dias. My boy graduated from
college this week. Huntington Free
Press.
II want the library" said Mr..
GasweH to the architect. ITO be the
largest and ARREST room in the house. Z
Il don't see what you want with a
library Interrupted Mrs. Gaswell,
you knew very we'll you don't
) smoke. -Burdette.
One OF the severest cyclones ever
experienced visited portion OF the
West the other day. but no property
was destroyed. Eastern men held
such heavy mortgages ON all the
farms in the neighborhood that the
cyclone couldn't bulge 'em. Norris
town Herald.
Physician -"How did the sedati We
powder affect your wife last night.
Mr.. SinithPr Mr.. Smith--"Dlsas-
trouslyr' Physician "Disass ouslyp
Wasn'tsh able to sleepPn Mr.. smith
"Sleepl Why, the baby cried from
midnight until morning. and sha slept
through " AL. IN. \. sun.
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FOOLISH. QUESTIONS.
How Harry was Cured OF Very Annoy
In N III Ii

How Harry Was Cured Of Very Annoy
Ing tIabft.
Little Harry Meade's mamma was
very i'll, and his papa thought It best
TO send Harry into the country for a
Few weeks, and soon Harry and his pa
pa were on their way TO Uncle Char
les
Harry was very tired when he
reached the farmhouse where his UNI
Gle lived, and did not take much inter
est in the introductions which followed
his arrival. for he had never seen any
of his uncle's family.
He was duly presented to Uncle Char
lie, Aunt Emily, their three daugh-
tiers, Kate Carrie and Ella, and their
little son Ralph, who was only three
years old.
Harry's papa stayed until the next
afternoon, and when he started for
home Harry tried bravely to keep back
the tears which would come TO his
eyes. His cousins, seeing how badly
he felt. tried to divert him in every
possible way and succeeded SO well
that he was as bright as any Of them
before night.
As Harry had no sisters OF his own;
he did not know what to make of his
girl-cousins, who were too old for
playmates, SO the only way he could
enjoy their society was by tormenting
them with questions on every possible
subject.
No answer, however direct, would
satisfy him--he would invariably fol-
low it with another question.
But no one was irritated by Harry's
questions as Frank. As Harry was a
guest, his cousins thought they must
humor him as much as possible, but
Frank would scold and fret about 1t. :
Harry would go into the lot where
Frank was digging potatoes. and say:
Have you got y load yet Frankp"
NO" Frank would say, not wish
ing to say any thing more than he
n y
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This is the seventh time within
two hours that you have asked me
when the train left for Lansing. re-
piled the policeman at the depot to
young man with sachel. us Il
against the lawP'' mo, but 1t is rather
annoying to me-" We'll, II 1t annoys
you, how do you think must feel
about itP The fare is $500. and I've
got to think Of some way to get out
there on 81. so. - Detroit Free Press.
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People run away with the idea TINT
gymnasts, athletes, wrestlers, are per-
feet Hercules, and can not know dis
ease. IT'S mistake. They undergo
very universally at times severe tests
of muscular exertion, and Is result
of these efforts, combined with their
irregular manner Of living. are usually
short-lived men. dying Of phthisis and
heart disease. &.
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lin twelve eases out Of twenty-five
of Importance in the last three years
experts in chirography have gone
wrong Ia their deductions. There are
hundred men in every State who
write precisely the same hand.
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:. Miss Rightsort-.I do not like the
way the clothes looked this week. Mrs.
Mulyaney.n Mrs. Mulvaney-"Sure.
mum; PLAT wuz the matthsr wild emp"
Miss Rightsort They had too much
blue in them" Mrs. Mulvaney-'D ade,
mum, / was fslia' blue all day mesilf.
an / dare say 1t must have had an Of.
fest ON the clothes. America
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PERSONAL AND .MPEasoNA.-.


-.- n ord lag sssaShor
day the bride received 1000. 900
worth Of presents.
The head roller in Pittsburgh
iron mill makes fifty dollars day.
His family ride behind a spanking
team.
William o. Fitzgerald. a deal
mute. has been clerk in the New
York Custom House for twenty-eight
years.
Annie Perkins, Of Cleveland.
wears boys clothes. subsists on oat-
meal and sells papers for % living. Shs
is thirty years OF age and poetess.
M. Eiffel, whose name has been
exalted by his great tower. Is fifty.
seven years old His real name Is
said to be Bonickhausen. and his rea,
sons for changing itsare unknown.
The trophy which Mary Anderson
is said to most value in her collection
is dagger given her by Lady Martin
(Helen Faucit), which the latter al
ways used when she played Juliet
Oscar H., King Of Sweden. is sale
to be a manly -looking m2narch. II,
stands ixsfeet- Two inches in bis stock
ings. is well proportio lod. and has
gray hair and short, full beard. Heiss
q gifted orator and is poet and must
clan as we'll.
Mrs. Harrison has been asked by
mail II shc approves OF dancing.
whether she wears hustle. what she
thinks OF Mrs. Riyes- Chambers novels,
what is her opinion OF Robert Els
mere how much time she deyotes to
her toilet and other questions equally
impertinent.
Florence Nightingale Is sixty
nine years OF age and an invalid, but
she has written letter OF sympathy
for the Johnstown sufferers with her
own hand. She seldom leaves her
house nowadays, but keeps up lively
interest in all that is going on. and
attends to an enormous correspondence
from all parts OF the world.
Dr. Leonard Woolsey Bacon. at
one point OF his reforming work, him
dered by the timorous conservatives,
exclaimed: There is no creature
alive SO dangerous to society. when
there is grave work to be done. as
your average good man. This world
would be very good world to live and
fight in il it were not for the good
mem in 1t. y
Andrew Carnegie has one Of the
finest private estates in America He
owns the whole OF Cumberland Island.
OF the coast Of Georgia, with the
splendid old estate OF Dungeness,
which Georgia gave to General Greene.
Mr.. Carnegie has magnificent beach,
eighteen miles long, all his own; fine
modern villa in place Of the old home
stead lawns that are always green,
and orange trees. olives, palms and
host Of other Southern trees, which
group with gigantic live oaks in splen-
did confusion.
John Hanks died recently at his
farm near Decatur, ILL.,, aged eighty
eight years He was distant relative
OF Abraham Lincoln who spent some
years OF his boyhood and early man.
hood on Hanks farm. during which,
time he became locally famous as a
rail splitter. During the campaign OF
1860 Hanks created furore by exhib-
iting rails split BY Lincoln while upon
his farm.-In that campaign Hanks,
who had been q Democrat. brcame. q
Republican and spent 81, 900 OF his own
money for the cause. One OF the incl
dents Of his work was the giving OF a
grand banquet on his farm which is
yet remembered as political sensa-
ton. At that barbecue no fed 5000
PERSONS.
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A titled lady in London has formed
. guild Of clear-stsrchers and heueis
Or fins linens and laceA
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You're too fresh. " said the brine
to tbs beef. Il acknowledge Tbs
corn replied the beef, humbIy.
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Open up the cemetery,
Close your heart to vain regrets;
Useless the apothecary
Johnny's smoking cigarettes
Merchant Traveller.
With tightening grasp she seized hts arm
Like one with horror dumb,
Gurglcd and moaned, then wildly shriekcd:
''Oh, George, I've lost my gumt'
Texas Siftinps.
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LITTLE NONSENSE.

because dude sucks the head oil
his cane is no good reason for suppos-
ing that it is a sugar cane. ---Munsey's
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III you will only come" said Harry,
s.Fll promise not TO ask you any more
questions than you. Six me. IN. X.
Tribune.
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"A correspondent asks us II we be-
lieve in travelling for health. Under
certain circumstances we do--particu.
larly when we see a mad dog or
runaway horse eoming.-Burlington