The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-16

rnischievous and saucy Of his race. Chain
ed 70 a tree near the sidewalk he hides
himself among the bougns until ne sees
a strange darby approaching. As the OAR
ky arrives underneath the monkey swings
down, his tail securely fastened TO the
limb. seizes his victims hat, swings back
into the tree with II and there chuckles
and chatters until he has attracted a crowd
TO enjoy the fun Another OF mis- anus
ing feats is eating watermelons whicn ne
does by running down the tree, nlo4ilns
a little at time and flying back as II he
were stealing.
ThomasviHe Times Enterprise: Wah
HOochce's camp meeting on the southern
outskirts Of the town draws inn
night. The meetings have been in
progress about two weeks. At these meet
ings, when the preliminarles are over ana
a hymn sung ParsOn Smith notifies Wan
HOOchce, the Indian preacher, that every
thing is ready for him. Wah HOochee
emerges from his box and walks with
slow and measured tread 10 the center OF
the rOstrum where the pulpit always COW
cred with flowers, is located. He bows
first TO the cOiored side OF the audience,
and then TO the white. He Is usually ele-
gantly attired. his long. straight black hair
hanging down his back and fastened to-
Eether at the end with a bow OF red rib
bon On his head he wears crown or
head-dress Of beads. His linen looks white
and clean and he wears the long minis
terial black coat As he opens the Bible
and begins to read in low and deliberate
voice he picks up a rather gayly colored
japanese fan which he plies vigorously for
Few minutes. Wah HOOchee, although
full-blooded Indian, makes himself under
stood, though he gets mixed up on some OF
his words and his grammar cannot be said
TO be perfect he proceeds with his dis
course in a deliberate manner for While,
gradually warming up until towards the
close he raves and rants. stamps the floor
and shouts. But he carries the crowd with
him, at least the colored portion of it, and
when he begins to rant great many OF
rrfF md aa ri
sight to see two or three dozen shouting
at one time and as many more endeaVoring
TO hold them They flock TO the mourner's
bench by the hundreds.
Rome Tribune: Since the inception OF the
project to establish the Gordon Chemical
COmpany's wood alcohol mandatory
at Round Mountain, there have been many
misgivings In regard TO the drainage from
the works into the COosa river. If the
slack liquor drained off into the CoOsa.
opposite Round Mountain. contains creO-
sote, as Is feared, owners of steamboats,
viii have to be careful to avoid the Vola-
tile tiuid. II is death on boilers and ma
chinery and when floating on tine sur
face of the water there is danger that
Il VIII be taken up by the pumps and ind
its way into the boilers and the joints of
the machinery. 1t is very destructive
upon the interiors of boilers, eating its
way through the iron very rapidly, and
its corrosive effects upon machinery are
equally destructive. The only way to OBJ
viatC the trouble, should the presence of
creosOte be detected In the lees of the dis
tillery, is TO stop taking water four or
five miles below the point where the pipe
enters the river and steam with the sup
ply in the boilers to a point above the
danger line The machinery of the iron
company will be equally endangered If
the creosOte Is emptied above where It's
supply pipes enter the river. This trouble
will have to be considered and Obviated.
1t is claimed by some that there will
be no residue of the dangerous and de-
structive oil "a the lees from the distille-
rles and that there will not be any creo-
sOte evolved In the process Of distillation.
II is hoped that this will be the case as It's
causes a lot of trouble. Meanwhile, the
projectors of the plant are hard at work
getting ready for business. and in "A few
months the mandatory will be running
In fun blast with thirty ovens, the Round
Mountain Iron Company taking all the
charcoal turned out to be used in reduc-
ing Its ore.