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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11
WONDERFUL WILMINGTON DUCKS
They Can Tell the Time of Day as
Well as Reason.

Wilmington, Del, July 9O.--Police sergt.
Eugene Massey. of this city is firmly con-
WINGED now that ducks not only think. but
can tell time as we'll Robert Tong. a
butcher in the ninth ward. has a weakness
for feathered pets, and among his prizes
are some ducks.
Not long ago his ducks refused to eat.
They appeared to be fat and healthy, and
attended to the little matter Of laying pale
blue eggs daily, but nothing he could pro-
vide would tempt their appetites. Even
sweebreads stewed and broied failed to
appeal TO their taste. The peculiar ac-
ton of the ducks became a matter for dis
cussion for the whole of Brandywlne vii
lage, and the grocery store statesmen
had all sorts of theories as to the loss of
appetite.
One morning, at o'clock, Sergt. Mas
sey saw longs ducks file out of their
owners yard, marshalled by an old drake,
WHO gava quacks Of command. They
went single file to the nearest electric
lamp at the intersection of two streets and
halted Then at a quack of command they
formed in a circle around a shadow of the
arc light and waited. Another quack and
they proceeded to gobble up the bugs which
fiuttered into the light and fell TO the
ground When the bugs became scarce,
the leader gave the order. and they went
into the ShauoW OF another lamp, where
the performance was repeated. This was
kept up until the ducks were so full OF
bugs and beetles Of different shapes and
sizes that they could eat no more. Thea
they waddled home with unsteady feet
Massey said nothing. but kept watch for
several days. Every morning just as the
courthouse clock finished striking 3 the
ducks made their appearance and began
their meal Of yariegated bugs. Tong was
informed Of the nocturnal Ia hits 80 hfa
ducks. but he made no attempt 70 inter-
fere with their prowing, being satisfied
with their habit Of boarding themselves.
But Edgar. love. would you die for
meF- "N iilinEly' dear. what q ppzzliug
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11

in Bulgaria the late NJ Stambulof
ranked among the first orators, and eoulu
talk excellently in French, Russian. TURK
ish and Rumanian. All of these WsIe
entirely self-taught; and though me-
French might occasionally be faulty -
grammar, his fiuency and force OF eAprgss--
sion in that tongue were remarkable. hls
tastes and interests were wide. and ~
often regretted that he had not more lels1
ure TO cultivate them. He was a goon
antiquary and numismatist. and his COZ
lection Of coins was Of the finest ana ~.
ways a sort OF delight to him. lie was
fond OF all intellectual games, sucn ~
whist. 0rnughts and chess, ana wah =
keen sportsman. Nothing, indeed. pleas :
him more than 10 don "a rough SUIT ~
clothes and a huge pair Of boOis and tramp
for an afternoon through the mafahss
after snipe, or over the stubbles fof p4tV'
ridges
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11

II once read" began the boarder near
the foot 81 tie table, helplessly laying
down his knife and fork and Rioomily
ewing the fragment Of meat IN his plate
"uf a man who took his own knife, ana
under the English law they drove "a steak
through his heart" THAT was tough"
fnurmurf1 me boarder with a hollow
cough. Then they noticed the glitter fn
rho laudladg's eye, and the meal pro-
ceedcd in fiience.-LouisYiile Post
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11
VIEWPOINTS GOSSIP.
Bah Tarries at the Seaside City of
Wealth

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Get -Brains Not
sars N he Faseina
Owsa iIiOnai in then
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11

rivative. So that there is something Hks
a consensus of conjecture pointing to the
watershed Of the Nile as the cradle os
civilized man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-08-11

But, Edgar, love. would you die for
meT Willingly dear. What o. puzzlinF
nae now is how / am Eoing 10 live Tor
you. "-DeToil Free Press.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.
For the Week Ending Aug. Cd.

For the Week Ending Aug. "a.
Five hundred hogs have died from
cholera near GAINESVILLE, Wis
The New York produce exchange es-
timated the corn crop this year at 2, Z
25,0o0,0O0 bushels.
Luzon b. Morris, ex-governor of Con-
necticut, died at his home in New
Haven, aged SO years.
The Hawaiian legislature ratified the
contract for a telegraph cable from
Honolulu to San Francisco.
A statement issued in London of the
condition of Oscar Wilde's finances
shows that he is a bankrupt.
Railway men announced that it
would require two years to move the
Iowa and Kansas corn crops.
The whole south side of the square
at Osceola, Neb., was burned, with the
exception of the bank building.
The duke of Marlborough reached
New York on his first visit to the United
States. He will tour the world.
Peter Denny, one of the best-known
shipbuilders on the Clyde, died at Dunn
barton, Scotland, aged 80 years.
The Society of American Flol lists, in
session at Pittsburgh, Pa, elected Will
liam Scott, of Buffalo, president
The Peoples Savings and Loan asso-
citation of Minneapolis made an assign
1nent, with liabilities of S175,0OO
Fire at Shelbyville, Ind, destroyed
Conroy, Bierly & Co.'s table factory,
the largest of its kind in the world.
John T. Jones, james Heney and
Henry Piper were indicted at Carson,
New, for the mint shortage discovered
last April.
The Chinese soldiers stationed at
Tien-Tsin revolted and attacked
number of shops in the city and killed
100 persons
Gov. Culbertson announced for the
second time that no prize fighting
would be- allowed in Texas while he
was governor.
Frank Reed, president of the Alex
andria (Va.) board of trade and prom
inent mason, killed himself without
apparent cause.
John Wester Hardin, the terror of
the Mexican border, was shot and
killed in saloon at Ell Paso, Tex, by
Constable Sellman.
A masked mob went to the Jail at
Monticello, Ark, broke down the door,
secured Jim Jones, negro charged
with murder, and hanged him.
An earthquake shock was felt at
Mavsyille Kv and vicinity which
scared people out of their houses.
Clocks were stopped, dishes were rat
tied and tableware toppled over.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
RUIN BY FLAMES.
Big Railway and Steamship Warehouses
Burn In milwaukee.

Big Railway ana steamship Whrenou6eB
Burn In Milwaukee,
MILWAUKEE, Aug. ga fire which
threatened to make great havoc broke
out ut o'clock Thursday afternoon in
the warehouse of the Union Steamboat
company in the Menominee river.
A 30 : mile wind was blowing
and the flames spread with great RAJ
pidity. At $3.50 o'clock the fire was I'M
der control. The damage amounts to
upwards of $500, 900 and some estimates
place the loss at 100000 The
principal buildings burned besides
frame dwellings that were de-
stroyed on Fowler and Second
streets were as follows: Union Steam
boat company's warehouse, Anchor
line warehouse, Pennsylvania railroad
freight house, Wisconsin Central
freight house owned by St. Paul com
pany), part of Pritzlaff warehouse. H.
J. Delaney's oil warehouse, and
E. L. Doin's plumbing shop.
The Union Steamboat company's
building was 600 feet in length and in
it were thousands of tons of freight,
all of which were destroyed with the
building. Over sixty freight cars be-
longing to the st. Paul company and
in process of being loaded or ready to
ship were enveloped in flames and de-
stroyed.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
National Bank in Ohio Fails.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.-Comptroller
Eckels was informed Friday that the
First national bank of Franklin, War
rem county, o., had closed it's doors.
He telegraphed to Bank Examiner
Belts to assume charge of the failed
bank. At the date of the last report,
July II, the bank had 1924, 1000 in loans
and discounts, and owed individual de-
positors $4,000. No cause is assigned
for the failure.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28

HE sugar growers of Cuba are in a
helpless condition. They will not be
able to secure loans with which to
make the coming crop, which means
that not over one-half of the usual
acreage in new cane has been planted,
with a corresponding neglect in the
cleaning OF the growing crop. The
condition is distressing, and the end is
not yet, for when it is recalled that
fully one-third of the inhabitants de-
pend on the plantations for employ
ment and living, and that the owners
thereof can not obtain money to en-
gage their labor, actual suffering must
ensue.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
FATAL EXPLOSION.
Fate Of Workmen in Steel Works
at Braddock, Pa.
Eight Men Are Killed and Many Others
Terribly Injured by Flying Debris
and Molten Metal-Three
More May Die.

PITTSBURGH, Pa, Aug. 21.-An explo-
sion at furnace III of the Carnegie
Steel company at Braddock, at o'clock
Tuesday morning, killed six men, IA
tally injured FIVE more, seriously
burned fifteen others and destroyed
$4,000 worth of property.
The Dead.
The names of the killed are:
Steve Havrela, cut In twain, SO years old
leaves wife and two children; Joseph Tuckay,
38 years old, burned, leaves wife and four chill
dren; Joseph Copp, burned 80 years old SIN
gle; John Meka, burned, rs years DID, single;
John Pookopovec, burned, 25 years DID, single;
John Grucha, burned, - years old, single.
Michael Koperos, aged 26, and An
drew Drobne, aged 80 years, among
the injured at the explosion at the
Carnegie steel works at BraddocS,
died while being brought to the Mercy
hospital, Pittsburgh. Nearly all of
the victims were Slavs.
Of the injured it is now thought
three will die. Their names are:
John Warha, inhaled the flames. married,
two children; John Skonda, married; Mike
Jura, married
but will probably recover:
John Wagasky: John Zebroriay: James Har-
rison; two unknown men.
Cause of Explosion.
The explosion was dueto chang" in
the furnace, which was suddenly
loosened and dropped into the molten
metal below, generating an immense
quantity of gas so suddenly that it
could not escape by the ordinary
means, and the explosion followed.
Heart-Rending Scenes.
The Braddock fire department was
called out and prevented the spread of
the flames and the members also aided
in the work of rescue and did
police duty. The scene as the men
were carried to the Office of the
company was intensely exciting and
pathetic. Women and children rushed
frantically from their houses and the
large force of policemen and guards
was powerless to prevent them from
rushing into the improvised hospital
and deadhouse in the search for some
member of their families. Tears and
lamentations, anxious faces and
agonized expressions, wringing of
hands and tearing of hair were all wit
messed around the scene of death and
destruction and the stoutest hearts
were moved to pity. The homes of the
killed and injured men were near the
furnace and the streets in that vicinity
were filed with a mass of weeping,
frantic, half-crazy women and chill
dren,
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28

The latest plea made for the bicycle
with pneumatic tire is that it is a
perfect insulator, and makes the rider
free from the danger of being struck
by lightning. AS the chances of a man
on bicycle being struck by lightning
have been carefully calculated to be
about one in a billion, the Wheel adds,
there will, of course, be some pessi-
mists who will deny that this newly
discovered virtue of the pneumatic as
lightning insulator amounts to very
mI1ch
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
FOR FREE SILVER.

The Nebraska Democratic Convention
Places Itself on Record.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 23.-The demo
cratic state convention mere Thursday
nominated for associate justice of the
supreme court Charles j. Phelps, of
Colfax county, and for regents of the
state university At. Blackburn, of Holt
county. and Robert Kettle, of Dodge
county. A free coinage resolution of
fered by ex-Congressman w. j. Bryan,
chairman of the committee on resolu-
tions, was adopted by an overwhelm-
ing majority, but six votes being cast
against it.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
A NEW process for the preservat;

A NEW process for the preservation
OF green fruit during railway transit
has been invented by Californian. It
consists in sterilizing the air in the car
containing the fruit, and is said to be
more economical than the present re-
frigerating system and much more sue
cessful. Ordinary cars can be fitted
with the apparatus for the process at
small expense. while the expense of
the process itself is said to be compare
lively nothing compared with the re-
frigerating process.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
ALI QUIET IN HAWAII.
William Castle, Minister Thurston's 81

William Castle, Minister Thurstou's Sue
cessor, Talks of Island Affairs.
CHICAGO, Aug. 22.-William R. Castle,
the new Hawaiian minister to the
United States, arrived here Wednesday
on his way to Washington, accom-
panied by his wife and young son. He
said:
Everything is quiet in the islands now.
The policy of the government is to make i'm
provements in the islands and to induce
Americans to emigrate and establish indus
tries there A land system has recent
ly been inaugurated for the pur-
pose of fostering the occupation of
land by foreigners. My chief aim while here
will be to get farmers to go to Hawaii, as they
they are most needed Chicago will be the
center of operations in this work Annexa-
ton is still the predominating sentiment"
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28

ALUMINIUM neckties are now being in
troduced. They are really made of
the cosmopolitan metal, and frosted
or otherwise ornamented in various
shapes initiating the ordinary silk or
satin article. They are fastened to the
collar button or by band around the
neck, and are particularly recommends
ed for summer wear, since they can be
easily cleaned when soiled, while thew
are not perceptibly heavier than cot
ton. cambria or silk.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
SIX PERISHED.
Their Lives Lost by the Foundering of a
Yacht at Buffalo.

Their Lives Lost by the Foundering of a
Yacht at Buffalo.
BUFFALO, N. Y, Aug. 21.-The small
pleasure steam yacht Brothers,
owned by the Burley Brothers. of this
city, with thirteen passengers and
crew of three, foundered early Tues
day evening between the inner gov
eminent lighthouse and the Reading
coal trestle and six of the passengers
were drowned. Their names are: AL
bert Stafford, Frank Cannon, Frank
Bugman, Jacob Bauman, Henry Shing-
Ter, Charles Fisher. All Of the occu-
pants of the boat were employees of the
New York Central stock yards at East
Buffalo and had formed part of a picnic
party who went down the Niagara riv-
err in the morning for a days outing.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28

UTAH, when definitely admitted, will
be the forty-ffth of the states. It will
probably be a closely contested state,
too, and there is no way of telling how
it is likely to go in the first presiden.
tial election in which it's votes will be
recorded in the electoral college. In
the contest for territorial delegate in
1892 the democrats carried Utah by a
plurality of 2, e06 In the election of
last November the republican plurality
WAS Sl2
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
Killed His Mother,

BELLEFoNTAINE, O., Aug. 22.-While
the two sons of Mrs. Elisha Ford were
quarreling over game of baseball the
mother, woman of A years, at
tempted to separate them. The eldest,
aged Is, struck her in the back with
ball bat. She fell forward on her face
and before any person came to her as
sistance life was extinct.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
MAKES 1T GOOD.

Librarian Spoford Deposits $4,000
with United States Treasury.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. 1t transpired
Thursday that A. R. Spofford, congress
sional librarian, Wednesday deposited
with the treasury of the United States
$22,o 900 as he had proposed doing some
days previous to settle the discrepancy
in his accounts as librarian and regis
ter of copyrights. The amount, it is
said, was placed to his credit, but the
payment is not accepted as settle
ment of the matters in controversy.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28

JOHN FIsKE, the scholar and histor-
ian who read Latin while yet in pima
fores, and Greek before he had left off
knickerbockers, has an infantile rival
in Richmond Bonn, of Wichita, Kas.,
who is not yet five years old. Rich
mond reads elementary French and
Latin with ease, and has familiarity
with mathematics that would do credit
to boy of fourteen.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28

A GOOD and easy way to discover the
presence of ozone in a place is to wear
silver trinkets. If they grow black, as
if near hot sulphur springs, you have
it in large proportion. Silver jewel
ry keeps white in the low-lying towns
of Norway, but gets black in the hill.
side pine woods If one walks in
meadow after thunderstorm, one will
find the silver money in ones purse
diScolnraG
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
Aid for Hawaiian schools.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23.-Charles R.
Bishop, first vice president of the Bank
of California in this city, has contrib
uted $500, 900 to schools and societies in
the Hawaiian islands. The money Ia
to be used to promote the interests of
a number of institutions sustained by
the late Mrs. Bishop in her lifetime.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
Forty Thousand at a Fair.

NoRwALK, o., Aug. 23.-The street
fair attracted the largest crowd of
people here Thursday ever assembled
in northern Ohio; the number is esti-
mated at 100000 The industrial parade,
over mile in length, was the finest
ever seen in the state.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
National ChrIstian Union Meets.

COLUMBUS, O., Aug. 22.-The National
Christian union convened here in an
nual session Wednesday morning with
$500 delegates, representing thirty-fve
states. Some of the most prominent
leaders in the Baptist and United
Presbyterian churches are present.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
TALKS OF A BOLT.
A Friend of President Cleveland Makes
a Threat.

Friend Of President Cleveland Makes
Threat.
NEW YORK, Aug. 24.-The Morning
Advertiser quotes Mr.. E. G. Benedict,
the friend of President Cleveland, as
making the following statement:
UNLESS the democratic party comes out
squarely in it's platform in favor of the retire
ment of greenback currency I will vote
against it and in favor OF the party which
does. The greenback is valueless in time of
need as circulating medium and serves
only as circulating pump to draw gold from
the treasury. This pump will again be in
operation as soon as commercial conditions
warrant, destroying all the good SO far OBJ
tanned as the result of the bond syndicate
work and compelling a repetition of the sac
rifices by the government and the disasters OF
last wear"
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
Drove Out the Chinese.

ANDERSON, CAL, Aug. "a. -Thursday
night party of white laborers visited
the Alexander fruit ranch, which has
been leased to Cinnamon, and drove
the Mongolians from the place. After
the Chinese left the packing house was
set on fire ard over five tons of dried
fruit, with all the appliances of the
plant, were destroyed. The feeling
against Cinnamon in this section is
very bitter.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
Joe Patchen Wins Acain.

CHICAGO, Aug. 23.-Joe Patchen won
three straight heats from John R.
Gentry at Washington park Thursday,
and won them with the greatest ease.
There were $4,000 persons present. Joe
Patchen's time for the three heats was
as follows: 2:0514, 2:07k, 2:o7L.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28

A RECENT compilation of New Eng
land vital statistics shows that in 1892
twenty-one marriages in every thous-
and of population occurred in towns of
more than 10000 population, while in
the villages and in the country the
marriage rate was five less in the
thousand. The city birth rate is high
er in the same proportion, but the
death rates is also higher.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28

THE blue jay is proving a decided
pest in California by eating the eggs of
other birds, particularly quail and
game birds So the Olympic club. of
San Francisco, has appointed a st.
Bartholomew's day on which everyone
who can buy or beg or borrow shot
gun is to Join in the slaughter.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28

THERE is a steady increase in the
number of cigars and cigarettes smoked
in this country, and notably in the
consumption of cigarettes, according
to a tobacco trade journal. During
the fiscal year just closed there were
sold in the United States 1888, s45, $50
cigarettes and 4,13O,440, $40 cigars.
The increase in the consumption of
cigars over the previous year was 3d.
400 Q32
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
VIII Fight Saloons.

COLUMBUS, O., Aug. PA circular
signed by every presiding elder of the
Methodist church in Ohio has been sent
to the members of that denomination
throug hout the state calling for united
political action on the part of all Meth
odists in an effort to elect to the next
legislature as many members as posi-
BILE who will fight the saloons.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
Twenty-Two Dead at Denver.

DENVER, Col, Aug. 23.-The list of
dead in the Gumry hotel wreck stands
at twenty-five, and this will probably
be the total of the casualties. OF these
three bodies remain unclaimed by
friends, though it is believed that they
are the missing men,
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
The Worlds Wheat Crop.

BUDA PEsTH, Aug. 24.-The Hungar-
ian government has issued its annual
statement concerning the wheat crop
of the world, which statement is based
on consular and other reports. The
estimated production of wheat import
ing countries is TAO, 422, 900 bushels.
and of exporting countries 1851, 7o1,-
OOO The total estimated production
is 232, 100000 bushels less than the
amended estimate of 1894.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
AMERICAN MISSION SACKED.

Chinese Make a Murderous Assault at
Foo Chow.
Hone KONG, Aug. 22.-Another out
rage has been committed near Foo
Chow. The American mission has
been attacked by large and infuriated
mob armed with various weapons The
chapel and school were wrecked and
four native scholars were fatally
wounded, while the foreign teacher es-
capped. There is a strong anti-foreign
feeling in Foo Chow, which is spread
ing among the populace who are
parading with cries of "Drive out the
foreign devils.''
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
Climbed the Matterhorn.

BosToN, Aug. 24.-Word was received
here that Miss Annie S. Peck, of this
city, had climbed to the peak of the
Matterhorn in Switzerland. 1t is said
that only two other women have done
this-Miss Brevoort, OF New York, and
Miss Carrel, daughter of a Swiss guide.
The top of the mountain is II, 705 feet
above sea level and is most difficult of
access.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
New Comet Discovered,

Echo MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY, Call,
Aug. 22.-Lewis Swift, the astronomer,
discovered new comet in the con-
stellation of Pisces. Its place was in
right ascension 0 hours, % minutes, 40
seconds; declination, 5 degrees, 80 min
utes. 1t is very faint, and has no tail.
1t is moving slowly northeast.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
A Negro Lynched.

NEW RICHMOND, o., Aug. ga mob
took Noah Anderson (colored) from the
Jail here and hanged him for the muir
der of Franklin Friedman, nearly 80
years old and president of the First
national bank of this place. The muir
der was unprovoked.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
Avn Out But Dehs.

WOODSTOCK. ILL.,, Aug. 23,--The six
directors of the American Railway
union, except Eugene V. Debs, were
released from the Jail here yesterday,
having served three months sentence
for contempt of court. Debs has three
months more to serve.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
Breaks the Record.

SUPERIOR, Wis, Aug. 24.-The new
steamer Penobscot cleared for Buffalo
with the largest wheat cargo ever car
ried from the head of the lakes, 1922
900 bushels. The former record, held
by the Selwyn Eddy, was 121, 900 bush
II
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28

REAR ADMIRAL MEADE holds that,
notwithstanding the recent perform
ance of the cruiser Columbia, the yes
sci is not the very best type for the
money, and that actually the speedy
cruiser is not in it with some of the
great ocean liners.
Morris tribune., 1895-08-28
OHIO DEMOCRATS.
They Nominate James e. Camp
bell for Governor.
Senator Brice Secures Victory In the
state Convention at Springfield
Platform Declares for
Sound Money.

SPRINGFIELD, o., Aug. 22.-The DEM
ocratic state convention was called to
order in the city hall at 1925 a. m.
Wednesday by State Chairman M. A.
Smalley. Senator Calvin s. Brice was
chosen to preside.
After the report of the committee on
credentials and permanent organiza-
ton had been made, the temporary or
ganization being continued, Hon.