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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19
CUMMINGS DAY OF FATE.
THE MURDERER OF DAVID WILL
JAMS READY TO HANG.

The Execution Fixed for 1888 O'Clock
This Morning-The Condemned Man
Resigned to His Fate-His Last Day
Spent With His Spiritual Advisers
Most of the Time in Prayer-The
Arrangement OF the Gsllows Room.
Charles Cummings, the condemned negro
murderer OF David Williams, will look upon
worldly things for the last time this morn
ing. He will be hanged at 1855 o'clock,
the hour selected by himself. Four minis
tiers, Revs. Black, Griffin, Jenkins and
Cummings. will accompany the condemned
man TO the gallows and give him spiritual
consolation.
All the arrangements for the execution
were completed yesterday. The rope was
tested and placed in position in the ring,
and the trap-doors were oiled to make them
work smoothly. A new suit OF clothes and
pair of shoes have been purchased for Cum
mingS
RESIGNED TO HIS FATE.
The murderer is perfectly resigned to his
fate and seems almost happy at the thought
of being hanged. He has been so buoyed
up by religion that all the cowardice which
he exhibited at the time Of his conviction,
and subsequently, in JUL, has left him, and
while the gallows room was being prepared
yesterday morning for his execution. Cum
mings joked about his coming death, call
ing out to Deputy Sheriff Symons that il be
needed any assistance in fixing the rope to
call upon him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19

Mr.. Randolph Pope. the retired druggist
OF Madison, Fla, says Deo. 3. 1880 he re-
CARDS 2. P. p. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and
Potassium as the best alternative on the
market. and that he has seen more bene-
fetal results from the use of it than any
other blood medicine.-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19

When you buy your spring medicine you
should get the best. and that is Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t thoroughly purifies the
blood.-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19
CAN'T SPARE THE FAST MAIL.
President Minis of the Cotton Tx

President Minis of the Cotton TX
change Writes Wanamsker
President j. Florence Minis Of the cotton
exchange wrote Postmaster General Wanna
maker yesterday urging the necessity of
continuing the fast mail service between
New York and the south. He also wrote
Senators Gordon and Colquitt and Repre-.
sentative Lester in behalf OF the co.ton
exchange and the business interests Of Sa-
vannah urging their influence for a continu-
ance of the service. The letter to the POST
master General is as follows:
SAVANNAH COTTON EXCHANGE,
SAVANNAH, Ga, Feb. Is, 1899.
Hon John Wdnamoker Postmaster General
United States, Washington, D. O.:
DEAR SIR-The attention of the board of d.
rectors Of the Savannah Cotton Exchange hav-
ing been called to the probability of the post
office department dispensing with the fast mail
from this city to New York, / would respect
fully request on behalf of the Savannah Cotton
Exchange reconsideration of your determine
ton in this matter. The removal of speedy
communication between this city and New
York would entail upon this community great
financial loss, and as second cotton port 10 the
United States the commercial interests of this
city are due quick communication with other
business centers. by the withdrawal of the
fast mail the government would do this port
and the adjacent country great injury. Ask
ing your favorable consideration of the matter
l am, dear sir, yours very respectfully.
j. +. MINIS,
]. p. MERRIHEw, President,
Secretary and Superintendent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19
CONDUCTOR M'LARgN DEAD.

FSCatarrhal symptoms in children vanish by the
use of DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup. Price 25c.-Ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19

You should keep Salvation Oil on hand;
will cure all aches and pains. Price 25c.-Ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19

Umbrellas. silk and gloria, and mackin.
tosh coats at LaFar's.-Ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19

Judge Falligant yesterday appointed
james NJ. Palen commercial notary
public
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19

Evidence is still being taken Ia the Ep-
stein & Wannbacher case. and the end is
still far off. The arguments will, no doubt,
consume a couple Of days, but when they
will commence can hardly be predicted
from the present status of the long winded
case.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-02-19

Joe Simmons, convicted night before last
in the superior court for shooting Walter
Bunyard on New Y ears day, was yesterday
sentenced by Judge Falligant to pay fine
OF $3.50 or serve twelve months on the chain
gang,
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
Old-Fashioned Herbs.

0ld-fashioned people could tell the
names, as well as the properties, Of
many flowers, and had smattering Of
knowledge, almost intuitive, Of pot
herbs and simples and certain degree
Of plant lore was handed down from
parents to children. All this is being
fast forgotten, and the pretty country
names and the Old World meanings,
often Of themselves a whole history in
a word, are alike relegated to the lum
Der room Of the past, disappearing be
fore the botany manuals with their glib
vocabulary as swiftly as aborigines in
the track of civilization. The modern
Perdita would scarcely recognize her
posy; you must go back two generations
at least for the names, and, it is to be
feared, further still for their deriva.
tons. Poor selly things" said an old
dame recently, they can none of EN-
do as they used. When was a girl my
mother would have stared TO see the
doctors carriage at the door so long az
she could stir the yarb-poti but it sims
as no one has their health nowadays;
they all larn themselves so dissatisfied,
they're forced to go to the towns to get
i'll" And for the few who remain be.
hind the leisure, the ease, the careless
ness Of country life is gone.-Macmil.
lan'S Magazine.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
BED AND BEDDING.
Two Fashionable Modes Employed 10
Dressing the Sleeping Couch.

The sham bed with its huge square
pillows and beruffled covers, is practi.
cally ont of use The only pillow used
on the bed with families Of good taste is
the oblong one, which is not too large
for use. The large square pillow was,
in fact, never used 1t was only gor.
Feous show piece to display a more gor'
geous sham.
There are but two ways of dressing
bed for the daytime in fashionable use.
One to use a pure white counterpart,
folded in conventional manner below
the bolster, on which oblong white pill.
lows are laid covered with pillow-cases,
either hemstitched or ornamented with
drawn work. The other is to upholster
the bed, using colored spread Of silk,
cretonne or other rich, suitable ma
terial, with a round bolster, which is
covered with material similar 10 the
,overlet and is fastened to it perma-
rently and finished at each end with
rosette or an upholsterers tassel.
Where bed is furnished with ademi.
tester or half canopy, it is rather more
desirable to upholster it in this way.
Where it isa plain wooden bedstead, in
a country bedroom, fine white coun-
ter-pane and linen pillow-cases are in
rather better taste. Separate pillows
should be used on the bed in the day
time from those In use during the night,
in order to keep the bed looking neat
and spotless. II one desires to take a
nap during the daytime, a lounge should
be provided in every bedroom for this
purpose wherever it is practicable. All
English bedrooms are fitted ont in this
way, with simple lounge with nova
BILE cushions and a comfortable pillow
Where a white Counterpart is used or
where the bed is upholstered, the day
coverings must be removed at night and
the night pillows and holsters, m case
of the upholstered bed, are put on.
This is a moments work and it is al
ways the duty of the housemaid to at
tend to this at night to prepare the bed
for slumber as much as it is to make the
bed in the morning, yet it is very often
neglected and left TO be attended to by
the guest.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

agile rodent. BY and by something
was dropped in the window upon the
snakes. don't know who dropped it
in, but saw that it was piece Of
cheese. 1t lay behind the two snakes,
and partially on one. The rat soon
smelt the cheese, and with a bound
went clear over the snakes and seized
the savory morsel The snakes glide6
away to the other end of the window.
The rat nibbled at the cheese until he
had eaten it all. Thus refreshed, he
turned his attention to the snakes
again. His luncheon seemed to have
made him bolder even than he had
been, and he rushed fercely upon one
of the snakes and seized it by the neck.
The other snake moved off a short
distance, but quickly turned. The
rat was still nipping at his last
victims neck. The remaining snake
shot out his deadly head and hit
the rat squarely behind one of his
forelegs. The shot told. The rat
dropped his snake and, with a
sharp cry, sprang at the snake
that had struck him. The RATHER
shot out his head again and sank his
fangS in the rats nose. The rat fell
over on his side, got up and ran around
in a circle for two or three seconds
and then fell again. He made few
convulsive kicks, and was as dead as
any rat ever was with load OF poison
in him. The snake stretched itself out
in corner and seemed to fall into
contented sleep.
Then the spell that had held me there
with my face against the window was
broken. | turned to move away, and,
to my intense surprise. found that |
was wedged in by a crowd of others
who had been fascinated, suppose, as
| was, although | had not noticed them
before. squeezed through, and when
1 looked up at the hotel clock almost
dropped in a faint. 1t was eleven
o'clock. For five hours had flattened
my nose against that window and
taken no note of time The last train
had gone, and had to stay in Punxsu-
tawney all night That understanding
seance cost me just two hundred and
fifty dollars. Cor that is what lost by
missing my engagement in the next
town. N. Y. sun.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
THE RULES on HEALTH.

Formerly people believed that sick
ness was a diSpenSation Of providence,
that when they were sick they were
sick and there was no help for it.
They lived in defiance Of the rules of
sanitation. They were taken down
with fevers; they Suffered from all
sorts of contagious diseases; they
were bled, drugged and cupped; they
were old men at DO and old women at
g. Now they have learned that these
fevers are the result of dirt; of neg
lected drainage either within the Sys-
tenn or without. If they take care of
their own sanitation and cleanse the
digestive organs with a mild laxative
like the Laxative Gum Drops, they
will avoid all danger from fever.
These gum drops contain no taste of
medicine; they are a mild laxative
that act on the liver, stomach and
bowels. They contain no poison and
nothing deleterious. They are put up
in two sizes. Small size 10 cents,
large size 25 cents. Get them Of any
dealer.
SYLVAN REMEDY CO., Peoria, III.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
OF ROYAL BIRTH.

DUCHESS DA MoNTPENsIER, sister OF
Queen Isabella, is great grandmother
at So.
QUEEN VIcToRIA's new dining-room at
Osborne cost 100000. She paid for 1t
herself.
ABU BUKAR, the sultan Of Johore,
who will visit the worlds fair next sea-
son, is about 65 years of age, man Of
progressive views and worth about
10000, 900.
MARQUIS GUIccIoLI, the new Italian
ambassador at Berlin, is a grand
nephew Of the beautiful Countess
Guiccioli, the friend of Byron. The
marquis was formerly mayor Of Rome.
The car is said, on what London
papers quote as the authority Of his
English physician at St. Petersburg,
to have lately grown thin and nervous.
There is nothing bracing and fatten-
ING about being the car Of Russia.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

KANSAS CITY, Nov. Trade in car lots Of
wheat by sample on change to-day was rather
quiet The offerings were light and trading was
practically over by II O'Clock. There was nc
change in prices except that the top on No :
hard wheat was 62isc against6Sc yesterday.
Prices we're quoted as follows: No. . hard
wheat, 5e956alc: No. hard wheat, 53G55Hc:
No hard wheat, 5O953c: rejected hard
wheat, 4Od5Oc; No 2 red wheat, 6G6lc: No.
3 red wheat, 5id56c: No red wheat, 5OG53c.
Offerings Of corn were very light and there
was no change whatever in prices. Closing
cash prices were: No white nominally 81
83Sc: No. white, 35d.S6c: No. mixed, 34d
sac; No. mixed old, S3G93Hc; new, S2d
S9lc; No 4 mixed, new, SlG32c; no grade
quoted nOminally at S)c Shippers paid $50
river and 40ac Memphis for mixed corn
Oats were firm Cash prices were: No.
mixed, 26d?6Hc; No q 25G2j5lc; No 4, 2IG9iIsc;
No , white sold at 2sG?9c; No. 3 white, ga
exc
Rye steady at Acc river for No :; No 3al
i2943c; No at 41di9c
Flaxseed, steady: 9iG9Sc, according TO bill.
ing on the basis Of pure small lots &c less.
Bran steady; j6957c, according to billing, 100
10. sacks.
Hay-Receipts, s cars market strong. Quo.
tations are: Timothy, choice, s. 80; good, $3.50
6sOO clover mixed, s5OOGIOO per ton; fancy
prairie, new, $500 good 10 choice, 8OOGL5O
low grade, A5O965l
Chicago Grain aud Provisions.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

tened against the glass entirely obliv
ious to everything aro'dnd me but the
snakes and rat. Lave an indistinct
impression that | Loard my train come
and go, and after time another one,
and some TIM later third, but can't
say positively, l know that l never
took my eyes off of the snakes and the
rat
"J.he rat had worried and drawn the
IRE Of the three snakes, so to speak, for
Z don't know how long, when the rat
tiers made a strategic move Of their
own. They had evidently seen that
singly they were no match for the cum
ming rat, and after a good deal Of rat
ting to and fro, all three of the snakes
massed themselves at one end of the
window. They stood in a row, cover
ing that part of the field absolutely.
The rat was too good general not to
see that it wouldn't DO for him to as
sail that phalanx of angry serpents, for
the chances were that if one of them
missed him one of the others would
very likely hit him. So he rested in
corner for a moment and pondered. A
gas pipe ran up that corner TO the top
of the window, and then across it to
the side where the snakes were grouped
in defensive front. The result of the
rats bordering was that he scurried up
the pipe and ran along it until he was
directly over the snakes and six feet
above them. The rattlers were not
long-headed enough to see what this
move of the rat meant, and they didn't
change their position. The rat eyed
them for a few seconds, and then
jumped right down upon them, land
ing on them behind their bristling
heads. He nipped one through the
neck with his long teeth, and the other
two were panic-stricken and glided to
the other end of the window. The
snake the rat had bitten through the
neck lay down in a paralyzed condi-
ton, as the one had done early in the
game.
The rats ruse had worked so well
that the rat seemed gleeful. lie frisked
around in aggravating proximity to the
two remaining active rattlers, until the
latter became terrible in their fury, but
couldn't manage to get blow in on the
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
Kansas City Produce.

KANSAS CITY, No, Nov 7.-Eggs-Larger
receipts, light supply, active; fresh candled
eOc: held. lec Butter - Heavier receipts
quiet, easy; creamery, extra fancy, 80
&c; fancy, &c: good TO choice, s3e25c
store packed, l5al7c; packing, l2c Grease,
&c. Dairy, active, firm, fancy, scarce, &c;
choice, 10000. Poultry-Light receipts; more
active; firm ROSTERS, l5G2Jc each: hens, &c;
springs, steady; large, 6n97c; broilers, shGs'
per ID Turkeys-Large receipts dull; gobblers
SIC; hens, steady, SIC Ducks-Old- 4t5c;
springs, quiet, weak, &C. Geese-Dull I 25c pc
10: young, &C. Pigeons-Wanted, SL0O. dressed
light receipts; chickens, &c; turkeys. 7G9c
Apples-Large receipts, more active; common
s2Oa25O; fancy, scarce, s20oG35O Michigan
$3.50: New York. SSOoG45o; Canadian, s. $50
500 per Dbl Pears-Illinois, SOC per peck baslz
ct; Bartlett, s25)dS0O per bu: New York
&OOGLOO per bb!. Quinces-JOc per \ bushe
basket Grapes-Plentiful, steady; Concord
New York fancy, 25125c; medium. s26sic;
Michigan and Ohio, S2e23c: Delawares. IOa6OC
per 10 ID basket Craaberries s675daJ0 pei
hh1
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
Election In italy.

ROME, Nov. The general elections
for members Of the Italian parliament
were held throughout Italy yesterday.
Among the candidates successful are
Signors Pelloux and Bonaire, members
of the present cabinet and Signors Co
lombo and Barzilai. members of the
last ministry.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
EVERY SNAKE WAS Up IN ARMS.

treated and huddled up in one corner
of the window. The other snake that
had moved upon the rat then made a
pass for it. The rat sprang up, jumped
clean over the rattler, turned and with
a movement so quick that it made me
dizzy fastened its teeth in the snakes
neck, biting it clear through. When
the rat released the RATHER the reptile
keeled over on the floor, and although
could see by his glaring eyes and a
eonvulsive movement along his entire
length that he was alive, he didn't get
up, and took no interest in the subse-
quent proceedings.
The success of the rats maneuvers
swelled his head. and he began to tread
around in the window as if he owned
it. The three snakes that remained
defiant had scattered about in the win
dow, and the rat would make a rush
toward one, manage to elude its strike,
and then dash at another, and then at
the third, going from one to another in
succession, worrying the enraged
snakes until their fury was terrible to
see. ! stood there with my nose fat
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
RAILROAD INTERESTS.

The worlds railways are worth $780,
900, OOO,O OO
MARRIED couples in Norway are priv
LEGGED to ride on railroads at fare and
q half.
THE railroad dining cars in this coun-
try earn more money than the sleeping
and baggage cars together
THE railways Of the United Kingdom
Of Great Britain have 10, $50 locomotives,
Of which only 1881 are In Scotland and
T05 In Ireland. The London & North
western have the most, 2,64s, followed
by the Midland. with 1000.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

CHICAGO. Nov 7.-Hogs Receipts, 1900,
oficial yesterday, l69si shipments yesterday
1872: receipts for the week, lSs,ss3 shipments
for the week, IS $50; receipts for the correspond
Ing week last year, O2,SO5: shipments for the
corresponding week last year, 37,5Is. packing
from October 20 TO date, 90, 900; packing to dat,
last year, l65, 900 left over about 5000; quality
only fair; market active and firm; prices abou
&c higher; sales ranged at s5l5d57O for light
S5.lO95sO for rough packing; S2OG57O TO
mixed: S. 4OG5sO for heavy packing and ship
ping lots; pigs $40 '5Sa
Catile-Receipts, 500; Official yesterday
1885; shipments yesterday. 1884; market mod
erately active and prices steady.
Sheep-Receipts, 1000; Official yesterday, 8,
100; shipments yesterday 4SS market quiet
steady prices.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
He Gould Nnt Get ANN

weary old man dropped with a sigh
into seat in a street car. At the
other end three or four young men were
talking and laughing.
They have just returned from their
vacation" said the tired man to his
next neighbor.
They seem to have enjoyed it."
"Yes; they seem to. They work in
the same store that do"
All"
Yes. They have all been away now
everybody in the store-clerks, book
keepers and heads of departments,
even the cash boys and the wrapping
men and the porters. Every has
had his vacation-but me-"
"All but you?"
Yes"
well, | should think your employer
would let you off, too"
The old man shook his head.
What's the reason he won't?"
We'll, replied the weary man with
another sigh, you see, I'm the propri-
etor myself. Shoe and Leather Re-
view.
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11

gazing Steaully al snakes ana rat, WIN
no inclination or desire to take your
eyes off and 60 away. ! was under the
spell of such a fascination the other
night, and | believe / would be there
staring at those snakes and that rat yet
II something hadn't happened to break
the spell.
1T was up in PunXsutawney, Pa.
There have always been a great many
rattlesnalles about Punxsutawney, and
even the name of the place doesn't
scare them away. was in that town
last week, and a guest at the Hotel
Pantall intimated that he would like to
see a live rattlesnake. The landlord
of that hotel is very accommodating
chap, and he at once sent a man out to
get rattler, telling him to hurry up
The man came back in a few minutes.
He had five rattlesnakes, all nice, big,
bright, sassy fellows, fresh from the
freedom of the adjacent hills. The
guest who had said he was anxious to
see a rattlesnake turned out to be a
liar. He didn't want to see a RATHER
at all, for when the man came in with
his choice specimens the guest jumped
out of his chair five feet, and grabbed
his grip and left. But the landlord took
the guests discourtesy all in good part,
and put the five snakes in the bay win
dow in front of the house and shut
them in.
I'm keep EN- there, he said, so
I'll have 'em handy, and won't have to
waste any time sending ont for one for
the next guest who would like to see
one.
Il got through in PunXsutawney, ate
my supper, paid my bill and started to
get the first train for the next town,
where had an important engagement
As ! was going out the landlord came
along. lie had big rat.
Going to put him in with the
snakes, said the landlord It'll only
last few seconds, bat you'll see some
fun
81 had plenty of time, SO ] stopped
to see the fan. The rat was dropped
in with the snakes. The snakes were
lying at one end of the window in a
listless sort Of way, but the Instant the
rat dropped in every snake was up in
arms. Each one coiled quicker than a
fasa. Every RATHER sounded a loud
alarm; five big and ugly heads were
raised from the coils, and FIVE black
tongues darted out and quivered with
The excitement of their owners. The
rat crouched down in one corner and
seemed paralyzed with terror. Ten
glittering eyes glared at it. and moth
ing else was done for some time !
forgot all about my train and my en-
gagement in the next town, and gazed
at the snakes and the rat spellbound.
Presently the rat moved, turned and
faced the snakes, and then made dash
at one, gave it q sharp bite in the neck
and jumped back just in time and far
enough to avoid the reptiles vicious
and deadly strike. The offensive tao
tics Of the rat enraged the rattlers, and
two of them uncoiled and made a
rush for him. The rat showed fight
One of the snakes showed its
face within three inches of the rat,
and ran its tongue out and In at
him. This made the rat mad, and.
watching his chance, he shot forward
and bit the snakes tongue off and spit
it out on the bottom of the window. A
tremor ran through the snake as if the
nipping off of his tongue hurt hi i'm from
snout to rattles, and he quickly re-
People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1892-11-11
A Constant Plague,

Indigestion is. in many instances, con-
slant plague, giving the sufferer no peace
night or day. To Danish the tormcntor
don't deluge your stomach with pepsins and
sour or acidulous tonics Use the genuine
invigOrant and appetizer, Hostetter's Stom
ach Biiters, approved and recommended by
physicians Of distinction. Use il, too, fol
malaria, rheumatism, constipation, liver
complaint and nervousness.