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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
THE KING OF RATTLERs.
Dogs and Chickens Were His Prey,
But Occasionally He Tackled a
Man.
From The Philadelphia Times

From the Philadelphia Times.
Whliamsport, May 9.-"The weather is
rather cool for snakes over there in the val
ley just now. but they don't appear to mind
it Bit" said an intelligent and verac.ous
farmer from Nippenose the other day.
well sir. 1 saw the king of rattlesnakes
last week. l caught him in the act Of rob-
bling a hens nest and while l was looking
about for a club he made his escape. That
night he bit and killed my dog ana several
chickens and swallowed three pet tOads.
Thus, night after night, things disappear
ed ana became alarmed lest the snake
would deVOur every head of live stock ]
possessed. So / closed UP every hole ]
could find under the hen house and that
ended 1t.
Il forgot all about the snake until few
nights ago when i was going home from
Rauehtown. Snakes are the meanest
things to think about at night and that's
the reason my perVerse thoughts turael
upon my serpenUne prosecutor. A moment
later l noticed a dark, round object ahead
of me in the road. / stopped and tried to
imagine 1t was the hat which the blizzard
carried away for Jim Eek last winter
Hoping to secure the reward Jim Of
fered for the cage / stopped to pick it up.
was my old friend, the RATHER He pro
cceded 10 fasteR his fangs I'm my coat
sleeve. | threw my arm in the air and was
hOrrihed 10 see the reptile hang on, wrig-
CLING and twisting in great fury. / was
SO scared thar my hair knocked my hal
off my head.
All I could do was to keep the snake
twirling in the air, and / tW.rled him SO
fast that he whstled like a cart whip
Seeing that I was becoming exhausted ]
made sudden grab for the reptile with
my left hand and jerking him loose from
my sleeve, slammed him to the ground.
then LIT a match and examined my coal
sleeve, and found to my establishment that
its fangs were still there. IL was now time
to faint So l tainted.
when l came home the RATHER ratified
tune so much like Ed Cutters drum solo
that / began to think the snake must have
had a musical education Then, fully
aware of the fact that he could not bite
without his fangs, ! carried his snakeshtr
home and / propose 10 give him to Ed to
send to band meeting as a substitute when
he feels indisDosed.
What are the snakes dimensions? Well
upon my word, I've never stopped 10
measure him. BUT ne is the king, as
have stated before"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
SENATORS AND SPAIN.
MOrgan's Resolution Before the For
eign Affairs Committee.

Washington, May 2O.-The Senate com
mittee on foreign relations discussed SEN
ator Morgan's joint resolution relating to
Cuba for more than an hour this morn
ing without coming to any conclusion
Senator Morgan did the most of the talk
ing. There appears to be a disposition on
the part of the committee to await further
information. The state department has
been asked by the Senate to forward to it
such information as it has relative to
treaties with Spain The Interpretation
of the department of the protocol and
treaty brought prominently into public
notice by virtue of the apprehension Of the
men captured on the Competitor is await
ed by the committee with much interest
The committee it is understood also
hopes to get some additional information
from the state department that will not
be made public until these matters are
forthcoming. 1t is not thought that the
committee will act. Whether a report will
be made at this session is prOblematical
Senator Morgan is impatient over the at
titude of the committee, and his argument
to-day urged that the committee take
action Independent of anything the state
department or administratio may do. The
whole subject was finally postponed until
another meeting.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
WHAT HATS WEIGH.
Some CuriousIy Interesting Figures
Compiled by an Expert In Head

Some Curiously Interesting Figures
Compiled by an Expert in Head
gear.
From the New York Herald.
do you know the actual weight of a
hat?" queried the spruce salesman. as
he handed out several "new styles"
People don't generally I asked man
that question yesterday and he guessed
fourteen ounces on that hat, which weighs
exactly four and half. An ordinary silk
hat weighs only seven
4 looked up the matter recently, and so
l know precisely. A 'silker' IS almost
the heaviest hat made, though hunting
hats weigh more from their having an
inner lining of great stiffness ana strengt
to save a man if ne should be thrown
upon his head. The hunting top hat
weighs ten ounces and the hunting derDys
nine. A winter derby weighs five and q
quarter ounces, varying a quarter ounce
either way for size and a summer soft
felt three and three-quarters ounces.
when 1t comes TO WORMS headgear.
there are all sorts Of weights, though
seldom does WOmans nat Of any kind
run more than seven ounces. It depends
on the kind of trimming and fal-lais
Some ribbons are heavy, and so are art
erage little bonnet weighs two ounces to
two and a half a trimmed sailor three
and a half and a Sennett (the kind
that have brims stinened with gue) four
and three-quarters.
THE French creations are heavier
but they are not so weighty as YOU might
suppose Six and half to seven oun res
means a big heavy hat, and one you
would need Y rays TO see through if
you happened to sit behind It,"
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whirllng along at sixty miles an hour and
then try and grasp the speed or th.s pro-
jectile travelling In its inception over TWEEN
" times as fast.
All the greater missiles. no matter how
high their velocity. are plainly visible to
the observer standing near the piece when
he casts his eye In the direction the mis-
sie Is about TO take.
The reason that a bullet from the small
rife Is not visible In Us hight 20 by
stander is that IL takes one-eighth OF a
second to make ans impression on the
retina Of the eve, and the bullet even
in that brief instant has passed at least
$50 feet sufficiently far 10 have reached q
point by reason Of It's smalihess 10 ne
out of the range of vision before the re-
tina of the eye has an opportunity to reg
lister II.
numerous. The missile leaves the piece,
starting on its career towards that part
of the sky the elevation OF the piece mas
selected. II has not Travelled far before
the force OF gravity mobiles ITS direcuohi
and. after a few moments, has succeeded
in bringing the ascent OF the projectile 10
an end. Having reached Its highest point
with velocity much diminished by the re-
sistance of the air the proJectle begins
its downward course. a comparison OF the
angle of rise or degree of elevation OF the
piece with the angle of fail or termination
OF the trajectory. win show that the mis-
sile in its fan approaches more nearly a
vertical than the angle OF rise This oW-
ing to its decreased velocity at that point,
allowing the Influence of the factor OF
gravity TO have a greater effect than II
had In the first part Of the trajectory,
where the velocity was greater
Among the longest record shots in the
world is the trajectory of that measured
at Krupps province grounds, at Meppen,
Germany. where actually over twelve
miles was cleared. The projectie was fired
from a piece having a caliher Of nine and
one-han inches. 1t Is calculated that this
same piece Of ordnance placed at the town
of Pie ST. Older situated at the activity
of one side of the Alps. would send ITS
missile easily clear of Mont Blanc, and az
an altitude Of over four miles at its high
est point, descending IN a sharper and
sharper curve, would fall into ChamounN,
over twelve miles distant, on the other
side. The record of this trajectory indicat-
es that the piece was pointed at an cleva-
ton OF forty-five degrees. This degree of
elevation, although theoretically correct
when calculated only on the element of
gravity as a retarding force, yet IN prac-
tice usually would be too great, as a some
what less degree of elevation affects the
extreme range of most guns. Perhaps IN
this instance four miles. the greatest hight
Of the trajectory, takes the prOieotile in
regions where the rarity of the air no lon
ger acts as a retarding factor and would
account for the great range achieved al
this elevation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
Runs OF THE RACERS.
Opening Day of the Lakeside Jockey
Clubs Meeting.

Clubs Meeting.
Chicago, May 20.-The Lakeside Jockey
Clubs opening day of its first fifteen DAYS
meeting was a success, over 1000 passing
through the turnstiles. The track, how
ever. was very heavy. owing to the recent
rains. 1t did not prevent the talent from
selecting four winning favorites. The
event Of the day. the Hammond handi-
cap, was won handily by Red Skin. a
First Race-Five and one-half furlongs
Mamie G., %, Clay, to l, won, with
Casa second and Cunarder third. Time
1:16
Second Race-Four furlongs. Devoir. 100
Murphy, 5 to 2, won, with Lottie VIM
mer second and Thomas Paine third
Third Race-Five and one-half furlongs
Ferryman II, 81, Davis, 9 10 ?, won, with
Sligo second and Pinchback third. Time
Fourth Race-The Hammond handacap.
one mile. Red Skin. H. Soden, even,
won with Dick Behan second and Lillian
Z. third Time 1:501s.
Fifth Race-Six furlongs. Nikita. 90
Clay to TO- won, with Simmons second
and Dominica third. Time 1:20i2.
Sixth Race--Seven furlongs. John
Hickey. l0S, Warren. IL to 3, won, with
Collector second and Spendoiine third
Time 1864.
st. Louis. No, May 2O.-Two favorites
and two second choices won to-day. Da-
mocles, the favorite in the fifth race
came in first. but was disqualified for
touhng, the money going to a long shot
Attendance, $500, A summary follows:
First Race-SiX furlongs Astolfina
lO9 Barrett, won, with Little Cliff second
and Dennis third. Time 1909.
Second Race-Mile and twenty yards
Muskalonge, 102, Armstrong, 80 to /
won. with Jack Martin second and Fayette
Belle third Time 1:5215
Ihlrd Race-Four furlongs. Goshen, 10S,
Iaber, 2 to l. won, with lamar II second
Fourth Receive furlongs. George F.
Smith, lib, Taber, even, won, with Urania
1905.
Fifth Race-Six furlongs and a half.
Helena Belle, %, Bayless, 10 to l. won
with Theresa second and Constantine
third. Tine 1:2S
London. May 2O.-The Bath and Somer-
set county races began to-day, and will
close tomorrow. The Durham Park mile
maiden plate of 100 sovereigns. was won
by 4. L. Candies b. c. Gobryas with w
q. stevens ch. c. Southmore second and
j. Lowthers oh. C. Featherstone third.
Six horses ran, including Richard Croker S
ch. C. Nashville, by Iroquois, out of Bou~
lette, which was not placed.
The Somersetshire stake handicap, Of
400 sovereigns, one mile, was won by r.
Pryors Malgo, w. G.. Stevens GiVe-It-IIp
was second and f. r. Hunts Coast Guard
third. Eight horses ran. among them Mr..
Richard Cookers Sir Excess, which was
not placed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
The Decline of Pie.
From Harper.g NeekIv-

Report comes from the restaura tours Of
Chicago that one of the most distinctive
Of American Institutions Is in danger.
good men, consumed thrice daily for gem
erations throughout the length and
breadth Of the great American pie belt is
no longer in demand a the lunch counter
or the hotel table. The pudding, the bis
cult, and the berry are slowly but surely
taking it's place in popular affection The
Worlds Fair did It, say the pie people.
There were strange things to eat there.
and visitors. leaving Their good old-fash-
toned ways, began 10 experiment. The in
sldious love of novelty having once taken
possession Of them, they were lost, and
few have returned to their old allegiance.
Perhaps popcorn and soda water, corn
bread and buckwheat cakes, VIII follow
pie into oblivion. Who can tcll2 The
outlook for the patriot is dark indeed IN
these latter days.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21

St Louis, No, May 2O.-Yesterday
story was current to the effect that several
large tobacco manufacturers from Virgin a
were in the city for the purpose of arrang-
ing deal whereby the fight now in pro-
gT6ss between the trust and independent
factories, and especially with the Liggert
and Myers company, and the Drummond
factories in this city, was to be adjusted
putting an end to the war. This is en-
phatically denied by both the Liggert and
Myers company and by the Drummond.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
BATTLES WITH BALL AND BAT.
NEW YORK DOWNS CHICAGO WITH
EASE.

Philadelphia shut Out at Cincinnati.
brooklyn ParaIyEes PittsburE in
FarcIoaI Game Played in n DriE-
zIe-CIeveIand Defeats Baltimore.
st. Louis Gets Only one Run From
boston.
Pittsburg. Pa. May eo.-The game with
Brooklyn to-day was played in a driz-
zIing rain. The game was little better
than a farce. Long hits were frequent
owing 10 the time-knling tactics of the
helders. Abbey. in the last two innings,
just tossed the balls over and Pittsburg
was able TO escape shut out Attendance
1900. Score:
R.HE
BB i,P9SByrl "a SSS555S9 3E -2sIi !
Batteries-Abliey and Grim; GOar,
Hastings and Merritt.
Cincinnati. O.. May @.-Bnly Rhines
pitched another OF his phenomenal games
to-day, letting the hard-hitting Phnlies
down with two hits. and no runs. He
was given almost perfect support smith 3
error being of the eXcusable kind. The
Reds had no trouble in hitting Ortiz.
Rain kept the attendance down to 1000
R.HE
Cincinnati II o 0 0 x4 10 /
Eullduelpnld - % % q % ID d D u 3
Batteries-Rhines and PETIT; Orth and
Clements.
Chicago, May 2O.-The New Yorks won
to-day's game easily batting Parker's
curves all over the field. The Colts could
not hit Meekin at the right time, and
. put up a miserable game in the field.
Pitchers Thornton and Briggs were to-
day farmed out to the Grand Rapids
team of the Western League. Attend
1
R.HE
New York...3 0 , 0 5-19 q 1
CHARACTERIZATION and Kittridge; Meekin
and Wilson.
st. Louis. No, May 2O.-By lucky hitting
in the last inning the Browns earned a
run, and saved a shut-out. Kissinger was
wild. and was hit hard, while SWEETS was
a puzzle and was well supported Atten-
dance, 1900. Score:
R.HE.
Boston ........ o 0 l 0 0 Is Z >
Batteries--kissinger and Murphy; Sti-
Vets and Camel.
Cleveland O.. MAY 20-The Clevelands
punched their hits in the first inning to-
day, and taking advantage of loose field
ing by the Baltimores, scored five runs.
After making four off Pond in the third
he was taken out and Hemmng was sub
stituted. The latter held Cleveland down
10 three runs. Baltimores fielding was
very ragged, while the home team put up
a good fielding game. Attendance, $500.
Score:
Cleveland &c. 0 40 1O2 %
Baltimore -. 0 0 0 1 2 2-7 u
Batteries-Cuppy and thinner; Pond and
Heming and Robinson.
Louisville, KY, May 20.-Wet grounds
again prevented Louisville and Washing
ton from playing to-day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
Another Fireman nenh-

Washington. Nay 20-George w. Kettler
of Engine Company No. 8, died at Provi-
dence hospital this morning al 2:30 O'Clock
making the fifth victim of the fire in the
commission house block near Center mar
ket, resulting from the storm night before
last The other injured firemen seem to be
in a far way of recovery.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
CUMBERLAND PREsBYTERIASs.
The General Assembly to Meet at
birmingham To-day.

Birmingham, Ala, May 2O-The general
assembly of the Cumberland Presbyterian
church win convene in this city al 10
o'clock tomorrow The greater portion of
the delegates are already here. To-day and
tonight were devoted TO the annual mis-
sionary rally.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
Capucin Monks Not to BE Recalled

Rome, May 20.-The under foreign sec
rotary, in the Chamber Of Deputies. to-
has been circulated in France that the
government would recall the members Of
the religious order Of Capucins from Fry
threa and replace them with members Of
the Lazarlst orders. He also denied that
it was the governments intention to
suppress the apostolic prefecture IN Fry
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21

The most remarkable woman In poll
tics in Japan is Nine. Hatoyama When
sionist party, ran for parliament she made
speeches in his interest-a very extraordi-
nary thing for a japanese lady 10 do. She
Is now teacher in the academy OF when
her husband Is principal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
TORNADO TORN TEXAS.
sixty-One Bodies Buried at sherman
Up to Noon.

S1Xty-One Bodies Buried at sherman
Up to Noon.
Sherman, Tex. May 20.-Additions to the
long list of cyclone victims are being
made hourly as news from the remote DIS
tricts arrives,
Mrs J. J. Johnson, wife of a farmer.
and John Tilden. farm hand, were killed
at Memo.
At the same place a little girl named
Davis was blown against a barbed wire
fence, and almost cut in two. Her mother
and another child were killed n the wreck
of their house.
Although there are appalling evidences
about Sherman of the storms fury, some
thing like order is being restored. There
are sixty patients still in the hospitals,
and as many more in private houses. Up
to noon to-day sixty-one bodies had been
buried here.
Seneca, Kan, May 2O-The deadly cy-
clone Of Sunday evening was far worse
than reported. The destruction through
| the country is dreadful Sixty families
are without homes and with nothing to
wear or eat only supplied by relief
funds. T. c. V.ckers, treasurer reports
a great demand for the necessities of
life
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21

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landing of the National League

New Orleans, La, May 20.-The Pelicans
went at Walker after the first inning
and batted him at will and piled up runs
until they were tired. They were assisted
by the rocky fielding of Cross who was
put in to play short for the visitors. At
lanta could do nothing with McGinnis
after the first inning. The home team
played an almost faultless fielding game
while the Atlanta's errors were numer-
Gus. Score:
R.H E.
N Orleans...2 1O1 Ais Is /
Atlanta ......2 0 0 0 0 0 % 9 8
Batteries-McGinnis and Gonding
Walker and Fields.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21
THE
THE
SECRET DISCOVERED.
The World Has Waited a
Thousand Years for This.

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21

Mobile. May 2O.-Kid Smith, who was
knocked out of the box in the first game
between Mobile and Birmingham, went
in the box again this afternoon and held
the Brminghams down to five hits, and
the locals won the game easily in the
eighth inning. Birmingham scored her
only run and thus saved a shut out in the
first inning on Walsh's home run. The
score:
Mobile ........O 0 0 0 DOL 8 o. Ii
Birmingham ! 0 0 0 0-1 5
Batteres-Schmidt and Fisher; McDon-
aid and Rappold
Columbus, Ga May 2O-Five hundred peo-
pie saw Montgomery win to-day. Daniels
was unusually wild. while King Bailey was
hit quite freely. Score:
Columbus 30 0 0 O 0 %
Montgomery l 0 0 l x-l 6 z
Batteries-Daniels and Gray; Bailey and
KehOe.
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I Pittsburg 20 0 0 o > 4-6l4 3
Batteries-Abhey and Grim; GOar,
[ Hastings and Merritt.
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Cincinnati II 1000 0 x-4 10 /
Philadelphia o 0 0 o 0 90 , 8
Batteries-Rhines and PETIT; Orth and
Clements.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21

Louisville. Ky, May 2O.-Wet grounds
again prevented Louisville and Washing
ton from playing to-day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21

st. Louis, No, May 2O.-By lucky hitting
in the last inning the Browns earned
run, and saved a shut-out. Kissinger was
wild. and was hit hard, while SWEETS was
a puzzle and was well supported Atten-
dance, 1900. Score:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-05-21

In the Race Between the Defensive
Armor and the Development of
Heavy Guns the Former at Pres
ent Has the Best Of It-How the
I'rojectiIe Flies Through the Air.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-04

800 p. m.-Later dispatches to the sill
yer central committee cause them to
claim the following counties by the ma
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1896-11-04
ALTGELD UNDISMAYED.
Will Win Next Doodle and Co.
ercion Too Much.

Chicago, Nov. 4.-Gov. AltgeId gave
out today a statement addressed to the
Democrats of Illinois in which he says.
Although defeated I desire to thank
you for your loyal support you have
given me and I congratulate you on the
heroic fight you have just made Con
slider that only six months ago our great
party lay prOstrate; it has been be-
trayed into the hands of stock jObbers
and mOnOpOlieS by President Cleveland.
it has been robbed of everything Demo
cratic except the name, it stood for not
a great principle it was loaded with
political bad heads, yet it cut loose from
the domination of trusts and syndicates,
it repudiated the men who betrayed it
and again proclaimed Democratic prin-
ciples and espOused the cause of toll
ing humanity.
1T was confronted by everything that
money could buy-that Doodle could de-
bauch or that fear of starvation would
cOerce- 1t was confronted by a cOmbi-
nation of forces such as had never been
united before and could probably never
be united again and worse still, the
time was too short to educate the pub
lie. While we are defeated, our party
is more vigorous and in better cOndi-
tnon generally than it has been for
third of a century We have dug the
grave OF the British gold standard. One
more campaign of education will for
ever bury the palsied form Of that curse
which has bllghted prosperity and the
happiness of mankind We may as
sumo that the coming administration
will be controlled by the men who have
been so prominent in securing this
election.
Il believe that at the next general
election the people will reverse the YER
dict of yesterday because the return
of prosperity VIII not come as promised.
1t was the great common people
and not the rich who saved our insti-
tutiOns in 1861 and it will deVOlVe on
10 n
try to save and free the government in
ION