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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

der at the last term of court, and two
negroes, charged with minor offenses, are
gone. The locks to the cell doors were
broken off, and the prisoners escaped
from the open corridor by removing the
bars from a window. No sheriff or depu-
ty was at the Jail, and the circumstances
was not known until after o'clock Thurs
day morning. Little or no effort Is be-
ing made to catch the prisoners.
Tallahassee correspondence Morning
Morning News: The circuit court has
been in session here all the week. Six
criminals have been sent to the state pris-
on for one year each. Another one goes
for fifteen years, with two cases still pend
ing against him.-Adjt. Gen. Houstoun has
Issued an order discharging thirty-four
members of Company A, Fourth battalion
for absenting themselves from meeting
drills and parades for the term of thirty
days.
A suit in ejectment against the Stand
ard Oil Company was begun in the United
States court at Jacksonville Friday
brought by w. ]. Bell ct AL heirs of the
late Louis Bell of Hillsborough county.
The damages asked to be awarded are
$1,000. The suit is to regain possession Of
a tract OF land containing about seven
acres, a part of lot s, section "a, township
20 south, range Is east. The plaintiffs
claim title to the land under patent of
the United States, and the defendant COM
pany denies the validity OF the said title
and claims title and right of possession it.
self, under, by and through the laws of
the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

cof1n-piate story, since such adornment
was avery common thing in Central Yer
mont, where she was born n years ago.
The plates were not of silver, since the
simple farmers could not afford that ma
terial, but of block tin. These were never
buried with the casket, but removed at
the grave and returned to the house of
mourning, placed there upon the mantel
or set round anywhere. She distinctly re-
calls her sister Susan's coffin plate as one
of the few ornaments of her childhood's
home"
-. L. s." Of West Roxbury has seen
in each of three towns of Worcester
county coffin plates framed and hung on
the wall and also tastefully arranged on
the mantelpiece. III" lady of Boston,
sends this Interesting note:
Il remember, when a little girl Gam now
nearly 60 OF seeing on the mantel coffin
plates in the country town where / was
born, and one other town, both i'm Essex
county. / remember very distinctly the
feeling of awe 1 had when 1 visited these
best parlors. / supposed then that was
what constituted best parior for a school
mate, who has since become a prominent
Boston citizen, once told me after as he
expressed 1t not long since, had the best
OF him In a quarrel, that L need not feel
so big, as we had no parlor; 1t was moth
ing but sitting roomv And as we had
DOCKS, pictures, and sunlight, l then
thought that darkness and coffin plates
were necessary, and hoped we should
never be rich enough to have a parlor'
A Boston publisher testifies to the pres
ence OF coffin plate ornaments in South
Arlington and Whitman, and adds: "I
suppose the plate was saved above ground
not as a tender memorial OF the dead, but
from the hard country economy that
refused to consign such bright and cost
~ thing TO the rust Of the earth. The
dead must be buried, but the silver plate
could be saved as an ornament" This
seems rather an uncharitable view Of the
feelings OF our country people. Perhaps
something of both motives governed their
action. A gentleman who Is the managing
trustee Of a large trust writes that not
only has he seen the memorial coffin
plates, but he was once administrator of
an estate where the heirs almost quar-
relied for the possession Of the coffin plate
OF the testator. And here are some pleas
ant notes from the experiences of a sum-
mer boarder in Maine:
Coffin platse may be found decorating
the walls and mantels OF many Ogunquit
Me-, houses. A couple OF years ago hay-
ing engaged summer board in a private
family at the above named place, | was
assigned TO a room that had formerly
been the 'settin' room. Just before retir-
ing my glance fell upon a coffin plate
tastefully' arranged on the wall opposite
the bed, ana II was Inscribed with the day
and date OF the demise OF the departed
host. who had met his death by drowning.
Upon rising the following morning the
first thing that met my gaze was a tomb
stone that shone white and ghostly under
the branches Of an old apple tree In the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06
COFFIN PLATES As BRIc-A-BRAo.
Speculation as 90 the Origin of a
Queer New England Custom.
From the Boston Transcript.


Here is a perfect avalanche of letters
from correspondents in all parts of New
England attesting the use OF coffin plates
as mantel and wall ornaments in the par
Tors OF our beloved country people. It
would be impossible to print half of these
letters. but extracts OF interest may be
made from several OF them. First of all,
Il may be mentioned that the evidence
seems to point TO the importation OF the
custom from the Old country, so that II
may not be chargeable 20 any special So
lemnity on the part OF our Puritan ances-
tors
The evidence OF the custom Is all of the
most direct sort. One lady writes from
Roxbury: MY sister lived IN Franklin
county, Massachusetts, and Il was quite
the proper thing in the town to have the
coffin plate removed and framed and hung
IN the parlor I have seen more than one
myself. and when my sister died her hus-
band wished TO have her plate removed
and framed" Another lady writes from
Cambridge: MY mother II greatly surpris-
cd that you should question or doubt the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06
New Number, 26 Broughton, West.
Old Number, 1873 BroughtOn.

garden adjoining the house. Later,
learned that this stone marked the resting
place of the departed one whose coffin
plate hung on the wall of my chamber
Surely, thought l, my hostess must be
eccentric but no, for later 1 found many
families, both in Berwick and Ogunquit,
who had coffin plates either suspended
from the walls of their homes or occupy
ing a prominent place on their mantels,
while the remains of their departed ones
rest calmly amid the flowers of the gar
dens of their late dwellings, or else be-
meath the shadows of the fruit trees, from
whose branches in life they probably had
gathered the fruit"
One correspondents testimony carries
the coffin-plate practice back to within
twelve miles of Plymouth Rock, where,
in her childhood, she saw the silver plates
removed and preserved as sacred relics,
though sometimes they were folded away
out of everyday observation. So much
for the people who descended from the
Mayfiower' but here is a correspondent.
"B. M. F. who knows of an old Irish
woman in Salem who had lost her daugh-
ter, and, who had kept upon her mantel-
piece the silver coffin plate, with the name
and age of the girl. She fancies the Gus
tom brought from Ireland, and that it
may well have been is indicated by an
other bit of testimony A young man who
was born and reared in Prince Edward
Island, tells that the custom is universal
there; that all the people remove the cor
fin plate at a burial, and put it up in the
house. Furthermore, all the people in
the section whence he came were of not
remote old-country origin, and many OF
them Irish. He is sure they brought the
custom from the old country, and thinks
that some of the coffin plates were
brought over, too. The settlement of
Prince Edward Island by people from the
British Islands dates only from the last
years of the last century, so that the Gus
toms of the country are still practically
Identical with those of the mother couu>
tries. This evidence, at least relieves the
Yankees Of the sole responsibility for the
coffin plates as a wall ornament.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06
SOME LONG REIGNs,
European Monarchs who Have Had
Long Life Upon the Throne.

Long Life Upon the Throne.
From the St. James Gazette.
1t has often been asserted that long
reigns are in themselves conducive to the
consolidation and development of the
power and resources of nations. On such
a point the dry appeal to chronology must
be misleading. We are on safer ground
in acknowledging that the majority of ex-
ceptionally long reigns have at least CO.
incided with periods of national prosper
ity and ACKNOWLEDGMENT. On the other
hand, rude and unsettled times have been
generally associated with short reigns; but
herein cause and effect are too dellcately
poised to allow the historic balance TO be
struck with a sure hand. The three Dan
ish kings Of England reigned only twenty
seven years altogether. During the sax
on period (s27-1OlO fifteen kings ruled.
whose average was less than thirteen
years. Between S43 and 1853 the regns of
twenty-four Scottish kings show an aver
age Of only thirteen years. But William
the Lion ruled over Scotland for forty-nine
years. Ql65-l2lD. He was followed by his
son, Alexander ii. who reigned thirty-fve
years, to whom succeeded Alexander III.
with reign of thirty-six years. A period
OF 100 years was thus covered by the reiRns
of three sovereigns
Charlemagne, the great consolidator of
French monarchy, ruled for forty-seven
years, and Louis TX for forty-four, Both
reigns, however, were greatly exceeded by
that OF Louis XIV, who occupied the
throne from 1913 to IT'S. This lengthy reign
OF seventy-two years Is regarded as the
most brilliant in French annals, and the
court seems to have exercised a kind OF
fascination over the whole OF Europe.
Did you think l was immortal?" asked
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

Alabama his old home. After the charge
Of the court the jury retired, and in few
minutes brought in a verdict Of not guilty.
Taylor Delk, who was convicted of the
murder of Sheriff SIEinn Of Pike county
and was granted a new trial by the SUI
preme court, will be tried again at Zeb-
ulon this week. The prisoner will
be taken to Zebulon this afternoon. His
attorneys are hopeful of clearing Delk at
this trial They say the state never has
Clearly established as a fact that Taylor
Delk was in the house when Sheriff Quinn
was shot Tom Delk, who is now under
sentence of death for the killing of Quinn,
has always insisted that his father was not
present and he will be put on the stand to
make this statement. Taylor Delk's at
torneys hope to establish an ahbi Tor MIN
by other witnesses besides Tom Delk The
state has all the time contended that Tay-
lor Delk was in the house and gave the
order to fire when the sheriff was killed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-06

Appeal to His Record.-Isaacs-V
Dey Won't gif me sixty days gredit?"
Young Isaacs-No, dey say dot Won failed
only dree months ago."
lsaaos-Nell, did dey efer know me To raIl
twice inside Of six months?-Truth.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-06
SHERIFF'S SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION IS
- sued out of the District Court of the
Fourth Judicial District OF the State OF Ne
vada, In and for the County OF Elko and to
me directed and delivered, upon o judgment
rendered and entered in said Court, on the
9th day OF February, 1895, in favor of John
r. Bradley, Jeff D. Bradley and Louis L.
Bradley, co-partners under the firm name
and style Of j. r. Bradley g. Sons, and
against the Ootorara Gold Mining Company,
corporation, for the sum Of O., 722 90, with
interest thereon at the rate Of seven per
cent. per annum until paid, and the further
sum o. S14575 for costs therein, I have levied
upon the following described property to-
wit: Those certain mines known ana called
the Cleveland Nine" and the Manhattan
Mine," situated between Union Gulch and
Badger Creek in Mardis Mining District,
Elko County, State Of Nevada, as the same
appears OF record in the mining records Of
said District and in the Recorders ONCE of
said Elko County, of Mining Locations No.
I, on page 112 thereof. Also that certain
boiler and engine in the mill, known and
called the Charles MILL" situated on Badg-
or Creek ut the mouth OF Badger Gulch in
ssid Msrdis Mining District.
Notice Is hereby given that on the 18th
day Of April, 1895, between the hours Of 0
O'Clock A. M. and O'Clock p M. Of that day
in front OF the Courthouse, in the Town Of
Elko, in said County Of Elko, will sell all
the right, title and interest OF the said octo.
rara Gold Mining Company, corporation,
in and to the above described property at
public auction, for cash in hand to the high.
est and best bidder, TO satisfy said Exeou.
on and all costs.
Dated, March 81, 1895.
JAMES M. NATTER
Sheriff Of said County.
I'd
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-06

We wish to notify tine Justices of
the Peace that they can procure at
this office, blank Summons, Aida.
Wits and Undertakings on Attach
ments, Writ Of Attachments, Criminal
Complaints, Warrants, Commitments
on Sentence and Commitments to ap-
pear before the Grand Jury, good Tor
any county in the State.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-06

The CARNIVAL OF ROSES. to take
place in San Jose, May 9Th to 9th,
inclusive, though more recent can
didate for favors Of the fun-lov,ng
world, yet because OF the imitless
possibilities Of the Garden City for
anything that is made of roses, is quite
as full of promise.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-06
WARNING TO MIGRANTS.

BY order Of the Board OF County, Commits.
sioners oil male persons having the physi
col ability TO work, convicted of vagranpy
and imprisoned on Judgment therefor,
shall be required to perform labor on the
public works, buildings, igrounds and ways
of Ellto county.
Attest:
JOHN HENDERSON,
County Clerk.
by. w. PATTERSON,
Deputy GoRk.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-06

SANTA BARBARA FLOWER FESTIVAL,
the fame of which is worldwide, and
the glory of which, like that of Solo,
mon, is not half told, opens April Is.
Queen Flora will reign 3 days an ar
bitrary and absolute despot.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-06

LA FIESTA DE Los ANGELES, now
fixed in the chronology OF California
feasts, and not less illustrious than
it's older prototypes, commences
April %, and the riot of fun will
spread over days.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-06
REDUCED RATES

REDUCED RATES
will be made by the Southern Pacific
Company for all these brilliant events
Arrange your programmes according.
ly, and call on agents for particu
lars.
April 6, 1896.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-06
Flower Festivals,
FiGStaS,
Rose CaTliValS.

and the Like, will be the delight of
California for the next two or three
months. .
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-28

ers. make friends with your cows and
test them.
Mr. Morse.-I have a old German
woman In my employ WIS does
She has made friends with the
and they like her and yield a good
ply Of milk when she milks them. Re-
Gently she took a vacation. and tried
doing the milking I treated them
right, but the amount OF milk they gave
shrank az once and did not greatly IN
crease. But when she came back they
AZ once yielded their accustomed
amount Of milk. / think that women
are better around COW stables than men,
II the stables are kept clean. as all
stables should be.
Q.-Why will some cows keen clean,
while other COWS standing beslde them
and under like conditions will get
dirty?
Mr.. llelm.-Nearly every COW stable
In this state Is fixed not to keep the
cows clean. but TO keep them dirty
az least. that Is the natural inference
OF the conditions under which they are
kept The great dinlculty Is that the
Managers are too low and the COW has
TO back on 10 lie downfall compels
her TO Ne down In the filth. I build
mine 50 that the COW can put her head
under II when she lies down. and she
can thus lie down where she stands
l nail a 2xt In front OF her two for,
feet. aud another 2xi In front Of hei
two hind feet. and an the space betgeer
the two joists with bedding. When
she lies down. she viii Ne on this bed
ding and keep clean. With calves. ",
do not nail down the AXIS, but merel,
lay them down against cleats. which
can be removed to increase the length
Of the bed as the calf grows
o.-Are not those 2xss In the wa,
! when you milk?
A-The milk pail sits on them, 8
they rather help than hinder the milk
ing.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-28
FRlLLs OF FASHION.

old-fashioned silk handkerchiefs
with plain oenters and palm leaf bOrd'
ers are used for vests TO wear with
cloth and piQue gowns
Plaid silks arc very fashionable for
young ladies. and they are used for
entire dresses or combined LITERALLY
with canvas and mohair
Chene floral velvet ribbon. with
sprays OF flowers In suhdued color.ng
on a dark background. Is one OF the
latest novelties In dress trimmings.
Black grenadines flounccd all over
In soft colors are very popular for
drcssy gowns. aud very useful as a COW
erlng for a mlddle-aged black SILK or
satin dress.
All the new sleeves which do not
terminate near the elbow are cut long
enough to fall over the hand In points
or with a iiaring cun. sad usually have
the frin Of lace to soften the effect.
Pretty blouse waists 20 wear with
black satin skirts are made OF lowered
sash ribbons. with the addition OF a
soft vest OF lace or chiffon to complete
the front. The sleeves shrould be OF
satin. like the skirt, or Of black chiffon
over black.
Since yellow laccs have become 80
common. blonde edging Is often used
as a substitute by those who aspire ID
something not worn by the many. Il
Is gathered on silk. net and muslin
dress ruales. and the ciieo, Is very
dainty.
a few India silk gowns appeal
among the imported gowns. and oni
OF dark blue patterned with white Ia,
three tiny ruiiles edged with dark blu,
Tom Thumb fringe around the skirt
Two rows Of white satin bebe ribhsl
also irlm the rufies. and the waist Ia
q hchu effect Of silk edged With n
sama ruliies.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-28

. Eight TO ten-inch blowing - better
for oats and potatoes than finch plrH
ing.
3. Bromus incrmls Is The best graz
for the Divide region.
4. The American Wonder. Peoples
and Rose Seeding are the best vafie
ties Of potatoes for field culture
s. Potatoes planted : 70 I inches deep
on soil plowed 5 To 10 inches deep. give
better results than any other methos
tried.
6. The best results are secured vie,
potatoes are planted between Nay la'l
and Nay s0th.
Z. The time 20 cell potatoes = Nhei
they are taken from the ground. Thu
a loss Of i6 per cent In weight. IN a'i
months, Is saved; also a loss In s'Ha
the smaller potatoes shrinking beios
marketable size.
s. That a farmer can better atass
to take 80 cents per 100 pounds for ht
potatoes in the fall than 10 keep then
for a accent price In the spr.ns.
9. All ground should be wen ploEel
before potato planting begins.
10. Field corn is a. Improbable efoi
AZ this station.
II. Under proper care. cottonwood
box-elder, and ash trees DO we'll.
y. Further experiments are neees
sary TO give more definite infoFmasiol
on an lines Of experimental work ~
dertaken az this station.
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-28

from diseases. We keep our coops
clean. with plenty Of lime around them.
We have found the Buzz Leghorns very
good layers. and last year We had
cockerels that dressed two pounds at
eleven weeks old. Having seen the
experiences Of many. In their success
and failures In crossing. We tried two
crosses last year. The first vas a
Bun Leghorn cock on Golden Wyan-
sotte hens The chicks maiured
early. and the pullets are excellent lay
srs The second was Bun Leghorn
sock and Light Brahma hens. The re-
suit was not 80 favorable as In the first
,ase. The chicks matured very slowly.
and. while the full bloods and the
shlcks Of the first cross had plump and
very meaty breasts. these latter were
Ian skin and bones ! am inclined TO
.hink that Il pays best to breed from
standard breeds OF some kind. and for
me. none are 20 satisfactory as the Bun
ILeghorn.
u. W. Fellows
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-28

belt in Illinois. and there we have has
much trouble with the corn root worm
lie lives on corn roots exclusively. i
therefore becomes necessary for us q
rotate corn. keeping Il on Of certain
fields for a few years that this weru
may be starved out This having q
forego the use Of corn fully and freely
would initiate against the s0iilng sys
tenn with u.s.
Mr. Monrad spoke on how 10 milk the
cow Get a good dairy maid. Il woulc
be blessing for Michigan II the girh
did the milking. for the men would ther
have 10 Ak up the stables and keel
them clean. have seen a great many
stables where one had 10 put on Ions
boots TO 20 into them. Why do be-
lieye that girls should milkG Because
they are gentler. Ny experience Of sia
years taught me that to milk a COW
properly you have got 10 be on good
terms with the COW. once had a white
heller that was a beauty. but she was
Wild. kept my temper for little oven
two weeks. and she was kicking all the
time. Then lost my temper and used
the STOOL did not milk that COW anJ
more. I sent her back 10 my brother
who had a good many cows and did not
need 10 milk them all. In fact. be only
MIXED ten cows 10 get enough milk fol
family use.
But men may learn how 10 milk. j
when you 30 home you viii induce th'
young men to weigh the milk RICH
along. you will find that Il will maxi
a great difference in the interest thel
take In the milking. Buy good milk
The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-28

acknowledgement soo,aod him. The
great oliicor was very soothing. be as
sured him that champagne az a bever.
age was as harmless as milk in fact,
lust what he needed as tonic that
time OF night. OF course Billy couldn't
be- rude enough to refuse the courtcsles
II 40 great an odlclal.
After that things grow sul more
informal. Tho adiutant told a story
aud the city editor told a story. AID
the nlght editor told a story all OF
wAleh It Is not necessary TO reproduce
here. partly because they weren't really
60 funny as they were considered at
the time Then the telegraph editor
who didn't have on a dress suit tore on
the tails nom the one ihc city editor
wore. and one OF the new reporters
Jumped through the ground-slass dool
OF the anto-room like a hurdle. II en-
his face somewhat but Pc said a mar
who had 10 shave himself didn't mint
a little thing like that lie was con
siderable Of a blood In college. the
said. and he took 10 the discomiorts o
earning q living rather hard. Finell
they suggested that the adiuianl
general. who had made himself so com
paaionahlc. really ought TO be put u
the fruit basket and make a speech. 70
the general reason that he would loo
80 cute there. but as the genor'
weighed 225 pounds and their ceni'
OF gravity wes not very low at the TIM