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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04
SOME LUCKY FINDINGS,
Apparently Worthless Objects for
Which Collectors Pay Large Sums.


From the New York Evening Sun.
Lucky finds of curios that have brought
goodly sums of money to their discoveries
happen frequently" said a stamp collec-
tor. Every collector of postage stamps
has had experience in this line or knows
of the finds of friends.
Sometime ago 1t was chronicled that
the original plate for printing the stamps
issued by the postmaster of Providence.
r. l., back in the '4Os. had been discov-
cred 1t was sold by the finder for a neat
sum in four figures.
"A schoolboy not long ago, in a small
stamp collection he had purchased. found
3O-cent United States stamp of the issue
of 1869, in two colors, with a portion of
the design printed in one of the colors in
verted, OF upside down, instead of nor
NAL The collection had cost him So. The
same stamp has since been sold for $50
Some of the revenue stamps which
used to come on match boxes and patent
medicine bottles are now very rare Col
lectors who, years, ago. took certain vari-
ties off the original boxes and bottles have
since sold them for $50 or 800. They cost
their possessors nothing but the trouble
of soaking them from their resting places
Finds of rare coins are not so common
as discoveries of rare stamps, but occas-
lonally some one runs across q rarity in
P4OuS IlllS III lHe ueiuS OF III tearing down
an old house.
The dollar of 1904 is. perhaps, the rarest
OF United States coins, in value running
from 800 up. II is said that some of these
have been found by accident
Not long ago a great auk's egg was
sold in England for 300 guineas. which
oTiginally was bought for f.2 from
French fisherman. 1t is thought that
some eggs of this extinct bird may vet
be hanging undiscovered among strings
of eggs in the fishing novels of the New
II Ilrff fah
Lucky finds also include the discovery
of meteoric stones. Such stones have
brought big sums to their discoveries. An
expert recognizes them by their fused
skinlike covering, but farmers. no doubt,
have ploughed many of them up and
thrown them aside as pebbles.
"A few years ago a small meteoric
stone, worth 800, was lost by George r
kunz, the gem expert of Tiffany & Co,
the jewellers, in an elevated railroad train
1t did not turn up in the host property
room. Though reward was Offered,
nothing was ever heard of it, and its III
| innate resting place was, doubtless, the
ash bin"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04
THE DOCKED TAIL FAD. i
Its Day Is said to BE Passing Away.
Nothing to Commend 1t.
From the Philadeiphia. Press.


Chopping off horses tails still seems to
be lad" among some ultra-fashionable
people. Among the horsemen, men-and
even women, for that matter-who admire
the noblest of brutes, ii is believed that
the sun of dock-tailed horse is setting
never to rise again. The practice is cruel
and extremely barbarous, and serves no
useful purpose. 1t not only deprives the
horse of its beauty but also of its means
OF defense against its persistent enemies.
the flies.
The general public has vague idea that
the law prohibits the practice of docking
horses tails-or rather that the law seeks
to prohibit the practice. The fact that the
law has not done altogether what ii was
hoped 1t would do is plainly shown by the
number of horses with locked tails which
are seen daily on the Streets
Shorn of their beauty, with their stunnns
of tails elevated in the air. the poor crea-
lures jog along with general appearances
of depression, as If utterly ashamed of
themselves. There are few cases on record
of dock-tailed horses running away. Dock
ing horses tail will take all the proud
spirit out of the animal in almost every in
stance. A dock-tailed horse makes proba-
bly, safe animal for a timid young girl. or
young man whose nerves have been
weakened by excessive Notwithstanding
to drive. There are few full-grown men
who would risk making themselves look
ridiculous by holding the lines over a
dock-tailed horse.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04

immediate cause of Mr.. Switzer's death
was drOpsy.
About two weeks ago evidences that
the pear blight had made IL appearance on
trees growing at Pensacola were discov-
cred, and since then the fruit growers have
been very much exercised about the mat
ter Prof. M b. Waite recommends that
all in fected branches be Topped Off
The case of Lettie Dixon, charged with
the murder of Josephine Johnson last
December at West Palm Beach, was be-
gun at Juno Thursday. The case is at
tracing a great deal of attention. The
Dixon woman has been indicted by the
grand jury for murder in the first degree.
Cooper's hotel at NicNeekin was de-
stroyed by fire Wednesday morning at 2
O'Clock. This was one of the largest no
tells in that section of the state and ac-
commodated many northern people dur
ing the winters. 1t was situated on a
hill on the north side of the Florida South
ern track. II was not learned whether
or not the property was insured The
building was worth about $1,000. 1t was
frame structure.
Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue
j. a. Harrison and Deputy Marshal Glack-
meyer of Pensacola seized about 1000
pounds of leaf tobacco Wednesday in the
possession of G.. Neri and G. Marassa Il
Co, for violation of section 1856, revised
statutes. The parties named were arrest
ed and brought before United States Com
mission Tunison and released on bond
1t is said they were acting in good faith,
but under a misrepresentation of the terms
of the law.
The British government has presented
Capt. Chadwick with a handsome silver
mounted pair of marine glasses, inscrib-
ed as follows: Presented by the British
government to a. d. Chadwick master
of the schooner Henry Souther of Thomas
ton, Me, U, S. A, in acknowledgment of
his humanity and kindness to the crAw of
the schooner Violin of Kingston, jana
lea, which was dismasted In the Gulf of
Mexico on the 22d of September, 1894
Bronson Democrat: Last Saturday it
was announced that DIR. S. Bean would
preach the following day in the Evangeli-
cal church. but when the doctor demand
ed the key for that purpose, Sol Bachman,
who has possession, refused to give 1t UP.
Sunday morning the church was not open
few who gathered to attend service had
the novel experience of standing while the
preacher delivered his discourse from the
church steps. Unless there shall be an
corning the control of the church prop
erty a law suit win probably grow out of
it.
Jacksonville Times-Union: The latest
rumor in railroad circles is that H. b.
Plant of the Plant system Is not alone
looking at the Jacksonville, Tampa and
Key West with longing eyes, and squeez-
ing 1t to get it, but that he is getting it,
and that when the time comes for ii to
go on the block, If that time does come,
that he VIII bob up as the owner of more
than half of the first mortgage bonds.
The rumor, in fact, has il that Mr. Plant
has already arranged with a mercantile
trust company of the north, holding these
bonds, for controlling interest in them,
and that the trust company, in view of
the duress surrounding the road, was will
ing to part with them at figures advantag-
eous TO Mr.. Plant
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04

See what the Peoples
Great Money Savers and
Cash House can do.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04
FLORIDA.

The State Dental Association is in ses-
sion al Tampa.
The new Catholic church at Hawthorn
viii be dedicated tomorrow.
NJ. Davis of DeLand is selling out his
dry goods store, and will move to Tam
pa for good.
postoffice is to be established in the
northwest portion of St. Johns county,
TO be known as Evavtlle, with Miss Eva
Zim as postmistress.
Sevepty-five convicts were received at
the convict camps at Albion during the
month of April. This is the largest num-
Der received in one month for many years
West Tampa has adopted a charter and
will not unite with Tampa. The new
cigar town will incorporate and make
its own contracts for public improve
ments.
Judge Broom has appointed John Fro
hawk to take the. place of JEFF Kurtz
as sheriff of Nolusia county until the
vacancy is filled by appointment from the
governor.
While Mrs J. n Broughton of Pensa-
cola was out Wednesday burglars broke
into her residence, corner Fourth street
and Sixth avenue, and carried off a. lot of
clothing, Jewelry and other valuables.
The carpenters of Tampa, who are
strong in numbers, consider the nine-hour
day preferable to the ten hours during the
summer months. Some of the contractors
have signifled their willingness to the pro-
position.
Orlando from San Antonio, Tex, and
purchased the drug business of DR.. j. N.
Butt on Orange avenue, has closed a
trade for DR.. r. II. Pears business on
Pine street.
The Plant Investment Company has
purchased the Pinellas hotel property.
at Point Pinellas. The company contem-
plates building a fine hotel and an cleo
trio road connecting with st. Petersburg,
one ana a half miles distant.
A thorough canvass of the votes cast by
the property holders at the election al
Tampa Thursday for bonds for a tempo
rary loan reveals the lightest vote cast
at Tampa since ii was village. How
ever, the majority clearly showed the
general feeling; out of 20 votes 260 were
for the bonds. The contract for the bridge
was let to the Florida Dredging Company
by the former council just before their
retirement. The estimated cost was SO.
900, the contractors agreeing to build the
bridge at cost price, providing that They
be allowed per cent. on the cost for doing
the work.
The fourth dividend of the defunct Gulf
National Bank of Tampa was paid Phurs-
day by Receiver j. b. Anderson. This es-
tablishes much credit for Mr.. Anderson
as this s. per cent. that has now been paid
is a most enviable record for him as a re-
ceiver.
Tobias Switzer, father of c. r. Swift
zer, vice president of the First National
sank OF Orlando, died Thursday mornine
8t the latters residence near Winter
Fark' In the list year of his age. The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04

of commerce has also been felt in the
fertilizer trade. The large cotton CROP
and the low prices it brought have de-
ferred many from using fertilizers as
largely as usual. The sales this season
will barely amount to one-half of the usual
annual sales, the business is neverthe-
less good one, and has always left a
good margin Of profit.
With SaVannahs great facilities II
ought to be able to command and supply
the whole of the demand existing in Ita
territory and not share it with other
nOinfS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04
Belgian Dogs Servants of Men.
From the Westminster Gazette


In this country the dog is really, in nine
cases out of ten, the master Of the man.
In Belgium, however, his status is very
different. One of the first things that i'm
presses the stranger in Brussels is the i'm
menSe number of dogs employed in draw
ing barrows and small carts about the
streets. In the capital alone over 10, 900
dogs are so engaged and the number of
draught dogs in the whole country is prob
ably not less than so 600. Generations of
race apart. For his size he is said to pos
seSs the greatest pulling power of any
animal four times his own weight being
considered a load well within his powers
dred weight this means that something
like 5000 tons are daily dragged about by
canine labor in Belgium.
The economic Importance of the Belgian
dog, and his inability TO give effective ex-
preston to his own grievances have
caused the Royal Society for the Pro-
lection of Animals to undertake an agi-
tation for the ameloration of his lot 1t
is urged that at present overlooking and
cruelty are much too common and that in
portunity of resting when the cart or
barrow is not actually in motion. Among
the reforms demanded are % the abolition
of the whip, and severe penalties against
the brutal practice of kicking tired-out
dogs; (0 the raising of the minimum
shoulder hight from twenty to twenty-five
inches; 90 a penalty against drunkenness
when in charge, and against the employ
ment of children as drivers, and "a the
compulsory arrangement of harness and
shafts so as to permit the animals to
lie down when the vehicle is at rest Al
though there is no demand as yet for an
eight-hour day. there can be no doubt that
the adoption of these points in the charter
OF canine emancipation will be hailed with
gratitude by many thousands of the dumb
interchangeable workers concerned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04

Our Ladies 81 Oxfords
are equal to any So Shoe
sold.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04

-Captain-Sergeant, note down Private
Grasgrun three days on bread and water
for slovenly turn out on parade.
SerseaHt-Beg pardon, captain that
won't make the slightes difference to him;
he's a Vegetarian.
Captain-What? Then put him for three
days on mutton broth and beef.-German
paper
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-05-04
Morning News Ads. As Drummers.
From the Griffin GA News.

FROM the Grimm (Ga) News.
c. NJ. Gilbert & Co of Savannah, i'm
porters of Portland ceAent may sell
all the cement used in the building of
the new cotton factory in Griffin, if
prices are made right If they do, it
VIII be through a three-fourths inch ad-
vertisement in the last corner of an in
side page of the Savannah News. More
than that it Will not be through a COPY
OF the paper sent to a regular subscriber
but through a copy on the exchange
list, generally rated by advertisers as of
no account. For an officer of the Griffin
Manufacturing Company, who is getting
prices from various sources preparatory
TO making the necessary purchases for
the building, came up to the News and
sun Office yesterday morning, and look
ing over the columns of our Savannah
contemporary at once found what he
wanted. If Gilbert & Co. S advertisement
had not been there they would doubtless
not have had an offer to make a bid
1t is hard to estimate the far-reaching
effects of even the smallest and most
obscure advertisements in a newspaper
The paper goes TO many people that
even the publisher knows not Of and
nearly every copy is read by people who
are not subscribers. The advertisements
attract the attention of many. and even
If not interested in the line of business
of the advertiser they often call the at
tention of others 10 them. And if any
body wants to know anything about any
business in a town his first thought is
to look over the advertising columns of
the paper published in that place.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-30
UN-"sOUND MONEY" MEN,

These Are the Men Who Have Bs
Clamoring for "Sound, Honest MOneJ
The bank at Norborne, Ohio, and The
Carrolton county bank, are both in ID
hands of receivers.
Depositors have begun criminal pro
ceedlDgs against the Merchants NJ
tional bank, unsound, at Seat4
Washington.
L T. Parrish, cashier of the banks
Orrick, Mo has gone, and $50, OOOaR
hard, clammy dollars left the sane
day.
@. D. Davies, manager, of the bank
at East Peru, Iowa, has escaped With
1913 900 belonging to %depositors.
The bank du People, at MontGea
Canada, has closed it's doors. On July
9Th it reported S., $50, 869 deposits, end
it is believed that this has all been
stolen,
An Ioway banker escaped with @'
900 a few days ago, He carried ti
money in a valise. This amount d
silver would weigh something Like
1000 pounds, hence you can readily
see that such money don't suit bankaS
No wonder they claim it is not goi
abroad. But it is good at home.
s B Andrews, cashier of the detuDS
First National bank, Texarkana, TeI9
is under a bond of $40, 900 for making
false returns to the comptroller OF ''
of the United States.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-30
EQUIPMENT.

On June 80, 1894, the total number
of locomotives was 50, 492, an increase
during the year of 7O4. OF these, 1898
were passenger locomotives; 90, 00C
were freight locomotives; 5,086 were
switching locomotives; and 513 we're
unclassified. The totalnumber of cars
reported was 1878. O78. OF these,
33,O18 we're in passenger service; 1. 2G5,
1863 were in freight service; and SO. 891
yer caboCs3, derrick, gravel, officers.
pay, and other cars in the company's
servic9. These figures do not include
C srs owned by shippers or private in
dividuAls. The increase in the number
of carr during the year was 4, 1872, as
against an increase of So, 1854 during
the previous year. Tnis falling off in
the ratio of increase is due to the fact
that the railways have during the year
destroyed a large number of old, worn
out cars. The number of passengers
carried per passenger locomotive was
SO, $50, and the passenger miles per
passenger locomotive were 1,444 400.
The number of tons carried per freight
locomotive WIGS 81, 900, and the ton
miles per freight locomotive were
4,016 755. With the exception of the
item of passengers carried, these fig
ures show a decrease in the efficiency
of locomotives. The number of pass
enger cars per 1000, 900 passengers was
So, and the number of freight cars per
1 900 600 tons Of freight was 1888.
During the year /, $40 locomotives and
o 1886 cars were fitted with train
brakes, and 1,197 locomotives and "a,
1876 cars were fitted with automatic
couplers. While the gain in the use of
both these safety appliances is largely.
in excess of the increase of equipment
during that year, it cannot be con-
sidered as showing a marked tendency
toward C mpliance with the law, as
"a so per cent. of the total co Iipment
is still without train brakes and 70 II
per cent without automatic couplers
The law requires that all equipment
shall be supplied with these safety ap-
planes before January, 1895, while it
requires thatall cars chould be provided
with grab i ons or hand holds and
drawbars of a standard height by
July 1, 1895
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-30
STIRRING UP THE ANIMALS

Our editorial last week about the
editor of the NeuCs and Observer and
his contempt of court, drew some fire.
We don't think the editor himself had
the courage to say anything, but the
gathering of his party bosses probably
screwed his courage up. He says his
paper is free from corporate influence.
We wish we had further proof of this
No matter who nor how many his
stockholders there are, il they or any
of them have assisted and encouraged
him in his attack upon the Supreme
court they ought to share in his u
ishment. He talks about the doors of
the penitentiary swinging open for
some shining lights of fusion. Suchma-
licious attacks upon the highest court
in the State may result in the swing
ing open of the prison doors for him.
We are in possession Of facts that indi-
cate that the NetCs and Observer is I'M
der corporate influences, We think
we are on the track of some more facts,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-30
SAVE THE FRUIT CROP.

The berry crop is a magnificent one.
Grapes will yield pretty we'll. The ap
pie, peach and pear crop will hardly
be up to the average, in quality, but
the quantity will, to some degree, com
pensate for the r-!erior grade.
All this fruit ought to be saved.
much of the berry crop has been
marketed to good advantage, in S ome
sections moderately good prices were
obtained. Some berries were dried
and canned. The peach and apple
crop ought to be treated in the same
way. In gathering fruit for market
get none but the best. Don't offer in
ferior fruit for sails anywhere.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-30
RAILROAD MONOPOLY AND POS.
TAI DEFICIT.

U. s. Senator Villas was at one time
Postmaster General, and in a speech in
the Senate last session Go which the
Twentieth Century calls attention), he
stated that, while the total value of
the 74O railroad postal Jars was only
$1,000, 600, g 600. 900 a year was paid
Oy the government for their rent alone,
says the San Francisco Star.
Inc maintenance of these cars costs
annually 1922 800; but whether that
sun Is paid by the companies or by the
government is not stated. The Penn.
sylVanla Railroad alone received more
d $1,000, 600 annually TO mail rams
Portatlon and 1915. 900 for rent of so
postal cars.
Senator Villas then moved to apnro.
pirate $500, 00O for the purchase. own
ershlp, and management of the neces
sary postal cars, but the bill was
promptly laid on the table by % to 10
VI course. the Associated Press dis
patches were entirely silent as to the
Senat 1r's expose and bill. Steps should
% taken to ascertain the entire animal
payments for rent of cars and carriape
OF mails, and the approximate weight
Oh mail thus carried. We think if
would then be easy to show that the
zen III In the postal revenue is covered
1nree or four, times over by the amount
paid for rent of cars and carriage Of
mails exceeding cost of service. The
notorious 'star route" scandals of some
ten years ago, in which Inc present
U. s. Senator E,kina. Of West Virginia.
was up to his eyes, showed that the
postal revenues we're P~lundcrsd OF mil
annually saan as probably e~ez
7ugoel 1na6 aouts a--a been aavad by
honest end economical management
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-30
CUCKOO" DEFINPn

one of the regular "contrihn..
Morgan's B~zz-Saw is lobe so3n
Of Boney Forks" who is eds 1pa
the phonetic system of ortboo.cNd
In the July number of Buzz oS'sp
gets ''close in" after the cnc 1a'' D
lows: OOa at
"a friend up in Aryzonv DO.
know what kind Nv a burd . o "Sps
and if il good tn etc. 0'RN
"A cuckoo il a pu spesbiao
and is supposed tn be a kross Nv Nv %
a howard and a raskel. He j. '
TIL etc unless you Good bile bin y"
about a thousand yeers. He ~
tory in hiz karakter-migrataa
Washington. Tha aul hav q orata
pensity tn fether THAR nests NJ
the only burd that seems tn torpit ~
rain. Tina don't homer naptbo. =
father nor THAR muther, and tba,l
THAR daze will not be long in ~
which the plutokrats air STEALTH
US. furgot tn staff that the ~ ~
only had 2 laigs. He ort tn bov~
fur he il neerly alwaze pulIjn, s.s
boldly elses laig. Thare amt .~
shemale cuckoos God INTENDED =
the brode to run out az sumo -,
prt zen5euppli wuzeggsausted Cno,
ware 1st introduced intu this him,
bi Grover Cleveland, and the nsnl
ort tn appoint a da Nv prayer for tn
TIL go out ov DAFT when Grover o.,
out. Kin a cuckoo ftg' asks mi ~
frum Aryzony. You bet. Sim \
them air hi fjers when tina pit -,
frum home-ushually with cum M,
mans wife or dorter. The hest A.
recorded il the one Billy Brekenr,,
took with Miss Pollard, but than !,
sum private fites, not on rekord. A,
kan bette that. A cuckoo il a s,r
lived burd. The strane on the prr,
sistem il so CRATE it sumo brakes hin
doun. The cuckoo kums purity hin
he il S d tn be a valuable burd tutbn
who nede him and know how tobsDp
him. This il about aul I know sbn
the cuckoo"
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1895-07-30
DOCTRINE.

The intelligent people-those Ep
read and reflect and are not blindeaP
prejudice or self h motives-can'
fail to note the utter poverty OF the"
called ''sound money" argum'D'
against the free coinage of silver "
deed, they do not give argumene
all-simply make wild assertO1
(Which they cannot substantiatet ~,
indulge in vituperation, ridicuIe T'
billingsgate. For instance: One g|
bug paper makes the ridiculous sS~
ment that the free coinage OF sl's
would enhance the market value d.
yer bullion 100 per cent, which WV
enrich the mine owners of the ""'
and almost in the same breath, deCN-
that the farmers would receive "r
cent. less for their products by re@J
of being paid for it in a deprecD%
currency. A second grade pupil pJ
Reidsville gradtd schools who CIV
not point out the Inconsistencies
such an argument, would be coD''
cred a hopeless Ounce.
The Secretary of the Sc L0ulso%
Money Club sends out an appeal "
of the Southwest warning
against the awful consequences OIL
coinage of silver by this country s"II
and impiously declaring that Goo
Himself could not give a i"
value to the silver dollar.
And yet these are fair samples Oh
arguments and assertions which
,oldbugs are scattering broadcast
'ver the country. IT the Am9rS
'eople swallow suchfrot and belieT'
they deserve "a have the fetten
lavery fesIeneRo on them by the mo-
Lor a. time -ReidsUilIe RecF