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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

Tho pleasant flavor. gentle action and
soothing effect Of syrup Of Figs, when in
need Of Il laxative. and il the father or
mother be costtVe or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow its use: so thai
fl is the best family remedy known md
every family should have bottle-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

Four vessels are chartered to arrive at
fertilizer, within the next two weeks.
They are the schooners George H. Ames.
now at Booth Bay, Me, loading, the 10,
seph w Hawthorne, now at Lewes, Del.
the Eliza A. Scrbner, at Lewes. Del ami
the Joel Cook. at Philadelphia
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11
LOCAL PERSONAL.

Mr.. H. N. Conner, Jr.. left for Rostor
yesterday on the Chattahoochee.
Mr.. and Mrs G. NJ Gilbert and fo,,4,..
left for the north yesterday on the Chat.
tahoochee. They go to New England -
spend the summer u
Lieut.. Austin r. Davis, United S+.4o.
navy, formerly of this city, and who 7,, ,es
appointed a cadet to Annapolis froT, t a.
First district, has been ordered 10 ne ne
Francisco - san
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

NO, Maud doesn't ride a wheel ba
cause her arms are so thin" "Are -.
sure you mean her arms?" Yes. Tho
split her sleeves every time 81 ri5ey
against the wind '-Indauapol To,, rlaes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The schooner Linah c. Kanunski yester.
day finished diseharging her cargo OF
guano' which, she brought from New
York, and sailed for Darien. where ssns
will load lumber for New York.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

Base ball game to-day, Washington. Ga
VS.. c. L. A Go and see a fine game Of
ball; 4:9O p. mad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

Inc steamer Ethel, which ran against a
snag on her last trip to Augusta. and wa :
hauled out on Jones marine railway for
repairs, was launched yesterday. She left
for Augusta last night, taking the steamer
katie's schedule.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The Washington Base Ball Club have
a phenomenal pitcher in Qunliard o.
out ana see what he can do TODAY. a.qo -
mad. -''0 y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The schooner Rebecca NJ. Walls finished
dlscharging her cargo of coal Yesterday
and VIII sail to-day for Brunswick. where
delphia or New York
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The steamer Katie met with an acct.
dent on her last trip down from Augusta
A trap on the piston slipped and broke the
cylinder head. She will be ready to resume
her trips to Augusta next Tuesday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The Norwegian bark Australia. which
has been at this port for the past two
months, finished loading a few DAYS ago
and yesterday cleared for Guayaquil. Fc-
Der for a special order. The lumber Ne :
shipped by the Georgia Lumber Compan,,
and consisted Of SS9,475 feet, valued al
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

ton !.
Home Runs-Wood
Base on Balls-By Winters. g. Foster. T.
Sacrifice Hits-C. l. A.. 3. Washington B.
Double Plays-C. l.. A.. 2; Washington
Struck Out-By Winters. 8: Foster g.
Time Of Game-1 hour 80 minutes.
Umpire-Mr. Morrissey
The teams will line up to-day as fol-
lows:
c. L. A.-Coney. C: Nell. D.: Schreck
LIST; Harper. End; OCCnnor, 3rd; Murray.
IS; LeClaire, II; Outen, CT; Strickland
RI; Brady substitute
Washington-Jackson G: Quillian p:
Markhalter. 1st; Wood, End: Watkins, 3rd :
Anderson, IS; Foster, H. Foster. f., Of;
Wynn, r.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The United States snagboat Toccoa, was
hauled out on Jones marine railway yes
terday for repairs
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The barkentine Bruce Hawkins, which
cleared yesterday for Boston. and was
ready to sail, has been detained on ac-
count of the illness of three of the crew.
They are sick with malarial fever. sup
posed to have been contracted by sleep
ing on the deck of the vessel.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The Norwegian bark Ole Smith
Ploug, which arrived at Tybee
Thursday, being 40 days from Stet-
tin, has been ordered to VIII
mngton to load naval stores for Europe.
She sailed yesterday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The Norwegian bark Regina, Capt. Sor-
Wig, from Savannah for Harburg has ar
rived at Dover with maintopgaliant yard
sprung and loss of jibboom, having been
cut down to the waters edge on port side
amidships by being in collision off Folke-
stone, during a fog. with an unknown iron
bark, which proceeded on her way with
the loss of jibbOom. The Regina has sew
eral feet of water in her hold, and is being
towed TO London The Regina sailed from
this port for Harburg June 3 with 482S
barrels of rosin, valued at 5,20S. The
cargo was shipped by the S. +. Shotter
Company. Just before leaving here the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

About 1900 watermelons We're shipped
north during the last two days on the
steamship City of Augusta, which sail
ed for New York, and the Chattahoochee
for Boston.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The steamer Vigilant has evidently be-
come quite popular on her summer route
between Boston and Plymouth. Mass, as
Capt. Gibson has had frequent inquiries
lately from parties who wish to buy her
Yesterday he received two kilograms,
one from Buffalo and one from New York.
The parties were anxious to make ar
rangements to purchase the boat. She
is chartered for one hundred days by the
Winthrop Steamboat Company of Boston.
which has an option on purchasing her
when the time of her lease runs out,
which will be in about two months.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

Merit in medicine means the power to
cure. The great cures by Hoods Sarsa-
parilla prove its unequalled merit.-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The steamer Laurada of Lberian emf
grafton and Cuban filibusterng fame is on
a marine railway at Philadelphia for the
purpose Of being painted
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

Go out to the ball game to-day and
see what a wonder Washington's one
armed pitcher is.-ad
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

The little schooner Emma A.
DickersOn went TO sea yesterday from Ty-
bee for Honduras. The fact that she had
10 be at anchor at Tybee for several days
awaiting fair weather caused several ru-
mors 10 get afioat that she was waiting
10 take on a cargo of ammunition to be
transported to Cuba for the insurgents
There was no reliable foundation for the
rumors, however, as q was prepOsterous
TO suppose that the small schooner could
take more cargo than she cleared with
when she left Savannah.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

In the case of John S. Howkins VS.. J.
L. Whatley, trustee, and others, judgment
was rendered in the city court for the
plaintiff for $1,000 principal $3.50 interest,
S4 city taxes and 1886 attorneys fees.
Execution was directed to issue under the
judgment against the property at Henry
and Lincoln streets.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

In the suit of Mrs. A. Bullock VS.. Mrs.
F. VonKamp for rent, the jury returned
a verdict for $50, and costs of court in the
plaintiffs favor.
First verdcts for total divorce were
granted in the cases of Richard Perry VS..
Laura Perry and Mary E. Brunson VS.. 7.
d. Brunson.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

In the court Of ordinary the viii of Ju-
Illus b. Gaudry was filed. He leaves life
insurance of $500, together with an in
terest in an estate. The property is left
20 his wife and children, and ]. J. eau
dry is named as executor.
]. ]. Gaudry filed an application for
letters OF guardianship on the property of
Elise s., John B. and Marie G. Gaudry,
minors.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-11

In the case of A. F. Harrison, charged
Mr. John G. Butler, the evidence showed
clearly that he had not taken the dog
and Judge Norwood directed a verdict
for the defendant.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21

enormous difficulties Of getting out
such a lump of earth as that. Why,
about the only way they can get single
stones is by swallowing them.
"Let me digress moment tc tell
you something about the mine work.
All the diggers are natives, mostly
Ka{fira. They come from their own
land four days on foot to work in the
mines, and get enough money to go
home and buy a wife from their King.
All the women are owned by the King,
who sells them to the men. That's the
way the royal exchequer is kept up.
A wife represents very long term of
labor in the mines, so the Kat1ir is not
above decreasing his period of service
by secreting q few diamonds about
HIM if he can. To keep the men from
getting away with all the diamonds,
the company has an overseer for every
SIX or eight workers. AS the Kaf1irs
work with no clothing other than on
extremely small breech clout, oppor-
tunities Tor external concealment are
very small. Every one OF them is
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21

ent not to have any name to call him
by. but the only name any Of them
have is just boy SO far as their en-
ployers ore concerned-the other Kailir
joined our party for time. He told
me that he had been whipped for some
act of his in the mines, and he felt
very revengeful over it. The picture
in which you see him was taken outside
of Christiania just before that boy
left us. On his way back to the mines
he was murdered, but it isn't likely
that the murderers got any money, for
those fellows bury their stuff. They
work in combinations, ten or dozen
to combination, and pool their in
terests. All that they get is buried in
some secret spot, andlthey take turns
in guarding it. I have never heard OF
one of them playing the others false,
although they are tricky enough in
their dealings with the whites. OF
course, the fact that death in some
terrible form would be the punish
merit of any breach Of faith acts as q
deterrent.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21

can be- taken out tht Capetowp,
the customs officials ag all 9TH
ers. This little buncr 5f gems was
not brought through the regular chan
nels. 1t was bought from Katfir
who was murdered shortly after the
sale, presumably because the murder
ers expected to find the proceeds Of
the sale upon him, in which they were
probably disappointed. Kaffirs 10
not carry large sums of gold about
with them. Here is the story of the
blue mass so far as Mr.. Levy chooses
to tell it:
lit was found" said Mr.. Levy to a
SUI reporter to whom he was show
ing the specimen, ''in 1891, in one of
the Kimberley r:iues, 1900 feet below
the earth's surface. A Kafhr picked
IL up just as it is there. How he man.
aged to get it to the surface OF the
earth is beyond my power to tell; al
most beyond 1t to imagine. Only one
who knows of the rigorous watch kept
by the overseers upon the Kaffirs who
work the mines can comprehend the
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21
JAKE BLOSSOM.
He Was the Best "Arguficr" in the
State of Colorado.

lie " as inc hcSS AEEAACA Ill INV
State of Colorado.
speaking of great takers" said Tn
Gle Simon, shuffling his chair and call
ing for another dose Of whisky and Gyr-
IN, reminds ne of Jake Blossom, that
came out to the Glnnison country.
fake could beat anybody talking that
ever heard tell Of. He was born down
in MiZzoury somewhere.
"Hc came out to Gunnison when he
was quite young man, and he went
right to the front. Couldn't help it.
He talked his way right through every
thing. There wasn't no preachers then,
end Jake did the talkin' at funerals,
lync,inss. weddings, political conve:l-
tons, dedcations OF new saloons, and
he was particularly strong on the
Fourth Of July. He could read the
Declaration OF Independence SOS you
would want to start right off and shoot
the liver out Of the first. Englishman
you could clap your eyes On. Argufy?
There never was man in the State Of
Colorado could argufy like Jake Bios
som. He would stand up against a bar
and discuss the law and the Constitu-
lion until the barkeeper would fall dead
or the liquor would play out, one or the
otler.
"Ouc night Jake fell dead himself,
right in front of Blind Bob's bar. Fell
dowl like as if he had been shot, with
word seventeen syllahles long right
between his teeth. You better believe
there was CONSERVATION in that camp.
They picked him up and laid him Oh q
pool table. There was good many
said lie wasn't dead at all; that he'd
come to if he only had a little time and
drop Of something. We tried to run
q dose of brandy down his throat, but It
wouldn't 90. We stood around and dis
cusscd q long time what to do. There
wasn't doctor anywhere within hu-
man knowledge. We didn't want 10
take him out and plant him if he was
still living.
CAN ut once Bill Duffy, vino was town
clerk, such as we had, pushed through
and licked at Jake. He knOwed Jake
bettcrn any other man in town. They'd
had mary hot argument together!
Duffy stepped up to the table, leaned
over Jake, and shouted in his nigh ear:
Its my opinion that the freein' Of.
the slaves was the greatest mistake the
Government OF this here United States
ever made
"T:lel Bill stood up AMI watched
"ake's face. The corpse never moved a
muscle A tear stole into Bilrs eye, he
turned around and looked at al Of rs,
and he said:
Boys, he's dead; you can bury
him."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21

where the line Of type is cast from mott
IN metal after which it distributes the
matrices in their proper places in the
magazine from which they were taken.
The cast line is ready for printing with
out further labor.
The almost human action of the ma
chine may be understood, when it is
said that the brass matrices, from
which the linotype slug is cast, are
handled automatically by the machine,
seven times after they leave the maya
zine before they find their way into the
magazine again. This is done month
&fte: month, thousands Of times day,
with never a deviation or error in the
assembling or replacing Of the ninety
characters that are at the command Of
the operator. All the parts of the ma
chinevy are adjusted in their turn, to
meet the matrices in their travels, and
to perform their duty in setting them
II line, casting the slug from them and
returning them to the magazine. There
are three distinct operations gone
through by the iinotype-setting the
matrices. casting tho line Of type and
distributing the matrices. All three
go on at once, and one does not inter-
ferc with the other. While one line is
being distributed, another is being cast
and third set The lines of type once
cast are handled in exactly the same
manner as regular type, only they are
lnuch more easily shifted about. These
lines OF type can be either printed from
directly or can b e stereotyped for use
on big newspaper Derfecting presses.
Once used. the lines of type are re-
turned to the melting pot and are re-
melted, to be cast over again.
a comparison of what can be done
on the linotype and what can be done
by hand will show the difference. One
man can set by hand from 1000 ems
of matter per hour to 1900 On ma
chine it is 4 poor operator that cannot
set AC00 ems Of matter per hour and
records Of nearly S.0C0 ems per hour
have been made on regular newspaper
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21

work. A perfect proof from a linotype
is very common. The linotype is guar
anteed to produce over 1890 ems per
hour and good operators constantly set
from 4,G0O to 5000 ems per hour.
Records Of 300, 10000 and 10000 have
already been made. All the large dali
les in the country, over 800 small dali
les, and large number of book and
Job printing offices now lave the ma
chimes in use. Over 5000 have been
sold in the United States within the
past six years.
Since perfccting the machine the in
ventor has devoted his time to i'm
proyements, In making it meet the needs
of every branch of the printing trade.
1t is now possible to change the face Of
the type on a machine in ten minutes
and substitute any Of the smaller or
reading type, such as agate" mon
pareil," "minon,' '*brevier,' "long
primer" "small pica," and italics. Ev-
cry machine can be fitted with two
lnolds, a 'sold" and q '1eaded" body,
which can be interchanged in moment
and with a supply Of molds and maya
zines on hand, one machine can be
made to turn out any Of the faces
above mentioned on any length OF mold.
1t will be surprise to learn that the
machine occupies space OF only five
feet square. weighs less than 1000
pounds, and requires only one-fourth
misrepresentation or electrlcity-t0
operate it. The gas jets used to keep
the type metal in q molten state con-
sumo less than fifteen feet an hour,
and after an operator has become &C
Quainted with his machine, the ser
vices of machinist are not required.
In large offices, Of course, where speed
and time are the great consideration,
lnachinists are required to care for the
machines. Though twenty years were
spent in creating the linotype, it was
only few years ago considered per-
feet 1t is, therefore, in its infancy.
The inventor has but begun to produce
u radical change in the printing world
which the superiority of his Invention
viii complete in few years.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21
PAVED WITH DIAMONDS.

Thousands of the Precious Stones
Found in the Streets of Kimberley.
When in the early '70's the four great
Kimberley mines were discovered, the
innumerable digsers who rushed to the
new Eld0rado found themselves seri-
ously handicapped owing to the scar
city of water. Waite ris Indispensable
to the successful working of diamond
ferrous ground. DRY sorting" as it is
called, which the Kimberley pioneers
were compelled to resort to during the
first two years, involved great loss Of
diamonds, thousands having been lost
in this manner. The ground thus sort
cd became known as debris, huge
mounds of which can still be seen
about tho mines.
When Kimberley was created nv
nicipality and proper roadways con-
structed, 1t was found that this debris
made excellent pavement, and miles Of
Kimberley streets were paved with the
refuse from the mines. The amalga-
nation Of the mines in 1887, followed
by the shutting down of two mines,
threw many diggers out of work, caus-
ing great deal of distress. This caus-
ed attention to be drawn to the dor
mant wealth of the Kimberley pave
ments. The Town Council decided to
gradually parcel out portions of the
streets among the unemployed, and
this has been going on up to the pres
ent time. The pavement is broken up,
then washed and carefully sorted for
diamonds, upwards OF 100000 worth of
diamonds having been thus recovered
in one year alone. AS showing the loss
eEtailed by the old dry-sorting process
from twenty to over 100 carat diamonds
have been found ir this debris. AS
much as e., LOCO worth of diamonds have
been recovered out of patch 100 feet
square.
Diamonds are picked up in the streets
Of Kimberley almost daily, especially
after & rainfall, and the diamonds still
contained in the pavements arc est.
mated at g fabulous sum.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21
Two Great Men

"Out Of the way, fellow, and let me
passw shouted the man in the light
buggy.
Cit out Of the way yourself" replied
the man on the load of hay. "Who air
you, anyway"
II am the judge Of the Superior
Court"
"JHlse Of the court? Well! And Of
you was to die they couldn't get no
other che, could they?'
Yves"
ooh, they could? Well, I guess, thea,
Pm more important than You air. I'm
the only man in the whole township
that knows how to make good az
handle"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21
She D;sliilcd Steamboats,.

The wife OF physician who lives il
Washington tells story of 4 distan.
Einswoman who was her guest during
the Christian Endeavor convention
The kinswoman lives in an inland New
England town. and when she came to
Washington she spent one night Of the
journey on board a steamboat 1t was
the first time she had ever Travelled by
wate". She reached Washington ex-
tremcly fatigued. The doctors wife re.
marked it.
'Ies, I'm tired to DEATH said the
kins woman. Il don't know rs l care
to travel by water again. l read the
card in my stateroom about how to put
the life preseryer on and I thought
understood it, but l guess l didn't,
though. Some way. couldn't seem to
so to sleep with the thing on"
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21

carefully searched every day before
he leaves the mine. There are three
punishments for Kafirs caught stealing
diamonds. One is whippina; and it
is no joke the way it is done there.
The second is Imprisonment, which is
likely to include whipping, and the
third is being committed to the break
water to break stones. In spite Of
oil these precautions there are many
diamonds stolen yearly.
"Well, to come back to the subject,
it is almost inexplicable how five
pound lump Of diamond earth could
be brought out without discovery.
Possibly the finder of it may have kept
it concealed for months in the mine
before he could get il up; and IN.
doubtedly there was concerted action
on the part OF several men. They
generally work together. ANY way,
brought out it was, and by this fel-
low"
Mr.. Levy put his finger on the figure
in the photograph, on the far left,
then he changed it to the figure in the
background on the left.
"And that chap was my scout" said
he. Il had employed him before
when I was in South Africa, and he
told me of this wonderful lump OF
earth which fellow tribesman OF his
had buried. It was in Christiania, up
north Of Kimberley. Ihad gone there
by OK wagon with my brother and
three other white men. We had about
thirty boys-Kaffirs and zulus, that
is, they're always called boys-with
the party. The Kattir who had the
diamonds was to meet my scout and
complete the deal, the price having
already been set and accepted. None
Of US whites figured in the transaction
as principals. My scout took out the
money and brought back the chunk O.
blue mass. and that is all there was tt
it. The other Kaflir-it's inconveni
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-21
WOMEN IN HIGH Il,

In Baden Hats Are Alv.,. q
the Fashion Never cs,. Y
It is commonly believed \
high hat is a very modern IN
fact, the centenary is said =, =
in 1897. But there is 4 =,
Germany where it has b., = i
hundreds of years, and. i
enough, the wearers are oi 4
sex. The women of Elztb,) ! !
and other neighboring vaIlsa
Grand Duchy of Baden !.
hats as part OF their best closI'
Tho hat is slightly highs,
kind usually worn by men 4
other highly civilized ps,h
world: The sides ars !,
straight, a fashion which ha,s,
among American and Englti
but has not been seen Il,
years. 1t is, in fact, of IL
which has been called ths
pipe" In the happy and ii
community Of Elzthal the M
not change perceptibly in ii
Of a hundred years. A girll
the possession Of one, orat
high hats, aud her fathe. :,
should be happy in ..the /.
that she does not want mole,
When it comes to.the b,in
some difference between ths
woman's hat and that Of COZ,
man. The brim turns dow
at the sides, and two ribbou
tached here, which pass unds
and hold the hat on the bed
in primitive Elzthsl woman
go the length Of wearing !
enough 10 fit her. II M,
lightly on top Of her hair, ~
cured by something more tha|
weight.
These high hats are ob.i
down from mother and dsug
ore a source Of much pride