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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-09

We agree with the friends OF the late
II. j. Hyatt. who was killed al Fort
Gaines last Tuesday night, by a man
named McAlHster. that the case should be
given a much more thorough investigation
than il has yet received The county
Judge at Fort Gaines must have acted
under Misrepresentation Of the law when
ne refused 10 issue a warrant for the
arrest Of McATister. Il is true that the
coroner's jury returned verdict Of tusti-
fable homicide. but the finding OF the
jury cannot be held to be final The inves-
tigation made by the coroner does not
amount to a trial. and it is difficult TO IN
derstand how the county judge could
have regarded it as such Although il
may turn out that the conclusion which
the coroners jury reached was correct.
the friends OF the dead man do not believe
1t is. When they asked for warrant for
Hyatts slayer it ought to have been is
sued.
It is not advisable Of course to comment
upon the killing. because all the facts
may not have been published. The facts
that have been published. however. do not
show that the killing was justifaole.
What we want in this state is a healthier
public sentiment in respect to homicides.
There is too great readiness to excuse
those who take human lfe. particularly
If those who DO the killing are white men.
Every man who takes a human life should
be held to a strict accountability. II his
act was jusuhable or accidental ne should
Of course be held to be blameless, but if it
was premeditated or deliberate, he should
be punished to the fun extent Of the law.
This Fort Gaines case should be very
carefully inquired into. How came Nc
Allister TO go to Hyatt's room? Were they
friends or enemies. or had they no ac-
quaintance whatever with each other?
What took place in the room before
Hyatt was killed? There are questions
which should be satisfactorily answered.
The fact that there was a pistol in Hyatts
hand when his body was discovered
doesn't show that McAnister had right
to shoot him. The breaking in of his door
may have alarmed him. and he may have
got his pistol from his satchel or his
pocket to defend himself. not knowing
what to expect from the effort that was
being made to get into his room.
An appeal, it is said, is to be made by the
dead mans friends to the governor to have
the whole affair carefully investigated. If
the facts are as published, it is rather
surprising that public sentiment at Fort
Gaines has not insisted upon a more
thorough investigation before this.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-09

EASTERN OFFICE. % Park Row. New
York City, c. S. Faulkner. Manager.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-03-09

Letters and kilograms should be adj
dressed MORNING NEWS" Savannah,
Ga.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
At His Brothers. Grave.

Rev. Thomas K. Beecher Of Elmira long
has been noted for his eccentricities. and
never was he more peculiar than in his
address the other day in Brooklyn at the
funeral of his brother, Rev. DR.. Edward
Stepping to the edge of the plat
form and gazing down at the coffin, he
said: Edward Beecher born Of Roxanna
Foote and Lyman Beecher. Jesus was born
of woman; you were born Of woman; Jesus
lived and suffered; you lived and suffered
Jesus laid down His hfe and you have laid
down your life. An avalanche does not
stop for tiny gravestone. It's not
written that life shall stop for such a
trifle as death. HencefoIth We know you
no more after the flesh. This Was the il
Elimination of the early Christian. I am
able to tell you that death, as business
men phrase 1t, has been discounted daily
fer years in this mans life. I would not
have you ignorant The Lord shall appear
in the heavens with shout and with the
archangels of heaven. The dead shall rise
and shall be caught up to meet the Lord.
Let us learn the letters of our alphabet
I am the Alpha and the Omega Let US
be steadfast, immovable. Our labor in the
Lord is not In vain. Deny yourselves
worldly lusts as this man did. Live So
berIy and righteously, looking for the
blessed end and for Jesus Christ. who gave
himself for us that He might purify us for
himself. 1 had brother, but have one
who ranks him by 1900 years. my elder
brother. and every one - you Is his
brother"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
ABOUT RED TAPE.
He Claimed to Unde rstand Methods of
Government Business.

He Claimed to Unde rstand Methods of
Government Business.
From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The late Chief Justice Watts was one of
the famous characters of New Mexico in
early days. He had occasion at one time
to address a communication to the Secre-
tary Of the Interior on the subject of In
dian affairs in the territory. When he had
covered some forty pages Of legal cap with
his views. he concluded, as follows:
Now, Mr.. Secretary, will you ever see
this communication? Not a bit of 1t.
will tell you the probable fate of this COM
munication. 1t will arrive in Washington
by due course of mail; it will then be taken
from the post office to the Interior Depart
ment, where it will fail into the hands Of
some clerk, who will take it from the en-
velope, glance over it, place it in a pigeon
hole, and go out to take a drink. When
he returns, he will have forgotten this COM
munication; but some fine morning, after
he has cooked up his feet on the govern
ment mahogany and read the morning pa
ment, he will remember this communica-
tion will take it from the pigeoa-hole and
read 1T, or glance over it,and indorse there
on, This is a communication from John S.
Watts of New Mexico, on the subject of
Indian affairs. John S. Watts not being on
officer of this department, land not being
officially connected with the1 conduct Of In
dian affairs, this communication requires
no action 1t will then be replaced in the
pigeon-hole, where twill remain until the
crack of doom. Very respectfully, etc."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10

to Blackstone Island, which gets Its ap-
pelation, no doubt, from one of the royal
governors of Maryland. 1t is probably enc
of a chain of islands which several CEN
turtles ago extended for fifteen or twenty
miles down the river. including st. Georges
Island, and were known to the first ex-
plorers as the Heron Islands. There are
only two left. the others having been eaten
away by the constant erosive action of the
river, the effects of which are plainly visi-
BILE in the present day
Twelve miles further on is Piney Point
There the river Is at least seven miles
wide Along the Maryland shore lies ST.
Georges Island. which trends for three CT
four miles northeast and southwest, At the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
A COHBATIVE ROOSTER.
Spreading the Gospel in Maine Under
Difficulties.

spreading the Gospel In Maine Under
Difficulties.
From the Portland Daily Press,
One of the agents of the American Bible
Society recently related the following ex-
traordinary incident of his trip through
Franklin county, from which he had just
returned. There is a; small farming com
munity up there among the hills, some
what remote from the regular routes of
travel, and which is known in the vicinity
as the Back Kingdom"
The Bible agent visited this neighbor-
hood and walked up into the dooryard of
the first house. There seemed to be no one
at home. but before he had time to knock
at the door he was surprised and startled
by most ferocious and unexpected at
tack.
A big Plymouth Rock rooster came at him
like battering ram, with lowered bill and
Tapping wings. The Bible agent recovered
himself and kicked out franticalH at the
enemy. Luckily his foot struck it in the
breast and over went the rooster. But the
fierce old clatterer was up and at him again
like a fash.
This time a well-directed kick sent the
bird rolling ovei and over. But it gathered
itself together for another rush, and the
Bible agent seized hoe that was leaning
against the house and raised it on high.
This somew hat daunted the rooster 1t
stopped short, raised itself on its toes, gave
utterance to three defiant crows. and then
retreated IN good order with a stately
tread.
The Bible agent found that there was
robody in the house. AS he continued on
his way he soon met scme men in the hay
field. He shouted out: 'Lcok here, If you
don't look out fer that rooster of yours
he'll kill somebody or get killed himself"
At this time the men almost rolled on the
ground with laughter. One of them came
up and explained that the boys had SO
r,la oil or haf ha Had
become as ugly and aggressive as any
savage watchdog.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10

White and Altman. who came from Eng
land with Calvert. st. Georges Island was
formerly embraced within the grant. The
manor was established almost contem-
poraneously with the founding of st.
Mary's. The Jesuits' mansion was built on
level promontory lying between the river
and st. Inigoes creek a beautiful stream
flowing into st. Marys from the east.
This house was burned in 1865, and with
1T many of the valuable documents belong
Ing to the grantees of the manor. 1t was
a casteliated structure of imposing appear
ance. The building of today is plain but
commodious, and large enough to accom-
modate the hundred or more PRIESTS and
scholastics who resort to the placa an
nually during the hot months for reerea-
ton. They come from the theological sem
tnaries, principally from Woodstock Col
iege, toward county, and, on the occasion
of my visit, they were enioyipg all the
healthful amusements of their delightful
retreat, such as bathing. rowing and ex-
erctses in the woods and fields which sur
round the mansion
There are sturdy oarsmen auo,o +b.,,
Tor the st. 1nigoes' boat is frequently seen
miles away on the Potomac. Several veara
ago the house was struck by lightning and
building is structure rebuilt on the site
of much older edifice, which was used a
Q chapel until one was erected in the woods
on the bank of pretty little creek.
Talk With an Antiquarian.
From st. Inigoes my canoe bore me to
the opposite side of the river, where 1 call
ed upon Mr.. ]. Edwin Coad, descendant
of a color ial family and a gentleman of
the old school. Mr.. Coad is an antigua
rian and we'll posted on the history of the
section. Adjoining his place was the man
or of the Hebb family.
"Col. Hebb," said Mr. Coad, Sailed with
the Maryls nders and Virginians, among
whom was Capt. Lawrence Washington,
in the expedition of Admiral Vernon
against Spanish America in 1741. You will
recall that Great Britain. in 174O, had de-
clared war against Spain for interfering
with British trade in the West Indies, and
Admiral Vernon was dispatched to tha
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upper extremity 1t is separated from the
mainland by a narrow strait. 1t broadens
out into wide expanse of water, known
as st. Georges river, which re-enters the
main stream at the southern end Of the
island, opposite to the mouth of st. Marys
river. The island has been for many
years popular summer resort for Wash
fnSton people. 1t is a part of st. Marys
county and originally constituted st.
Georges hundred, established in 1857. To
the westward, dimly seen across the wide
river, are the shores of Westmoreland,
where Washington was born and spent the
early days of his youth.
Within the limits of ST. Mary's county
began the history of the province of Mary
land. The foundations of the government
OF the lords proprietary were laid in ST.
Marys city, which from 1884 to 1854 was
the center of the religious social and po-
htical activity of the province. The rise
and fall of that little community is one of
the most remarkable and interesting cpl
sodes in American history. Some of the de-
scendants of the pioneers are to be found in
st. Marys county today, still residing with
in the limits of the ancient manors, in
houses built more than a century ago, but
this county, depending for it's prosperity
largely on agricultural resources, was
grievously affected by the changes resulting
from the civil war. 1t is, however, too
highly favored by nature to be much
longer neglected.
Ancient ST. Mary's.
1t was beautiful day In July when I
set out from St. Georges Island for St.
Mary's in canoe, manned by a typical
sailor of the lower Potomac, to follow the
course taken 2G1 years ago by the colonists
under Leonard Calvert. We came in a
quarter of an hour to the mouth of ST.
Marys. which spreads out into a bay. of
which the early chronicler wrote that it
could harbor 800 ships of thousand tons.
Looking northward there is seen wide
eIparse of water. bordered with forest
except where the woods are broken by
meadows and cultivated fields and habita-
tons. In the distance headlands jut out
into the river, and beyond is a semi-circle
OF hills crowned with trees. 1t Is not the
same view that met the eyes of Leonard
Calvert and mis- companions, for the primi-
tive forests have been thinned out, and the
banks have worn away.
On the eastern shore the house of the
Jesuits, called st. Inigoes, after the Span
fish form Of st. Ignatius, stands out in re-
lief against the background of pines. All
the land along the river for miles belongs
to the order, being part of the 10000 acres
granted by the lord proprietary to Fathers
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
The Cook Became an Amazon.

From the New York Press
MY gooo Wife sent south a year ago for a
domestic servant of color who could do the
cooking, ironing and washing for our smau
FAMILY of four. She came from Asheville
and weighed, should say, not less than ao0
pounds when she arrived. We did not
work her very hard. We waited on her
most diligently, for we both were afraid she
might get homesick and leave us. But an
our efforts were in vain. A week ago she
departed, informing us she had found an
easier place. Yesterday George, my eldest
son, thought trip to Coney Island would
enliven us. We rode on all the trick rail-
roads and went down the chutes We shot
at the balls and threw at the cats Finally
we brought up before the Dahofney village.
and went in to see the sixteen genuine
amazons" advertised on the bunting out
side. There on the left end of the row sat
our Mary. But for her color she would
have blushed at sight Of US. As it was,
she hid her face in her hands. and dropped
her wicked spear and rawhide shield We
said nothing. We looked and departed for
home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
GOLD LINING IN RATS.
Yellow Metal Found in Rodents and
SavaNts Take the Tip.

SaVaMtS rake the V1p.
From the Chicago Tribune.
In forming a company for the extraction
of gold from the microbes which are sup
posed to attach themselves to that metal
in countless millions mature Frenchmen
seem to have stolen an idea from thrifty
Yankee boys.
1. b. Lake, representative of the Wall
than Watch Company in this city, says
it is common practice for the boys in
watch and jewelry factories to kill rats
and burn their bodies to get the gold from
them, and that the amount thus obtained
IN the course of a year is considerable
In every large plant like that of the Wal
imam watch Company many oiled rags are
USED IN Furnishing watch cases, and in
ellie become strongly impregnated with
solo- Inc boys about the factories are sup
posed to keep these rags out of reach Of
the rats. but they don't do SO. on the
contrary, knowing the keen appetite of the
rooents Tor everything greasy the bows
careiessiy leave these rubbing rags lying
ABOUT where the rats can get at them and
eat them. Six month of this kind of diet
nils the interior mechanism of the rat with
a. gold plating he cannot get rid of. 1t
SUCKS TO him closely, and so long as the SUD-
ply of oily rags holds out the rat sticks to
ire factory. In order to make sure the vora-
cious RODENTS will have an indueenaent to
gorge themselves with gold. sharp boys
iuncheons on the floors and rub them we'll
INTO the wood by shutting their feet on it.
Al night the rats come out and nibble the
noorlng. They don't care for the gold in
II, put the grease attracts them, and in
getting at the grease they take a dressing
OF gold with 1t.
Twice year the boys have a grand
round up. Rats are caught by the hun
dreds, and after being killed are put into
crucfble and burned. The intense heat
drives off ali animal substances, leaving the
gold IN the shape of a button. The amount
collected In this way depends upon the
number OF rats the boys can catch. It is
nardly large enough to attract an invest
ment of capital, but 1t gives the ingenious
youngsters considerable pocket money and
encourages business tactics In some fac
tories there are young Napoleons who buy
up in advance the shares of their fellow
workers In the rat colony. A scarcity Ct
rats Will depress the price of futures, while
an overplus will advance it. Sharpers who
understand these conditions are accused of
having at times caused an artificial search
ty or oversupply, as it might be to their
interest to bull or bear the market
The French discoveries ares little be-
nind the times with their microbe scheme.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
A Word to the Married.

The world is not big enough for the sue
cessful disagreement of a man and wife,
They may part, but it is not success; it is
failure. Both must carry away the marks
of it, and whatever may happen, neither is
quite as good as before. In spite of divorce
laws and all easements of that sort, we
have contrived to make a deeply serious
business of marriage. We ought to applaud
those who succeed in 1t, because success Is
SO indispensably necessary.
I declare that am personally grateful to
married people who get on conspicuously
well. They are a reassuring spectacle In
society, and as a part of society / take
comfort In knowing them and am obliged to
them for existing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10

south with a great fleet and about 25,00O
sailors and soldiers under Wentworth. Vol
unteers from the colonies Joined the expe-
dition, and with them went Col. Hebb and
young Washington, who was appointed a
captain Of infantry. PortobeIlo was taken
and Cartha gena tombarded, but the Brit
ish were repulsed with immense loss and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10

T A L l s T 1 c 8 o F
death. both natural
and violent. and out
breaks of disease
both mental and ply
steal. are to be col
lected weekly at the
weather bureau. from
a thousand or more
of cities and towns
scattered throughout
every state and ter
ritory. These will be
studied with refer
nnca tn tho uyaathov
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
Site Of What Was Once the Capital
of Maryland.
4 CHURCH BUILT OF HISTORIC BRICK
Where the Order of Jesuits Have
a Summer Home.
MON UMENT TO CALVERT


o RIVER IN THIS
country Is more in
teresting historically
and physically than
the Potomac; along
its banks are to be
found the landmarks
which recall the most
important events, and
from it's source to
the Chesapeake 1t
presents every vari-
ETY. of scenic beauty.
Dighty miles below
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
The Wffe,a Wish.

From the Detroit Free Press.
He"Madam, your husband is liberal to
a fault"
She-'T wish 1 were q fault"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
She Was Particular,

From Judge.
Let us go to the beach and battle" said
Mrs. WHEELS to Mrs. TaddelIs.
Thank you, but prefer not. I think IL
is unSanitary under present conditions.
When individual oceans are provided for
bathers will go in"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10

Homestead strike of kSR and the great
Chicago strike Of last year, all three were
begun in July Similar facts are eonspic-
for instance, in France. July included the
attack of the Bastile, diei fall of the Bour-
bons and the declaration of war on Prussia.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10

With but little care and no trouble the beard
and mustache can be kept a uniform brown or
black color BY using Buckinghams DYE for thaI
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-08-10
Effect Of Storm and Sunlight on
the Body.
CRIME AND TIE SEASONSOF TEE YEAR
Some Interesting Studies to Be
Made by the Weather Bureau.
EIGN STATS TICS
Written for The Evening Star.

TATISTICs oF
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All right, them assented Ted "You
find out what it shall be, and III helm do
Tell you what" exclaimed R,lv sud
denly, lets stay awake till all the lights
are out In the village houses, and then sniII
the ley, Whole lot into the gutter"
MneW whlstled Ted. ''That'n take an
awful lot of work, and tools, too-"
Iwont take anything but big gimlet
and lot of courage and little time" in
| terrupted Billy.
''Weu," said Ted, I'll supply a pin,lat-
and some of the time"
You may count On me for the courage. {"
| said Billy, grandly. Besides 1 know lust
| how to tap barrels, because my father
| once showed me how"
| The corps separated for an hour or two
| to get gimlets and await the delivery OF the
| barrels at the store. The members rem
| dezvoused, an hour or two later, at a shed
| not FAR from the store, just in time to see
| the teamster drive away after depositine
his last load. Then Billy climbed a. tree,
| looked the village over, and reported that
| not single light was visible anywhere,
About that time the church clock struck
| eleven
I'VE may as well begin" said Billy, "for
| the heads Of whisky barrels are of oak.
and oak is awfufiy hard to bore with a
| gimlet.'
THE twelve wicked, law-defying barrels
| lay in a row on the sidewalk, so the bows
| began at the ends and worked toward each
| other. In a couple of minutes Ted ap-
| proac he'd Billy and whispered:
| Say, If whisky tastes as awful as 1t
| smells, I can't understand how men can
drink it,
| They couldn't, IL their tastes weren't
| depraved-that's what the temperance lee
| turer said. Go on boring"
A moment or two later Billy slipped up
| to Ted and remarked:
Say, the ground slopes in my direction
| and the whisky from your barrel is rum.
| ming all over my feet. wonder a person
| can get drunk by absorbing the vile stun
I through his skinT
Goodness! / hope not" exclaimed Ted
fer my feet are soaked already. Haifn'i
| we better stop until We fad out7'
mo. Let's work all the harder, on sus-
nicion-" aatd Billie. "WhAn kAi' 49, II
Omaha daily bee., 1895-03-21
MY DAUGHTER LEARNED TO COOK.
Good housekeeping.

Good Housekeeping.
We used to have old-fashioned things, like
hominy and greens.
We used to have Just common soup, made
out of pork and beans;
But now it's boullion consomme and things
made from a book
And Pot au Feu and Julienne, since my
daughters learned to cook.
We used to have a piece of beef-just ordi-
nary meat
And picked pigs feet, spareribs, too, and
other things to eat;
While now it's fillet and ragout, and leg of
mutton braised,
And macaroni au gratin, and Sleeps head
Holandaised:
that
And sweetbread a la Dieppoise-it's enough
to kill a cat! 10
But while j suffer deeply invariably look
AS II were delighted cause my daughters
learned TO cook.
We have a lot of salad things, with dressing
mayonnaise,
In place of oysters. Blue Points fricasseed
dozen ways.
And orange Roley Policy float, and peach
meringue, alas,
Enough to wreck stomach that Is made or
plated brass!
The good old things have passed away, in
silent, sad retreat
We've lots of highfalutin things, but moth
ing much to eat
And while never say word. and always
pleasant look,
You bet I've had dyspepsia since my daugh-
ter's learned to cook.