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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

Eyes" said a Main street hardware
dealer. that is the largest knife In
America. IL was made 10 order by u
Grn ia Germany one man did the
whole job, and it took him just a
year"
The knife in question is known 70
almost every person in Cincinnati, and
perhaps for 100 miles round. II has
afty-six blades and is a chest Of tools
in itself, containing anything from a
slender toothpick or a cigar punch TO a
pair of scissors or n handsaw The
handle is Of tortoise shell and the
movable parts are gold plated. II
weighs thirteen pounds, and a modest
card says, For sale, $500"
THAT Is not the largest in the world
though, " continued the dealer. iona
than Cfookes invented and made
unique and superb specimen of cutlery
In the shape Of a knife with 1,S2l
blades, which has been the wonder o
the world Of cutters. He then workeC
for Joseph Rodgers, Of Sheffield, Eng
land. who now has the big knife in hi
possession but Crookes has since starte'
/ M in business for himself, and with hi
old employer and George Wostenholn
/ has made Sheffield famous for its GU
lery. n-Cincinnati Times-Star.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

EVERYBODY knows that a Johnny
Bulr' is an Englishman. but how few
of Us know how the term first ann 10
be applied to subjects Of the British
fovereigus. According % th" story OF
its origin. Or. John Bull was the Inst
Gresham professor Of music. besides
being %organi>t and composer 10 her
majesty. Queen Elizabeth John. like
all true Englishmen, Travelled for i'm
urovement. and having heard OF a
famous musician at ST. Omers, France,
resolved 20 place himself under him as
n novice. But circumstances soon con.
WINGED the master that his talents were
! inferior 20 those Of his scholar, who, 10y
the way. had not let the Frenchman
know his name. Finally u day the
musician thought e give John a gen
uine surprise 10y rendering a piece n
forty parts. taking good care 10 let th'
pupil know that he deied all the world
10 add another part To his composition
Full requested TO be left alone for
few minutes with the additional indulg
ence Of a pen and ink. Ina very shor
time he had added forty parts more L
the songl The master went into costa
cies whep he saw what his pupil ha'
done. declaring that the musical worl'
had had more added to il that da
than il ever had before in the histor
of the world, winding up 10y infornin
the scholar that he must be n Of ~
personages. either the devil or job
Bull. the Englishman-a remark whic
has ever since been ~proverbial in Bn
ain st Louis Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

An Arabic anecdote, illustrative Of
the subti.zness Of selfshness. which en-
ables it TO glide into the heart Of a
saint. is told Of the holy Mohammedan,
Sakati
He said that for twenty years he had
never ceased implOring divine pardon
for having once exclaimed, Praise be
30 God" On being asked the reason
for such persistent praying he an
swered:
"A fire broke out in Baghdad, and a
person came 10 me and told me that
my shop had escaped, on which ut
tered those words, and even TO this
moment / repent of having said 50. be
cause it showed that ! wished better TO
myself than 10 others.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

The s%cievia, a little siX-inch club va
riety Of the lagoOns Of Italy, sticks its
head above the water and sings a
dainty song equal 10 that of some spe-
cies Of warbling birds; trigla hirundo
Cthe sea swallow is known TO every
fisherman of the Danube and the Rhine
by the peculiar grunting noise it makes
Trigla nolitans make a whining noise
IKE a young puppy, while scivena gath
err in bands 10 hold regular concerts
no doubt originating the fable Of the
Eirens.-St. Louis Republic
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

1t is said a tramp found riding on .
near Madison, Fla, vas elected by
the conductor, when he Cthe tramp
told the conductor of a pair Of trucks
that wers u Of fix and about TO leave
the track. The same, on examination.
was found 10 be true, but the tramp
was not allowed to get ABOARD the train
as a reward for his information. The
passengers, however, invited him to
get on the train and paid his fare
Fernandina News
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

A pair of new socks. fresh from the
store. feels very comfortable 20 the
feet. but the man who wears them be
fore they are washed makes "a mistake.
Hosiery should always be washed be-
fore being worn, a. the washing shrinks
the threads and makes the socks wear
A. long again. besides preventing the
feet from being injured by the color
ing. When put Oh before washing
they stretch out Of shape, and can
never be- restored to the original form
Interview in st. Louis Globe-Demo.
FRAT.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18


An Italian who conducts O. c1nisc
douery stand m Park Row hu- adopted
a novel idea o. force custom He
leaves a silver half dollar lying upon
the glass ease in which his wares are
incIosed Naturally every "a who
comes along looks at the half dollar,
end as "a consequence has his attention
called TO the goods beneath the glass
Occasionally some wen meaning indi-
vidual. thinking such a reckless expos
ure Of money uuintentional and due 10
carelessuess, will pause, call the atten.
ton Of the Italian, and point 70 the
coin. The Italian pretends 10 misun-
derstand the reason he is called.
"Halfa pound car'mels, did you sayf
he inquiries blandly, as he picks up the
half dollar aud puts it in his pocket.
'Er-er-a-yes, " the victim replies about
nine times out Of ten. Why he does Sc
reply it would be difficult TO say, except
on the theory that his good sense wilt
beneath the supreme blandness OF th'
Italian.-New York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18
SAVING HIS AMMUNITION.

WHY a United states Marshal Did NOT
Return the Fire of DesPeradoes.
In the wear of the last yellow fever
.Didamic in the south one of the
first men to catch the diSsas' sum
mer resort on the Gulf g. a tail
rather heavily built man., ~hse eye
was dark and keen and who wore a
fine gray imperial. He was striklnSly
handsome man, with his military car
rage and his strong face. But h1
manner was grave asd chilling n lie
made few acquaintance. staying at
the big hotel was "a man VINO IN MS
early life had lived in the west, but
who shortly after the var had married
a southern widow who owned a sugar
pl~antation on the Mississippi river. He
knew Mai. Wells, the stranger, n on
the evening when the major died tolu
the following story 20 a group OF men
who sat on one of the hotel verandas;
when | first saw Wells he wasadepu-
~ United States marshal In Nevada. ne
was so cool and daring that he seemed
absolutely Indifferent as 20 death. lie
would calmly walk into a barroOm hlled
with reckless gamblers and desperate
outlaws. pick out his man. scarcely
saving a word, and march him out the
door without placing his hand on a
weapon or holding himself in readiness
for an attack.
Coming down the street one day
heard rapid firing, and looking up 81"
Wells standing behind the stump OF
.ree the stumps still stood IN th'
streets where the trees had been ielled
and three men blazing away at INN
Wells was as rigid as a statue, his face
a little white. but unmoved lie wa
a sure shot with "a revolver, and | eN
pected To see him draw his six shoote
and drop his men in one, two, thre
order. but he did not stir.
For a moment the bullets raine'
around there. and then the sound q
A the shooting suddenly ceased. IN
three men .ad emptied their revolver
AT that Instant, quick "a a Hash an
with a tiger bound, Wells leaped beioT
the three men. and whipping out ID
revolver with a swift stroke OF las arr
covered them. They all stood stoc
n still. The whole thing took less tin
than il does to draw a good lor
breath. Then he grimly walked u
three Of them of and saw them secure.
locked up.
Il met him a few hours later as ca
q and an-concerned as if he had new
" heard the crack Of y six shooter.
D Good heavens, Wells | said
g him, why did you let those fello'
70 blaze away at you without returning
n shot1 The chances were fifty 70 Of
y against you.
in There was a quiet smile on his II
10 when he answered that words cam
10 describe. and in his eye wasthe twlnh
- of a mar who loved "A good joke.
There was just n ball In
chamber Of my revolver he said, "a
| thought ] might need it later.
And there is a man added [
of speaker, after a slight pause, who {
N fed the bullets Of desPeradoes for yea
a and who went down like a child 0et'
IN, the fever. New York Tribune.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

boz for a nickel She invested ina Vi
vinegar and picked the remaining nal
and sold the pickle for 25 cents. She
then bought 20 cents worth OF cloth
and a spool Of thread and made It up
into three aprons, which she sold for
55 cents each. and took the IS cents
and bought molasses. and gave a candy
pulling to the children, making them
nav 10 cents a plate for the candy. The
molasses made twenty-one plates OF
candy. so she made 81. 10 on the nickle
in two weeks time. How money VIII
grow If properly used!-Reading Teie.
gram
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

one Of the beneficial results oil the
various experiments which have been
made with "a view 10 determine the
"alue of electricity for killing purposes
is the establishment Of the fact that
not only can cattle be dispatched 10y
the electric current without the least
pain. but that the meat Of the animal
is actually improved 10y the passage Of
the current aud will keep longer than
by n other method New York Jour
ual
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

Look here" said a dude to a re
porter, you tell me a couple Of good
Jokes | want 10 get them of as orig
inal. you know. at a social gathering
tonight. I'll lend you five dollars II
you do"
Il don't think it will work, replied
the newspaper man pensively.
Why notf'
Il am 50 blamed poor that if am
found with five dollars on my person
I'll be suspected to have stolen them,
and YOU are 50 blamed stupid that u
YOU get of a good Joke everybody viii
suspect right off that you stole 1t.
Texas Siftings.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

To what scots do Yale and Princeton
colleges belong, What IS the leading
sect in the United States:
Yale is Congregationalist and Prince
ton non-sectarian. The Protestant sect
which stands first in point Of numbers
in this country is the Methodist, which,
according 10 the latest figures, has
about I1OO.O 900 members. Of course
the roman Catholic denomination l.
much larger than ;Le Methodist, being
credited with from 1900, 600 g. 10, OJ0,.
600 communicates in this country. -
St. Louis Globe cmocra-
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

In discussions and articles on The
Choice Of a Profession" two OF b
most lucrative professions Of all have
generally been forgotten. These are
the professions of a jockey and strong
man At a festive meeting, viz, the
annual dinner of the limerick club, a
former steward Of the Jockey club said;
Gases now exist where a jockey re-
eeives a salary equal TO that OF a secre-
tary Of state, and jockeys even OF the
second rank receive, / think payments
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18
THE PORT OF PLEASANT DREAMS.

Isaned in the good bark Fancy
Down the still, dep river q; sleep
From the lands Of bleak December
To a port that the sunbeams keep;
While the glad winds followed after,
And sang with a happy Eest
And I heard them Groom DER the infant moon
As il lay on the nights broad breast
And the port of the good bark Fancy
port thai the sunbeams keep
Il called Pleasant Dreams; ike an opal 10
CLEANS
DER the strange. dark river Of Sleep.
There. flushed with the wine Of laughter.
The voyager sings queer songs
And. borne In a car Of the sunset
Rides OF with the eldn throngs
Tn. up through the rosy Cloudland,
Where the round little mist men stay,
To the stars abloom in the COOL soft gloom
OF gardens far away
There are none too poor for a voyage
To this port tina Is centuries old;
Where hunger e'er finds a banquet
And poverty revels in gold;
Where, robed In the yarb Of morning,
The earth 10 new beauty gloWs
And the amulet 81 me summer
Is worn on the D art Of the ruse
Oft from the field, Of sorrow.
To the brink Of the river OF sleep
Wan toIlers com and, resttuL
They sail on IS wat.ry deep.
TIL clear tur0u ID the gates 90 Suutowu
The mast. DIS a beacon, beams
And Love. sw Z mariner. anchors
In the mort Pleasant Dreams
.IncrSm Crock in Prank Lesli-'s Illustrated
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

overheard Chauncey NJ. Depew, at
the Fifth Avenue hotel the other even
ing. explaining to some friends from
the country the difference between u
North and the East river. probably
not one New Yorker in a thousand can
ccount for the fact that we have an
East and "A North river instead OF an
East and a West river. The eNplana-
ton is found in tine fact that the hud-
son was originally called the North
river To distinguish it from the De'a-
ware. which was Familiarity known as
J the south river among the early col
onists. While the latter has become
obsolete as a designation, the former
il still in current use, although there Is
no use for il. 1t is just as easy to say
Hudson as North and it is certainly
more charming to both eye and a
New York star.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18
ST RERS REeUKEO.

Peculiar R.euit Of the Presence of Three
Gtrls In Nassau Street.
II isn't often that the penalty for
staring al a pretty cir. is so severe as
that which befell four prosperous ciu
g q one day in Nassau street. a party
Of three unusually pretty young women,
on the way. no doubt, TO the Stock
Exchange gallery, were walking along
the east sidewalk, from Cedar toward
Wall street. Just before 2 o'clock. Such
attractive visitors q this sordid quarter
of the town are not very numerous,
and the girls found themselves the OBJ
ject of a good deal Of attention from
the hurrying throng of bankers, brokers
and clerks.
The stone hag~'ng on the block has
been worn very smooth, and the mes
senger boys had taken advantage OF
the thin covering of ice TO make a o
en- or two very slippery little slides,
each six 10 ten feet long. A foot care
Iessly planted upon one of these pol
ished streaks was pretty sure TO a
of suddenly in the direction in which
there was least resistance. The walk
was not so crowded but that everybody
could see Just where the dangerous
spots Law. and could avoid them by
making ordinary use of their eyes.
The block was safe enough until the
three girls came along. But during
the seventy-five seconds which they oc-
cupied it, briskly walking from corner
70 orner no less than four men went
sprawling 70 the ground. Three OF the
victims were walking toward the young
m and in turn went head over
heels right in their path.
The fourth had passed them and
raslly turned his head to look back
He was the most demOralized Of all the
victims. He was an old man, appar.
emily a retired banker, and very digni-
fed. The expression Of his face when
be ~laenly went 20 earth would make
the fortuN- OF tho artist who could re-
produce IT,. His tall hat went into the
gutter. the peculiar twisting Of his jaw
suggested "A misplaced set Of false teeth
and a most amazing shifting Of his scalT
lock b~e,rayedFIhe fact that his thin
iron gray hair was a c~isvcrly construct
ed wiz.
His descent was SO terrific that the
shock caused the young women 20 looA
around aud attracted "a small crowd
The shock was so seven that the vic
tim gave no thought 20 the aus Of hi
downfall Not SO the other three vic
Tins They were not hurt physically
but three more shamcfacea nae neve
cut "A ludicrous figure 40 % particular.
embarrassing moment. They seemed
10 realize in an instant that every bod,
could see just how it happened, au'
the half reprassed twinkles in IN
eyes of the young women whose prog
res was momentarily blocked, adde.
TO their confusion.
The girls did not seem to understan
the significance Of the series Of acc
dents until the third man went down
When they began TO realize that the
were responsible for the abiect thong
involuntary homage that was bein
naid them they almost lost control
their W equilibrium. When II
fourth individual, a pompous, fat gel
tleman. dressed in faultless style, wei
prone upon his face the girls could co
troll themselves no longer. They bu
led their noses in their mufIs and h'
across the street.-New York Sun.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18
How a nickel Can BE Made to Grow.

Some time ago the Ladies Aid society
agreed to invest a nickel In some KIND
of article, and sell il at a profit and re
invest it in something else, and so on,
TO speculate on this capital for two
weeks and see how much each one
could make. One lady on the same
evening Of the meeting bought a cab
bage with her nickel. She carried II
home and sold half Of it to her neigh
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-02-18

How did you know l had but just
begun the practice Of medicineF
Because you mentioned that you
were IN the other day and treated your
self. Only very young physicians dee
tor theUsalveS"-Buffalo Express
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-03

CONFEDERATE VETERANS AssOCIA-
TI0N,
regular meeting of the Confederate Vet
Grams Association viii BE- held at Chatham
Artillery Hall THIS TUESDAY EVENING at S
O'Clock. l. McLAWS, President.
z 9. CABASIss, Secretary.
TELPAIR LITERARY AND ART UNION.
The annual meeting OF the Telfair Literary
and Art Union will be held TO-DAY tuesday,,
March. Q, in Hodgson Hall, at4P
Il z. HARDEN,
Secretary
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-03
A BOUNTY ON MAPLE SUGAR
Republicans Fleeing the Country to
Secure Reelection.

Republicans Fleeing the Country to
SECURE Reelection
WASHINGTON. March 2.-During the de-
bate over the sorghum sugar paragraph Of
the agricultural appropriation bill to-day
Mr.. Pidmb made csustic attack upon Dir.
Morrill, Of Vermont and also upon Mr. Ed
munds for their insistence upon bounty
being paid 70 maple sugar producers as part
Of the Mckinley tariff bill. He declared
that for a time the whole bill had revolved
around the payment Of two cents per pound
bounty TO the maple sugar men.
Mr.. Morrill, interrupted Mr.. Plumb with
some ironical suggestion, and the Kansas
Senator said be would repeat that it might
go into permanent history that a bounty
tad been put IN as matter personal to
Senator Morrill,. the members of the
finance committee stating it would
aid Senator Morrill, ia bis re-
election. On their personal solicitations he
Mr.. Plumb had voted for the bounty on
the distinct understanding that II would be
rejected in conference, but Mr.. Edmunds
had then written a letter which, was now, in
Senator Cullom's pocket, saying that il the
maple sugar bounty was not retained he
tdr. Edmunds would be paired against the
tariff bill
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-03
ON A MULE IN CHAINs.
A Giynn County Constable Foots It
While His Prisoner Rides.

A Glynn County Constable Foots 1t
While His Prisoner Rides.
BRUNSWICK, Ga, March 2-This morn
ing at Q o'clock a mule ridden by negro
man in heavy chains was seen passing
through the streets. Beside the mule
walked a negro constable from the Twenty
seventh district. The man on the mule was
another Glynn county murderer. Yester-
day, at the hcme of J. b. Passwell, near
Fancy Bluff, this man, whose name Is
Thomas Wilson, killed Minstrat Keel with
a blacK-g club. The men were intimate
friends and room mates. They were talking,
when Keel called Wilson a coward. Wilson
disputed the assertion. Keel entered his
room near by for an ex, 80 Wilson says,
and attempted TO cut him In the head. Be-
fore he did this, however, Wilson hit him
with the club. He was arrested and brought
here.
Brunswick exports for February were
valued at sl3. $50, 700.
The beard of trade and city council are
now arranging a royal reception for the
Ohio excursionists upon their arrival here
next Saturday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-03
INTERSTATE ooMMEaCs.

The Law on the Subject Said to Be
Practically Dead Letter.
WASHINGTON. March 2.-Attorney Gem
eral Miller made a motion in the United
States supreme court to-day to advance for
argument the case Of Charles Counselman
against Frank Hitchcock, United States
marshal for the Northern district of
Illinois, who has Mr.. Counselman in
custody for refusal to answer certain
questions in regard to the inter
state commerce law. Attorney General
Miller, in his motion. said that the import
ance of the case would be understood when
it was stated that pending final decision it
would be impossible to continue any inves-
tigation into violations of the Interstate
commerce law, (which are now so numer-
Gus and SO fragrant as practically 90 defeat
the operation OF that law"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-03
CHA RIVER FAILING.

Rumors That the Reports OF Loss of
Life Were Unfounded
YUMA, ARIz., March 2--Ths river has
fallen to almost the level of the water be-
fore the last food. News from the valleys
saJ s that everything is under water and
that much destruction to property has re-
rulted. The ella river changed its course
in several places At CHA City the rail-
road track was covered for miles by water
ten feet deep. A statement is made that
the stories OF great loss Of life here are I'M
true. One man is, 80 far, known to have
been drowned. A report of the death Of
others in the valley is current, but not yet
confirnad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-03-03
MEa GAINzs, &c sUIT.
A Decision That Makes Her Estate
Better OF By s3z, 900.

A Decision That Makes Her Estate
Better OF By s3z. 900
WAsHIxGTos, March 2-Justios Bradley
today announced the decision Of the
supreme court IN the suit between the city
Of New Orleans and William Il Whitney
a. administrator Of the estate Of
nyra Clark Gainsz This Is con-
tinuation Of the old Gaines litigation.
After the supreme court rendered is last
decision sustaining the claim of Mrs. Gaines,
judgment was handed down with certain
directions 70 The master. From the find
irgs Of the master, the city brought tie suit
decided to-day, bssi1g il on the
ground that the city should not
Be held liable III the matter OF
certain ground which had bsen the subject
of compromiss between Mrs. Gaines and
tenants. The court holds that Mrs. Gaines
acquired the rights the tenants had as
against the city, that the report Of the
master was correct, and that Mrs. Gaines
estate should be awarded S34 900 additional,
thus giving q verdict in favor Of the
Gaines estate on all the points at issue.