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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1890-09-05
SAVANNAH'S RAILROADS.
THOSE THAT ARE BUILT AND
THOSE THAT ARE BUILDING.

They Stretch In All Directions and
Gather the Products of an Immense
Territory, Which Lies in Four states,
and Pour Them Into Ssvsunsh's
Lap-when They Will Be Completed
and What They Will Do for This
City.
Two of the largest railroad systems IN the
south have their terminals and headquar-
tiers in Savannah. They are the Central of
Georgia, and the Plant system. The former
has a mileage Of !, 747.O 3 miles and the latter
1892 miles
They cover a large portion of Georgia
and Alabama, a good portion of Florida,
and considerable territory in South Caro-
lima.
They are increasing all the time their
carrying capacity, they are opening up new
territory of undeveloped country, and they
are providing accommodation for interior
districts whose progress has been hindersd
for lack of transportation facilities. All
this wealth, gathered by these roads, Is
emptied into Savannah The Central sys-
tenn comprises the following lines:
Central railroad.
Eatonton branch.
Upson County railroad.
Southwestern railroad.
Montgomery and Eufaula railway.
Savannah, Griffin aud North Alabama
railroad.
Mobile and Girard railroad
Savannah and Western railroad.
Augusta and Savannah railroad
Port ROYAL and Augusta railroad.
Port Royal and Western Carolina rail,
road.
Savannah and Atlantic railroad.
The different divisions of the system and
their respective mileages are as follows:
MAIN STEM DIVISION MILES
Savannah TO Atlanta ................. -. 294
Gordon to Eatonton OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1878
GAINESVILLE to Thomaston. .-............. 1929
Griffin to CarroIlson. ....-,.... .......... 90.
4O8as
46695
SOUTH CAROLINA DIVISION
Millen to Spartanburg. ........ ....... 1864
Augusta To Port Royal ....-.........-... 1J2.
Mccormick to Anderson. ........ .-...... 5S5
Laurens TO Greenville. Observation-Disclosures. 1873
$3.50
souTHwEsrERN DIVISION
Macon to Montgomery .................., 223. 80
SmithviLe to Columbia NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $3.50
Cuthbert TO Fort Gaines ........... 1920
Eufaula to Ozark ......-........ ......... 59.ss
Fort Valley to Columbus ...-............ Il.
Fort Valley to Perry ..... ............... 1880
4726s
SAVANNAH AND WESTERLY DIVISION
Columbus to Birmingham ............ 1890
Columbus to Greenville. INSTRUMENTATION. 80.
Columbus to Troy. Observation-Disclosures. $50
Opelka to Roanoke ...................... 800
Columbus TO Americas .................. $40
Savannah and Atlantic Railway. ....... II.
1920
Total =. .....,............. ...... .1.747.03
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20

A half ,.r.... ..,.- f Mexican AMI In
dian blood rc,r Il, a igactei much at
ten,inu ut WmSi5w. triz. l,v the per-
fatmauc,, If ia educated tarantuIa he
owns IL, cares the BIZ formi liable
looking insect in " large 90 zen box
siung about his neck. which, wien cx-
hibiting his pet, he places on the ground
as a sort of stage. At the command of
its master the tarantua mounted Il small
ladder, rmg u bell, aud performed on a
miniature trapeze Then to the thump-
ing of a tambourine in the hands of the
boy, it lrocer lei TO revo We slo Iy about
as if waIizing. and when it had finished
saluted the crowd by lifting one leg
three times.
After its performance WIS over, it
crawled to its masters shoulder, where
it -at, occasionally running round his
neck or down into his bosom. The boy
says he tanned the spider when it was
young, first by feeding it every day
until it grew accustomed to him, and
then gradually taught it the TRICKS it
knows He declares that it is much
more intelligent than any dog, and very
tractable, though uncompromising in its
enmity to any one else but himself. 1t
is as large as a silver dollar when curled
up, though its legs are two or three
inches long.
The body is an ugly dull brown, COW
cred with short coarse black hair, which
also covers the limbs but is very sparse
and bristly. The eyes are small and
CLEAN like diamond points, while the
mouth is furnished with slender over
tapping fangs. The power of spring in
these creatures is said to be something
incredible, a leap of 10 feet being no
tremendous exertion. The boy, who
owns the only one which has ever made
friends with any other living creature,
is from the Magollon Mountains.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20

An English lady resident in Syria re-
ports the FOIL pNirg interesting discovery
in tie neighborhood of Beyrout: In a
village about one hours ride from the
great French I ad Letween Bevrout and
Damascus WAS found a bcdst .ad made
Of gold and silver, and inlaid with PEE
cious stones. An inscription upon it in
English characters states that it e.
longed to Eleanor, Queen of England.
The beCstead was discovered in Il little
recess dug out for the purpose within a
natural cave, and must have been placed
there for secWity when Edward l left
the east in 1912.
The Turkish government has taken
possession of the treasure trove, though
the prevailing OF inion in the district
seems to be that it should remain the
properly of the man on whose land it
was found 1t would be interesting to
know what the Turks propose to do with
it. But if tie inscription calls Eleanor
Queen of En- la d, tie words can not
have been laced upon it before Edward
left Syria, as he did not hear of his
fathers death until he reached Italy.
There can, however, be little doubt that
the bedstoad has been buried in the
earth for the last six c'nturies.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20
E.GI.i1 EPtIItAIN.


Ny rn Ej3,r,jm was Il man who did not
And, ,.. ny ID preceded so never c I'D
Ry uatu .,..- r"r endowed with wit to
But f,.- /. arI there now where lived better
'ua thtn e,
Hes r..i .,"~. 'ut 500 got rich. he vent to
And irj tn;rl l st of honor long aga II. much
lrai.ier mon;
He n,v.'r made " famous speech or did thing
of not ,
And vet tie praise of UntIe Eph welled up
from every throat.
l rccollcct never heard him say bitter
word.
He never carried to and fro unpleasant things
hr heard:
He aiw't dolIcd his hat and spoke to every
on.' ht new,
He tip ed to poor and rich alike genial
ov-do'-d -
lie ki--cd the babie- prai ed their looks and
said THAT child " Ii grow
To he a Daniel Webster or our President,
Snow"
His V zee was mrIifuou7, his smile full
oi mirth,
Tha to.k, declared he was he best and smart
Ct man on earth!
Now Fat cr wa, Il smarter man and yet he
never won
Such wealth and fine as Uncle Eph, = the
d ,'~trik's f;lvorite SON."
He hid "convic' ions" and he was not loath
ito p ak his mind
He On, lis way and aid his say as he might
b. .nclinrd
Yes. &c was hrainy; yet his life was hardly
s'c'cs--
He Was too honest AID too smart for this vain
wTd, cue ;.
At any rate woude"el he was unsuccessful
Nh,n
My Uuc.r Epa II duller man, was so revered
of men.
VIE Uncle Eph was d ing he called me to
h~ bed
An il, one of confidence invioIate he said
Dear ilyum, exc | seek repose in yonder
bliss nj spher,
] fain would breathe a secret in your Adde'S
mt "a;
Strive to hew your way through life-it
re r.ly doe pay;
b sure he salvc of tattery soaps all you do
and say!
Herein the only royal road to fame and for
tune lie
Tut 10. your truS' in vinegar - molasses
catches flies"
Eugene Field,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20
why the Queen Is Dowdy.

l heard a short time ago an English
man speak of the queen as a little,
dowdy old woman, who, nevertheless,
was borne up and along by a deep and
strong flow of enthusiastic loyalty.
as she really so dowdy?" l asked.
"She is, and / can't make it out, for
she goes to the best makers for her
clothes, and spends, I am told, a great
deal on them.
"And what kind of bonnets does she
wear?" l asked.
"Her bonnets are simply dreadful.
Therein, l suspect, lay the secret Of
her majesty's dowdiness.
The Princess of w lies, on the other
hand, is always coffee to perfection.
Her hair has the life that curliness i'm
parts, and her head a symmetry of form
becoming to one destined to wear a
srown.-ILondon Truth.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20

1t Is an \ rt to Clean Fapidiy and Wisely
the Contents of E"ok.
All books need not he read carefully;
indeed, it is often a waste of time to lin
ger long over volume whose entire
thought is not essential to ones purpose,
I is an art acquired only by practice to
CLEAN wisely and rapidly from some
what barren yet occasionally fruitful
book Many, probably most, volumes
demand time and careful thou Int. The
second reading Of a good book is often
of great value. The thoughts retained
from the first reading are impressed
more fully on the mind, aud become
assimilated with ones mental structure,
while others of value that were unnoted
before are gathered in.
if there is no time for a second read
ing, it is an excellent idea to read with
blue pencil in hand and to mark those
passages on which one would like to be-
stow further thought In the eyes of
some people, marking book is an I'M
pardonabe sin, but the practice las
many advantages. The objection that
book whose margins are interilned looks
less clean and fresh than if free from
markings has no weight OF what
value is shelf full Of books that have
been rigidly kept free from those writ
ten comments, and look as clean as if
just from the publisher, except to COM
mand higher price, when some years
hence our cherished possessions are
taken to dealer in second hand litera-
ture?
A judciously marked book IS a source
of delight to the marker and his friends,
and becomes tenfold more part Of the
readers thought than any other.
Rad with a friend if possible; not
necessarily aloud or together, but if the
thoughts of two friends are directed to
the same course of reading during the
day, its subjects are pretty sure to be
di- cu,sed and its substance more thor
oughly digested and assimilatad. Years
after an allusion to the book or a quoted
passage recalls the thought and the
friend both profitably and pleasantly.
Discussion always emphasizes and
greatly facilitates comprehension of
written page Harper's Bazaar.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20

How to preserve the voice and keep
it pre- 5umably fresh is aim st like ask
ing how to keep from growing old
Some people grow faster than others be-
cause they are imprudent and do not
take care of Themselves The voice
should not lie imposed upon, and instead
of growing husky in decade it should
remain comparatively fresh for two and
even four decades. PATHS voice is Il
fine example of one that has never been
imposed upon, never been forced to
sing six nights in IA week and once at
a matinee. A grand opera singer should
sing only twice a week, perhaps three
times if his or her physical condition
warrants it. Singers should have plenty
of sleep, good appetites nothing to make
them nervous, and, if possible, more or
less phlegmatic disposition. The latter
they rarely possess to any great degree
Overwork is death to voice. A singer
will not notice at first the inroads that
gradually undermine a voice and leave
it an echo of its former sweetness
[Campanini, in Ladies' Home j urnal.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20

"Therr IL times, said Colonel Met
cafe the ollar day, when men will
rtand amy treatment, however outra-
EepUs. A man who has seen what it
means to stand up before revolver
acquires a great respect for that weapon
when it is in another mans hands and
h has the 'dr,p' on you. There was
nothing in the old days in the seventies
which demanded reputation so quickly
ami so definitely rs an insult. For Il
man to accept an insult without de-
man ling OF taking redress was to bring
uUOn himself the ScOrn of the entire
community. And yet l accepted the
worst kind of an insult once, and even
t this day | blush when | think of the
circumstances.
Il was il Hugo at the time and was
playing billiards when man came in
and began to make a disturbance He
WIS a we'll known desperate, and no
one was ANXIOUS to get into trouble with
him. He became So obnoxious with
out being checked at finally he picked
up one of the billiard balls and sent it
flying through the window. He was
just reaching for anO,t,er when | re-
versed my cue, and placing the butt end
of it in the pit of his stomach pushed
him back against the wall. The next
moment | was looking down the barrel
Of Il Colts revolver The sensation in
such a case is simply overpowering. l
was perfectly helpless, for had no re-
volver myself, and if had leen wear
IN. l,o l.
my hand could reach it. l thought he
WAS going to shoot me then and there,
but he chose not to do this from some
within.
I'm going to slap your face, Met
calfe, he said, so that you can tell peo-
pie about it. Turn your cheek around
here
Il locked way down the barrel of that
six shooter so far that it seemed to me
that could see bullet in its chamber.
I set my teeth against the insult. I
knew that l was deadly pale.
"'Turn it, he said. One, two-and
turned my cheek. did not feel the
blow, but tile flame which scorched it
afterWard was like a furnace fire.
"'Now,' he said with laugh, give
me the other one Again he counted
zone, two-and l presented my other
check for a second slap
IF ever | wanted to kill man it was
that fellow, but l had no show at all. I
remember the sickening feeling which
ran over me at the thought that he
might insist upon breaking my nose.
Revolver or no revolver, do not believe
l could have stood that. But l took the
insults, not from him, but from a six
shooter A man can't argue against a
revolver But for months and months
| longed to meet that man on even
terms never saw him again.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20

There is a horse in the United States
army on the retired list, drawing a pen
sion It's fact. The horse helongel
to Captain Keo h, a near relative Of
General Custer, and is the only horse
which ESCAPED tie massacre in which
that general was killed. His name is
Comanche, and he is stationed at Fort
Riley, Kan, with the Seventh Cavalry
Clusters old regi ent. His pen ion is
sufficient topayh his transportation where
ever he goes and t. pay for his forage.
He is cared for 10y Il man detailed for
that duty and who does nothing else.
He is saddled, bridied, and equipped and
led out for Inspection, yet no one sits in
his saddle He La, been much sought
after by enterprising showmen, but I'M
Gle Sam says no. He Miil be kept as
long as lie lasts, and after that will
probably be prepared and sent to the
Smithsonian Institution at Washington.
When found Comanche was many miles
away from the scene of the battle. He
had seven wounds and was nearly eX,
hausted from loss of blood.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20
A Colored Clergyman on London.

The Rev. DR.. H. A Monroe, the well
known colored clergyman of New York
city, recently visited some of the slums
of London. II did wish hundred
times, he says, "that I could have taken
that walk and the one took the day
after through Seven Dials and White
chapel in company with some of our
negro haters, in order that they might be
confirmed in their conceited opinion Of
the Anglo-Saxon. The negro slave in
his darkest hour had more decency,
more regard for religion, more desire to
rise into something better than you can
ever instill into the miserable drunken
underestimate of that great city. 1t may
be well enough standing in Hyde Park
and watching the splendid whirl of
fashion and pride around you to talk
about the proud position of the British
nation, but what of the great majority
the millions that are groveling in filth,
poverty, and drunkenness like swine ?"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20
The Autocrat Humbled.

A story that Oliver Wendell Holmes
tells of himself was revived in con-
nection with his recent birthday cele-
bration. Il was invited so years ago, {"
said the doctor "to read poem before
the Phi Beta Kappa Society of Brown
University, | prepared it with great
care When the day came l read it in
the First Baptist meeting house, at
Providence. was going along fa-
mously, and thought was making am
excellent impression, when right in the
midst of a fine passage, to my mind, a
drum and fife struck up in the street.
To a man the audience turned their
heads and looked out of the open doors
and windows 1t lowered my self es-
TEEN in moment. | can't be much
of a fellow anyway thought l, if
these people care more about drum
and fife in the street than they do about
my poem and l finished" said DR..
Homes, lin Il more humble frame of
mind. > Boston Courier
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20
The African Pygmies.

The name of dwarfs, applied by some
TO these people, has been objected to as
implying deformity or arrested growth,
and therefore conveying a wrong i'm
preston. Neither Of the kind can be
said of the African pygmle5, who,
though Of short stature, are we'll shaped
people of perfectly normal formation.
1t is true that the lIottentots and bush
men show certain strange anatomical
pecularities; Tut these NAV be said to
be more or less accidental, being, in part
at least the result of spec al and I'M
favorable conditions of life.
The rygmies are nomadic in their
habits, and neither keep cattle nor till
the ground, Tut live by hunting and
sharing wild animals and birds, or,
under the most unfavorable circum-
stances on wild fruits, roots, and ber-
ries. Their weapons are always bows
and arrows, the Ia ter usually poisoned
tile resource Of tine weak They have
no fixed abode, and. if they build shelter
at all, only Construct rule hut5 Of
ranches they la e no government
nor do they form re ,uIar communities,
They usually wander al ont ike our
gyrsies, in horlcs coHsroscd of few
families each This, however, depends
on the nature Of tie country-iu the
parched deserts of the 'utl they are
not even united to ills extent. Some
times they are to Il certain extent de-
pendent on more powerful tribes, who
afford them protection in return for
certain services. Their notions of the
Unseen, when they have any, would APP
pear t, be of the very crudost. Their
language seems to be distant from
others, related among themselves, and
very peculiar. - Popular Science
Monthly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20
When He Goes a Wooing.

In some provinces in Holland, when q
young man wishes to ask a young girls
hand in marriage, he goes about it in
the following manner: He buys a small
sweet cake, and, wrapping it up in soft
paper, proceeds to the house of his
inamorata. Upon his arrival he is
ushered into the midst of the family
circle; without a word, he walks up to
the young lady he wishes to make his
wife, and lays the cake on the table be-
fore her. The rest of the family affect
not to notice anything unusual, and con-
tinue their work or reading; the young
man turns aside and talks to the father
or mother on some very ordinary sub
ject, keeping his eyes eagerly fixed on
the girls face while he is conversing If
she accepts his offer she takes up the
cake and eats it. Sometimes, though
Dutch, she is coquettish, and tortures
the young man by turning it over and
playing with it before she decides to
bite and then enraptures him by eating
it to the last crumb. If, on the other
hand, she wishes to have nothing more
to do with her admirer, she quickly re-
wraps the cake in its covering and puts
it back on the table. In this case tine
young man takes up the cake, satisfied
with his refusal, and with a "Vaarvoal,
byzamen! leaves the house. A rejected
proposal of this kind is always kept re-
ligiously secret by both families. An
accepted sutton is properly interviewed
by papa, and is then allowed a great
degree of freedom with his lady love,
the Dutch in this respect much more
closely resembling the English than any
other of the Continental nations.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20

1t must be very gratifying to the
many advocates of manual training to
note the remarkable success which has
resulted in most of he experiments in
their favorte department of education.
The mammal training school which was
started as a part of the public school
system of Baltimore has amply vindi-
Gated the judgment of its promoters.
Every one of its graduates last year
went from school into a rofitable po-
sition, and tn re have been more de-
mands for their serv ices than can
possibly be supplied The same story
is told of the Manual Training School in
Philadelphia, which has gained such
an instant popularity among the youth
of that city that it has been found nee
essary to reject more than one-half of
the applicants for admission All these
are good and wholesome indications.
When we have larger schools of this
kind and more Of them the labor or
CARNATIONS in this country which try to
prevent American boys from learning
useful trades Will be outwitted and the
best paid positions in the mechanical
arts will no longer be so largely mo-
nopolized by foreigners. America has
now and has had for years surplus of
clerks, bookkeepers, and statesmen, a
great many of whom struggle along
from year to year on wages that would
appall the average mechanic What the
country wants is fewer mon in the
ranks of these soft handed occupations
and more and better native craftsmen.
The wonderful success which is attend
ing the manual training experiments
demonstrates how keenly this need is
realized. = Boston Journal
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20

A nerve doctor.-one who advertises
to build broken constitutions and shat
tered nerves-had a call the other day
from a man who looked very much
broken down, or up, whichever way you
look at it.
"What are your symptoms?' asked
the nerve doctor.
swell, feel weak.
Exactly. Great Discrimination to do
anything?"
you've hit II exactly, doctor; dis
inclination to do anything, and that's
why I've come to see you.
Lucky you didn't put it off any lon
ger, Bad taste in the mouth morn
ings?"
awful.
"Vision dim?"
"Can't see across the street "
"You ought to have come here before.
Your nerves want strengthening imme-
diately. You've actually no nerve left !"
No nerve left, you say? with sud
den energy) doctor, lend me $lO?"
When the doctor came back from
kicking the fellow into the street he
muttered: TRY to borrow money of me!
Well, he had nerve, that's a fact. y
Texas SjftngS.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20
Too Much Pure Air.

Too much pure air seems to be as bad
as too little of it The average life of
mountaineers or seashore residents is
no greater than that Of the people of a
smoky and dirty town. The farmer,
who has all out doors, lives but little
longer than the convict, shut up in state
prison.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-12-20
: Rochester. -

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"a eli utliug up Of the tame, no . tantrums =
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d. b., To- ...lIaued seamless brass, with CEN
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