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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17
A MOUNTAIN HERMIT.
An Educated Man Living Solitary
Lick nOxIedge of the Bible.
From the Richmond Dispatch.

From the Richmond Dispatch.
"Can you show me a spot about the
mountains where nobody lives?" was a
question asked the other day by one of a
party Of hunters. who got off at Alton, Va.
for a shooting jaunt.
wall, l kin come mighty nigh it," re-
piled the man. who offered himself as pi-
lot
'You say no one lives hereabouts?" I
asked, as we got above the timber line,
and 1 saw a small clearing on knoll to
the left.
Nobody but or Lanclot; an he don't
count-he's bin here so long"
lobe said "Ol La'nclot'' was a kind of
hermit, and in his time had more larn-
in and knew more bout the Bible than
airy parson in ten states.
On the way / learned all lobe knew OF
the solitary man with the aristocraue
the haunts of men, and especially desires,
as il seems, to live far from the haunts
of women. For the hermit is cynic, and,
might belong to the Amelie Rives monks
of the Silent house. Sometimes women IN
search of nuts or berries on the noun
tains get over his line fence, but OF La
nclot burns the rails IL he knows IL and
hews him new panel from the pines
When we reached the clearing lobe call
ed out, "Hello" A yellow dog sprang up
with a savage gr0wl, but was quieted by
a call from within.
Hes contrary like sometimes" warn
ed lobe an you mus speak TO him
/ Judge it was one Of the hermirs con
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trary" days whep he appeared in the door
way and demanded what we wanted"
It was not until lobe spoke that he let
US come inside the cabin and motioned
us to a bench near the fireplace.
OF La'nclOt he'd been known as the
NimrOd OF the mountain side The walls
of the cabin and over the mantel were lin
cd with the skins Of smaller game, and
big black bearskin covered the bed. Long
rows Of paws were sticking between the
logs and over the joists, with punches OF
dried roots and red peppers We're strings
Of fox tails, and what looked like Wolts
scalps over shelf were the antiers OF
large deer and Died below 1t the rattes
Of dozen rattlesnakes.
The hermit was very tall man, %
years old with keen, blue eyes, and had,
apparently, been well educated man.
asked II he was not often very lonely"
lie looked a little scornful, l thought,
asehe answered. You show your ignor-
ance By the question; no man Is ever
alone. What does St. Paul say, young
man?-that we are surrounded by a cloud
Of Witnessed and, again, hear the
Psalmist, Though ! go to the uttermost
ends of the earth, Thou lart with me-
/ was a little surprised at the sudden
ness with which or La'nclot dropped
into the Bible, but was glad the com
trary" spell was passing.
You have books, / notice, was the
next remark | made to draw him out.
yes" he answered Il read my jose
plus when | want to study the vanity
and wickedness of this feeting world,
and the Bible whenever l can. You can't
read the Bible too often, young man; re-
member that"
Il am told you have peculiar views Of
heaven, Mr.. --. Do you think It Is
placer"
Does the Bible say hell is a place."
was the startling rejoinder.
Read St. John. Yes, heaven Is To-
cality, just as much so as that noun
tain" with a far-away look at the top OF
Humpback, as seen through the open
door
1.-THE fact that heaven is a place; that
It has mansions, inhabited by actual, tam
gible but incorruptible bodies, and that
they go back and forth as angels Of mercy
ought to be taught in the theological in
stitutions of ChristendOm.
Have you studied the theologians, Far
rar and Keike and DOellingerY'
was Obliged to confess that / had not.
Then go and do it. Don't ask about
things YOU can read for yourself.
BY this time lobe had examined the
four or I'VE guns scattered about. and
had ratified the snake trophies inpatient
ly, and was, / knew, growing restless.
The hermit took down a gun and walked
with us a piece through the goods. After
we parted from him ! heard the sharp
crack of his rife, and lobe remarked.
"Or La nclots got squirrel for his sup
-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-11-17

MICKEY FINN'S SPARTACUS.
THE ROMAN EXPLOITS RECOUNTED
IN TIPPERARY BROGUE.

An Irish sIugger in ArmOr-COn-
Guiding with Il BurIesGue of That
Old Grafton Which Is the Delight
OF Every school Boy.
Copyright.
New York, Nov. 16.-"Thim blaggards
are at it again, 1 see. Mickey" said Mr..
Finn to his son, who sat at the table read
irs The history of ancient Rome by the
hsht Of a kerosene lamp.
What blaggards are at it now, father"
said the boy, regretfully, raising his eyes
from the book.
"Why / hear that Lanky Bob and Hand
some Jim have been lookin' fer a place
TO .atner blazes out of aich ether. Now,
ton ME this, Mickey. who was the first
fighter that yen read of in the books?''
"His name was Spartycus," replied the
boy, with a sigh as he closed his book.
Spartycus," replied his father Faith,
Thar IS a quare name intirely."
SO it's said Mickey. And twas from
him they got the name Of spar, dye see,
nanln to fight"
ie was an Irishman. I'll go bail!' in
ufIosated Mr.. Finn.
Faith he was that. All the fighters
are irishmin. Every mornin' he'd be go
III out in the street wild a high hat on
as mead and a long black coat wild the
Sie ehiaSgin' on the ground. If We We're
'"-it ye'd hear him singin':
Mush, mush, too-ral-i-adee.
IUsh, mush, tOO-ral-i-a-
Par ye tread on the tail O. me coat"
r, 3I' dear, exclaimed Mr.. Finn. He
be a big fellowr
H.. +7 was tnat,' said Mickey. Tin foot
i-A ana WiQ arms on him like a mules
te wore brass knuckles. Spartycus
lHal strong he used to fight lions"
re was this, Mickey, in IrelandY'
sN. am, no, father, twas in Rome. Ye
~. lue King O. Rome heerd what great
n Spartycus was and he stint ship
en- iIS MIN and forty other great fight
AZ over TO Rome to be fightin in the
c.,-@' Ihey got two dollars and fifty
f DAY and roast beef and all they
I, 10 DO was to be KILN lion or two
breakfast and all the people sit
the binthes and shoutin: Give
alm, Sparty, old boyr
wfi'A Whlniver Barnum or Forepaugh
~ come into Rome to give a circus
ing would buy all the lions they had.
Cf thlm We're moth-eaten, but what
IT, a' long as they could roari DivVils
1Hte O mate would they get for forty
f ana forty nights until they got that
H. they could ate carpet tacks. Thin
s eng would sind criers through the
f..., via shad-horns shoutin': Crate
at the Olympic Club tonight!
f ycus and the lionsi Reserved seats
eAts. Leddies half pricen There was
H. Ilcllons thin nights. Twas like
H. 4'n at the Brooklyn bridge whin
ill., tIes We're opin. All drawn up in a
r. az lhe arena were Daniel, the man
ne hons wouldn't ate. and little
ar4 ,nat fought the giant wild the sling,
d tNHath the Phlistine, and LeOnl-
ID. Inc dago that licked an army, and
MO giants Cog and AIagog and Finn
'1l' and Spartycus and the four
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SOUTHERN APPLAUSE FOR THE
FLAG:
A Suggestive Incident in "A savannah
Theater Ten Years Ago.
From the Phuadelphia Citizen.

From the Philadelphia Citizen.
More than ten years ago a slight but
significant incident occurred in Savannah,
Ga. Between the acts of a theatrical per-
Torrance there was occasion to drop
large national flag from the flies above
the stage. This was done without cere-
mony, merely in preparation for the ensu-
ing act, but as the heavy folds unrOlled
and gave the stars and stripes to the light,
such a cheer went up from the audience
that the house was shaken. Savannah is
a conservative city, slow TO forget and
tenacious of old ideas. Here, if anywhere
in the SOUTH the war prejudice would be
strong, and yet the mere presentation of
the silent emblem of the nation called
forth such a ringing. CHEEKY response of
loyalty that any suspicion of the south's
good faith must have been shamed into
silence.
Even to-day men are not lacking who
will assert that the patriotism of the
south is shallow and grudgingly given
only upon cOmpulson. Southern orators
and writers from time to time protest
against this insinuation, but without ma
terially changing the opinion of the skep-
teal, Tor 1t is as easy to say that such
written or spoken utterances are insin-
cere or inadequate. But the spontaneous
expression of a heterogeneous multitude
is a bit Of testimony which cannot be
whelming amount of such testimony upon
the occasion of the tour which the old
liberty bell has just made throughout the
south. Not alone in Atlanta, its desti-
nation, but all along the route, at every
stop which it has made il has been the
signal for an outburst not unworthy of
comparison with the scenes of the memoir
able day when it proclaimed it's glad It'd
ings.
Nothing so appeals to the universal
instinct of patriotism as does an mani
mate object which is mathematical of a
nations character and history. Philadel-
phia is properly jealous of the old bell,
and disinchned to relinquish il for any
considerable time, but if it is as carefully
guarded from danger as it is in the
present instance, it is fitting that 1t should
be loaned upon an occasion of such i'm
poGtance as that of the Atlanta expo
sition. II is pleasant to know that the old
bell is not so silent but that it can yet
speak to the hearts of our people and
gives fresh assurance that a common bond
of love and pride and reverence unites the
entire country.
-Yvette Guilhert, the Paris music hall
prima donna. says that she has earned
about 500 GOO with her voice and $4,000
by a lucky Investment in a gold mine.
AT present she is paid $40 a night by her
managers. on Nov. p she will embark
for America. and within two years she
expects 10 retire from The stage and live
on her income IF I should then choose
90 marry has anyone right 10 obJectF
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your veins, that We are content wild half a
mans wager Oh Irishmin Corkonians,
kerrymin! If we must work, let us work
for daclnt pay. If we must strike, let us
strike the Sassanachl If we must drink
let us drink potheen, and not this dirty
Roman beer! Mickey Finn.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-12-20

Mol Cutpurses entrance into gang Of
thieves was boset by no difficulty The
Bear garden, always hor favorite resort,
had made her acquainted with all the
divers and rumpads Oh tho town. The
time, moreover, was favorable to enter
prise, and once again was genius born into
golden age. Theoutting of purses was an
art brought to perfection, and already the
more elegant practice Of picking pockets
was understood. The transition gave scope
for endless ingenuity, and Moll was not
slow in mastering the theory Of either craft
1t was a changing fashion of dress which
forced a new tactic upon the thief; tho
pocket was invented, maybe because the
hanging purse was too easy prey for the
thievish scissors. But no sooner did the
world conceal its wealth in pockets than
she olyfler was born To extract the booty
with his long, uimblo fingers. And tho
trick was managed with an admirable
for6thought which has been a constant
example of after ages.
The file was always accompanied by a
bulk whose duty it was to jostle and dis
tract the victim while his pockets wcru
rilod. The bupg or what not, was rapid
IL passed ON to the attendant rub, who
seuWied of before the cry of Stop thiefW
could be raised. Thus was tho craft Of
thieving practiced when Mol was enrolled
humble member of the gang. Yot ma
turo had not endowed her with the quail
ties which insure an active triumph. "The
best signs and marks of happy, indus
tri0us hand, wrote the hoyden 80 is long
middle finger, equally suited with that
they call tho FOOLS or first finger. "-Mac-
millau's Magazine.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-12-20


What is there in the Anglo Saxon ma
ture that makes Anglo-Saxons the prize
snobs Of the world? Other races have their
weaknesses, but this weakness they do not
share with us. We sneer at foreign titles,
vet in no country arc titles so openly sold.
We look with lofty disdain at some Italian
or German count, whose ancestors have
been counts for unnumbercd generations.
Yet we grovel before any loanmonger on
brewer who has bought a peerago as
though he were little less than an arch
angel. The latest development of this
craze has been the eagerness which towns
are showing to secure a nobleman for their
mayor. 1 always felt contempt for tho
London county council since it elected a
peer as its chairman, entirely unconneoted
with tho metropolis and utterly IMMERSED
in municipal matters. This was tho work
Of men calling themselves radicals And
now various towns are groveling at the
feet of some peer resident in It's neighbor
hood and imploring his lordship to do il
the honor Of allowing himself to be a. NJ
mated its mayor. Why? Simply and sole
" because he IS a lord, for were he a neigh
boring Jones it would occur to no one to
press the post on him.
Municipalities ought to consist Of men,
not only tOwnsmen, but men who have
shown themselves useful tOwnmeni ana II
one man moro than another ought to be
permanent resident in o town it is its
mayor. In Italy during the middle ages o
town used TO invite some baron to DO Its
patron. This was because he was man
Of war and commanded men of war; ana
therefore could defend the burghers against
their enomies. But barons are not needed
in England to defend towns against hos
tile raids. and to select "a nobleman as
decorative chief magistrate Of a town is
tho very climax Of rampant snobbery.
London Truth
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-12-20

At the end Of the silken cord held in hen
gloved hand was q tiny dog. Wrappg
around the pup was small shawl, z
fringe Of which almost touched the pc
mont. This unique oyercoat was held H.
place by q regulation shawl strap, the
handle Of which stuck up in the middle OF
the dogs back, so as to be easily gripped.
People smiled as they passed tho odd com
bination, but neither the lady nor the pup
paid any heed tocither grins or comments.
At the corner big mastifi suddenly
planted himself sqnarely i'm front of the
woman and looked quizzically at the
shawl strapped mite beside her With
cry Of alarniS8he stopped, grabbed She han
die, lifted the pup until its muzsle soon
rested against her cheek, and in the most
approved language Of tho nursery told 1t
not TO be tho least bit frightened. Then
she gavo the big brute, which seemed to
size up the ridiculous situation properly,
a look Of utter contempt, lowered the pup
to arms length, carrying il rs il it were a
shopping satohol and marched on. The
dog days mover end here. Now York Cor.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-12-20

Tho normal boy is tho mobile savage
Of Fenimorc Cooper and Marryat and
Nayne Roid He is a creature Of war ana
strife and as ruthless ON bis tiny stage as
tho redskin Of romance, but at the same
ti1ne as honorable and as capable of gener-
GUS impulses apd Of high courage and
chivalrous daring, linked with the spirit
Of devotion and loyalty. What the boy
lacks and what be gains afterward, IL ne
bocomes-as in most cases lie ders--l right
minded and wholesome hearted man, IS a
sense of kindliness a respect for tho feel
ines Of others and a touch Of gentleness
and self sacrifice.
But the lack of these feelings and qval.
tiles is in reality nothing hut the hack OF
scnsibility-oi ability 90 feel, 10 compre.
bend ana TO sympathizc. Scnsihiiity and
svlnpathy aro what the typical boy lacks
and what dc gains whom he gets out of 1he
rcd Indian epoch and becomes a man and
d gentleman. London Spectator
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-12-20

When wars are afoot, every one is fever
ishly anxious TO be employed; evory claim
is urged; every species of influence is
brought to bear, personal and political,
that of august friends, all and every inter
est IL made, every lever turned to win tho
privilege Of taking part in the coming
campaign The consequences are or may
prove all important, an obvious expluna-
ton Of the oagerness displayed. Active
service brings q man the chance hitherto
denied in camp or country quarters Of
showing the good stuff that is in him. 1t
puts the true soldier in his proper place.
shows him at his proper value for it is q
strange fact that some of our best officers
have not been esteemed such until the
hour Of emergency came. Now and again
a star shoots up like a rocket tron the
limbo of commonplace, showing bril-
lanoy the very existence of which was till
then unknown.
The case of Colonel Kelly Of Chitral re-
nown is a most recent instance Of this.
He had served on without remark or spe-
oial distinction and was within an acc Of
Withdrawing into obscure retirement when
he got his opportunity. That Of Sir George
Whyte, the present commander in chief in
India, may also DO quoted, who, at tho be-
Ginning Of the last Afghan war, was only
a rogimental major and within ten years
held, as full general, tic highest military
appointment out Of England. A more re-
narkable case, showing fine military quail
tiles may be dormant and unsupported, is
that Of the late Major Bromhead, one OF
the heroes Of Rorke's Drift. He was actu-
ally left behind at tho base where he So
distinguished himself, while Others were
chosen in preference for service at the
front. Herbert Stewart went TO the front
rapidly by the natural selection of active
service. So did Sir Rodyors Butler and
the late Sir Thomas BAkes after slow pro
motion in their earlier years. Fortnight
10 Reviayv
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-12-20
How wanamaler Keeps Sunday School.


At tho Iato convention Of the Ponnsyl-
vania State Sabbath association John
Wanamaker told how he conducts his big
Sunday school; b" stay in the building,
he said. "frem the close Of the church
service at noon until Sunday school time
in tho afternoon, SO that any who may
wish to talk to me can have the opportu-
nity. When the first bell rings, five min
utes in advance of the time for tho opening
exercises, the teachers are all expected to
be in their places. Next the doors e
locked on the tardy, slow, lazy people, ex-
Guiding them for half hour, or until the
devotional service is ended. The exercises
begin with a sweet service Of song First
the mon and boys sing verse, then the
women and girls, then nltoeether ana SO
on. Every person is encouraged to carry
Ills own Bible and read the lesson from It,.
The whole purpose Of this worship is to
oet nearer 10 God. The exercises mover
begin until the silence is perfect. Order
can and should be had. ] make a mistake
l think, by going oUt and leaving my
school in the hands Of my associates while
teaeh tho ndult Biblo class. 1t is a mis-
take. but grow into it and am not able
TO turn away The superintendent should
bovo nothing else to do but superintend.
He should be able to clinch the lesson,
using illustrations from things in every
day life. The teachers gather at the close
with the superintendent and other officers
and pray for a blessing on the lesson and
work Of the day The business Of the SUI
parintendont's position is 10 bring souls to
Christ, and a superintendent should have
no other object. Tie shouldi TO use RAJ
miliar expression. be just dying to have
folks converted. r-Philadolphia Times.
Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1895-12-20

As l was talking with an old colored
blacksmith in front of his cabin at Chick
amauga a couple of small boys drove up
with "a mule and cart and began to dump
out at the blacksmith shop a lot Of stuff
picked up on tho Battlefield. There were
bullets, buckles, stirrups belt plates, mus
ke5 barrels, rusty swords and bayoncts,
and in the lot was a loaded shell which
had been fired from "A heavy fleldpiece.
When the old man saw thu shell, ho said:
''You git out wild dat yere foolishnoss
Didn't l dun tole you not TO bring any
mo- Of EN- yere?"
One of the boys threw the shell aside,
and then the old man went W n me down
the road to point out some sights Of inter
est. We were gone about half an hour
and were within 100 feet Of tho shop, when
there was a loud explosion. A great hole
was blown ont Of one side, and part Of
the roof was bulgcd up, and The two boys
came stumbling out through tho smoke
and ran against us. The old man grabbed
ono by the arm and whirled him around
and demanded;
"Didn't I dun tolo ye to let dat foolish
ness aloneg'
"She's splodedp' gasped the boy.
SIN co'se she 'spl0ded, an now lie
gwinc to 'splode your
And be drew him to n shade tree, broke
off limb and tanned lis jacket till tho
boy yelled murder Then we entered th'
shop and found it almost wreck. Tn.
boys had placed the shell on an anvil ano
struck Il with the sledge, and the anvil hat
been blown ten feet nway. Miraculous az
it may seem, neither boy was Injured il
tho slightest
Sich triiin can't be aboard, growlef
the old man as 10 hunted around for hli
scattered tools Didn't I dun tole en- e
let dat nonsense DO. Didn't l know da'
dem err Yankees didn't 20 an fill up deil
shells wild co'nmeal an brs uches buttons
OF oo'so she 'sploded. It was her blznoa
to 'splode Now you sot down til fins
Moses an wollop him, an den I'll tell you
what part Of Cat fight ! S ed wild my owl
eyes '-Detroit Free Press.
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Tho clerk looked at him and continues

Tho clerk looked at him and continued
talking to the young woman.
~ am IN a desperate hurry-must catch
a train-no time 10 lose-and win give
you carte blanche, tho youth inter.
ruptod
The young woman consented to wait,
and the clerk replied;
"What kind would you likef'
"No matter what they are, so they are
handsome-some roses and other things
something pretty for her to wear, - he an
swored as the blood mounted to his face,
''and give you carte blanche"
So much stress was laid on the carte
blanche that the salesman seemed encour-
aged and asked the address.
"No. - West Seventh street and have
them there by o'clock She is going
out. Something handsome, carte blanche,
and here is So With these words he put
down the cash, slammed the door and was
Off
The clerk looked at the young woman
and said;
american beauties are $3.50 apiece
and roses 81 a dozen.
"Never mind, " she laughed, "inake it
right for the girl and send the bill to me. ="
Doubtless that youth thinks that city
prices are not so bad after all -Cinoinnat
ENQUIRER.