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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

away, except the small one, and small par
ticles Of burnt flesh lay around on the
ground close by.
Referring to the chart sharps" who
have been infesting the state from time
to time for years, State School Superiu-
tcndent Glenn says: Il have information
of a recent instance in which q man sold
members of the county school board in a
Georgia county a lot OF charts for 5000.
Ia was one of these smooth takers ana
went to the members of the board midi
NlduaHy. lie induced majority OF them
to sign as members Of the county school
board an obligation promising 10 pay $500
Tor lot of charts that are not worth
500. BE then went to the county school
commissioner and got him to sign the
obligation. That paper he brought TO At
lantd and discounted it with a banker
who advanced the money IN good talth,
thinking the obligation was regular and
all right / find that the paper was sign
ed Individually by a majority OF the MEM
bers of the board and by the county school
commissioner, but was not acted on in
session Of the board. As an official paper
II is not worth the paper ii is written on,
but ] suppose the commissioners are in
diVidually liable. The charts are lying
there in the depot. / do not give the
names now, as the grand jury OF the
county may take action on the subject.
IL Is probable that the banker viii try to
collect his money out of the commissions
ers' The school teachers who have TO
discount their pay for three months have
been heeced by money sharks in some
counties, and mentions instances IN which
they have been compelled TO discount
their warrants % per cent. State School
Commissioner Glenn says these warrants
are as good as gold and ought to be dis
counted readily at the rate Of per cent.
per annum. He urges the county commits
sioners to make arrangements for the
teachers to discount their warrants at the
regular bank rate of per cent. Such an
arrangement has been made in some OF
the counties for the teachers by thought
full and considerate commissioners.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
SAM JONES ON BRYAN.
what the Evangelist Thinks of the
NebrasI<am.

From the Atlanta (Ga) Journal.
Rev. Sam Jones was in the city Saturday
morning and was asked by journal repor-
ter what he thought of Mr.. Bryan's recent
lecture in Atlanta. He said:
Il have read the reports be-
fore and after the lecture
! have been more or less in the lecture
business myself for fifteen years. Mr..
Bryans lecture as reported by the press
in Atlanta would not sell for 10 cents a doz-
en- in any market in any world. 1t reminds
me OF the Valley of Dry Bones, without
the hope that they would ever rattle again.
In the fury and confusion of a political
campaign Mr. Bryan is a boy orator, but
his lecture on The Old Landmarks was
still-born and he had better bury the kid
People who pay 80 cents or 81. 80 at the
door want entertainment. MIR. Bryan de-
tanned them from all reports, but did not
entertain them. A lecture to go, as the say
ing is, must have pith, pint and pathos
1t must have common sense, logic wit
sarcasm and humor. In other words a lee
turer ought to play upon his audience like
a trained musician plays upon a piano
sweeping the whole Keyboard Mr. BRYAN
was a bigger man week ago in Atlanta
than he IS to-day. Really when a man
rides hobby for six months he cannot
ride any sort of a horse unless 1t is on
rockers Mr. Bryan said one sensible thing
while in Atlanta. He said he was sorry
he made that contract to deliver fifty leo
lures. He must get him a different subject
and handle 1t in different way if ne
wants to get there on the lecture platform
Free silver is one thing and an entertain
ment worth a dollar and a half is anoth-
er." Mr.. Jones is en- route to Waverlv
Hail. Ga, where he dedicated a church
sunday. He leaves next Friday for a
months engagement in Boston. MIR Moody
will be there also
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
SOUTH CAROLINA.

Ninety-six will be in the new county of
Greenwood.
J. T. Austin of Greenville county is
candidate for the clerkship OF the House
of Representatives.
A special term of the United States
court to try the $4,000 suit of Clayton VS..
the Southern railway, will be held in Co
lumbia Jan. ~.
At a big chicken fight near Piedmont a
few days ago, fifteen fowls were said to
have been killed and between 500 and $1,000
exchanged hands In bets.
The announcement has been made that
Speaker Frank b. Gary Of the House OF
Representatives, is to wed Miss Mary Lee
Evans, at Florence, on Jan. next.
The proprietors of the knitting mill To-
Gated near Williston are putting in new
machinery for the purpose Of making their
own warn This will greatly reduce the
cost of production OF their output.
The graded schools at Yorkville have
been in successful operation for about six
years and seem to be fixture, but there
seems to be a growing sentiment that the
benefits are not as great as they should be-
A 14-year-old colored girl named Cathe-
rine Brown, was killed Friday, on James
Island. near Charleston, while acting the
part of peace-maker in fight that was
In progress between Henry Williams and
another negro by the name of Mitchell.
AT a meeting of the board OF directors
of the Aiken Institute, held on the 18th,
IL was decided to continue the free schooi
term a month longer. making the term
five instead of four months, as was last
year. The free school term Will end now
in February.
George A. Browning, manager OF the
Home Telephone Company at Pelzer met
with a serious accident Thursday He was
standing on a stepladder, assisting in plac-
ing some wires in residence, when ne
fell breaking the bones Of the left leg
just below the knee.
An old confederate soldier OF Greenville
is recruiting a company for Cuba. He has
thlrty-dve names, and expects TO have
1O0 He says that the company Is to 10
la case the belligerency or independence
OF Cuba Is acknowledged by the United
states. This is the first regular organiza.
ton In the state
Thursday morning Chief of Police Love
Of Yorkville arrested n negro named John
Scales. on a telegram from Shelby, ". g.
charging him with stealing "a horse Scales
attempted TO run and Love fired az him
twice. The negro fell and broke his lce
below the knee ana hip. One OF the bull
let's took effect I'm the thigh, but produced
only "A flesh wound
An Orangeburg farmer comes TO the
front with a new invention IN the shane
Of "a iubrcator for oiling vehicles without
taking them on the axle. II is inserted III
the hub between two OF the spokes When
you want 10 grease your wheel AN Won
have 10 do is 10 withdraw a Dlunrer. which
operates Will "a spring. and put as much
"ii - i@ beaded ga mo asia hnon heinE
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
If You're Good

James courtney Challiss, in St. Nicbo,a.
santa Clausll come tonight
If you're good.
ana DO what you know is right
AS you should:
Down the chimney he will creer
bringing you a woolly sheen
anu uoll mat goes to sleep;
II you're good.
Santa Claus will drive his sle,sh
Thro' the wood
But he'll come around this u.,.
II you're good.
with wind-up bird that sings
ana puzzle made of rings
Jumping-jacks and funny tbino,.
II you're good.
lie wiz bring you cars that go
II you're good,
And rocking horsey-ohi
IL he would
And dolly, II You please.
That says Mama" when Won so,,oo..
lt-he'l bring you one OF these
II you're good.
santa grieyes when you are bad.
As he should:
But Il makes him very glad
When you're good.
lie ~ wise, and he's a dear,
just do right and never FEAR,
Hen remember you each ycnr
IL you're good.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

ODD REASONS.
Some People Get Married for Next to
No Reason at All.
From the Hartford Times

From the Hartford Times.
People often get married for good rea-
sons and sometimes for no reasons at all
out the following cases certainly afford
some very extraordinary motives for seek
ing the matrimonial altar.
A young man engaged in a city Office
SAID he married because his wife prom.
ised to come and meet him every night
at the station, and he had very strone
objection to the loneliness Of a SOLITARY
walk I'VE must hope that her house.
f eIi9,, dutles never prevented h. 4. from
IuiHlAng the mission in question
scotch ii sd se en- len IN residing on The
ne simply married to escape the Derseni,s
lions of the ladies' in the circle of his a.
qualntahce, who lost no opportunity of en-
uedVormg TO draw him into the matrilno.
MAJ moose Life, he declared. was no
coming SO great a burden for him tba :
mere Sis was no way of relieving himself cf
he chose the former thus proving him,
sell 10 be man of courage.
A young lady whose name was Hors
cohIeSsed mat she accepted the first suit
or VINO came a-Wooing simply that she
might get rid of her maiden name Wbich
Sne could never hear pronounced withont
ieeIlng OF intense loathing. AS there Is
no law against changing ones name. the
lady action seemed very unnecessary
but perhaps the sutton was not altogethsT
uhuesifaDle, ana other motives may have
prevailed besides the ostensible one. How
ever, the young lady declared that the
change of name was the reason for the
marriage-and We must allow her as a LADY
to have the last word.
"A french banker married an English
girl in order that he might learn Eng.
lsh, and perhaps there is no better meth
Cd OF learning language than from the
lips OF fair maiden. 1t may be urged ,hat
the banker was rich and could have af-
torded to pay regular professor, but then
we must remember that there is no teach
er IKE love, and doubtless the banker
thought the same.
An author married so that his wife
might act as his amanuensis; whilst only
the other day Mr.. j. M. Barrie seriously
himself a wife was to have someone TO
look after his various pipes and keep them
in good and clean condition.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

back yards, the branches of which stretch
ed out over the flat roofs.
CHANGING to raise my eyes, l noticed
many branches of these trees beginning to
bend downward toward the roofs, and saw
the faces of some old jack monkeys peer
ing out through the foliage. Soon some
of them jumped down and came forward
to see what their "big brothers. in the
street were about, as they stood gazing
so intently at these white men standing
on the platform, Springing upon the par
apet they seated themselves, with their
hind feet hanging over in front, nd gaz-
ing with fixedness al the preacher, as
they saw the people. in the street ining.
Other monkeys followed, until there was
a long row of them thus seated on the
parapet. The late-comers l could see
walking along behind the parapet, look
Failing to find wide enough place be-
tween two already seated monkeys. tfev
would put up their hands, and, rushinr
each one sidewise,. would seem to be say
ing, 'Sit along. little, please, and give a
fellow seat until the "benehp was
crowded.
The audience in the street. standing with
their backs toward that row of houses, did
not notice the monkeys, and so their at
tention was not distracted by them
/ had noticed that many mother mon
keys had brought their babies to church
with them. These little baby MONKEYS sat
upon the thigh of the mother. while her
hand was placed around them in a very
human human Iashlon; but the sermon was evil
uentIy TOO high for these little folks TO
comprehend. CHANGING up. l saw one of
the little monkeys cautiously reach his
ndna around, and, catching hold of an
9 %be ot baby mo, monkeys tall give it pull
each mother monkey evidently disapproVed
OF TINS leVlty in church, and each gave it's
own pay a box on the ears, as though
saying: Sit still! Don't you know how
70 penave in church," The little MONKEYS
mus reprlmanded, turned the most solemn
ii istes, toward the preacher, and seemed to
AS1en lntently to what he was savine~
w IN the exception of a monkey now
h hiti then trying to catch a flea that was
lung MN IN some tender spot, thew tbns
sSa it demurely until the preacher inished
G ilS seiLnon and until we had distributed
ana had started for our tents uieiice'
restrIaI celestial audience, seeing our ter
IestIlai audience" dispensing. then ana 49,
W walk men, left their seats and demIre:y
branches again. There was No Pm pm. , tne
o oaPeg rs as they went; they were as ' seriy
o onS as congregation leaving a cbnrcb
anu SAT upon the branches in a meditatiE, IN,
bbto9q as though thinking over What tbet,
ieft nnr 1,, tne preacher say And thus we
iel' our unique monkey audience nus we
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

Note-%Central Time.
-l-Eastern Time.
PULLMAN SERVICE. ca.
Pullman vestibuled sleepers IRON rlncin-
vannah TO New York Savannah 10 C IlSnS
natl via Ashevllle. Columbia to hlcni ,Vons.
For detailed information. reseI,sa,ttisvs,r1n,
etc. apply 10 any agent OF the S'u'A
railway or connections. .aont
w. II. GREEN, General Superlhlehu
W a Turk q. p. A., washington, "a
8. II. TARDwICK,A.G.P. A-Aualnieua'O'
r. W. HUNT. T. p. A., Augusta "a
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
MERCHANTS AND MINE8S'
TRANsPoR CATION CO.
RATES OF oAsSAnr

10 NEW YORK-Steamer and Ron
Cabin limited days. $3.50; cabin min min
ited' $2o.W Excursion, $500: second
class, $14.75. ' seeohd
~ bOSION-Steamer and Rail-Cabin
days. $500. i'li'teu .
TO BOSTON-Steamer-C un,,ts,
10 days, 5000; excursion, $500: second
class, limited 10 days, $500 N'''O-
TO WASHINGTON-Ste and Rail-.
Cabin, $500; second-class, $l1. 20 '''''-'
TO PHILADELPHIA mar ava
Rail-Cabin, $3.50; second-class. 40 n
TO PHILADELPHIA-S teamer-Cahn
$500; second-class, ST.
TO BALTIMoRE-cabin. $500; excur.
sion, $500; second-class, 5000.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
JOHN 6. BUTLER,

--DieALER M
Paints. Oils and Glass, sash. Doors; 3 n@so.
and Builders supplies. Plain az ,,u.,,sestls
ratiqc Wall Paper, Foreign ana ale
Clements, Line. Plaster ana hs,l
agent Tor AsDesiine Cold wafer l.,.s
40 conercss ana ieg 81. Julian stree"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28

AN old Lombard legend tells the story
OF a chieftain who asked the hand Of a
neighbours daughter. Upon its being re-
fused him he declared war. killed the chief
father-in-law, and married the girl after
all Not satisfied with this much he had
the skull Of his wife's father mounted in
gold az "a drinking cup, and one day, while
spouse 10 appear before the assemblcd
guests a. his house and drink 10 Ms health
out of the horrible pQWl. She aid 30. but
ever afterWurq was her husbands secrrt
but most deadly enemy. She Joined al IA
conspiracy which eventually resulted In
fh" kln1 her husbands. asfasainati0n.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
FOR BEAUFORT AND BLUFFTON

Steamer GOV. Stafford will leave Sa-
vannah for Beaufort, Port Royal Naval
Station and way landings at 10 a. m. Sun
days, Tuesdays and Thursdays, returning
next day.
Steamer STAR will leave Bluffton daily
Except Sunday at a. M; returning,
leave Savannah at p. m. Telephone 60
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-12-28
ITEMS IN THE THREE STATES.
GEORGIA, FLORIDA AND SOUTH
CAROLINA BRIEFLY PARA
GRAPHED.

BuncO Game Played ON County
school Commissioners by Agents
selling Chnrts-UsuriOus Rate
Charged For DIscounting Teach
ers' Marrants-PainfuI Injuries
Inflicted in Many Parts of the state
by Firecrackcrs.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-20
Oil on Troubled Waters.

1t is old-established fact that oil
spread on the surface of water will
calm the waves, and often save ship /;
but it will be a new idea to many that
soap-suds will have the same effect.
An English steamer was caught in a
heavy storm on the Atlantic, and be-
ing without oil to use for this purpose,
the captain conceived the idea of util-
izing quantity of soap which he
found among his stores. The soap
was dissolved in water, making n COM
pound the consistency OF Cruel. This
was flung over the bows of the boat,
and with startling results. Almost i'm
mediately the waves were calmed and
the vessel rode in safety. A similar
experiment was tried on n French
steamer which was struck by squall
The officer dissolved three kilo-
grammes of soap in seventy liters of
water. This solution was allowed to
trickle over the bow of the boat, and
it SO smoothed the water that for
space of about ten meters wide the
waves gave them no disturbance, not
even breaking over the sides OF the
vessel. As an alternative this discov-
cry is an exceedingly valuable one.
Soap can be compressed into small
space and a sufficient amount might
be carried to insure comparative safe
ty to any vessel without occupying
any appreciable space. Ledger.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-20
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

Photographs have been taken Of tho
sea 500 feet below the surface.
1t is said that the March of 1896 was
the coldest March in tho history of
the weather bureau,
There are in the German Empire
to day about 1S0 electric factories,
distributed in 1GS localities.
Electric power is so cheap at Great
Falls, Montana, that nearly oil the
machinery there is moved by it. 1'
The largest spider known to ento-
mologists makes its home in the most
hilly section of Ceylon. 1t spins a
huge net of yellow silk sometimes ten
feet wide.
The frog deposits its eggs in shallow
water, where the warmth of the sun
promotes speedy Matching. The COM
mon snake often selects bed of de-
composing vegetable matter. The croc-
odile and the clumsy sea tortoise go
ashore to lay their eggs,
When the common earth worm is
cut in two to the tail there grows n
head and TO the head there grows q
tail, and two animals are formed. As
the wound heals q small white button
is formed, which afterward develops
into rings and perfect extremity.
DIR. P. NJ. Johns, San Francisco
scientist, who has been conducting
series of experiments with the y rays,
declares that they are not cathode
rays, as has-been held, but emanate
from the anode. Professor Sanford,
of Stanford University, says that he is
right.
Nine. Cavaignac, wife of the French
War Minister, had bit of broken
needle in her hand which the surgeons
could not find. She went to tho Ecole
Centrale, had the hand pictured by the
Roentgen rays showing the needle, took
the picture to a surgeon, and had the
needle taken out.
An editor in Graz, Austria, had his
skull photographed by Professor
Roentgen's process, but absolutely re-
fused to have the picture reproduced
or shown to any but men of science.
The effect startled him SO that it was
long time after he saw the photo
graph before he could sleep in peace.
The duration of sunshine in the
various countries of Europe was re-
Gently discussed at scientific meet
ing in Berlin. 1t was shown that
Spain stands at the head of the list,
having on the average 5000 hours of
sunshine per year, while Italy has 2300
hours, Germany 100 hours and Eng
land 1400 hours.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-20
A Lighied Gun.

The shades of night are no longer q
protection to game from the powers
of the sportsman. An English MINI
rod has invented a luminous sight for
use in bad light. A tiny incandes.
cent lamp, fed from II single storage
battery concealed in the gun stock, is
mounted within a shield at the muzzle
of the gun, and a faint ray of light
calculated to Indicate the position of
its source, is exposed in the direction
of the shooters eye, and this is suf-
ficient to enable him to obtain the
required alignment with the back
sight and with the target, be it ami
mate or inanimate.
The special application of the sight
is for game shooting at night and for
naval service, such, for instance, as
the illumination of q machine gun
used against torpedo attacks during
the night. For the latter purpose it
has been adopted in the English navy.
New York journal.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-20
CNE AT A TINE.

Ono step at time, and that well placed,
We roach the grandest height;
One stroke at time. earth's hidden stores
viii slowly come to light;
One seed at a time, AID tho forest grows,
One drop at n time, and tho river flows
Into tho boundlcss sea.
One word at n time, and tho greatest book
Is written and is reads
One stone at time, and the palace rears
Aloft its stately head;
Ono blow at time, tho treo's cleft through,
And a city will stand whore the forest grew
A few short years before.
Ono foo at time, and he subdued,
Aud conflict will be won
One grain at time, and the sands Of lfo
VIII slowly nll be run;
One minute, another, the hours fly by
One day at time, our lives speed by
Into eternity.
One grain Of knowledge, and that we'll stored
Another, and moro on them;
And as time rolls on, your mind will shine
With many garnered gem
Ofthought and wisdom. And thine will tel
"One thing at time, and that well DONE"
Is VISIONS golden rule.
st, Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-20
Educating n Chef,

The making of man cook il France
is lengthy and tedious process. Ac-
cording to celebrated French chef,
Il young man when he decides to pur-
sue culinary career, selects his
nominal instructor, to whom he pays
sum equivalent to s..
The aspirant is first assigned to tho
vegetable cook, who teaches him how
to prepare the raw materials. When
he has mastered this he isinitiated into
the mystery of cooking them. This
thoroughly learned, he studies the way
OF cutting up raw meats, of preparing
fish and how to stuff, dress, truss and
lard game and poultry. When he has
learned this he is placed before the
range where he receives instruction in
the various processes of broiling, fry
ing, roasting and baking.
When he graduates from this do.
partnent he passes under the control
of the second cook, who reveals to him
the mysteries of sauces and soups.
The interest of this functionary in hia
pupil it is necessary TO accelerate with
liberal and frequent tips. The student
is then put i'll charge of the pastry
cook, to whom he serves n Tong ap.
premiership in all that pertains to the
connection of sweets, pastries, ices and
the like. This completes his culinary
education, and he is prepared 10
assume the role of competent cook.
indianapolis Sentinel.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1896-05-20
MOnld Canse a Sensatlon.

"Ihere are some things that the
patent office does, and there are some
some things that we are too highly
educated to touch" observed an Off
cial OF the patent Office. "a few days
ago the office received letter from
leading clergyman in Cincinnati, in
which he said: Il am anxious TO buy a
bicycle for my daughter, but cannot
decide which OF the many machines
now on the market is the best. Please
advise me what machine tue patent
Office thinks is the best?" To answer
the letter would have caused bigger
sensation than II proclamation by the
President declaring war with Cuba,
and 80 we simply said in reply that he
could ascertain Tor himself by reading
the advertisements OF the various
machines in the newspapers. Yestgr-
day came a further letter from the
writer, in which he said: Il have read
SO much on the bicycle question that
am nearly driven to despair, bat up
TO this writing have not been able to
decide. "-WashjngtoD Star.