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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-09-16
Snip FORTY CATS AT ONCE"
Mysterious Disappearance of Wash
ing Felines Cleared Up.
From the washington Post.

rom buc washington EOSJ.
The downtown strata of feline society
has been much disturbed recently over q
large number of cases of sudden and mys-
FERROUS disappearance. Many a faithful
tabby night after night in her accustomed
TRUSTING place upon the backyard fence
sat and mOurned over the non-appearanCe
of her ersGwhlle spouse until lucklesS res
ldents in the vicinity rose up in their
sleepless agony and cut short her melan-
ChOly love notes with the traditional boot
jack if such an article was included
among the family heirlooms. Although
foul play was suspected, the most search
ing investigation failed to disclose a clew
as to the whereabouts OF the missing
members of the tribe.
But the secret is out at last. Mr.. VIII
Johnson, who is in charge of the Hotel
johnson during the absence of the pro
pretor, E. L. Johnson, who is conducting
the Hotel Royal, at Atlnntic City, re
ceived a dispatch from the latter, which
read:
Ship forty cats at once"
Mr. johnson was puzzled. He could not
imagine what his relative could want
with cats at Atlantic City, so he CON
suited with few of his assistants, and
the only solution they could arrive at was
that rats must have been discovered in
the Atlantic City hosiery. They unan-
imously decided, however, tnat it was not
theirs to reason why; theirs but TO get
cats and ship them to Atlantic City with
out delay.
A rush was made for all the establish
ments in town which deal in pet animals,
but all the cats on hand were of the Nal
tese or Angora variety, and it was decided
that they were too expensive
AS a final result the genus boy was
called in ppuniSitiOn and bpfOra uiUb
fall there We're eighteen feline prisoners
at the johnson. There were no more in
sight, though so it was decided to ship
the first installment that night and make
a further consignment next day. A tele-
gram was sent to Mr.. Johnson at Atlantic
City, which announced:
Shipped eighteen cats more to-
morrow"
Mr.. johnson has a reputation for want
ing things in a hurry when he does want
them, so his assistants at this end of the
line returned well satisfied that they had
acquitted themselves with great credit in
a sudden emergency
They have nothing TO say about the Sc
quel To the story, but the truth has to be
told, ana this is just what happened.
Early the next morning another dispatch
arrived which infused every one con
cerned with desire to sneak away some
where and begin life anew. 1t read:
ITO Shanghai with your cats. It's
cots, cots, cots :"
To complete the story it is only fair to
state that Mr.. Johnson writes a noto-
riously bad hand, and those interested
here say the operator must have mistaken
cots for cats. 1t would have been au easy
matter to have sent the cots, as the hotel
had large supply on hand for the
Pythlan enCampment
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The DAINTY DIAMOND BACK
The ATiStOCTatiC Count" Easily Dis
tilguiShed From His Substitute.

Terrapin Farms on the Pawtuxen.
A Time When Misyah Taarpin
Sold for 50 a Dozen-Now Brings
S7o-His Unnatural and Gambia
listic Father-How to Catch and
Cook Him.
Baltimore, Sept. 15.-The American
people, who above all others know what
good living is and how to appreciate it,
were undoubtedly the principal medium
of introducing to the world "Misyah
Taarpin," as the colored people love to
call him, and who smack their lips as
the name passes through. Terrapin is
now well known all over the civilized
world, and the terrapin of the United
states has been unhesitatingly
awarded the palm for delicacy and gen
eral excellence. What if squirrels feet
and calves heads have occasionally mas
queraded in the guise of the aristocratic
count" terrapin, who averages over six
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sport and enjoys the cold and dirt and dis
comforts as partOf' the. programme, and
there are many VINO appear to do so IN
the summer the terrapm around Chesa-
1eake bay are hunted with dogs. as par
trldges are with a setter or pointer. and
a good 'terrapin dog" is worth 500. and
takes good six months to train. They
are very 'sagacious and apper to thour-
oughly enjoy themselves. About the
time the chelonia leaves the water to
deposit its eggs, the dogs are turned
out to range along the water edge
until they strike the trail of a tur-
tie. A dog must be able to tell if it be an
old trail or a new one If old he must
just sniff and pass along. like a terrier at
an old rabbit earth; but if it be fresh
one, he must follow it up, no matter
where it leads, until he finds the terra
pin. Then putting his foot on it to hold
1t down, he banks until he attracts his
master to the spot TO secure it etfectually
add then starts of again A well
trained animal will catch fifty day. and
these are then sold to pound keep
ers unless the hunter has a pound
of his own, where they are kept until
winter, and then recaught and sold. 1t
was this practice that first evolved the
practical farm method. This was due TO
the cutlery raised by the fish commission
ers on account of the number of nests
destroyed and eggs rendered useless.
But notwithstanding that the outcry es-
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A STRANGE DISCOVERY.
Bonds Stolen From New York Bank
Found in France in a Pair of Boots.
From the New York Herald.


From the New York Herald.
Paris, Aug. 31.-The judicial authori-
ties of st, Quentin are at present engaged
in investigating a most extraordinary af-
fair. In 1873 foreigner was found lying
in the street with bullet wound in his
head, and was brought to the hospital,
whore he stated that he had been cashier
in New York bank and had absconded
with 100000. Believing that the Paris
police we're on his track he had taken the
train to Tergnier, and finally in despair,
he had attempted to take his own life
Next day fever set in and he died shortly
afterward.
His clothes, which were much the
worse for wear, were destroyed. but one
of the nurses saved the upper feathers of
his boots, which were in fairly good con-
dition. For twenty-one years they lay in
cupboard, where they were found by a
man named Mannechst, employed in the
hospital, who asked leave to take them
1t was granted, and he carried them off
little imagining that he had secured a
valuable prize. but such was the case
They We're lined with papers which
proved to be scrip, and Mennecdet, who
Is militant socialist, commissioned one
of his political friends TO negotiate the
bonds in London. The man recently re-
turned with the money. and the authori-
ties. having got wind of the matter, are
seeking TO discover what has become
of it.
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The following curious case is now pending
IN London. man made an. arrangement
with an insurance company Tor the payment
OF large sum on the death OF himself or of
ms wife 10 the survivor The man and his
VIE we're both drowned IN the collision Of the
" l'u.mlr with The Columbia The question
now arises whether the insurance money te-
longs 70 the heirs Of the man or to those Of
the woman. But for this as for most other
situations the law supplies "a precedent
Auoul Aiieeu years ago a similar case hap
Ielol. and then b. was decided on medical
evidence. that woman takes longer 70 drown
ihdn a man. and hat therefore the wife sur.
p-lscd the husband.
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strange said one OF the New Orleans
PicGyune's friends ringing up the telophone
strange what connubial curiositfes occasion
ANY octur Mrs. George brown OF No. i2i
broadway, between Chestnut and Wall. gave
blrJn yesterday TO a baby Low PERFECTLY
ounces. Mrs. FrOwm is about 80 wears OF aye.
weighs l55 pounds and the present is her
twenty-hrst contribution TO the family circle
vi ms number she has lost four there being
now ten boys and six girls alive the eldest ~
whom is out % wears Of age. Toe father is
an electrical engineer Tor the Crescent CITY
hallWay company is a. ears OF age and has
been married twenty eight years. -
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great luxury. for the world is very little
one, and in time the people always meet
who can say, That is not true; they are
not acquainted and they do not roll in
wealth. or ride in chalses.' This claim
ing to have more than really belongs to
one always seems 10 me such a mean kind
OF lie. Somebody once SAID, we
can judge Gods opinion of wealth when
we see the sort of people He gives
it to-" Then, why should people boast of
riches Respectable poverty is honor
able, and it IS what we do, and not what
we have, that counts in this world, and in
the next, too To sit in calico and dilate
on silks that are a home: TO hire a row.
boat ana tell of the glory of steam
yacht lent to a friend to go on foot and
give glowing accounts of horses that are
resting these are lies that even a child
does not swallow. and which makes the
teller seem silly and stamp her as that
frightful combination of food and liar.
MASCULINE LINES.
When Emen lie l think they tell more
dangerous ones than women do. They
seem to have less fear and TO be more
willing to take upon themselves the re-
spOnsibility of great sins. The young
ones indulge in lies of bragadociO. the ell
der ones, as they fancy, in lies that would
seem 10 advance them. or in those that
are told purely from malice.
Long ago II was said that all men were
liars; but / don't quite believe this. 1
think there are men and women who
would not soil their lips with a lie of any
kind, who would despise themselves if,
for some petty reason. they said what
was not true, and who yet do not force
upon you the disagreeable truth. Some
times it is wise 20 be careful and not tell
too much of the truth, but to learn to
keep quiet and guard the lips.
THE TRUTH CAN HURT.
But there is a wide difference to be
made between the person who deliber-
ately lies and the one who hurts you or
me, or somebody else, by forcing upon US
some unhappy truth which we need not
know. Silence is wonderful weapon.
There is nothing to equal il. No words
are as powerful in expressing either APP
probation or blame, and one always can
keep quiet-even IL one is a woman.
The cars have stopped. The announce
ment is made that we are at home, and
my thought after all seems to have
summed itself up in the keen apprecia-
tion of the value of silence. Surely if it
is hard to cultivate, it is a virtue to pos
sess. BAB.
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Tommy-Paw. what is bigamyY
Mr.. lgg- has reference 70 a man having
too many wives. 10 has nothing TO do, how
ever with mans wife being one too many
for him. Cincinnati Tribune.
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helpmate. But unfortunately he has no
guarantee that such will be the case. The
playfulness which charmed before mar
riage sometimes develops into temper
after the knot, which no efforts of the
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-05-31
words sna wAssns.,.
wsshsnxson Post

eomeAov or other there must b ciose
and intimate relation between vhiskers
and words Look 1t the senate. for in
stance. Every one knows with what srop,.
teal profession Of hair Senator PETERS chin
Is covered. aad he can orass BY the hour.
Then Senator Stewart With Q generous
gros;h Of beard. can talk indefinitely. -
he gave evidence darine the repeal firh,
iAas summer. Senator Dolph, too, with :
mass OF waving hair flowing downward
from his face to hss waist, u one Of IN.
most ureaess speaks1 in the senate. Kx-
S<natof klAar. Who talked for svo voek :
On ne Situations; bill. 10 also the posses-
ses - . apasndad exep 81 vhankarA 9haro
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Prof shaiss. Of Harvard university. in
IN article On Tho Border State Nsn in
the Cavtl War;" spssks az his conviction
in ISL that the North MAS righs ia max
Ing war for the preservation Of the Union. !.
The fact 10 that the North did not snake
var 81 All IL accepted war. War vas
began ~ Fers samtss In April. ISL BY
the Confederate governments opsnsns ARE
on Fort Sumter. To that President Lin
ssia sseiisd ~ Ass cal tos sAooa man.
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The nomination Of Coxey In the Eigh-
tesnth Ohio congressional district II an
empty honor. Two years ago." says
Representative Iksrt. Of that district. ..ths
Populists cast only l,2ls votes out Of .
total Of nearly $500. and 20 far - surface
indications 80 they have no more strength
today than they had then. In fact there
are moro Prohibitionists in the district
than Populists.
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rEDDLxR.s Licxnsns
EDpYvrrLx May u. Il

EDpyvILLx May Il, 1904
To rHB Enron: 1sthsrs Law recuirin ?
reddlers TO pay . state ticensef If % n
SAID license good In incorporated towns
and cisies. or must one procure q license
In each city or incorporated town. (e1 Do
the license laws favor . psddler who is sell.
ing goods Manufactured il the statsf
VIII
mo state Iicsnss: cities and towns may
require licenses 20 b procured. Z No.
Il would b almost impfacticabls.l
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srArrlx NAY IA Isex

sEArrlR Nay n, 1884
To rHR EpfroA: Can . man take and
keep . mining claim after he has made IN
declaration Of lnteution, or must he have
resided in the stats . certain time Aefora
or aftsf his taking the first papersf
II. q
Zone mot citissn can take up claim.
has before applying for his patent he ma @
have declared his intsntiona.l
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TA People. . Port Angeles Pcpuliss
organ. II . corpse.
Rich placer digxinEs have been discov.
cred on Loon creek. in the southern part
Of Idaho county, Idaho.
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The evening world., 1894-06-15
DTO A VOTE ON WOOL.
MIR. PefTer's Amendment Rejected
by the Senate.

tby Associated fress.)
WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE first
vote on the wool schedule was taken in
the Senate to-day at 3 o'clock, upon Mr..
Teller's motion to restore the Mckinley
rate on wool, which was lost, 20 yeas TO
81 nays-a party vote, except that Stew
art voted yea. PETER and the other
Populists voted nay.
Senator Power offered an amendment
changing the Mckinley rate OF II cents
to seven cents. and the Mckinley rate
OF IL cents to eight cents. There were
no changes from the previous vote. the
amendment being defeated-2o to 81. Mr..
PETER voting with the Democrats.
on Mr., PETERS amendment, originally
for n 10 per cent. reduction OF present
rates, but modified by himself. the vote
resulted: Yeas. 50; nays. 35.- Mr.. Hill
refrained from voting, and Messrs.
The Democratic revolt on the wool
schedule originated in the proposition
to change the paragraph on women,s
and Children's goods so rs to make VI
cents per pound value the dividing line
between the rates of 10 and 30 per cent.
al Valorcm, instead Of 81 as provided In
the Jones compromise amendment;
Some manifest n disposition to demand
n restoration of the House rate.
They contend hat with wool on the
free list there is no longer reason for
wOollcn manufacturers. The Tariff man.
ayers confess that the result cannot be
fOresCen. Republicans are after even u
greater concession.
The evening world., 1894-06-15
Mr.. EOISON'S FIGHT.
Pugilists Leonard aid Cushing
Meet at Menlo Park.
Their Battle Pictured In the Kinet-
oscope.
Seven Men of Wealth and Science
the Spectators.

A prize-flght in the interest Of science
Is a rather unique event, but that Is what
Is reported to have taken place in the
laboratory of Thomas a. Edison. the In
ventor, near Orange. N. j.. early yester-
day morning.
The story, as 1t reached New York to-
day. was that the mill was between Mike
Leonard and Jack Gushing. both of
Brooklyn, and that Mr.. Edison and a
party of six wealthy gentlemen. all init
mate friends of the inventor. were the
spectators.
Six rounds were fought, and then Leon
ard put his man out with a clever right
hand punch.
The preliminaries. II Is said, were all
arranged several days g by Mr.. Edi-
sons representatives and a purse Of $500
subscribed. all of which was to go to the
winner.
The fighters weighed in at 1870 pounds
when they entered the twelve-foot ring
which had been pitched within the focus
of Mr.. Edison's fast invention. the kline
tograph, which was to catch and pre-
serve every movement of the pugilists
for the purpose of reproduction later on:
From the reports which. were received
to-day the enthusiasm OF, the scientific
gentlemen who witnessed the contest
was not wholly caused by the prospect
of a successful series of pictures being
obtained. From all accounts the fight
itself was watched with every evidence
OF delight on the part of the seven spec
tators. In fact, SO excited did they be
come over the clever movements of the
boxers that they forsook their seats
and crowded about the ring.
Owing to the secrecy wntch attended
the meeting of the two lads 1t was to-
day difficult to obtain full details of the
fight. but 1t was learned that this, was
not he first set-to which had been run
Off" in Mr.. Edison's laboratory. ]. IL
said that some time < Jack McAuiiffe
and his, sparriny partner boxed a few
hibition was so far from being a real
sure-enough fight that Mr.. Edison ant
his friends were not at all satisfied.
Accordingly arrangements were n,adf
with Leonard and Cushlng t? fight to 9
Before the min 1t was explained TO the
men that the rounds, would last but two
minutes. and that there would he ar
interval of three minutes between each
round. This was to give the operators
a chance to work the machine to good
advantage.
When time was called for the frs,
round. Leonard rushed his man and hi
low until his opponents wind was gone
He continued this line OF fighting until
the sixth round. when he, landed or
Cushing. It T. SAID, received a sub.
stantial sum as a salve, and the two
pugllists departed with their two friends
who acted as seconds. They came with
what had happened.
Mr.. Edison is said to have expressed
himself as thoroughly satisfied with tho
negatives obtained during the fight.
The evening world., 1894-06-15

DUBLIN, June l5.-The American yacht
Nigilnnt was sighted off Tory Island.
northwest coast OF Ireland, at about
go p. NJ. to-day. All on board are ie-
ported TO be well.
'rhe voyage OF Nigllnnt was perhaps
the swiftest ever made by q single
sticker crossing tho ocean.
The yacht record for crossing the
Atlantic is held by the schooner Henri
eta. That was in n race in 1866, the
voyage being made In IL days. q hours
and 50 minutes. She carried racing can
vas, while Vigllant. n sloop, was only
cruising rugged. and no special effort
was made for speed.
According to the figures at hand Vigi-
lant's time from New York to Tory ISL
and, Is less than II IL days. The cham
pion sloop left here at u. &c OIL the morn
ing OF June /. Like the great yacht she
has always been thought to be. she evil
IDENTIFY has all her speed with her, and
should show as we'll In English waters
as she did at home.
The remarkably fast trip made by her
will no do;bt aston!sh the British yachts
men.
1t took Valkyrie 20 days and eighteen
hours to cross the Atlantic last Sum.
mer, and she was % days and some
hours In making the return trip.
Thistle. which holds the record for cut
tiers. crossed the big pond in a little
over II days.
AS these boats are about Vlgllant's
size, and spread, when they crossed
the Western Ocean" about The SAME
amount Of sail, the remarkably fast time
of Nigilant can be gagged by a compari
son with the trips made by them.
rhe oil tank steamer Standard, Capt
Schleemitcb--Yhich arrived from Rotter
| dam, reports sighting Vigilant on June
at noon, In lat. ANA long. 81. 40. She wa
then some 1850 miles from this port. T,
make that distance in eight days prove
that he little American yacht must hav,
ave ragged $40 knots each day. She shout
therefore reach her destination within
the next t~wenty-four hours. barring
averse winds.
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BICYCLE RACES AT NIGHT.
Electric Lights tn lie Put I'm Mt Man.
haitian Field.

They are going to have bicycle races
at night at Manhattan Field. John s.
Prince has entered into n contract with
Receiver Freedman. according to which
electric lights are to be strung all around
the grounds. and beginning on June "a
there will be races each Wednesday and
Saturday evening during the season.
Prince will have charge Of Il training
establishment at the Field and coach
have been sanctioned by Chairman Ray
mond, of the League OF American
Whcelmen.
There will be u one-mile handicap zach
race evening for Glass A men, and a
half-mile scratch race for Glass b men.
The prizes for the Class A races will be
four in number, and their value will be
respectively $50, $40, $50 and $40.
The evening world., 1894-06-15
is REV. PUTNAM lNDICTED7
Report that n Servant of Rev. DIR.
Potter Furnished the Evidence.

1t was reported this Afternoon h a
the Grand Jury had found an indict-
ment against Rev. James w. Putnam,
pastor of Il church in Fifty-seventh
street.
The bill, 1t is said, is based on charges
made by a domestic. who Is now. or
was. in the employ Of Rev. David C.
Potter, OF the Baptist Tabernacle. in
Second avenu between Tenth and
Eleventh streets.
Rev. Mr.. Putnam was assistant pas
tor OF the Tabernacle under Rev. MIR.
Potter, until May, 1893. when trouble
occurred between the two d%ivines,
which resulted in dividing the congre-
cation and the subsequent withdrawal
of Putnam from the church.