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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
MooKING BIRDS As DANCERS.
Queer Performances They some
times Go Through i'm the Woods.

times TO through the " oNuNs
From the Popular Science Monthly.
The power of the mocking bird TO amuse
folks is not confined to its abilities as
r.ch-voiced singer. The more birds are
studied the more students wonder what
they can't do. Birds with some marked
characteristices are sometimes neglected
in other respects than their popularity,
and so II happens that the hooking bird
is better known as an initiative singer
than as an original one, and that 1t was a
dancer as much almost as a heron or
crane few were aware.
The mockng birds dance methOdically,
like woodsmen in a square dance, rather
than with the wild CREATIONS of a darky
hoe-down. They keep Their bodies stiff,
with head and tails erect their wings
dropping and feathers flattened out, some
thing like the English sparrow when hop
ping about before its sweetheart; but the
sparrow's feathers are thrown out usually
instead of being fiattened against the
body.
Two of the hooking birds make a set,
and they, bound along, jumping rather
high, but not far, going from one end OF
the playground to the other one behind
the other about a foot, and each one at
the end OF the playground turns in a cir
Gle slowly and with dignity and goes back
again. Sometimes they stop and look at
some distant object, day dreaming, APP
parently, then away they go again.
Mr. Blake tells about a hen that was
disturbed by the actions of a pair of
hooking birds in their dance whereupon
she left her brood of chickens and charged
the couple with clucks and fluttering
feathers Up went the mockng birds with
true hooking bird talk scolding and sput-
tering at the hen until they fairly drove
her aWaV.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
CORSET-wEARING MEN.
Here's Woman Who Says She
Likes Them-W omanish Officers.

p"t"h W no says she
Likes Them-W omanish Officers.
From the New York Press.
German and English army officers wear
corsets. There is popular idea that wo-
men laugh at the corset-wearinE male.
much as men laugh at the trouser-wear-
ing female. But some women. according
to London Truth. have more liberal ideas
Here is a woman who has two brothers.
both rather distinguished cavalry OIL
GERS. who have worn stays pretty con-
stantly ever since they Joined" and so far
from ridiculing her brothers. this exem-
plary young woman is fun of admiration
for the increased grace thereby afforded
TO the fraternal figures
But there is discrimination in this ladv's
taste, which only makes her opinion the
more valuable. That anxiety about the
smart mt Of a uniform which IS quite
consistent with manly behavior in the
field she finds to be very different thing
from the vanity of an effeminate youth
OF her acquaintance, who lis laced every
morning by his sister until his waist is
the same size as hers-namely seventeen
inches"
Perhaps / am a little lacking in dlscrim-
nation myself. comments Mr. Labou-
chere, but for the life of me / cannot see
where the difference comes in. Are stays
only becoming TO soldiers2 Or is a scar
let coat more in need of the support af-
forded by corset than the suit OF sol
emn black customary in civil life? II
stays are lawful wear for any male
should have thought that they would be
more eXcusable In a humble individual
say a iournalist-who spends his days in
a stuffy office pouring over a desk than
In stalwart hero whose life IS spent in
martial exercises. Anyhow, whenever |
see in future a rather distinguished cav
airy officer" with a remarkably neat fig
ure, | shall be wondering whether he is
a brother of my fair cnrrnsnnnlenf
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24

Too Literal.-"They is such a thing as
bein' in the habit Of takin' things too
literal" said the old settler, who had been
in the country for four years, "and Wall
eyed Bowker IS bout as good a example Of
IL as I know Of"
What's he been dom now?" asked the
postmaster.
Yesterday The preacher he says IL
should be the july Of Us 3ee put sunshine
in the hearts OF our felier-men. and VIVA
does Bowker do but follow up the idee By
lettn' daylight into Chinaman. CHI
cinnati Enquirce
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24

mighty poorly. After breakfast / asked
me stranger If he would like to be NOV
ing along and I went out and exercised
ms nag ana brought her around. The
stranger said his nag looked as II She
had had about as poor might OF II as
he had, and said he didn't suppose l had
led her Well, I didn't make no reply TO
that your honor.
Then just as he got ready TO mount he
turns 90 me and says:
by the way, what do you think Of
the silver question:"
Then I hit him"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
NOTICE no MARINERs.

Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters OF yes
sells free of charge in United states ny
,7r,rranbic office. in custom house. Cap
+ains are requested to call at the office.
REPORTS of wrecks and derelicts received
for transmission to the navy department.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
EXPORTS.

Per steamship City of Macon for Phila-
delphia Aug. 23-1.5S7 casks clay, 16 casks
clay, 100 bbls pitch, liz bbls rosin, 3l5 bills
spirits turpentine, 1905 feet lumber 10 bbls
oil, 40 bbls lampblack, AZ bdls palm fibre,
81 bbls Hnters, $50 tons pig iron, 272 pkgs
mdse 100 barrels, II bales moss.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
LIST OF VESSELS
Up, Cleared and Sailed for This
Port.
STEAMSHIPS.

Brinkburn Br), 2O96 tons. Due Sept. I,
TO ID cotton. Hamburg.
Pawnee (Br), 1,167 tons, Aikenhead, Liver
pool, sid -. Due Aug. q, to Id cotton,
Barcelona
sid Aug. %.
Abarenda (Br), 1909 tons, Sawyer, passed
Gibraltar Aug. II. Due Sept. 8, to load
cotton for Bremen.
Nab (Br), 1876 tons, Rasmussen, Shields.
Due?; to load cotton for Liverpool or
Bremen.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
Total visible supply .....1.Sn. S84 2.4s2..

The imports into continental ports the
past week have been 1900 bales.
The above figures indicate a decrease
in the cotton in sight to date of 1,150445
bales as compared with the same date
of 1895, a falling off of 7O53S4 bales from
the corresponding date of 1894 and a de-
crease Of 95O,O95 bales from 1893.
India Cotton Movement From All Ports
The receipts and shipments of cotton at
Bombay have been as follows for the week
and year, bringing the figures down to
Aug. 20:
Bombay Receipts and Shipments for -Four
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
Visible supply of Cotton.

The visible supply Of cotton 10 Aug. q
as made up by cable and telegraph. is as
follows. The continental stocks. as well
as those FOR Great Britain and the afiost
are this weeks returns. and consequently
all the European figures are brought down
20 Thursday evening But TO make the
tStals the complete figures for Aug. d. We
add the item OF exports from the United
States. including in it the'exports Of Fri
day only:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24

....-,-bip City Of Augusta, Dassett'
&C. G. Anderson, Agent
-. -,slip Gate City, Googins, Boston
anderson, Agent.
--z- Ethel. Carroll, Augusta and
-s40rs.-TV. 7. Gibson, Manager
N-i.-4 -. SapelO, etc, with naval
-...-.s-Gordon wharf.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24

Island City. 40 tons. Harvey. at Baltimore
Aug. -
Carrie T. Balano. IA tons. Barter. AZ
philadelphia, Aug. y
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24

wa Lawrence. 4So tons. Camnherl pa,.,
more, sid Aug. 70. ''''''' i'a'li-
p it.more. Aug. p. ''"e''' al
s.d H Ems T. tons earle. Philadelphia
lmore, Aug. p. - a. 'a''
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
SHIPS.

Heinrich CNor). 1,4S4 tons, Relners, Elsi-
more, sid July 9.
Thor (Nor), 1,1O6 tons, Andersen, Harburg,
sid Aug. 2.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
The other day fisherman Of Gran

The other day fisherman Of Gran
Vile. \. s.. noticed some stun floating.
an the water that looked like ta.low. He
took IL home and tried to make soft soap
of H. but found that il was unavailable
for that purpose. He had about 100 pounds
of the material altogether, OF which ne
then threw away all but six pounds. At this
noint he discovered that she substance was
arnbereris and that Il was worth So Al,
ounce He has sold his six pounds Tor
$500. but g unhappy when he thinks o.
mo SIC 200 that be- might have had.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24

Limitation am de stncerest nattery."
said Uncle Ebon. but tain numn' but
lattery after all Mot Soilss shows dah
admlraciousness oh er great man By cop
ia his weakest p'ints. Waahi0~ton star
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
s,u,D YESTERDAY.
MEMORANDA.

s.-,-,sbip City Of Macon, Lewis, Phila-
--5.-C G.. Anderson, Agent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24
BRIGs.
SCHOoNERs.

York. Aug. p. a' ne"
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE.


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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-08-24

According to the foregoing Bombay ap-
pears to show an increase compared with
last year in the weeks receipts of 5000
bales and a decrease in shipments of 1900
bales, and the shipments since Sept
show an increase of 243 900 bales.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

The annual report of the foreign
missions of the Moravian church show.
q deficit of S27,115.
Boston, Lowell and Woburn, Mass.
report a Greek Christian Endeavor So
ciety in each of these places.
The synod of the Russian church
has decided to send five priests TO the
United States TO minister to the needs
of the orthodox in this country.
The American Sunday School union
organized last year l, 763 new schools,
containing 65e 77 scholars and teach.
ers, and report 1902 conversions
In an English Christian Endesvor
society the members daily write one
note of personal appeal for a decision
for Christ, and hand it 10 some one
that they may meet, in place of a
tract
The salvation army has now. in
different parts of the world, 291 shell
tiers, homes, labor bureaus, and other
benevolent institutions in full opera
ton. under the guidance of 1899 men
and women.
Theodore Roosevelt says that when
he commenced his campaign against
law breakers in New York city, the
first two letters OF encouragement that
came to him were from a body OF
Methodist ministers and Catholic tenn
perance society.
"A colporteur was recently arrested
In Galata district, Turkey, for selling
the ''Epistle 10 the Galatians" on the
ground that It was a seditious docu-
msnt The Turkish authorities called
for certificate of the authors death,
20 assure themselves that the docu-
ment was not of recent origin.
Mrs Sarah B. Cooper, well known
as the founder and chief promoter OF
San Francisco kindergartens and
prominent in work for the advance
ment OF women, was the first woman
delegate elected on the Pacific coast 70
the National Trienn1al council of the
congregational church. She is an sd-
voca;e OF the broadest religions tolss-
ance, and good platform speaker.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10
A NARROW ESCAPE.
How . Man Hsstened to Save Himself
from Drowning.

while you're talking about narrow
escapes from horrible deaths. just let
me tell you mine" remarked a we'll
known capitalist to Post reporter. Il
had about as tough an experience right
in this city as a man ever had, but got
out all right, and few people ever heard
of It.
''One day / was up on the roof of q
building 1 own IN Pine street, Just look
ing it over TO see that ii was all right
l climbed up and looked into one of the
big water tanks in the building, and
seeing dead sparrow floating on the
surface of the water, bent over TO take
1T out. / lost NV balance and fell in.
The water in the tank came right up to
my chin when stood on my feet, and
the top of the tank was three feet
above my head. The water was run
ming in all the time, and / could see
that it usually stood about foot high
er than where it was 1t occurred TO
Inc that unless l got out pretty quick
or turned of the water L would be
drowned.
81 soon found that getting out with
out help was next to impossible, so l
got out my pocketknife and went to
work cutting hole in the side of the
tank as low down as could work and
leep my head above water. Cutting
through three inches of pine was no
easy job. The water was slowly ris-
ing. and before I got hole through
the side OF the tank l was standing on
tip toe with just my nose out OF water
and every blade broken out of my knife
II made the hole big enough so that
the water ran right down to its level.
And the next thing was TO get ont It
was impossible TO climb out without
assistance, and I couldn't cut my way
out with broken penknife. / knew I
must attract some ones attention. l
pulled of my shirt, tore il into strings,
tied my lead pencil TO my knife and
both TO the toe Of NV shoes. AMI then
putting my undershirt on the pencil
waved ii slowly and laborioqsly over !
The top Of the tank. WAVED f3r hours, /
and still no one came.
Then IL occurred TO me to dive down /
Ind stop up the pipe leading from the /
tank to attract attention II wasn't 4
half an hour till people came up 20 see
, by the water would not run, and /
vas helped out after had been stand 4
ng in the water over SIX hours.
Francisco Post
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10
A Headache Plaster.

When the beating, humping sensa.
ton begins in the head take equal
quantities of pure cayenne pepper and
-four; mix them up with water to form
a smooth paste thick enough to spread
like a salve. Put this upon a
piece of soft paper and apply it
to the back of the neck just
below the edge of the hair. In warm
weather it is best to wash the neck
with cloth wet with soap and water,
as the oily perspiration may interfere
with the action of the plaster. One
great advantage of cayenne pepper
plaster over mustard is that while the
latter frequently blisters the latter
never does so, no matter how strong it
is applied. In the use of mustard, il
the skin is broken all treatment must
cease until it heals; but with pepper,
when the plaster loses its effect an
other may be applied without unpleas-
ant consequences. - Cincinnati En-.
Guirer.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10
BIG FINDS IN FLORIDA.
Frank II. Cushing. of Zuni PANE TO Trv
Fresh Fields

Fresh Fields.
Frank Hamilton Cushing. who, some
years ago, distinguished himself bv
his explorations and discoveries among
the Zuni Indians in New Mexico. will
soon start on an expedition in fresh
fields to explore the remarkable abo-
riginal remains of western Florida for
the University of Pennsylvania. Some
months since Col. c. D. Durnford. OF
the British army, while tarpon fishing
IN Florida, discovered some entireiy
new remains of the ancient Floridiar
people. &c communicated the result
of his finds to the university museum,
and presented to that institution frsg-
nents of ancient fsh-nets and objects
Of carved wood, which he discovered
in the muck in an ancient lagoon in
which the prehistoric people moored
their canoes
Mr.. Cushing undertook to complete
The observations made by Col Duru-
ford. and at once proceeded to Florida
Ia the interest of the museum. A few
days excavations yielded valua-
bic treasures of crania, shell apc
wood, and resulted in discoveries
that are likely to prove of enormous
value to chronological science. Afte-
the opening of the Hazard Cliff
collection at the university museum on
Friday Mr.. Cushing will at once go to
Florida for the university to prosecute
to the end the observations made by
himself and Col Darnford. He has
found great artificial canals, lagoons
end structures regularly faced and
built of she'll The possibility of their
being of Carib origin offers an i'm.
portant and interesting problem.
When Mr.. Cushing was pushing his
discoveries among the Zuni people he
secured his adoption into the tribe, in
order the better to observe their saw
age life His designation of lieutenant
was obtained through his having once
commanded a troop of soldiers in an
expedition in the southwest, and al
though he never held actual rank in
the government service, his bearing
would seem to confirm the tradition
that gives him a military title. For
several years his health has prevented
his giving to the WORLD the treasures
of aboriginal knowledge which are his
peculiar possession. Recently, how
ever, he has been enabled to complete
his long promised work on 'Zuni
Myths" about to be published by the
United States bureau of ethnology.
his discoveries in Florida will, it is be-
lieved, be hardly less interesting than
those made by him in Zuniland. Phil
sdelphia Record
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10

ress, II she nad but one nsnd; with her
right she opens the door TO pleasure,
but with her left to pain
This is hard world" murmured
the young man. Yes" replied she,
lone doesn't realize how hard it is till
one falls off a bicycle once or twice a
week. "-Washington Star.
The footprint of the savage in the
sand is sufficient to prove the presence
of man to the atheist who will not
recognize God, though his hand is i'm
pressed on the entire universe.
Miller.
"A Rising Man. - Parrot - Our
friend, Or. Lotion, is becoming quite a
fashionable physician. Wiggins-Yes,
indeed; where a couple of guineas'
worth of medicine used to cure a case,
he now prescribes trip to the Riviera"
-Tit-Bits.
II will follow you to the utmost
ends Of the earthr' Kissed the villain.
mo, you won'tp' said the heroine,
calmly. why won't -" queried the
villain, aghast at her GOODNESS. "Be-
cause Pm not going there" she re-
plied.-Puck.
Too Much Style. -Maggie-And
did you get the dandy letter l sent We,
with one of the missus' seals on the
flap of it? Timmy-Is it a seal you
call it? fought he had stuck it to-
gether wild gum, and it made me too
mad to open it-Indianapolis journal.
MIR. Fort Greene-Where are YOU
off to now? Mr.. Cheathsm-Pm going
down to business. Why, this is Sun
day. 81 know it." And you're
brokerw Yes, sir" We'll, don't
you know there is law against shaw
ing people on Sunday@'-Yonker's
Statesman.
Fashionable Doctor-My dear
young lady, you are drinking until
tered water, which swarms with ami
NAL organisms. You should have it
boiled-that will kill them. His Pa
doctor, think I'd sooner
be an aquarium than cemetery
Household Words.
-Figuratively Speaking Whyte-
Don't you think Browne is a good de-
scriptive writer? Black-Yes, gener- |
ally, but he makes mistakes some |
times Whyte-For instance? Black |
We'll, he was writing of a naval bat
tie once, and he said that 300 brave |
sailors on the defeated vessel bit the |
Journal.
-Ferrari, the celebrated composer,
relates the following Unecdote in his
memoirs: On cold December night
man in little village in the Tyrol
opened the window and stood in front
Of it, with hardly any clothing to his
back. 'PeterP' shouted neighbor,
who was passing. what are you doing
there?" I'm catching cold" What
ior?' $50 1 can sing bass tomorrow
It church. "-Household Words
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10

1Otal.. Zo,SoS.o4G Slo,foz,Zo1
In one establishment located near
the mouth of the Potomac !, 200 gallons
OF oysters are shipped daily. AS many
as 200 schooners, vessels and dredging
boats are anchored around the place,
unloading their cargoes. The oysters
are shipped in bulk to every state in
the union, bringing up in Texas in tin
cans, packed in ice and sawdust- 1t has
been said by some descriptive writer
with a vivid Imagination, that If the
oyster could talk it would tell a heart
breaking tale of hardship and suffer
ing on the part of the oyster-dredgers
who must work in winter almost in the
trough of the sea, enduring great pri-
walton, that these toothsome morsels
prosperity. Stories are told, too, of
college bred youths who were kidnapped
and made to serve the needs of cap
tain, short of dredging hands 1t
would seem like a wholesome course
of discipline for these ornamental es-
trays, who were most likely more
sensitive to rough handling than
the placid oyster for whom they
went longing. That the oyster does
feel is know to those accustomed to
handling them. They can also hear,
and a favorite story of the oyster-shop
is that told of the barrel of oysters
that were heard to rustic. A fish story
had just been related, and on its con-
clusion this singular rustiing sound
was heard coming from the oysters.
The lid of the barrel was lifted, and
every oyster was found with shell
wide open, gaping. The dealer declar-
ed it to be an unheard of instance of
oasteric intelligence, and the story
teller was duly impressed, but it is a |
fact that the oyster yawns for air; this !
is authenticated by close observations. !!
Detroit Free Press
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10
Sunshine.

To shut the shining OF the sun from
the living-room is a mistake often
made by the unthinking, who set q
higher value on their carpets and cush-
ions than on their own lives, and their
good temper and wholesome vigor and
ability to do the days work we'll
Rooms glorifed by the daily contact
of the sun can afford to fade-the fad
ing itself being so harmonious and so
uniform that. its result, in mellowed
tones and artistic effect, is in the ma
ture of Improvement Indeed, there
have been cases where colors, origin
ally crude and disposed to swear at
one another by reason of their loud
ness and the imrossibility of their
graceful blending, have been cured by
the simple process OF the daily sun
bath, so that the furnishing, which
tried ones taste at first, became in
time perfectly satisfactory for back
ground or for decoration. The sunny
day, by easy transition, leads to the
sunny mood, and the sunny mood is
that of the cOnqueror, triumphant over
all that may invade, annoy or depresS-
-Harper's Bazaar
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-01-10
In the Tolls

1t certainly was an unfair advantage
to take of man; but business is bust
ness. He was expecting a dun and he
instructed his Office boy to say, in case
anybody called, that Mr.. Pilgarlic was
out to lunch Presently there was q
oaller- He was stopped in the outside
room by the youthful Cerberus, who
delivered himself OF the formula ac-
cording to instructions "Oh, he's
gone out TO lunch, eh?" said the visitor;
I'm sorry for that. l wanted him to
take dinner with ma" Pilgarlic came
out of the inner room precipitately
and with a face glowing with antic-
ipated pleasure. But the visitor caused
the blood to recede. for the visitor was
q dun and knew his business. If you
can make II convenient" he said, TO
pay that little bill" But why dwell
upon the agonies OF the situation
Boston Transcript