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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-07

There is one thing which can be said
about Iceman Turner, who has just been
elected to congress He can be depended
upon to keep cool when heated discussion
ariseS
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-07

Throat Diseases commence with Cough,
Cold. or Sore Throat. "Brolon's Bronchial
Troches' give immediate relief. Sold only in
bozes, Price rs cents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-07
CURRENT COMMENT.
ouant to- Have rhought Of Il Sooner.

From the Wilmington ~. 60 Star tDen''l
Dr Harrison thinks that 70 be an intelligent
voter and good citizen the colored man should
be educated, Correct But why didn I the re-
publican statesman think OF this before tney
enfranchised the svarthy leglons!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-12-07

Throw physic to the dogs" and use An
gostura Bitters, for good digestion, and a
healthy appetite. Sole manufacturers, DIR. j..
G. B. Siegert s. Sons. Ask your druggist.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
Webster as a Financier.

Daniel Webster once found a good
way of getting rid of a borrower-the
best one. indeed, on record. for. like
the man who bought the cloth for
shirts, he killed two birds with one
stone.
Webster" said Rufus Choate one
day, II want to borrow $500 and
wish you'd lend it to me-"
II haven't the money to-day, Mr..
Choate." said Webster, ''but you give
me your note and can get it cashed
for YOU"
Gratified beyond measure Choate sat
down to write his note.
by the way. Choate, said Webster,
in an off-hand way, 'you might as
well make that note for 81, 900, and
can use $500 myself"
Certainly" said Choate, cheer
fully, and he signed note for an even
$1,000.
Then the immortal Daniel sauntered
down to bankers Office.
''Ah! any thing I can do for you to-
day. Mr.. Webster"
''Can you discount note of s.. 900
for me?''
with pleasure.
The great statesman pocketed 81, 900
in bills, gave $500 to Choate. who was
ELUSIVE in his thanks, and kept the
other $500 himself.
Daniel Webster. my son, was what
would be called In these days 80 finan-
eier."-Lewiston Journal
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
HUMOROUS.

NO contributions to the ''Is-Mar.
riage-a-Failure" discussion have sp-
peared from Salt Lake City.-Puck.
-Medium-.'This, sir, is the spirit
of your Uncle Rastus, who died last
spring. Stop! Where are you goingr'
Visitor-Excuse me, / owe Uncle
Rastus $50."-America-
-Bloodgood-"Ho are you getting
on with Miss Debut, Poseboy? Have
you broken the ice yeti" Poseboy-
..Yes, and got a cold bath that shan't
forget to my dying day." Huntington
Free Press.
Young man Ito editor)-'I would
like to leave this poem. sir, for you to
read. and in case it is not accepted can
you return it to me?" Editor-"Oh,
yes" Young mani have signed it
Anon" Editor-''Very well. sir. !
will retui n it Anon
Miss Longpurse- Why. of course,
Helen of Troy was beautiful. Do you
suppose there would have been q
twenty-year war over her if she hadn't
been beautiful Mr.. Shortcash (for-
getting himselD-''O, l don't know.
Maybe she was rich. IN. 7. Weekly.
Mr.. Bjones-"I suppose that now
grand piano was Mr.. Ferguson's pres
emit to you? You must be very proud
of it." Mrs. Ferguson-''Yes. it was
very nice of him-but oh. Edmund,
you must show Mr.. Bjones that love-
" silk handkerchief which I gave
you. Boston Post
Mrs Winks-"Folks say Mr..
Weed. the cigar manufacturer. was
converted at the revival last night"
Mr. Winks-..Guess it's true. I
stepped in this morning for my favorite
brand of two-for-five cigars. and l
noticed the card Pure Havana had
been moved over to the fifteen cent
box. "-Philadelphia Record.
-Bingley-"Well. have you pat
ented any thing lately?" Inventor
20, yes. have just received letters
patent for my Few .Prize-Fight Sus-
pender Button Biggest snap Of the
century" .Bingley-"What makes
you call it the Prize Fight? Invent
never comes OF. "-Terre
Haute Express
Woman TO tramp)-'There. I
have obeyed the divine Injunction to
feed the hungry and now hope
that you will remember that one good
turn deserves another. and chop .
little wood for me-" Tramp-'Tm
very sorry. mum. but I've got an en-
gagement, an must hurry Oh"
why. what have you TO do?" ut IL
my solemn duty, mum, to 60 out into
the highways and byways an tell
hungry gents like myself that this ere
house IL . good place 70 get . square
spsal IN. 7. Weekly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
Wanted Locks Of His Hair.

A venerable, white-haired clergy
man in one of the city churches re-
Gently preached in Norristown. He
had hardly got home from the church
before the door-bell rang, and q
charming girl of eighteen asked to
see him. He received her. They
talked about the sermon and other
things. until she asked. difidently:
"Oh, won't you please give me q
lock of your hairp'' Certainly. my
child" said the old gentleman. nat
tered at the request. I'm send it to
you tomorrow And he did. On
his return to the city he had five moro
requests of the same kind. and he
proudly boasted to his wife that he
was glad to see that he had not yet
lost his power to please. He declared
his trip had been most charming, and
all went we'll until his wife received
this note:
any DEAR MRS K: Won't you please ask
your good husband 70 send me just llttle
lock Of his hair! We have al been taking
lessons in making hair flowers. So many Of
the other girls asked him and he sent IL %
them, but thought would rather ask you %
get IL for me. Now, won't you please do this
for met Il il 20 hard TO get white hair SoS
lilies Of the valley"
This was q terrible blow, and the
less now said about locks of hair in
the good old gentleman's presence the
better. Press
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
Plague Of Tigers in Java.

According to the administration re-.
port Of Java, recently laid before the
Dutch Chambers. portions of that ISL
and care being depopulated through
tigers. In 1882 the population of q
village in the southwest of the Bantam
province was removed and transferred
to an island of the coast in consequence
of the trouble caused to the people by
tigers. These animals have now be-
come an intolerable pest in parts Of the
same province. The total population
is about coo. 900, and in 1887 81 were
killed by tigers, and in consequence Of
the dread existing among the people
it has been proposed to deport the in
habitants of the villages most threat
ened to other parts of the country where
tigers are not so common, and where
they can pursue ntheir agricultural oc-
equations with greater degree Of Sc
curity. At present they fear to 60
any where near the borders of the for
est The people at present seem dis
inclined, or they lack the means and
courage. to attack and destroy their
enemy. although considerable rewards
are offered by the Government for the
destruction of beasts Of prey. In 1888
the reward for killing royal tiger was
raised to 200 forms. 1t appears, also.
that the immunity Of the tiger IL in
part due to superstition, for it Is con-
stdered wrong to kill one unless he at
tacks first or otherwise does injury.
Moreover, guns xere always very rare
In this particular district and since
he rising . few years ego. have been
taken away b the authorities alto
g11her. -LoudOn TmeA
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21

fast and lets You alone. But
when stupid follow gets into his or
bit, one of these men that imagine .
low round OF pleasures means .ssee-
ing" metropolitan life, he is apt 70
find in convenient dive some night .
slim young man in q mourning band
hat, q mouse-colored overcoat, and
with q glove and gold-headed cane.
He will be bland and accommodate
ing, will join his new friend in a little
game and will talk to him about the
friends he has seen him coming up
Broadway with. claiming them as dear
old chums OF his own and comment
ing freely upon their delightful
peculiaritiea In these modern times
the game of bunco is as sweet and del
icate as this 1t is q longer, more
careful pursuit than it used to be, and
is evidently safer for Mr.. Miller. for
he has not been on the island now for
over a year. Now that Hungry Joe"
has been sent up for a long term the
''Kid' can fairly lay claim to the for.
mer's title of king. But Mr.. Miller
has made no pretensions thus far in
this respect, and I suppose he feels
that a potentate who can't get enough
out of the treasury to buy real violets
had better leave his crown at homo
and stick to his old hat-N.Y. Letter.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
KING OF BUNco-MEN.

"Kid" Miller ~ . Figure and Schooner
ON New Yorks Broadway.
There is q figure on Broadway that
interests me because the young man
is a distinct bit of character in
his way. bad as possible, but never
theless picturesque and remarkable.
He has been on the street now for sew
eral years. has been kicked of time
and again, thrashed, arrested, sent to
the island, in fact, handled as uncere-
moniously as it is possible to imagine.
but at this moment there he is again,
as alert, as indefatigable as ever. The
gentleman is Mr.. kid" Miller, and
his game is bunco.
The bunco-man has been repeatedly
described in rather fulsome terms.
While there are undoubtedly certain
examples of his tribe that are elegant
of attire, refined and sometimes ven-
cradle of appearance, l don't believe
the straight-out type has any repre-
sentative to compare with MIR. Miller.
who Is not gorgeous. venerable or
entirely reassuring. In colloquial
phrase. kid" has to "hustle " for a
living. He has chased many simple
looking old gentlemen down Broad
way ere this with the hope of tempt
ing them into capper's" den, but
the manner of doing things is pretty
much played out.
Mr.. Miller's present game consists
of more or less graceful posing. At
about four o'clock he can be seen
every afternoon standing in q door.
way on Broadway, near Twenty
sixth street. and he makes q queer fig
ure. His face is utterly devoid of
color and is swollen by the disfgure-
ments of heavy designations, the effect
of the opium pipe being especially ap-
parent He is smooth-shaven, and his
features. except for q sodden look that
tells its story to the experienced OBJ
server, have a not unintelligent cast.
His eyes are deadly dull, but shifting
and scrutinizing. His nose is straight,
his mouth thin, and shut with intense
firmness His high silk hat is covered
from brim to crown with black cloth
band, which gives an expression that
he has just lost his worshiped wife,
but which really means that the hat
is four years old and can't be ironed
into decent shape HisOvercoat is too
thin for the weather, and is of an un-
certain mouse color. In the lapel is
stuck bunch of imitation violets
which have done service for several
months. His legs are indefinite and
dusty. In his hand is his gold-headed
cane. which he never pawns, and rs .
rule he carries single glove as though
it were pair.
And Mr.. Miller il watching the
crowd. He sees every one, and whom
q gentleman whom he would term !
sucker" goes by he knows it. He
gets the whole town in his memory.
II y0u are wide awake he detecta the
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
PERSONAL AND uTERARv.

-Gray's. immortal ..Elegy" occu-
pied him for seven years.
Says the novelist DR.. George Mac
donald. Il like preaching most Of ALL"
General Lew Wallace has had his
'.Ben Hur" printed with raised letters
Tor the blind.
Alexander Dumas, the French nov.
elist was of African origin. He was
born at villers-C otterets, q town Of
France. July "a 1908. and died Dacem-
Der 5. 1870
MIR. William Russell, the cowboy
artist" Is an actual cowboy, who Is
well known in Montana Territory. His
knowledge Of the use Of oil colors Is
entirely self-acquired. His summers
are spent in punching cows" while
during the winter he draws and paints
at Helena.
MIR. Ruskin has at last officially
permitted a photograph Of himself to
be issued. 1t was taken in his garden.
with background of ferns. His id
mirers may be also pleased to learn
that two views Of Brentwood. one with
the lake of Coniston in the distance.
and the other with the surrounding
woodland. have been published.
The late Bishop Steere began the
translation of Bunyan's Pilgrims
Progress in the Swahili, the language
spoken in Zanzibar and its neighbor.
hood, but did not live to finish it
With the aid of the Religious Tract
Society, which bears a considerable
portion of the cost, the book has been
completed and published for the Uni
versities' Mission. under the editor
ship of Rev. A. C. MADAM, student of
Christ Church, Oxford.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes, in
presenting his medical library to the
Boston Medical Library Association.
has parted with a collection which has
taken q lifetime to gather. The old
est book in the series was written in
1890 and the latest in 1887. Says DR..
Holmes: These books are dear to
me; a twig from some one of my
nerves runs to every one of them. and
they mark the progress of my study
and the stepping-stones of my profess
sional life. If any of them can be to
others as they have been to me. / am
willing to part with them, even if
they are such old and beloved COM
panions."
The MS of the first essay ever
written by Mrs Stowe has been pre-
served among her papers. Mr.. Munro,
who is to be one of the editors of her
memoirs, says that her accumulations
also include her diaries covering the
most interesting period Of her life.
criticisms of her own and other works
in manuscript, copies of her own Let
ters to the most notable pers0nages of
her time, both at home and abroad.
and their replies; letters that relate
the whole inner history Of 'Uncle
Toms Cabin" the causes that led to
its production. and the sources Of in
formation from which she drew her
facts; and letters filed with praise,
critici SIN and rabid abuse Of this and
others of her works.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
AN EDITORS TRIALS.

Some Of the Modest Offers Made BY Well
MesninG Authors.
Ayoung lady recently wrote to .
eading magazine to make the follow
ing very liberal proposition:
DEAR SIR: If you wish. VIII write Novel
similar in size Is the quick and the Dead"
to rival Miss Rives, for your magazine. the
title to be "Love or Passion with the under
standing that it shall be published under the
nom de plume Of YAM" II you wish ! viii
send my Picture for the frontispiece, also to be
called "Yam." Also according to tho terms
under which Miss Rlves had her Novel pub
lished.
II my offer is accepted let me know immedi-
ately. Sincerely yours, etc.
l don't know how many people there
are in the country who have dramas
lying already written in their bureaus.
but the publication of ''Herod and
Marianne brought down upon US
an avalanche of tragedies, rhymed
and unrhymed. In many cases the
authors were kind enough to inform
US that their productions were far
superior to Miss Rives'. This, indeed,
is q common habit with amateur
magazinists-to inform the editor of
the comparative merits of their con.
tributions.
1T may not be very good" they
say (the sly dogs, they know only too
we'll how highly they value it). 'but,
at all events, it is equal, if not supe-
rior. to some of the milk-and-w water
stuff that you publish in your maya
zine" Or, whatever the merits of
this article, am sure it is not vanity
to say that it is better than the dreary
platitudes of Howells and James"
Or. "you must not expect a David
Copperfield' or Vanity Fair;' yet, in
spite of the many imperfections of
this story. you will pardon my ego
tism If I hatter myself that l can ca
ter to the reading public Of our gem
Grafton"
The great majarity Of contributors
accept defeat gracefully enough-that
is, in silence. But some of them will
not die without making q sign. The
letter of declination is occasionally
returned to the editorial Office with
the words Chestnuts" or Rats"
scrawled across it. and occasionally
the editor gets a vigorous bit of scold-
ing. A lady informed him that it was
not necessary that he should assure
her that the rejection of q MS. did not
imply . want of literary merit. An
other drew herself up Indignantly and
repudiated any implied compliment
in the stereotyped phrase by saying
that she knew very we'll her manu-
script did not lack literary merit, and
that she didn't have to be reminded of
it. Sometimes, but very seldom, the
protests from the rejected take the
form of personal abuse. In letters Of
this sort the editor hes seen himself
described as '-sour, :" ''mole-eyed." ''in-
different to the higher reaches Of the
intelligent" dull" and ignorant"
-Philadelphia Press.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21

Some persistent novel-readers IL
the British Museum devoured as many
q twenty volumes day. and occupied
their seats 80 persistently that the an
thorities have been compelled to u.
sue the rule that novels that have been
first publtshed within the preceding
ave wears will not be issued to readers
unless some especial reason oan y
aiven By those requiring them
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1889-03-21
THE STARS AND STRIPES.


somethins About the Msa VINO Designed
the Present American Flag.
Was there ever an American citizen
in foreign port whose eye did not
proudly pick out from thu Aags Of all
nations flying from the shipping in the
harbor the bright and beautiful Stars
and Stripes, and with . heart swelling
with pride and delight declare it to
be by far the handsomest ensign in the
world? And yet how many of the
most patriotic citizens of this great
Nation could answer the question:
Who was the author and designer of
the United States flag?
It was designed by Captain Samuel
Chester Reid, of New York City, and
the first flag was made at his home by
his wife daughter of Captain Nathan
Jennings, of Connecticut, who served
through the whole of the Revolutionary
wary. and her young lady friends, and
was first hoisted over the hall Of the
House of Representatives on April Is,
1918, at o'clock p. m. The follow
ing is the act as passed by Congress
and approved by President Monroe
April 4, 1915:
An act to establish the nag Of the United
States.
Bet enacted, etc., That from and after the
fourth day Of July next the nag Of the United
States b thirteen horizontal stripes alternate
rod and white; that tho Union b twenty stars
white. in . blue field
SEC 2 And be Il further enacted. That on the
admission Of every new State into the Union
ono star be added to the union of tho nag;
and such addition shall take effect on the fourth
day of July then next succeeding such admis-
sion.
Previous to the approval of the
above act the stripes in the old flag
had been increased to eighteen, &C
cording to the number of States adj
mitted into the Union. thus destroying
the beauty and perspicuity of the flag;
and while this order was preserved in
some others contained but nine or
eleven, as fancy dictated On the ad-
mission of Indiana into the Union. in
1916, Congressman Peter H. Wen.
dover, of New York, offered a resolu-
ton ''that a committee be appointed
to inquire into the expediency of
altering the flag of the United States. :"
A committee was appointed with
Mr.. Wendover chairman. While the
committee had the matter under con-
sideration Mr.. Wendover called on
Captain Reid, who was then in Wash
ington, and requested him to form a
design for our flag SO as to represent
the increase of the State without de-
stroying its distinctive character, as
the committee were about to increase
the stars and stripes to the whole
number of States. After mature
elaboration of the subject Captain
Reid recommended that the stripes be
reduced to represent the thirteen
original States. and to form the num-
Der of stars representing the whole
States into one great star in the
Union, adding one star for every new
State admitted. thus giving signi6-
cant meaning to the flag, symbol
cally expressed, of "E Pluribus
Unum. Toledo Blade. s-~
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-01-24

In the matter Of the estate orr
J-ne e Tnom pson,
Deceased J
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-01-24
Delinquent NOtics.

TNY0 CANAL COMPANY.-Lo
Il cation Of principal place of bust
ness, Carson City. Nevada. Location oi
works, Owens Valley, Inyo county,
California.
koTICE-Thsr are delinquent Il y
the 1uIsiyos4 er. bed, stock, O. &c
count of Assessl- eA No. 4, levied O. the
Thirty-first day ID c., 1885, the sey,
amounts sci opros Z to the names 60
the respective ha eholders, 9s follows
Name. Cert. Shares. Amt.
Laughlan. Mclean Z 250e 1925
And in accordance fth aw, and al
order Of the Beard OF ~ IS, made o.
the 3lst day Dec, 1852, = many shares
OF each parcel of such stock as may be
necessary will be sold at public auction
ut the Office of the Company, at tae Bui-
lion & Exchange Bank, Southeast cor
ner OF Carsoz and Proctor streets, Car
sen City, New, en- Monday, the Thrift
eth day of January, 1889, at the hour Of
two (2) O'Clock P. NJ. of said Gay, to pay
said delinquent assessn1 ent thereon, 10
gether with costs of advertising and
expenses OF sale.
T. r. HoFER,
Secretary.
Office-Atthe Bullion and Exchange
Benk corner OF Carson and Proctor
streets. Carson :tv Nevada. decltd
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1889-01-24

Decease0.
Notice for publication of time ap
pointed for provi''@ e.c. Fursnaa.
to an order Of d Cour h
7th day OF Januas A. d. 1880, mott
hereby giyea thai he 5.i:
day OF January. 3. D. 1se9 q. Oe'~ioc
a. M OF said day, st tae Court-rooIn ii
said Court. at the Court house, IN the
city Of Carson, county of 0riusoy, Ia ye
been q ppointed as The time ana giac,
for proving the wi of said, Jane Z
Thompson, deeeasea, and heariu
the application OF Paul s. Thorn pson
for the issuance to him Of Letters .esta
mentary, when and where any person
interested may apuear and contest the
said viii, and may file objections in
writing to the grant ny of let rs testa-
mentary to said petitioner
Date January 7. 1889.
VIM HY DOANE, Clerk.
JAS w TORREYS0N, Atty for pc
titioner. I'd
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-09-19

Spokane Falls RsvisV; A gentleman
who stands In close relationship to the
railroad magnate, Jim Hill, has pur-
chased land to the extent Of several hun
dred thousand dollars At North Yakima
and similar amount ct GrayS HarbOr.
This indicates that the Manitoba is TO
come from Montana TO Spokane Falls,
and from here through the Big Bend or
Crab creek route to Priest rapids on the
Columbia, thence 10 Yakima and thence
through the Nateheez pass to Gray's
HarboF and the Sound.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-09-19

Eiisn TaIh Il he EItrarahury hsufsn
the World b b Be-.


Courier d, Eiats UHt': The reporter
alsed nj. Edison II i was true that he
had Invented q machine BY the aid Of
which man In New York would be abs
o see everything that his vile was doing
N Paris.
= don't know" said Mr.. Edison,
Imagining, that that would be . real ben
en- @ humanity. The women certainly
would protest. But, speaking SeriOusly,
! am at work on an invention which win
allowa man In Wall street not only TO
tslephone 70 friend In the Central park
but % zee that friend Whils he is chatting
telephcnieally with him. This invention
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-09-19

c. Z. McEWen takes . pride in turning
out good work. This is the reason his
harness, saddles, brides, &C., give such
satisfaction and outlast all others.