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Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-05-09
DEPARTURES.

SATURDAY, May Q.
Blk c d Bryant, Lee, for san Francisco.
o = 3 Australia, Houdlette, for San
francisco.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

Nye in Laramie about English and Amer
lean humor.
in my opinion" said the Engllshman.
the humor OF the United States If close
ly examined, will be found to depend in
a great measure, on the ascendancy
which the principle of utility has gained
over the imaginatiOns of a rather imagi-
native people,"
Just So replied Bill, land, accord
Ing to my best knowledge, the humor of
England, If closely examined, win be
found just about ready to drop over the
picket fence into the arena, but never
quite making connections. If we scan the
English literary horizon we will find the
hUmoriSt up q tall tree, depending from
a sharp knot thereof by the slack of his
overalls. He is just out of sight at the
time you look in that direction. He al
ways has a man working in his place,
however. The man who works in his
place is pairing down the half sole and
newly pegging a joke that has recently
been sent in by the foreman for repairs"
On the occasion Of my visit to Laramie
Mr.. Nye introduced me to my Laramie
audience. His Introduction was like this
Ladies and Gentlemen: l am glad that
1t has devolved upon me tonight to an
nounce that we are to have an interesting
lecture on lying by one of the most dis
tinguished- There was a pause, for Mr.
Nye's infection indicated that he had fin
ished, and the audience roared with de-
light. so that 1T was some time before the
sentence was concluded lecturers from
the east
Mr.. Nye continued: 1--WE have our ordi-
nary country liars in Laramie, but Mr.
Perkins comes from the metropolis. Our
everyday liars have a fine record. We are
proud of them, but the uncultured liars
of the prairie cannot be expected to cope
with the gifted and more polished pre-
varicators from the cultured east. Ladies
and gentlemen, permit me to introduce to
you Eliar Perkins"
Ladies and gentlemen" said in reply,
II feel justly fiattered by your Laramie
humorists tribute to my veracity but
truly am not as great a liar as Mr. Nye
-" and then l seemed to falter. The au-
dience saw my dilemma and applauded
and finally l couldn't finish the sentence
for some moments, but continuing, 1 said
Il am not as big liar as Mr.. Nye-
would have YOU think"
day or two after this I picked up the
Boomerang and read this paragraph:
when Eli Perkins was passing through
Laramie he said he was travelling for his
wife'S pleasure.
Then your wife is with you?" suggest
ed our reporter.
" oh, no. said Eli, she is in New
York. Melville D. Landon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
PEN AND INK COUNTERFEITs.
The Makers Name Isn't Known but
He is Wonderful Artist.
From the Buffalo Expires

From the Buffalo Express.
''The cleverest penman in this country"
said w. D. Randolph of Washington at the
Iroquois yesterday, 'is a fellow who lives
somewhere out west, some of whose han.
diwork l was looking at a few days ago.
1 don't know what his name is-if did
could get good sum of money for telling
it, but the mans work is probably as well
known to a certain class of people as that
OF any artist is to the best-posted critics
of art
THE fellow. whoever he is, is a counter
| feiter, who turns out some of the most per-
feet counterfeits that have ever been pro
duced. He has been in the business for
good many years, and his counterfeit bills
usually pass through a number of hands
before they fall into the hands of the Unit
ed states secret service officials as many
of them do. Probably most of them, how
ever, are in circulation and have never
been detected.
You know. down in Washington, there
is museum up in the top floor of the
treasury building, under the control of the
secret-service bureau. 1t is filed with in
teresting exhibits relating to counterfeit
ers and their work Photographs of every
counterfeiter who has ever been caught
are arranged in a complete rogue's gallery
the plates that they have used for making
counterfeit bills are there, each with deep
cuts across its face to prevent its being
used again, dies used in making counter
felt coins are shown to the visitors, and
the presses and other implements cap
tured with the crooks are all deposited in
this museum, which forms one of the most
interesting collections in that city of in
tereSting collections.
Besides the apparatus with which the
work of counterfeiting has been carried
on and a number of the weapons which
some of the more desperate counterfeit
ers had on their persons at the time of
their capture there are large scrap books
filled with samples of the counterfeit bills,
bank notes. treasury notes, silver certif-
icates. government bonds and a few bank
of England notes, which had gone into
circulation, and were afterward found by
secret service officials. Some of these are
works of high art, and only the closest
scrutiny can detect the difference be-
twee them and the genuine bills. Some of
them defy even the expert tellers of the
department until their peculiarities are
pointed out. but this man of whom 1 am
speaking. without the aid of plates or
tools beyond what any draughtsman uses,
produces counterfeit money that for accu-
racy cannot be equaled by any of these
other productions of the crooked fratern-
ity.
Where he works. and how he does his
work are, of course, things that the Sc
cret service officials do not know. If they
did they would soon find some means Of
stopping his game, but the very fact that
his work is all done by hand makes it
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

doubly impossible to detect him Most
captures of counterfeiters are made by
finding first the tools with which they
work. The tools which this man uses are
only such as any citizen has right to
the possession of, and their being found
under any conceivable circumstances ex-
cept in actual use making counterfeit
money would not be the slightest evidence
against their owner
TT is surmised by the officials of the de-
partment that the man works in the west,
although this is only surmise, based on
the facts that his counterfeits, which come
into the department with more or less
regularity, are usually sent in by banks
in Chicago and st. Louis. They almost in
variably pass the bank tellers, who are,
of course, unable to tell where they got
them, and are sent to the treasury as
genuine notes to be redeemed, along with
quantity of other notes. At first one
or two of them were redeemed by the
government, which, of course, had to stand
the loss, but now the experts in the treas
ury have got accustomed to the mans
style and can spot one of his bills every
time.
TT was nearly 20 years ago that the first
of these peculiar counterfeits was discov-
cred. 1t was bill of small denomination
l think a $40 treasury note. 1t was sup
posed, of course, that the note had been
printed from a plate, and the secret service
operators were sent out on hunt for the
perpetrator of the forgery. Within a few
weeks several more of the bills came in
and by carefully comparing them it was
seen that they were not all alike. The only
conclusion that could be reached was that
the man who made them was a skilled
draughtsman and the appearance of the
notes which he has made since confirm
this belief.
so perfect is the imitation of the gen
uine bills that even the red and blue silk
hbers which are woven into the distinctive
paper used by the government are initiated
with pen on these counterfeits. The only
defects are in some of the fine lines of the
lathe-work and even these imperfections
the officials say, are due to the imperfect
light in which the work is done. Gould
the man work by daylight without feal
of detection, it is believed by experts thai
he could produce a bill that would be i'm
possible of detection.
"Since he began to make counterfeitS
he has increased the denomination of the
bills he produces, and now the notes which
find their way to the treasury are for $5l
each. How many he makes a week an6
when he does it. are mysteries, and un.
less he should be discovered by accident
he will carry the secret of his identity tC
the grave with him. Only one thing car
be predicated of him with any certainty
and that is. that he is a draughtsman OF
almost miraculous talent. whose skill is
such that he could probably earn many
times as much in some legitimate pursuit
as he does by defrauding the government
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
POLITICS IN THE STATE.
Candidates in the Field and News
paper Talk on Party Policy

paper Talk ON Party Policy
Jesse Bull of Talbot county is a candi-
date for the judgeship of the Chattahoo-
chez circuit.
Tom Hutchinson of Cherokee is a candi-
date for the solicitor generalship of the
Blue Ridge circuit, to succeed Hon. George
Brown.
Col. John DeLacy has announced his
candidacy for the judgeship of the Oconee
circuit Judge c. C. Smith has a hard
fight on his hands.
John c. Dell of Screven county is men
toned as a possible successor to. Judge
Roger L. Gamble on the superior court
bench of the Middle circuit
Col Edward Wright of Albany is slated.
so it is said. for the legislative nomination
in Dougherty Hon. Edwin r. Jones hav-
ing announced his intention of staying out
of the race.
brownsville Times-E Enterprise: The one
convention proposition means a split in
the party. Its promoters are bent upon
lacing the democracy of Georgia in antag-
onism to the national party. Is this pa
triotic, democratic or right?
1t has been about decided that Col.
Bob" Berner of Forsyth will be present
ed as Monroe's choice for state senator.
and that Col Berner viii seek to be
of Brunswick and Judge Hopkins of
Townsville, have also cast their eye
of desire on the place now held BY Hon
w. H. Nenable of Atlanta.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
SAVED FROM A SURGEONS KNIFE.
An Accident, Which Might Have
Caused Death, Proved Fortunate,
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune
Accidents often make dangerous surgl-
cal operations necessary to save life. but
Albert McClatchey, a young carpenter
yesterday met with a dangerous accident
which saved him from a surgical opera.
ton. For some time without his know
ledge. there had been growing in his
throat a tumor nearly three inches in
length. He was at work in the elevator
shaft of the building, at No. 1894 Broadway
yesterday afternoon, when the elevator
car descended upon him. The floor of the
car squeezed him against a temporary
platform in the shaft until blood gushed
from his mouth and nose. When the car
was raised and he was extricated from
the shaft, an ambulance carried him TO
the hospital in Hudson street. His nose
had been fractured, and there were some
severe bruises on his head and face but
his injuries were found not to be serious
The surgeons at the hospital discovered
however, that he had been relieved of the
humorous growth in his throat by a par
oXysm of coughing which followed the ac-
cident, and they declared that he had been
saved from the necessity of undergoing a
dangerous operation. When McClatchey
was taken to his home, at No. 401 West
Forty-fifth street, last evening, he was
inclined Ito thank his lucky stars that
the elevator had caught him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
The last few days whenever snow has
fallen in Salt Lake City, a white sediment
has been left wherever the snow touched.
There has been much speculation as to
the actual cause; the local scientists have
been and are now divided upon that point
There are those who insist that the sedi-
ment was, taken up from the bosom of
Great Salt Lake. There are Others who be-
heve the deposit is sulphate of soda. which
is thrown up on the shores of Great Salt
Lake during the winter by the action of
the cold weather on the briny waters Be
that as 1t may, the houses facing north
the street car windows, and every piece of
glass exposed has become incrusted. Pc
destrlans who happened to be out in the
storm did not notice anything out of the
way until their clothing dried when it
was discerned that the apparel was liber-
ally sprinl5led with what appeared TO be
salt. The deposit is of a saline nature
That was discovered by the application of
the tongue
1t is a phenomenon that frequently oc-
ours in Salt Lake City and especially dur
ing the winter season, but a good deal of
work was necessary to remove the stains
left on the windows. There has not been
snow storm within the last ten davs
when the deposit of the sediment has not
occurred. The sayants are still guessing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
YOUTHFUL GREAT MEN.
Famous at an Age When Most Men
Begin Their Careers.

From the Baltimore sun.
Many of the greatest careers have been
made by young men. Washington was but
forty-three when he was called TO the COM
mand of the American revolutionary army
Henry Clay was speaker of the House OF
Representatives at 81. Stephen A. Doug
las was but 80 when he first became can
didate for the presidency. John Jay was
chief justice of the United States at 10.
James G. Blaine was only 80 when he be-
came speaker of the House of Representa-
tives. Alexander Hamilton took charge OF
the treasury at 30 years of age. Martin an
Buren,, at &c. organized the famous Albany
Regency, and was governor of New YORK
at 40.
John C. Calhoun, in his 42d year was
Vice President of the United States yohh
c. Breckenridge, of Kentucky, was wee
President at 81, and a candidate for the
presidency at 80. George B. Mcclellan was
only IS when nominated for the presidency.
In military life especially young men
have been most conspicuous. Gen. CRAM
was but 40 years of age when ne began
winning a name for himself in our clVil
war, and was only 43 when the war closed
Napoleon was master of France and Eu-
rope before his 30th birthday. AleXandeI
the Great had conquered the world ana
left it before he was 80 years old. tTe-
mont, the pathfinder" had explored the
Rocky mountains before he was ~ anu
was running for the presidency at IS.
Columbus ives in the 30S when ne eA-
planned his ideas OF the western passage
and enlisted the Spanish sovereigns IN the
project that led to the discovery OF Amer
lea.
Richard Golden was but "a when, he
founded the Anti-Corn law league, whlcR
rev oluuonized the commercial Doliey Oh
Great Britain.
William Pitt ranked by some historians
as the greatest of modern British prenaiefS'
was practically ruler of England at a.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
"A REMARKABLE CURE.
Mrs. HasIem, Born With n Curved
Spine, Is Now Three Inches Taller.
From the Philadelphia Press.

From the Philadelphia Press.
While bending forward lacing her shoe.
Mrs. Ella Haslem, "a years old, 1852
Huntingdon street, is thought to have
ruptured a muscle that had held her
spine curved inward since her birth.
After lying in bed twenty-four hours she
got up with a straight back standing
three inches taller than she had before.
Mrs. Haslem is the daughter of House
Sergeant Read of the Twenty-second
district police station. He says his daugh-
ter was born with a very bad curvature
at the Jefferson hospital when girl. Me-
chanical means were unsuccessfully tried
to overcome the deformity, and as she
grew up to womanhood she was compelled
back to give her more symmetrical APP
pearance. The curvature also caused her
TO have a somewhat awkward gait. Other
wise she was not much Inconvenience
by it.
Last Wednesday evening Mrs. Haslem
leaned down to fasten her boot, a task
that seemed to be more than ordinarily
difficult While her body was bent, 10
quote her own words she 'felt something
snap near her spine,' and though she felt
no pain she was unable to raise herselr
again and she was carried to bed Next
day she felt we'll enough to go down stairs,
which she did without assistance. To her
surprise her deformity had disappeared
and her dresses were several inches too
short for her Afterward it was found
that the Strengthening up process had IN
creased her stature by exactly three
inches.
The case has excited great interest
among medical men. Last evening doc
tor said that curvature of the spine was
usually due to a disease called by the
same name as consumption, namely, "tu-
berculosis." He said Mrs. Haslems back
bone might have been curved by an en- en-
tanglement of one of the small bones with
one or other of the muscles
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
BERNHARDTs GRANDDAUGHTER.
She Is Said to Resemble in Some Re-
spects Her Famous GRANDMOTHER.
From the London Truth.


Dumas fills wittily spoke of the mar
riage of NJ. Maurice Bernhard and his
Polish princess as the union de la Grande
Boheme ct de la Petite Pologne. La
Petite Pologne was 30 years ago to Paris
what Tyburn was a hundred years ago TO
London. But its union has had happier
consequences than could have been ex-
pected. M Maurice Bernhard has set
tied down; his wife has kept her fortune
and is domestic, and Mile. Simone. their
daughter, promises to be a wondrous be-
ing. If there is anything in heredity, she
would astonish and delight the world il
she came forward in the sphere in which
her grandmother shines.
Her grandmother on the maternal side
was the greatest beauty on the Vienna
stage, when she belonged to the corpe de
ballet there. After she married Prince
Jablonewsky, and went to live in Italy,
she triumphed wherever she appeared.
Victor Emanuel was one of her illustrious
victims. Prince Jablonewslxy, wanting a
salaried post, the princess asked the king
TO find one for him.
His majesty passed on the request to
he was told, to give away. Cant YOU
make him governor of some palace?" SAID
the king, Every palace. has, sir, gov
ernor and sub-governor.'
''Well, make him a governor of all the
palaces"
This was done. The princess was left.
quently divided among her daughters on
her death. She was the most statuesque
woman l ever saw.
The grandchild Simone has inherited
her antique profile. 1t is combined with
the physical distinction of Sarah Bern
hardt. The eminent actress takes pride
and pleasure in letting her friends see
to what degree the child is heiress of
her talents. She is perfecting herself in
Fart d'etre grandmere. An example of
her proficiency was given on Christmas
day in her studio. giant Christmas
tree was set W there. Scores of incan-
descent lamps lighted it up. A crowd of
children entered when the room was dark.
In the twinkling of an eye it was a lum-
inous fairyland. Sarah, in white satin.
looked like a beneficent princess She
had the granddaughter beside her and
with a wand seemed to effect transfer
nation scenes Her manner was grand
motherly in showing reflected happiness.
The Mean Thing.-He-Don't you wish
every year was leap year?
She-Sir!
Then your birthday would be one day
later in getting round, you know. In
dianapolis Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01

The Mean Thing.-He-Don't you wish
every year was leap year?
She-Sir!
Then your birthday would be one day
later in getting round, you know. In
dianapolis Journal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-03-01
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The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-02-12

Postmaster j. E. Tenant, of Summerton,
and his assistant, Mr.. W. E. Kees, we're be-
fore U. S. Commissioner S. A. Norris last
Thursday for preliminary hearing on the
charge of embezzling the postal fsnds. It's
charged that the sum of $500 was embezzled
by the two men and that since the shortage
was discovered by the Post Office Inspector
they have endeavored!to make good the short
age
There is said to be very little prospect for
bivcle races in this city during the coming
season. The Track Association has lost
money on the venture and will not put any
more into it. The track and stands need re-
pairs, which will require considerable ex-
penditure to complete Unless the track is
put in condition it will be impossible to have
races as at present it is wholly unfit.
There was a fight and cutting ARRAY at
Remini Thursday between several Of the San
tee Lumber Co., Michigauders. No particu.
lars have been ascertained, but it is reported
that one man was cut in a serious manner
and was otherwise injured by being jumped
on and kicked by the Michigauders whose
spike shod shoes are the most dangerous sort
of weapons.
Seventeen new cases Of measles developed
Friday. One hundred and four cases have
been reported to the Health Officer The yell
low signs are very popular down in Red and
White Row and the denizens of that dc'ectible
residence section head off Health officer Rear
don aad ask him to put up zone of them
yaller signs" on their houses. 1t makes no
difference down n Red and White whether
there is a case of measles in the house o not,
lust so some one is sick there s sufficient ex-
cuse to ask for sign.
MIR. J. X. McElveen, of New Zion, sold the
last of his tobacco last week at the Sumter
Warehouse. He planted two acres and raised
/, ,7OS pounds, which he scld for S255.ss,
net. The crop cost him SIS for fertilizers and
SIS for building barn and labor His net
profit on the two acres is therefore S2l5.88,
or SLOT. "a per acre. This was Mr. McElveen's
first experience with tobacco, and it shows
what profit there is in the crop, when it is
intelligenty and carefully managed. He is
so we'll pleased With tobacco that he will. IL
crease his crop to Is acres for this year.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1896-02-12

Timmonsville is going ahead preparing for
the next tobacco season. Lumber IS being
hauled for the Traxler warehouse and there
is substantial talk of organizing another
company 10 build third warehouse.
Another large prize house is in process Of
construction Timmonsville is located very
near the center Of the tobacco region and is
at work to make the very best use of the ad-
vantages that she possesses If the other towns
that wish to be tobacco markets do not do as
much, they will be left in the rear.
Hamlins Wizard Oil Co., opeos q week s
engagement 10 Opera House next Monday
night, Feb. l7th. They carry fine Naie
Quartette, good company of Specially Ar
lists, and funny little man, only 40 inches
high. Combined they give 6rst-class pro-
gramme in every respect. Every part of
their eutertai ment is feature, and is con-
Quoted in such way that ladies and children
are especially invited to attend. Be sure and
see them Mo day night The admission is
Is cents to any part of the house.
The Santee River Cypress Lumber Co., has
not won its suit against R. B. James ct al
and final settlement seems as far off as ever
The Jameses and others will sue at law for re-
covery of their interest in the swamp lands
now held by the company and there is Of
course the possibility that they may obtain
favorable verdict.
Out of Weakness come strength when the
blood has been purified, enriched and vital
lied, the appetite restored and the system
built up by Hoods Sarsaprila.
Sewing Machines and Organs cleaned and
repaired at the Sumter Music House.
Why suffer with Coughs, Colds and La
Grippe when Laxative Bromo Quinine will
cure you 10 one day. Does not produce the
ringing in the head like Sulpbate of Qunine.
Put up in tablets convenient for taking.
Guaranteed to cure, or money refunded.
Price, 25 Cents For sale by a. J. China.
Nov 2G-6m.