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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-07
FLORIDA's ANCIENT CITY.
interesting Railroad Gossip - Rat
Killed by ELECTRICITY

Killed by Electricity.
ST. AUGUSTINE, FLA, Aug. 6.-An in-
teresting discovery was made by workmeu
while re-arranging the electric wires of the
Alcazar, under the floors of the loggias.
On raising the flooring directly over a joist,
on which rests one of the many electric
CONDUCTORS. OF transmitters. of the plant,
IN a space or a inches in diameter, the
oleached skeletons Of two rats were found
Inc hlnd legs OF each rat were resting upon
on the Two wires connected with the conduct.
or, the respective sides Of the joist. The fore
paws were intertwined about the Decks of
each, In either tug-of-war or in a fond
embrace. The skeletons will be mounted
on wire and form part of the Ancient City's
exhibit at Chicago's big fair.
A. z. Mann, general manager Of the Sill
yer Springs, Ocala and Gulf railroad, oper-
atlng the line between Ocala and Dunnellon,
twenty-five miles, with western sour TO
homosaSss via Crystal river, being in this
city, recalls the scheme first intended by the
Sara Sofa, Orlando and Gulf Railway Com
pany, under the title of the Florida West
Coast Improvement Company, which con-
templated building an extensive railway
system, having its Florida objective point
at Palatka, thence to Ocala via Orange
Springs and Silver Springs by line
(already staked) of forty-two miles against
seventy-one miles now operated by the
Florida Southern railway, and from Ocala
to Point Pineallas, scooping in all that val
liable territory lying west of the Florida
divide. To this project are the people
greatly indebted to the et-up-aud-go ahead
energy of the Florida Central and Peninsu-
lar railways haste in making for Tampa
bay.
1t is also to the interest of Savannah
that Mans company of which Thomas C.
Hoge is the president and such moneyed men
as 5. Y. r. Cruger are the financial spirits,
intended building from Dunnellon a con-
tlnuation Of their standard gauge line to
Macon, Ca, by tapping the Florida. Gen.
trail and Peninsular railway at Bronson,
thence to New Branford and on to Macon
following the meenderings OF the Suwannee
river as best suited the resources Of
that section to Valdosta, that hes
awakened the moving spirit of the
great Plant system to swing the South
Florida railway from Pemberton's Ferry TO
Dunnellon, thence to Savannah via the Sa-
vannah, Florida and Western railway. BY
constructing some 100 miles of new road,
the Plant system may have the bulge" on
the west coast Florida phosphate shipments,
or be the means of awakening the people of
Jacksonville to the Immediate necessity of
bonding their city for the purpose Of deep
enlng the st. Johns river.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-07

Leipsic. Professor Meyer came to Decatur
from Geneseo, Ill, where he was for sew
eral years director of the Geneseo Conserva.
tory. He has been with this institute for q
year, and has proven himself an accom-
plished musician, a thoroughly capable
teacher and a Christian gentleman. This
department is equipped with the very best
instruments, among the number being two
"Knabe grands."
The department of voice culture is in
charge of Miss NJ. s. McBryde. a native of
North Carolina. Miss McBryde received
her musical education in the New England
Conservatory of Music. Boston, and re-
signed "a similar position in Bellewood
Seminary, near Louisville, KY, to take
her present chair In the Agnes Scott. She
is an accomplished musician, and "A thor.
ough teacher Of several years. experience.
Mr. William Lycett is director of the
school of art, and is well and favorably
known throughout Georgia. He has had
placed at his use an exceedingly handsome
and well-lighted studio. Mrs. f. G.. Elyea
is the matron in charge. She is employed
by the trustees, like every other officer and
teacher, on regular salary, and is in no.
wise interested financially in the college or
its government. Her instructions are to
supply the table with an abundance of
wholesome food, and these instructions
have been for two years literally carried
out, TO the entire satisfaction of every in-
mate of the college home. Not complaint
has ever been heard from pupil or teacher,
as to the quality OF quantity of the tablt
supply.
In the quietest and most retired part Of
the building an elegant suite of rooms con
tanning two sleeping rooms and sitting
room has been set apart and especially fur
nished for an infirmary, to which in cases O
sickness pupils are promptly removed
However, in the two years of its existence
not case Of sickness, more than the mos
trivial and temporary indisposition, has 90
Cured in the boarding department.
Seven lady teachers reside in the building
and look constantly after the health and the
welfare of the pupils.
The board of trustees is composed Of Rev.
Il. II. Gaines president, Rev. E. H. Barnett,
ID. D.; Rev. G. B. Stricken, d. D.; George
W. Scott, G. NJ. Gambler and B. s. Crane.
H. j. Williams. Decatur, Ga. is secretary
and treasurer Of the board, and will for
ward catalogues on application.
The indications are bright for a largely in
creased attendance from nearly all the south
ern states. The terms are extremely reason
able, the fees having been placed at actual
cost, and the MORNING NEWS takes pleas-
ure in commencing the Agnes Scott Insti-
tute and its methods.
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KebIe School

For Young Ladies and Young Girls, Syracuse,
N Y, under thes upervision of the Right Rev. F
D. Huntington, s. T. D. Twenty first year be-
gins Sept. To- 1891. Pupils may take regular
course with diploma or prepare for college.
Apply to
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Call for a Cotton Convention

The following are the resolutions adopted
by the South Carolina convention, calling
the alliances Of the southern states to meet
in Atlanta in cotton conventions:
ResoIued, /. That we, the state alliance of
South Carolina, assembled in annual session, do
recommend and urge the holding OF a cotton
convention in the city of Atlanta Ga, com
mencing on the first Wednesday in September
next.
2. That the subjects to be considered at this
meeting are hereby partially suggested: (a),
the cotton acreage; can it be regulated and con
troled! (b), the gathering and handling of the
crop on the farm; can 1t be improved? Ccl, the
shipping grading and selling of our staple; can
it he so regulated to do equal justice both to
producer and purchaser?
3. That this state alliSnce hereby extends a
cordial invitation TO each state alliance in the
cotton states 10 be represented at this conven-
ton. for unless thu entire cotton interest is rep
resented this proposed convention and its
objects will be in vAin.
4. That representation is cordially invited
from all other agricultural associations, as we'll
as the farmers alliance, at the open meeting
of the convention.
5. That the colored alliances of the cotton
states are invited to send representatives from
each of their state organizations. The secretary
is instructed to extend al cotton growers an
invitation to participate in said convention.
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EDUCATIONAL.

II OLLINS INSTITUTE, VIRGINIA.-The 49th
session will open Sept. 18th, 1891. Eclectic
courses of study in Languages Literature
Science, Music Art, Elocution, etc, are pro
vided under high standards-with hne facilities
and superior management. The equipment is
ample and comfortable. The locality 200 feet
above the sea level, enjoys the advantages of
mineral waters mountain scenery aud salubIi-
GUS climate. Eight male professors and 20 ladies'
constitute the Board of Instruction and Gov
eminent CHAS. L. COOKE Supt-, CHAS. II.
GOCkE Bug Nor 2 o Hnllins Va
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CoWHIDEs AND PISTOLS.
south Carolina Newspaper Men Be-
come Personal
From the New York Sun.

From the NeD York Sun.
CHARLESTON. s. c., Aug. 4.-The air is
Iull OF cowhides and pistols in the upper
part of this state, especially among news
paper men. At Columbia, yesterday, N
H. Gonzales, editor of the State, attempted
70 cowhide M. F. Tighe, correspondent Of
tue NeUS and Courier. several blows
we're exchanged, and the combatants sepa-
rated rated without doing each other any serious
damage. The affair grew out of newspa-
per articles. 1t is not thought to be over.
AT CheSter a much more serious affair oc-
Cured between E. B. Sigh, correspondent
VI we NelCS and Courier, and Robert Jag
kers, edl tor of a temperance paper called
f0otlc Opinion. The controversy also
grew out of newspaper articles. Sigh had
.ecently announced that he had gone over
70 the Republican party. Jaggers made
sTme comment on it in his paper Sigh re-
piied' and Public Opinion then pitched into
S SIm very hard. On Monday afternoon
= ign met Jaggers on the street and gave
niln severe oowhiding. holding a drawn
P,ss9l over his head. Jaggers threw up his
r ualus and took the cowhiding, saying he
was unarmed and not prepared to fight.
liter after the whipping Jaggers got his re-
eOlVer, and, emerging on the street, opened
TIe on Sigh. Sigh returned the fire.
t tnen the chief of police of the town got out
eH pistol and opened fire on Jaggers, firing
I'VE i've snots at him, all of which missed.
Two wo OF Jaggers' shots hit Sigh, one in the
1ace ana one IN the neck. When the police
man ceased firing the whole town turned
0u'' Shgh's wounds are dangerous.
an INTERESTING vegetable curiosity has been
received at the office of the West Chester
L Il cat nsios. 1t is a bunch of apples made up
Olie Iat &c one and several smaller ones which
Ave grown TO the main body. 1t is said that
fr,t sIs number Of such oddities on the tree
tbe 1b mlIou WIS one was taken. They are of
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VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE,
LEXINGTON, VA.

LEXINGTON, VA.
SD year. State Military, Scientific and Tech
nical School. Thorough courses in general and
applied Chemistry, and in Engineering Con
fers degree of graduate in Academic Course;
also degrees of Bachelor of Science and Civil
Engineer in Technical Courses All expenses,
including clothing and incidentals, provided at
rate of 1886 so per month, as an average for the
four years. exclusive of outfit.
GEN. SCOTT SHIP, Superintendent.
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Bellevue High School.
Bedford County Virginia
A THOROUGHLY EQUIPPED School of high
IA grade for boys anu young men. Prepars-
tory touniYersity or business. Full staff of ex-
perienced instructors. Location unequaled for
beauty and health. Number limited. For
catalogue or information apply to W. r. ABB
BOT, Principal, Bellevue p 0.
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in Blood Poison
Rheumatism
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and SCrofuIa

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In blood poison, mercurial poison,
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we may say without fear of contra
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Ladies whose systems are poisoned
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perties OF z. 2. P, Prickly Ash, Poke
Root and Potassium.
All druge
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NURSERY,
KIESLING'S NURSERY,

WHITE BLUFF ROAD.
DLANTS, Bouquets, Designs, Cut Flowers
/ furnished to order. Leave orders a. DAVIS
BROS. cor Bull and York SITS. The Belt Rail
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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

The track of a railway Is never done
It is always wearing out and always be
ing replaced Some of the early English
engineers. not approaching this, endeav
ored to lay down soGd stone walls COPIED
with stone cut to a smooth surface, on
which they laid their rails They called
this permanent way as distinguished
from the temporary track OF rails and
cross ties used by contractors In building
the lines But experience soon showed
that the temporary track, If supported by
a bed of broken stone. always kept itself
drained and was always elastic and re
manned In much better order than the
more expensive SO called permanent
way When the increase in the weight
OF eur rolling stock began TO take place
dating from about 1870 iron rails were
found to be wearing out very fast
Some railway men declared that the
railway system had reached its full dc
velopment But in this world the supply
generally equals the demand When a
thing IL very much wanted II Is sure to
come. sooner or later Tho process of
making steel invented by, and named
after, Henry Bessemer, Of England. and
perfected by A l.. Holley. of this coun
try. gave us Il steel rail which at the pres
ent time costs less than one Of iron. and
has Il life of five or six times as long
even under the heavy loads of today
We are now approaching very near the
limit of what the rail will carry while
the joints are becoming less able to do
their duty Thomas Curtis Clarke In
Scribner's Magazine
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

"a full grown cocoauut tree will ma
ture from sixty to hundred nuts an
nually, said Washington market dealer
to a reporter In reality the cocoanut
tree is one If the most valuable trees in
the world nearly every part OF it being
useful to man The natives eat the young
roots and also weave them into BASKETS
The tender leaves are crooked like cab
bage, and the old leaves are made int
cloth, hats, baskets, fans, lanterns, etc
1t is also used for bedding, for thatching
roofs, for fishing nets, even for writing
paper. The magnificent trunk Of the tree
furnishes canoes, house posts and fences
The ribs Of the leaves are so strong that
they make excellent paddles for boats ar
rows combs, torches and no end Of otAe.
useful things.
"When the wood is burned it makes the
very best potash for soap By peculiar
process of fermentation, good vinegar can
be obtained from it, and also fair kind
of sugar The name of the fruit is de
rived from the Portuguese word cocoa
and the English worG nut Cocoa means
an ugly mask. and is said 10 have beer
given because the end Of cocoanut look
like a monkeys face Last year $50 0u,
cocoanuts were brought to this mail Ike,
the average Wholesale price being -four
cents apiece 1t is expected that the liz
ures this season will be nearly jU0. GOO :
New York Mail and Express
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

AT daybreak the flock gets up--each
sheep opening himself to greatness, much
after the fashion Of f0uI bladed Jack
knife--and begins grazing The shepherd
has TO unlimbeF himself then, also, aud
after breakfast his mouotouous routine
begins again In winter he has an un
mistakably tough time Fearful storms
and hungry beasts scatter his sheep to the
-four winds of heaven, and he has to hunt
them up at all hours OF day and night and
bring them together again Instead Of
the firm summer sward of New Mexico for
tramping ground. he is up to his knees in
mud. or to his waist in snow altogether
too often for comfort lie lives in
snow. hail sleet and razor edged
winds His dock is like thousand
babies, just beginning to walk-that
Is. in the amount of care required
The shepherd has to take them to tho
best grazing place lest they starve TO
death Sometimes they are caught In a
snow so heavy that he has to go off and
get a band of horses or cattle, drive them
through the drifts and thus make a path
through which the sheep may emerge to
lower valleys When the grass Ia too
deeply covered he has to cut down pinon
trees. upon whose piney needles the sheep
browse greedlily When there are sick or
exhausted sheep that lie down and will
not bulge, he has to take grip in their
wool, lift them to their feet and shove them
along carry them in his arms
He was to keep the flock constantly
changing base, that they may not stop
twice ON the same ground and thus breed
disease. The general yearly range of a
dock Of sheep is within radius of thirty
miles. and up and down and across this
area the shepherds keep shifting them
When there is snow on the ground the
sleep drink 20 water. but the burros of
the pack are not so conveniently consti-
tuted and would die of thirst II the shep
herds did not melt snow for them to drink
In the east sheep have to be "salted, but
here in place Of salt they eat alkali. and
once a month the shepherds take them
down TO some water course. along whose
banks they find abundance OF this abomi
nable stuff which believe would forever
bankrupt the internal economy of any
other animal New Mexico Cor Globe
Democrat
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16
A somewhat Awkward Incident.

A lady whose garden happens to over
look the garden OF her mex; door neighba
was out looking al her flowers the other
morning Her little dog Rags bad &c
com panied her and took il into bis bead
to lie down picturesquey by the fence
His mistress. looking down at him as be
lay curled up there with his blue ribbon
about his neck clasped her hands in mock
admiration and eSciaimed. looking steadily
at him
oh don't you think you look aVfuII
nice in your blue ribbon down lherel
Just rs the words down there were
ont of her mouth she nosiced TO hei Dor
ror, that the lndy nest door whose niI
mate acquaintance SHE had not the hoaor
Of was exactly in the line Of her vision
in the next ward and that she wore blue
ribbon on her hair The lady ueSt dof
looked up in indignation Rags was 10
visible from where she stood, and she bed
no doubt the remark was addressed iohe'
She turned about with fierce movement,
rushed back into her house and slammed
the door after her The uniniendlng
author of the insult in the meantime
stood aghaSt and Lelpless, - Boston han
script
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16
Largest Sailing Shin Anoot.

The Palgrave is the largest sailing shir
a8oat She is 3,618 tons register, wheel
Is on y twenty tons smaller than the rev
North German Lloyd steamship Lain and
there are only about twenty steamship,
that exceed this size Allowing for the
great amount OF room occupied by the e.l
gtnes and machinery of the monster
steamship together with the space de
voted to their passenger accommodations
the Pagrave can carry a larger cargo
than any other vessel. except the Greai
Eastern, that has ever made voyage
There are only three other sailing shlpy
In the world registering more than , 56t
tons These are the Reliance. Of . Sos
tons built in Liverpool in 1854 the Fin
gal, OF 2,5l0 tons built at Dublin il
1888. the New York. Of 1853 tons buiIr
at dreenock in 1888. the New York how
ever has an auxiliary screw propeller
though relying chiefly upon her sails
The tingal is built of steel ana The othe,
two are iron - letroit Free Press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

Discipline, that well spring Of victory
Is recognized as one Of the most potent
meaus OF raising the standard Of courage
in an army Il teaches men that their
best reliance is in their own bravery
gives them confidence in each other, re
moves The fear that they may not be
properly supported in emergencies, con
vinces them that they are part Of an in
telligcnt macbiae moving methodic2lly
under perfect control and not guided 10y
incompeteucy. and establishes that esprit
lie corps which goes SO far toward making
armies Formidable in war 1t was disci
plIne which enabled the commander of the
troops on board the English ship, when
laundering TO form his men in line on
deck. present arms. and go down with the
vessel, while the band played God Save
the King Gen. Horace Porter in The
Century.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16
IDAHO
INDIAN GHOST cHARMes
Diseases Attributed to the aIaIignancy o
Evil rits-Propiiiating the Ghosts.


Diseases Attributed to the HaIignancy Of
Evil Spirits Propiiiating the Ghosts.
The dread of ghosts is common TO all
the aboriginal races of India from whom
II has been very generally adopted by
their Aryan conquerors and even 10y the
lower classes of Mahometans All ghosts
are believed to be mischievous and some
of them bitterly malicious. and the only
means employed TO oppose their rancor is
to build shrnes for them, and to make
them offerings of fowl, pig. or. on
grand occasions. of a buffalo Any severe
Illness and more especially any epidemic
disease, as smallpox or cholera, is attrib
uted to the malignancy of certain of these
spirits who must be propitiated accord
ingly The man tiger is, perhaps the
most dreaded of all these demon ghosts,
for when tiger has killed man, the
tiger is considered safe from harm, as the
spirit of the man rides upon his head. and
guides him clear OF danger Accordingly,
1t Is believed that the only sure mode of
destroying a tiger who has killed many
people is to begin by making offerings to
the spirits of his victims. thereby depriv-
ing him of their valuable services.
The ghosts most propitiated are Of those
who have met violent or untimely DEATH
whether by design or by accident, includ
ing poison and disease Even women who
die In the child bed pang or wretches who
are banged for their crimes are believed
to have the same powers Of causing evil
to the living as those who have been
killed by tigers, or by lightning, or by
any other violent cause All these deifed
spirits are often distinguished by some
term denoting the manner of their death,
thus. the Teddy Ghost. the ghost of u
man who was killed by falling from a
toddy (palm) tree, the Tiger Ghost" the
ghost Of man who was killed by tiger;
the lightning Ghost, the ghost OF a
man who was killed by lightning; the
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

Women of the metropolis are, IN soms
instances. very curious creatures 'hoer1
The horse cars occasionally furnish sun 'Is
ing illustrations of this fact middle
aged girl and girl OF girlish age We en-
seated in crowded horse car chatting u
so loud tone that al least one hAII q 'u'
passengers could hear them =.
Wash that really too bad ABOUT FO''
Mrs Smith, said one of them IN
Why haven heard OF it. Please ''D
me, said the other rl,
oh. haven t you heard Of i'll WY
dear me. supposed every body knew u IL i,
You know the great trouble she nau u
getting a divorce from her husband '1'
the one 49,, ,hs,-
Oh. yes. but she got it, didn't soc
asked the other .oo.,.
Yes but she had to pay $lQo Tor Il III,
But she ought to be sa''9ne' W.
that hadn shet ,,,., n
We'll hardly Her husband lIsl ~ ~
show how mean he could be Il ne "a slS0
to died the week after she paid lne s,o s
and sue had all her expense 9aa ' nasso
for nothing - New York Cor New 10 "
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