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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
TIED UP BIZ THE BOLTERs.
Neither Party in kentucky Yet Able
to Elect "a Senator.

Frankfort, KY, Feb. H-To-day's bal
lot for senator resulted: Hunter So;
Blackburn, 60; scattering, 8; necessary to
a choice, S. The three boiling republi-
cans voted as usual, and so did the bolt
ing democrats. The scheme of the repub-
licans for a continuous or additional bal
lots to-day failed, because of trouble in
their own ranks. 1t Is said Senator Rum
mons, rep, had informed the republican
leaders that he would not vote with them.
Ip view of this, the joint assembly was
Quickly adjourned.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15

Vienna. Feb. 14.-Prince Constantine
he-SchilHngsfurst, the brother of
Prince Hohenlohe, the chancellor of the
German empire, premier grand master Of
the court of the Emperor of Austria, and
a general of cavalry in the Austrian army,
died this morning, in his 6Sth year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
A HANGING AT WASHINGTON.
The Negro Murderer of "A Negro Bar
ber Executed.

Washington, Feb. 14-John, alias pat
sy'' Harris, was hanged in the jail here
at II 80 o'clock this morning for the mur-
der of Matthew Spruell, which occurred
in Georgetown (West Washington July
4. 1895 Both men were cOlored. Spruell was
a barber and Harris, while intoxicated
went to his shop and picked a quarrel
Spruell fed from his tOrmentor, but was
niIrsued and fatally shot.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
CLEVELAND AS ARBITRATOR.
Italy and Brazil to Refer Their Dis
pute to the President.

Rome. Feb. H.-Baron Blanc, minister
of foreign affairs, authorizes the an
nouncement that President Cleveland,
having decided to accept the position of
arbitrator to settle the questions in dis
Dute between Italy and Brazil, a protocol
has been signed referring to his arbitra-
tion all claims that are not amicably set
tied by the two countries within two
months.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
II. l.. WHITEsIDE DEAD.
Blood Poisoning Follows the Ampu-
tatiOn of Leg.

Chattanooga, Feb. 4.-Judge Hugh l..
Whitesides died here to-day from blood
poisoning. which attacked his system
through an amputated leg. He was the
victim sSf his own carelessness, having
accidentally shot his foot off with a shot
gun. Deceased was one of the best known
politicians in this state, and, had he lived,
would have been a factor in the next con-
gressional race. Though but Al years of
age, he has been mayor Of Chattanooga
and held the Office of county judge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
Assaulted by a Black Burglar.

Dallas, Tex, Feb IA black-faced
burglar, either a negro or a white man
blackened up, stabbed Jefferson Smith IA
tally and crushed the skull of his wife
at their home on East Commerce street,
at midnight. No arrests have been made.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
AGROUND IN NEW YORK HARBoR.
a Freight Steamer Stuck just Below
BedlOe's Island

New York, Feb. 1.-THE Morgan line
steamship El Dorado ran aground Just
below Bedloe's Island early this morning.
She is freighter plying between this
port and New Orleans. She left her doc,r
last night and lost her course in a heavy
fog. The company's agents sent a fms.
to her assistance early this morning. bur
nothing can be done toward floating the
big freighter until high tide tonight, when
they expect to be able to pull her off.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15

Montgomery, Ala, Feb. 14-To-night
while John r. Suggs, a policeman, was
ored, for whipping his wife, he was shot
and killed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15

Washington, Feb. 14-The treasury gold
reserve at the close of business to-daN,
stood at 0,fS0,S70. The Withdrawals for
the day amounted to 81, ,567 AGO. and the
deposits on account Of bond purchasers
to 81, 1854, ,000
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
FEDERAL LAND FOR ALABAMA.
Bills Granting the state 10000 Acres
TO BE FnvOrabIy Reported.

Washington, Feb. 14.-1he House com
mittee on public lands to-day ordered a
favorable report on the bill granting to
the state of Alabama 5000 acres of pub
lie lands for the use Of industrial schools
for girls. Also a bill, granting a Ike
use Of the Tuscogee Normal and Indus
trial Institute.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
CONGRESSMAN GRAINS FUNERAL.
The Services Conducted by Bishop
Forest.

Cuero. Tex, Feb. 14.-The remains of
Congressman William H Grain arrived
on special train yesterday afternoon,
accompanied by a delegation from Wash
ington. At Houston the party was Joined
by Mrs. T.. NJ. Grain, the dead congress-
mans aged mother. The funeral, which
took place to-day, was under the Roman
Catholic auspices, Bishop Forest officia-
ING
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-15
a TRAPEzE ARTIST DEAD.
Her Demise Due TO a FAN From the
Dome of n Boston Theater.

Boston, Mass, Feb. 14-Mrs. Sophia
Whitten, professionally known as Lola
Sylvester died at the Massachusetts gen
eral hospital last night from an injury
received by her fall from the dome Of
Keith's theater last Monday evening. Mrs
Whitten was native of England. 80 wears
of age, and had been in the trapeze busi-
ness sixteen years.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
The Mongoose in Hawaii.

Some five or six years ago the mon
goose was imported into the islands
for the purpose of exterminating rats
in the cane fields. Various methods
we're adopted to rid the fields of the
vermin but all signally failed until the
little animals were brought from
Jamaica. They are repeating what
was done by them in tho Island of
Jamaica.
After destroying rats in the cane
fields the mongoose have attacked
birds and fowls, materially decreasing
their number by eating Gags and the
young. AS consequence there are
but few quail and turkey on the ISL
ands. Especially is this noticeable in
Hawaii, in the viclnity of the volcano,
where previous to the introduction of
the mongoose species of this game
were plentiful. The country in that
locality i, simply alive with the pests,
for they have proven to be that. They
attack as we'll young fowl and sucking
gigs, and have been known to attempt
TO carry off grown animals, after first
causing their death by straugulation.
AS the mongoose finds the rats,
toads aud crabs disappearing it at
tacks sitting fowls and carries off
their eggs, and kills young pigs, kids,
lambs, calves, pups, kittens, poultry
and game birds. destroys fruits aud
vegetables, and Is suspected OF sucking
sugar cane, eats meat and salt provis-
ions and catches fish. Pacific Com
mercial Advertiser.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
BraYed the lightning.

It was square kite, not the coffin
shaped affair shown in story.book pic
lures. To the upright stick of the
cross Franklin attached his pointed
rod-a sharp wire, about foot long
and provided himself with a silk
ribbon and a key; the ribbon, to
fasten to the string after he had raised
the kite, as some possible protection
how much he did not know-against
the lightning entering his body; and
the key, to be secured to the junction
of the ribbon and string to serve as a
conductor from which he might dfaw
the sparks OF celestial fire-if it came,
says Park Benjamin in Cassier's Mag
azine.
When the thunder storm broke he
went ont on the open common near
Philadelphia and faced death-faced
the tremendous power Of the lightning
stroke, before which all people of all
ages had quailed in terror; faced what
most of the world then believed TO be
the aVenging blow Of an angered God.-
True, he believed that electricity and
lightning were the same thing, and
therefore had no different properties
or effects; but he did not know.
The best existing theory which ac-
counted for electrical phenomena at
that time was his own. The laws of
electrical conduction or resistance,
now SO familiar, were not even sus-
pected. Who could predict that the
lightning would obey any law? Be-
sides, he had produced tremendous
shocks with his Leyden jars in series,
and had killed birds with them. More
than that. he had been terribly
shocked himself by the same means
stunned into insensibility and nearly
killed. He had said, again and again,
that an electric shock, if strong
enough, would blot out life, though
without psng, If his idea was cor
rect, if his conviction was true, he was
now about to face an electric dis
charge beside which that of the most
powerful of man-made batteries would
seem weak and Insignificant.
All the world knows what happened.
The kite scared up into the black
cloud, while the philosopher stood
calmly in the drencbing rain watch
ing the string, until finally he saw the
little fbres of the hemp raise them
selves. Then, without tremor, he
touched his knuckle to the key-and
lived. For the sparks cracked and
leaped to his finger ae harmlessly as
did that from his old familiar electri-
cal machine, and allowed him to
charge his jars with it with the same
impunity.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
Resurrection OF an Ok.

In Pikeville, KY, On OK is reported
which makes q practice OF dying
periodically to all appearance, and
then coming to life again, and going
about its concerns as if nothing had
happened. The case is diagnosed by
the local veterinarians as sort Of bo-
vine catalepsy, which the dean of the
faculty asserts had been originally so
called because it had something to
do with cattle. 1t is Of more than
neighborhood interest, as maladies OF
the sort often become epidemic, and
it might spread till it included all the
oxen in the Commonwealth. So far
only this particular animal has shown
signs of it, but oil the herds III the re-
gion are under vigorous prophylactc
treatment, and up to the present time
none of them had died more than once
in consequence of the practice. The
next time the beast in question takes
On false mortuary pretension synod
of scientific COW punchers ought to be
in attendance, to see what they can
make of it. Perhaps it has found ac-
cess to some repository of the familiar
blues grass fluid. which is one of the
most noted productions of The region,
in which case its occasional frances
could be traced to an intelligible ori-
gin, like those which now and then
visit the neighboring inhabitants,
sparing neither age nor sex. New
York Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
oWhlte Salt, in Africa.

A "medieal man" has been writing
interesting letters from the Congo
Free State. IIe says that Of all the
white mans possessions, the one most
coveted is "white salt" 60 called, to
distinguish it from the home product,
which is a sort of black clnder-like
substance, and so scarce as to cause
much suffering. There are many
parasitical diseases, both external and
internal, caused by its lack. IF a white
man gives them spoonful, 1t is most
carefully divided, and if in the distri.
button there has been miscount, the
"cver-looked" man will lick the palm
of the hand in which the original
treasure Icy to secure the last grain.
Some poorly informed person lately
produced an article called, "Why
Salt?" in which he fancied he made
out case for mans going without
salt. He had little physiological
knowledge and had never read how the
entire deprivation of salt ruins ami.
mails. New York Independent.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
Stages as Chicken CooDs.

One OF tho old Broadway stages, OF
the kind chat had plenty of gaudy
decoration and a picture on esch side,
is now doing service in New Jersey
town, as chicken coop, where it was
seen the other day by q New York
Mail and Express reporter.
The stage has been lifted from its
wheels and the body placed on four
posts. A large oak tree spreads its
branches over the coop, and a stream
flows within few feet oft. The step
behind has been retained, and the
fowls go to and from the roost through
the same doorway that once the aris.
tocracy of Fifth avenue used in the
palmy days of the stage coach.
It is coincidence that the pictures
on the sides that the ravages of time
have been most lenient with, repre-
sent barnyard group of ducks in a
pool and chickens busily scratching
the earth, while a rooster perched
upon fence, is expressing his satis-
faction with vociferous growing. Peo-
Pile often express wonder as to where
the old stages are now.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
The Workmen's Feast.

Ii you have passed the tall building
in course of construction on the south
west corner OF Broadway and Twenty
eighth street within the past few days
you have probably noticed protruding
from the top of the structure q small
portion OF q cedar tree.
70 the observer the twig has no
significance whatever, but to the
wcrkmen it means "blow off," When
the very highest point on new build
ing is reached the workman who puts
up the last stone or brick also puts up
the tree, and then all the workmen go
out and drink from keg. for which
the builder pays.
This custom had its origin in Ger
many many years ago, and is still OBJ.
served there, where the workmen take
day off and feast at their employers
expense. In New York, where the
custom was only recently introduced,
the feast consists of no more than the
keg.-New York Herald.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
Novol Ice, Machine.

A farmer in Brazil who longed for
the cooling liquids of his native land
and was unable to obtain them in that
tropical country, has utilized kite for
the purpose of obtaining ice, says the
South American Journal. He fills o
tin can with water and sends it to she
height of three miles, where it Is
promptly frozen. After a sufficient
interval the kite is rapidly hauled In
and the cake of ice is secured. The
Inventor is SO pleased with his toy that
he now proposes to send up kite 100
feet long by steel wire cable. Under
the kite will be suspended q pulley,
over which runs an endless chain
bearing cans attached to hooks. The
cans will be filled with IFater and the
speed Of the belt upon which they run
will be so regulated that the topmost
cans will bs converted into ice sufi-
ciently hard to stand The downward
journey.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
woman Run Thil Town.

In Decatur, Michigan, the popula-
tion Of which is 1,500, the president
Of the village council is Mrs. Alma
Sage, and all of the town officers, e1-
except that of official dog catcher, are
filed by women.
Mrs. DR.. Kinney is one Of the lead
ing physicians. Mrs. Ada Gregg is q
preacher, and her churoa-the Advent
lis taken care of by a ianitress--Mrs.
Barnetf. The restaurant of the town
is conducted by Mrs. Crane and Miss
Haines. The biggest store in the
place is owned and kept by Mrs. Mary
School. Mrs. Nicholson is the post
mistress.
Miss Clara Hoitling is shoemaker
and good one. May Percival is a
furniture maker. Mrs. Anna Pardnett
makes harness. Mrs. Carpenter is q
florist. Mrs. Child is a carriage
painter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
POPULAR SCIENCE,


Aluminium is now being FUSED in max.
ing the bodies of cabs.
It is proposed to introduce the cleo.
trio light into Hindu temples at Cey.
lon.
The number of known nebule and
star clusters had reached 1869 OF the
beginning Of 1895.
Piercing the flesh with even the fin
est needle hurts, because the nerves
are SO thickly matted just under the
skin that not even the finest point can
be introduced without iniuring one or
more.
The present century, it is stated,
has witnessed the birth of not lesa
than ffty-two volcanic islands,. of
which nineteen have disappeared be-
meath the sea, while ten are now in
habited.
It is found that a person eating
meat alone cannot digest more than
two pounds day without causing i'll.
ness. When less than two pounds OF
roast beef is taken in day, all but
about three per cent. is digeSted.
All bottled mineral waters, artificial
as we'll as natural, have been found by
German pharmacist to contain bac-
terra. The waters are mostly germ
free when tnken from the earth, the
bacteria being introduced by careless.
ly washed bottles, corks, etc.
The average yearly sunshine in
England, according to recent work
by DR.. Van Rebbier on meteorology
and hygiene, is 1400 hours; In Ger
many, 100. London averages twen-
ty-three hours Of sunshine out of a
possible 100, and Madrid sixty-si1.
NJ. Elise Recluss wants to have
terrestrial globe made 400 feet in di-
ameter. It would show things on
scale of about half an inch to the mile,
and allow relative heights and dimen.
sions to be properly exhibited. He is
asking for the help of the other geos-
raphers of the world.
A-workman in q limestone quarry ct
Maquoksta, Iowa, the other day, found
;mbedded in a rock. twenty-five feet
below the surface, Fly. The fossil is
perfect. The feelers and legs and deli
cate wings, as well as the body, are as
complete as when the insect alighted
and stuck in the ooze away back in the
upper silurlal period ages ago.
The. refrigeratiug laboratory is
achieving new results. AS the tenn
perature is lowered, even the most in.
tense chemical action is reduced and
finally disappears altogether; M.
Raoul Pictet reports the novel discov.
cry that certain combinations-impos-
sibleto make at ordinary temperatures
may be effected under suitably
regulated degree of cold.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
Where Total Eclipsos Are Rare.

It is fact we'll known to astrono-
mers that the average number of total
and partial eclipses in any one year
is four; that the maximum is seven,
and the minimum two. Where only
two occur they are always both CT the
sun. There are great many moro
eclipses of the sun in the course of q
year or q hundred years than there are
OF the moon; this TACT notwithstand-
ing, however, London, the metropolis
of the world, seems to hea place where
such distractions OF the suns light
seldom occur.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25

That's salzer's Earliest, ht for use in 2s
days. Salzer's new late potato, Champion
of the World, Is pronounced the heaviest
yiclder In the world, and We challenge you
to produce its equal! 10 acres to salzer's
Earliest Potatoes yield 1000 bushels, sold In
June at s1 o bushel-s4OOo. That pays. A
word to the wise, etc.
Now IF YOU WILL CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1t
with 10c postage to the John A. salzsr Seed
Co., La Crosse. Wis, you will get. free, 10
packages grains and grasses, including Teo-
sinte, Lathyrus, Sand Vetch, Giant spurry,
Giant Glover, etc., and our mammoth seed
catalogue. "a. W
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
Emmy Things on the Head.

In Norway high hat, shaped some.
thing like Aower-pot, is worn, and
tine Cossack wears hat like stove
pipe, without brim.
To-day among the Swiss hat is
worn similar in form to the old Pur1-
tan hat. It, however, is, often orna.
mented with gay.colored ribbons
about it.
The marabout, or black priest OF
Mohammed, who wanders among the
African tribes, wears upon his sable
head white cap and fez, such as he
expects to wear in Paradise.
In Mohammedan countries the Sur-
ban is found. Some of these are scarfs
wrapped and twisted about the head.
Others are combinations of scarf and
fez, with button and tassel.
When stove-pipe hats were first in
trodu.ed among Indians they usually
punched the top out OF them the first
thing for the sake of ventilation, as
they did not care to have their heads
hot.
An African hat is in the form of
helmet, woven of rushes or straw, tay-
ing q peak on top and mask or visor
extending down over the face. There
are two holes or goggles for the eyes,
The Chinese mandarins and men oil
consequence wear little round silk
skull caps most of the time. These
are ornamented op the top with but
tons whose colors denote the order or
rank of the wearer.
A singular Korean hat is 6 ,eat
round mat of straw worn by a
mourner.a This goes with costume
of coarse cloth. The hat is bound
down OF the sides SO as almost to con-
ceal the head and face OF the wearer.
He carries in his hand a screen or fan,
and when in the road anyone ap-
proaches him he holds the screen in
front of him SO that it, together with
the hat, completely conceals him.
Home Queen.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
rnE sILyEa lIsIn.a.
There's never q day SO sunny
But a little cloud appears;

There's never q day 50 sunny
But little cloud appears;
There's never life so happy
But has its time of tears;
Yet the sun sl.nes out the brighter
Whenever the tempest clears.
There's never q garden growing I
With roses In every plot; Z
There's never heart SO hardened
But 1t has one tender spot;
We have only to prune the border
To find the forget-me-not.
There's never sun that rises
But we know twill set at night;
The tints that CLEAN il the morning
At evening are Just as bright;
And tbeshour that is the sweetest
Is between the dark and light.
There's never q dream so happy !
But the waking makes US sad;
There's never dream Of sorrow
But the waking makes US glad;
We shall look some dey with wonder
At the troubles we have had.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
TOO OLD TO LEARN.

"Grandpa, said one of the young
persons at the table, ''you shouldn't
eat your soup that way. Do you no.
tice how I do it?"
"My dear child" replied the old
gentleman, stI've been eating this way,
as nearly as I can remember, for 957
years, eleven months and twenty-four
DAYS, and don't think I'll change my
style now to please great-great. great
great.qreat great great great great
grand laughter with banged hair"
And Metbuselah gazed dreamily out
through the walls of the tent into the
fathomless void beyond, and went on
pulling his spoon toward him.-Chic-
ego Tribune.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
ELECTRICITY EXPLAINED.

The man from the West stopped il
front of Michigan City's electric light
plant and asked a bysrander:
"What is that air buildin', q fac
tory?"
ono; plant, came the answer.
"What do they raise there?"
ssCurrents," replied the quick-wit
ted bystander.
"What are they worth bushel?"
"We sell them by the shock"
The man from the West pulled hi
beard, scratched his head and drove
downtown to market his vegetables
Indianapolis Sun.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
Birds That are Architects.

The large grosbecks of South Africa
live in large societies. They select a
tree Of considerable size, and literally
cover it with grass 1oof, under which
their common dwelling is constructed.
The roof serves the double purpose OF
keeping off the heat an I the rain, and
400 or 500 pairs OF birds are known to
have the same shelter. The nests in
this aerial dwelling are built in regular
streets and closely resemble rows OF
tenement houses. New York Mercury.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
Don'ts for Young Men.
Don't pose at q reception.

Don't pose at reception.
Don't relate anecdotes of yourself.
Don't wear diamond studs in the
day time.
Don't wear your hat on the side of
your head.
Don't say "sir" or "ma'am" when
answering people.
Don't extend your visit unless pressed
to do so.
Don't wear your overshoes in the
drawing room.
Don't make first call longer than
twenty minutes.
Don't discuss religion or politics at
dinner party.
Don't fail in courtesy to old ladies
or old men.
Don't refuse an invitation, however
irksome it may appear.
Don't entertain your friends with ell
your woes and mishaps.
Don't correct the children Of your
hostess.
Don't, il acting as escort to lady,
arrive too late. Be on time.
Don't wear creaking shoes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1896-03-25
DELIVERING THE GOODS.

'Pshaw, he only married you for
spite"
.I know it, and he ought to be sat.
isfed. He's getting all the spite I car
give him. New York World.