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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22

AT GraVeSend the other day saw a law
yer, having an Office in one of the princi-
pal downtown buildings, excuse himself
from his friends and sneak off to "Fakir
Alley" Half an hour later he reappeared,
the most disguised man on the ground
ana borrowed quarter from a newspa-
per man ITO get home with THAT last
morse broke me-" he said. II had $500 on
him, and would have bet more if Hem
had accepted a check. l am now very
grateful TO him for the discourtesy he
displayed"
THEIR FACES TELL.
Mira beau says: There are three ways
for getting money, earning, begging,
stealing it; gambling is neither earning
nor stealing" This would imply that
gambler is neither man of business nor
thief. And very rarely he is a beggar;
but luck, as well as -non-success, makes
him bragRart. 1t is this that increases
the difficulty of getting at the bottom
facts concerning losses and gains. By
far the best method of ascertaining the
truth is to study the faces of the men
and women going down TO the Island"
and returning from there, respectively.
The majority, when they start out,
are of buoyant appearance. They laugh
and chat with their friends, and their
eyes dance merrily over the green fields
on both sides of the road. But, oh, what
difference after 8 p. m. Crestfallen
yisages, bleak looks, the breath laden
with the fumes of intoxicants which did
not cheer, but served as restorauives; the
bottoms of the cars and the side tracks
strewn with dishonored pool tickets.
Here two young men holding whispered
confab on the chances of escaping detec-
ton for week or longer. There pater
famllias declaring, amid cursing, that he
cannot go home, having spent his wages
for the second time this month.
Although it is asserted in truth that
gambling is on the increase, or to be more
correct, that betting is, it must not be
followed that all the forty thousands who
usually attend the handicaps, and the ten
thousands interested in the minor events,
are gamesters and gamestresses. If such
were the case the the number of booths
and. incidentally, the revenue of the club
managers would necessarily be much
greater than they are. At the Brooklyn
handicap sixty-tive boss gamblers, each
having two or three assistants, had an
easy time of it attending to the wants of
an audience of 1000 odd people. Thous-
ands in the multitude never once
looked at the horses or the
track; hundreds wandered around
searching for friends and acquaintances
three-quarters of the time; they were
there simply to announce their presence
at this supreme occasion, for proving one
self blood. OF course, the side shows
did some little business, too, but taking it
altogether, the big guns" were mostly
in demand. They did land Office busl-
ness in lightning calculator style as long
as it lasted. Their profit may be best
judged of by their expenses. Here are
the figures furnished by one, q well
known turfman Booth, Sl00 to 1928 per
afternoon; assistants, two or three, at 50
to SO; incidentals 50. That is Sl15 and
Sl70. respectively. What would be fair
return for such an investments
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22

prison once more, the movements of his
body attracted the attention of bystand-
ers, and as may easily be supposed, his
friends were more than rejoiced to see
him alive among them once more for his
recovery was rapid. The sensation he
experienced on returning to his remains
were not so pleasant.
''Of course, he said, 81 was not over
joyed to leave the supreme happiness of
the heavenly sphere, but l felt that IL
was all for the best; at all events it was
so ordered and l had to obey. II the
work have now in the press, and which
1 think will be of service to humanity, to
women especially has the results l hope
for / shall not have been sorry"
Mr. Kane was born in Ottawa, Canada
in 1887. He went to sea at seventeen, and,
having received nautical training under
his father, who was ship owner, he soon
was placed in command Of a vessel In
1861 he prepared TO enter upon course of
study for the ministry, but being at that
time in the United States, and the war
having broken out, he changed his plans,
and, through the advice of Commodore
F'oote, accepted the appointment of mas
ter's mate on the United States frigate
Potomac, at the same time performing
the duties of chaplain to the West Gulf
BlOckading squadron.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
WAS HE IN HEAVEN P
Remarkable Experience of Chaplain
James J. Kane.
From the New York Adyertiser.

From the New York Advertiser
At his own request the Rev. James J.
Kane, senior chaplain of the United States
Navy, will on Friday next be placed on
the unattached list He is a man of great
intelligence, writer on metaphysics of
some celebrity, sincere Christian and a
gentleman whose veracity has never even
been doubted. Hence the subjoined state
ment, furnished by the clergyman to a
reporter. will be read with a feeling of
establishment akin to awe and be received
with the respect it deserves, coming from
such source.
lin the autumn of 1868, !" says Mr.. Kane.
in effect, al was executive officer of one
of the gunboats of the West Gulf Block
aiding squadron, under command of Ad-
miral Farragut. At Jamaica yellow fe-
yer broke out in the squadron. and was
one of its victims. / was taken to the
house OF friend on shore and after few
days OF suffering succumbed to the terri
bic scourge, TO all appearances. Never
theless had my senses all about
me when the doctors pronounced me
dead, and was conscious of the last fare
well OF my brother officers of the fleet who
came TO pay their last respects to a
dead comrade. | saw through the eyes
Of my soul the preparations made for my
interment, and / saw the coffin in which
was soon to be placed before being con-
signed to the tomb. But / could not
break the spell, and besides 1 was capa-
BILE of viewing things with calm uncon-
Germ. After awhile the spirit left its ten
ement and moved through the walls of
the house and other obstacles with the
greatest ease and bouyancy until found
myself in flood of light, glorious beyond
the powers of description. All my new
surroundn 90 We're beautiful, and it was
not Tonga few moments, perhaps
before | found hosts of friends
around me. Many of these friends
had recently died of natural diseases or
had been killed in battle others had
been dead for years. Strangely enough,
my mother was not present, for, though
glanced searchingly around, coulq not
see her. Neither could l see my father,
though / could recognize the faces of
several relatives and old acquaintance,
who greeted me with beaming, happy
faces, and extended to me cordial well
come. Very soon hosts Of angels came in
sight, and with them | hoated into the
regions Of the blessed and saw probably
what st. Paul had seen before me, a de-
partment Of the heavens"
The chaplain described at length and in
language so simple and yet so fascinat-
ing that IL seemed inspired, the wondrous
things he witnessed in the celestial
realms and the unspeakable calm and
comfort they gave him. Although alb
sent, as he says, but a few hours from his
earthly body, his vision ranged over the
realms OF space and he passed through
scenes and events il would take him
years 70 describe in their immensely aud
proper order There was no measure
ment OF time I'm this eternity. one fac
ton Of which, If such thing is thinka-
BILE, is as large as any other. After seeing
these things his spirit returned 10 its
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
THE TABLES TURNED.
A Boy Goes to Capture a Bear, but Is
Captured Himself.
F'rom the Phlladelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times
Elizabethton, Tenn, June 19.-Just at
dark recently the few persons who hap
pened TO be abroad were startled to see
large brown bear rush through the
town dragging by rope the body of a
boy. On being pursued the bear tried to
swim the creek, but was halted by shot
and killed. II was then seen that the
animal had n moose about his shoulders
and that the other end of the rope was
fastened about the waist of the boy, a
lad of about Is. He was brought back to
consciousness long enough to tell his
story. 1t seems TINT the boy, the son of
mountaineer named Lucas, had discov-
cred pair of bears in the woods near
where he lived, and with the hope of sell
ing them to a circus or menagerie resolved
to capture them alive.
He provided himself with a rope and
lay in wait for the bears. The female
was caught first but turning on him be-
came so dangerous he had to kill her. He
then climbed tree and waited for the
other to come home. The rope he fastened
about his waist, fearing that he might
drop 1t otherwise. As the bear appeared
the boy dropped the moose over its head
and tried to tighten it about the animals
neck, but it slipped down over the shout
ders and there was so drawn as TO render
the creature frantic.
1t broke into a run, jerking the captor
out Of the tree, and down the road at a
rate that soon promised to kill him. His
head struck a stone, or many, and he lost
consciousness. His body is one mass of
bruises, and 1t IS doubted whether he will
survive his JON ney with frantic bear as
a guide.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
THINK BETTING NECESSARY,

That is where men disagree. The
gamblers think themselves entitled to all
they can gather in, considering that
"their season" lasts but six months.
There are others who do not like to see
racing put down on account OF the ten
dency of mankind to bet, and who argue
that the state might monopolize pool
selling at a fair profit in the same way as
certain gwestern communities regulate
the liquor traffic. and they add: Man
might get along without drinks, but
horse racing without betting is an impos-
sibility."
Nobody will gainsay the truth of the
latter part of the assertion, not even
those most outsp0ken in their claim, that
gives respectfully to the proceedings,
when they come up in legislature, namely,
that horse races are held for purposes Of
improving the breed of horses.
A word anent the remark that S10,0O0,-
'000 have been and will be staked this sea-
son on the horses, mot to mention the
good will of owners and Jockeys" TWAS
on Feb. "a, 1889, that the New York
Press, in an elaborate article on the
frauds practiced on the patrons of racing
tracks in the neighborhood of New York,
said.
More than half the horses are owned
or controlled by the bookmakers, and
they are pulled or 'stifTened' when ever
desired. 1t matters nothing to tho CLIQUE
whether horse is in form or hardly able
to run, the animal they want to win is
sure to go under the wire first unless he
drops dead on the track
That terrible indictment has since been
quoted a hundred times in public
speeches, in books and in magazine ar
ticles, but has never been refuted. The
public is aware of it's truth, but the pub
lie likes to be cheated, says the phiioso
pher, and the public be damned, says the
gambler.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22

Young Jefferson-You look sweet
enough to kiss in that dress. Elaine-I
have several more just like it.-Brooklyn
Life
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
GEORGIA AND FLORIDA.
The News Of The Two States Told
in Paragraphs.

Athens Wins in the Water Works
suit-A Plucky Woman Her Own
Rescuer After Falling in a Well-An
Old Time Watch Dug UP on Floyd
County Farm.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-22
FLORIDA.

>, Several brick blocks are projected for
Wildwood.
An orange growers association was or
ganized at Barlow yesterday.
b. B. Tatum Of Barlow. has purchased Mr..
Moore's interest in the Moore q Tatum Phos-
phate Company and has been made president
ana secretary Of the same
Samuel u. Crook died very suddenly and
unexpectedly at his residence at Jacksonville
Wednesday, his death being caused by the
rupture OF blood vessel In his brain.
Inc south Florida foundry at Orlando. is
molQlng some chilled car wheels for phos-
phate works, and some handsome columns
Tor brick block now going up In Tampa
a prominent hbsr manufacturer Of New
lotk y az ~. Augustine looking into the
properties OF the palmetto roots. The com
mlitee on tanning factories Of the board OF
Naae Is furnishing him with information.
stale PHOSPHATE Inspector }. H. HUMPHREYS
has bought on Winter Jake one Of me choleest
lahe fronts ln Polk county, and has already
pesuh arrangements for having portion Of
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26

IN his speech at the Home Market Club
dinner in Boston last week Mr.. Reed
pointed a moral worthy Of the attention
of all Republicans We do not need, he
said, general belief in our doctrines we
need teachng which comes from pract,-
cal results; we need distribution of the
facts. This is well put 1t is pointed. 1t
Is timely. Mr. Reed is at his best when he
calls upon his fellow Republicans to gov
ern the country wi such wisdom, mod
GRAFTON and good sense that theSluestions
now at issue may have as noble a solution
as the great questions which Republicans
had to deal with a generation ago.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26

CLAIMS have been made by several rail.
roads upon the War Department for the
transportation of troops. 1t appears that
during the great strike of the American
Railway Union, last summer, many of
the railway companies referred to had
applied to the Federal Government for
protection, and were very glad to have
the troops travel on their trains tn -ough
the disturbed parts of the country They
now want pay for carrying the soldiers
who saved them thousands of dollars,
and few weeks ago sent in bills for this
payment. Quarter. master General Batch
elder opposes the payment of these
amounts, and says he will raise the point
that as the railroads sought protection OF
the troops they have no reasonable claim
TO regard them as ordinary passengers
The railroad companies will now have tc
90 to Congress with their claims, or else
Withdraw them.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26
The News Confirmed i'm Washington.

WAsHEGToN, Nov. 26.-Further details
of the capture Of Port Arthur by the Jap
anese were received by the navy depart
ment yesterday. They came in a cable
gram from Rear Admiral Carpenter, Of
the China station, on board the Balti-
more, which was in the vicinity Of Che
Foo and sailed for Port Arthur as soon as
the capituiaUion was announced 1t is as
follows; "Tna Japanese army engaged on
Nov, n was about 1900, The Chinese
army numbered 1900. japanese los.
about 200 killed and wounded, while 2 ,00l
Chinese lives were lost. The Chinese
army escaped. Nothing is destroyed. The
japanese Aeet took no part in the engage
ment."
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26
The Mississippi Cvclnne.

MERIDIAN, Miss, Nov. 26 - Reports
from the section of the state visited by the
cyclone are coming in slowly, owing to
the prostration of the wires, but so far nc
loss of life has been reported. In the vi.
cinity of Newton, Morton and Hickory
the damage to property is enormous
Buildings were swept away, giant trees
uprooted and carried for miles and fences
leveled A terrific hailstorm accompanied
the wind. Stones as large as tea cups fell
with such force us to bury themselves in
the soft earth A number of cows, hogs
and horses were killed by the hail.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26

A baker will take a barrel Of -four
and make it up into bread. He gets 83
per cent more weight ont Of it in the
form Of bread than he bought in the
flour and sells it accordingly. The in
creased weight is mostly water with
some ammonia and alum added. He
charges also for his work, rent, etc.
Then he lays on a square profit on gen
oral principles. The result is that he
gets &l8 out Of a barrel of flour that
cost him originally 52.75.
The flour used by the ordinary baker
Is not the patent process article. 1t Is
what is left after the patent process
flour is taken out The part taken out
is mostly starch. 1t is white, flalSy and
light But here, without knowing it,
the patent process people do the poor
people who buy ordinary bakers bread
real service. The least nourishing
part of the -four is the starch that looks
SO white and beautiful. What is left is
gluten, many per cent more nourishing
than starch. The gluten takes up a
large amount of water; therefore the
baker likes it amazingly, because it en-
ables him to sell SO much water at good
bread prices.
Bread at the best contains large guam
titles of starch. Nothing clogs up the
system more than starch. Bread stops
up the digestive tract As usually eat
en-, it is only half baked and the yeast
germs are not wholly killed. They fer
ment in the stomach and raise a ruction
there, while the fine -four and starch par
ticles clog the person up till he feels as
if he were a stuffed sausage. On the
whole, the race would be far better of
if it swallowed less bread and more
| fruits, bananas and nuts
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26

JAPAN's reply to the offer of American
mediation is a diplomatic refusal. Like
every victorious nation, it prefers to deal
directly with humiliated adversary
and it is in no haste for peace negotiations,
since prospect of a larger triumph than
1t has yet achieved on land or sea is OPEN
ing before it. There is nothing offensive
TO the United States in this deliberate re-
fusal to take advantage of the good Offices
OF benevolent peacemaker Enlightened
self-interest perceives the benefits of a
prolongation of the war until an over
whelming triumph can be secured. Ma
tional pride also finds expression in the
demand that China shall sue for peace at
Toxic without the Intervention of media
tion of third power.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26

THE sole o5ie It of the issue Of bonds by
President Cleveland at this time-the sole
legitimate object, at all eveuts-was to
fortify the Treasury so that the outstaud-
ing notes should everywhere be regarded
as good as gold. The strangest Of all CON
ceivable measures for reaching that end,
it must be admitted, was the attempted
exclusion or boycotting of bidders who
wished to surrender notes OF government
for its bonds, The notes were redeemable
in gold on demand. The bonds are not
technically payable, principal or interest,
in gold, but in coin. 1t was the most OBJ
vious thing in the world that the Treas
ury. in Offering such bonds for sale, could
not afford to refuse notes which it was in
tended to make and keep as good as gold.
This is 80 clear that many now suspect
that the bond business is job, privately
arranged from the start with single con
cern, and that all sorts of pretexts are
welcomed for rejecting other bids So far
this Whiskey and Sugar Administration
has advanced for the worst suspicious
are not uttered by its political. al..opponents.
How the end will support them, II at all,
will be seen.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26
nesnernte striI,ers sentenced.

RIDGwAY, Pa, Nov. 26.-Frank Myers,
Ludwig Rosenbirk and William Geither,
miners, convicted of burning coal tipples
and placing bombs beneath buildings dur
ing the strike last June, were fined 81 and
costs of prosecution and each sentenced to
Riverside penitentiary for seven years at
solitary confinement and hard labor.
Joseph Kreitle and Wansel Swinter re-
ceived the same fine and five years inn
prisonment on the same charge Ed Fox
and Leo Wurm, who pleaded guilty of
placing gunpowder beneath buildings, got
three years in the penitentiary, with the
fine added
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26
Three Killed while Going to Church.

CUMBERLAND, Md, Nov. 6-Yesterday
a most horrible accident, resulting in the
death of three people, occurred ON the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad at South Branch
bridge, about eighteen miles east Of this
city. The unfortunate persons were Isaac
Taylor and wife, living near Green Spring
Rum and Miss Kidwell, whose home was
near the bridge. They were on their way
to attend church at South Branch and
when near the middle of the bridge Cross
ing that stream were overtaken by a train
coming west. All three were hurled from
the bridge, the bodies Of Mr. and Mrs. Tay-
lor alighting on the bank Of the stream,
while that of Miss Kidwell landed in mid
stream and was recovered some distance
below. All were dead when found and
badly mangled. They were all prominent
in that neighborhood.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26
FaIb's Theory of Earthquakes

1t is the idea Of Professor Rudolf
Falb Of LEIPZIG that earthquakes and
other disturbances Of the earth crust
can be calculated beforehand within
two or three days at least. He arrives
at this conclusion by what seems a log
icaI process of reasoning. The interior
Of the earth is in fluid or semifuid
state, it is believed. The moon, sun
and planets are nearer to the earth some-
times than at others When it happens
that largo masses Of these bodies oper-
ate on the earth from the same side, it
disturbs the equilibrium Of her inner
masses, like the ballast of ship, and
eruptions, storms and other disturbances
follow. Such disturbances of the earth 8
mass will naturally come when the
earth and moon are nearest together,
when the sun and earth are nearest to
gether and when the sun or moon is in
a certain equatorial position.
Falb first discovered that earthquakes
and shocks and explosions i'll mines oc-
Cured when there were the most ire
mendous tides and other oceanic COM
motions. He consults astronomy and
calculates the days of the year which he
calls critical days These will come
during certain positions Of the earth,
sun and moon. The three most critical
days for 1895 will be coincident with
eclipses, every one. He divides the days
we are to look out for into three classes
or orders, according to the violence of
the disturbances. For 1895 here they
are:
OF the first order: Sept. 49, March Il, Aug,
90 Feb. ., oct. Is, April o, July % and Jan. H..
OF the second order: May 0, Nov lG, March
&C. April %, Dec. 81, oct Ii, Feb "a, June ~
Sept. 4 and Nov. p
or the third order May "a Dec. 2, Dec. l6
June z, Aug. 3, Jan. 25 and July 7.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26

A whole sunburst of common sense
has struck General Master Workman
Sovereign of the Knights Of Labor. He
says he is opposed to strikes, and that
the laboring mans only hope is the bal
lot box. He is right. When working
men refuse to be bribed or bought into
voting for any but men that will carry
out their wishes, then their millennium
will begin. There are far more work
ingmen than millionaires. In two years
time they can revolutionize any con-
ditions in this country that are irksome
to them.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26
Twenty-.IK summer Cottage. Robbed.

WmBEsBARRE Nov. 26.-Eyery cottage
along the shores Of pretty Triangular Lake,
a popular Summer resort "a few miles from
here, twenty-six in all, was broken into
during the night and every portable article
of any value was carried away. There Is
no clew to the thieves, but il Is believed they
were Hungarians and Polanders from
Alden, near by. The cottagors had left
nearly all the furniture and some Of them
a considerable amount of silvcrware and
valuable chinawAre locked up in the clos
cts, but the thieves made clean sweep.
The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1894-11-26

No wonder congress is so bad. OF all
the foul smelling, i'll ventilated, stuhy
holes in creation those halls Of congress
are the worst, particularly the lower
house. Generations of Office seekers,
lobbyists, politicians and public plum
derers have been there, and each left a
portion of his own unpleasant self be-
hind him. 1t is not cleared out by ven
tiIation and housecleaning, but acou-
mulates from age to age The chemical
action of the combination on the aver
age member of congress is enough to
make him fall into temptation, go on
sprees or sell out his best friend.