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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
NOT A SILLY GOOSE.
Travelled Nine Miles and Lost Eight
Pounds in Getting Home.
From the Kingston Leader.

From the Kingston Leader.
Geese have always been considered silly
creatures, as not having the intelligence
of other fowl; and though flock of them
did once upan a time give warning of
the approach of am enemy, even this was
attributed not to their natural intelli-
gence so much as to their being made
use of by some higher power for that es-
pecial purpose. However, it has been
demonstrated by a goose owned by Law
yer John T.. Van Etten that at least one
of these species is gifted with a most
remarkable neutrality-suspicious. ii has brains
as some naturalists claim birds have-for
after having been transported in closed
coop nine miles and allowed to go free.
its love of home and it's intelligence was
such that it made it's way back to the
barnyard in which it was raised.
Mr. Van Etten, who owns a farm in
MarbletoWn, raised a flock of geese. About
a week ago he selected three of the finest
OF his flock, brought them to his place on
the Keyout, in this city land set them
free. Notwithstanding their weight, which
was about sixteen pounds each, they few
went out of sight. When they alighted
two of them were recovered, but the third
took a line for the Esopus creek, dropped
somewhere in Higginsville and escaped.
Mr.. Van Bitten gave it up as a gone
goose, but Christmas morning, while max
ing a visit to the barnyard of the farm,
great was his astoniShnent when he was
welcomed by a hoarse cry from this veri-
table goose, which was readily distin-
guished by its markings. 1t looked as
though it had experienced a very tough
time, and upon being weighed it was
found that it had lost over eight pounds
in flesh.
This goose, when it left the Keyout
and flew in the air, it is thought, like
the carrier pigeon, got it's bearings from
the farm at Marbletown, then made it's
way to the Esopus creek, and as best it
could followed up the stream without
stopping to feed until it reached the To-
cality Of the farm, when it joined it's flock.
1t appeared to be so happy at reaching
it's home that Mr.. Van Etten said 1t
should remain there until it died of old
age.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09

freed itself from the yoke of the English.
The aristOcracy of color was very dan
gerous, because IL entrenched itself be-
hind an insuperable line of demarcation,
and thus created a spirit of caste, irrecOn-
cllaDle with progress and liberty. There
now remains the aristocracy of fortune,
which has a tendency to establish among
US distinctions as. great as in the old
monarchical world. This aristOcracy does
not present the same dangers as the other,
seeing that 1t is accessible to all. But one
result IS, that il prOVOkes a bitter rivalry
between the citizens who are stimulated
by the hope of succeeding. How is this
almost universal competition to he
Drought into harmony with the true spirit
OF democracy, which should subordinate
private interests to the general good?
Ihls is the great problem to be solved. 1t
IS dlfncult at first sight to conceive how
democracy can maintain itself in the
midst Of the intense struggles of selfish
ness: Nevertheless, IL has marched on
WdIu Up 10 the present day; ii Will continue
70 go forward, because social power is
always victorious in the end over those
dlssolving forces which menace perpet-
ualy political and national unity. 1t
worked miracle more than a century
ago in creating the American republic: il
WORKED another the day il saved the I'M
ron, when 1t was ready to fol- beneath the
blows OF slavery, let us hope it will work
a lhlrd in upholding democracy when il Is
on the point of succumbing before individ-
ualism and 90 ruption.
Antoine MuzzareIli
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09

New Scotch Zephyrs.
New French Shirtings.
New French Organizes.
New JacOnet Duchesse,
New TOiIe d'Irlande.
New Lace Tuckings.
New Tucked Cambrics
New COlOred SwisseS.
New Silk MOusseline.
New Silk Waists.
New Linen Lawns.
New Narrow Belts.
New Cotton CrepOns.
New Dimity Quilts.
New KOiki Silks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
Prices Lower ThanYOu' dExDGCt|

Such Embroideries have
never sold for so little money.
Edgings and Insertings in
Cambria, Swiss and Main
sock at 10c that you cannot
match anywhere for less than
zoe. Equally cheap are those
at SC, 15c and 25c. Our new
upstairs department is rap
idly gaining public favor.
Our Muslin Underwear and
Wrappers are the best for
the money and every gar
ment is so fresh and nice.
Children's Flannel Refers
for just this kind of weather.
Spring styles in Ladies'
Capes. Ladies White APP
rons, L a dies Neckwear,
Beautiful Novelties.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
A PRIESTS ADVENTURE.
Thirteen Years a Slave in the Sou.
dan, He Finally Escapes.
From the Pail Mall Gazette


Father Paolo Rissignoli, who, after a
long series of almost incredible adventures
and thirteen years slavery in the Soudan.
succeeded in miraculously escaping from
the hands of the caliph, has been received
by the pope before returning to Africa to
the scene of his former painful sufferings
He is a. strong, well-built man, tanned
a deep brown by the African SUM- and
wears full beard, which is rapidly turn
ing white from the suffering he has gone
through. Father RossgnoH was a priest
of the Austrian mission of FL Obeid in
the Kordofan, and went through the hor.
rors of the four and one-half months
siege until January, 1883, when he was
taken prisoner. 1t would be impossible to
describe all he suffered for thirteen long
years, until assisted to escape by the Eng
lishman, Maj. Wingate Bey, and Mgr
Sogaro archbishop of the Soudan
$50 you are really returning to Africa ?''
I said to him the day before he left.
"Oh, yes, and l go back with pleasure
as Africa is for me now a second father
land. feel that my work is there, and,
besides, think of all the prisoners, less for
tunate than myself, whom 1 left behind
and whom l must do my utmost to de-
liver"
Are there still many?"
About fifty, including five Indians"
Are there no Englshmen?"
mo. They are all dead long ago
Among those still alive are twelve Syrians
ten Hebrews from Smyrna, some Greeks
and Swiss, few Germans and one Aus
learned and intelligent persons now in the
hands of the SoudaneSe.
HE was a banker at Assouan, and three
or four years after the fall of KhartoGln
he led an expedition to the center of the
Soudan, his purpose being to help the Kab-
babish tribe on the other side of Dongola.
against the mahdi, The latter, informed
in time of his plans, surprised the expedf-
dition, defeated it completely, the men
being mostly killed or taken prisoners,
among the latter the leader, Niefelt, who
was condemned to death. The rope had
already passed around his neck to hang
him when he was asked: How do you die?
As a Christian or a A1ussulman? Niefelt
answered quickly: I die as a Mussulman.'
So his life was saved, but he was left for
years in chains, until he gave proof of his
ability, and he was then used by the ca
liphl to manufacture saltpeter and gum
powder"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
AS LOVELY As In MAY.

No matter what the FEATHER
is we are just ready to serve
you. No need to ask when the
new stock will arrive. The
goods are here, the best we
can get from all quarters of
the globe. Silks from Japan,
China, India and Europe. All
the new dainties from 25c
up. Rich Silks in Persian eff
fects, Black Figured Silks
and Satin Duchesse. The
popular Black Sicilians and
Mohairs in Plain and Fig
ured. Black Crepons in wool,
silk and wool and glorious
silk effects, and they will cost
you less than you dreamed
of for such lovely goods.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
The Real Meaning of Free Coinage.
Joseph Dana Miller. in Donahoe's.

The claim for bimetallism rests upon a
number of historical Inaccuracies. 1t is
urged that for eighty years of it's exist
ence the United States was a bimetallc
country. As a matter of fact, we were on
a gold monometallic basis as long as silver
was being coined at a ratio of 16 to l.
a point or two higher than its commercial
ratio. Silver then began to disappear
from circulation in obedience to the well
known law, which bears the
Q519-1579), which may be briefly de-
fined as that law which governs the issue
of currencies of two values, leaving the
currency of lesser value only to circulate
Natural laws had thus demonetized silver
and we were practically on a single stand
dard and that gold. 1t was only when
silver began to depreciate that the silver
interests began "besieging and beseech-
ing the aw-making powers to sustain
its value in defiance of natural laws, and
the debtor was produced as the poor IN
fortunate whom the advance in the econo-
mics of production was injuring by COM
pelling him to pay more in the net amount
of commodities, although no ore in labor
ed for.
The many devices to sustain the falling
value of silver having been found INSULT
cient, the cry for free coinage of silver
became more vociferous. The poor debtor
and the farmer suffering from low prices
are unimportant as the dramatis personae
of this drama of greed and folly-mere
observation-disclosures necessary to the
conduct Of the play, but exhibited for
scenic effect; the real hero is the silver
mine owner And the song and all its va
riatiors, of the poverty of the masses, The
deplorable condition of agriculture and
ever recurring periods of depression and
widespread distress, are like the chorus
of Greek tragedy-'not the least essential
to a clear understanding of the thread
of the drama, the purport and motif of
which is to provide the sellers of bullion
with larger and more remuneratiye mar
ket for their wares at the axneuse of
every other citizen of the republic.
Miss Helen NJ. Gould has established
at Vassar College, in memory of her moth
er, scholarship, the interest on 5000.
to be called the Helen Day Could schol-
arship. The receiver of this Scholarship
is to be nominated by Miss Could
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
ORDINANCE.

ORDINANCE.
By Alderman Garrard-
An ordinance, touching Estiil park. and
amending an ordinance relating to tha
same, passed May 10. 1893, by annul1ing
that portion providing for Commissioner
for said park and in lieu thereof, putting
said park under control of the park and
tree commission for the city Of Savannah
Section /. Be 1t ordained by the mavor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah. In
council assembled, That so much OF said
ordinance passed May 10, 1888, as pro-
vides for commissioners OF said Estill
park is annulled, and hereafter, the park
and tree commission for the city Of Sa-
vannah shall have the exclusive manage
ment of said park, and shall be charged
with the care, preservation, improves
ment, adornment, good order and regula-
ton thereof
Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, That all
money which has been, or may hereafter
be appropriated for said park, shall be
used, and expended thereon, by said park
and tree commission, and whatever un-
expended balance may be in the hands OF
the late commissioners, will be turned
over to said park and tree commission.
Sec. 3. Be II further ordained, That all
ordinances and parts of ordinances. in
conflict with this ordinance, are hereby
repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Jan. q, 1895.
HERMAN MYERS, Mayor
Attest: A. N. MANUCY, Clerk of coun-
ell
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
D E M 0 C R A CY.
The Jewish People Came Nearer to 1t Than
Any Other People.

ThoseD Was No King o
Pleasu-Th
HonOrof Realizes
OF
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
ORDINANCE.
By Alderman WATSON

By Alderman Watson
An ordinance to amend that certain or
dinance adopted Jan. 4, 1896, entitled IAN
ordinance touching the board of tax as
SCISSORS and receivers for the city of Sa-
vannah, the compensation or salary of the
mem bers thereof, and of their clerk their
bonds, duties and powers, requiring tax
returns to be made and the manner, and
prescribing penalties for failure to COM
ply with the requirements hereof, and for
other purposes connected herewith" by
repeating section nine 90 thereof.
Section /. Be ii ordained by the mayor
and aldermen of the city of Savannah.
in council assembled, That section nine OF
the above recited ordinance be and the
same is hereby repealed.
Sec. 2. That all ordinances and parts OF
ordinances in conflict with this ordinances
are hereby repealed.
Ordinance passed in Council Jan. e. 1896.
HER MAN MYERS, Mayor
Attest: A. N. MANUCY. Clerk OF Coun.
ell.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09

Mr.. Charles Fraser, the Scotland Yard
official who is in constant attendance on
Queen Victoria, is a delightful gentleman
as well as a skillful detective, and has
grown to be a great personal favorite with
her majesty.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09
NEW SPRING STOCK AT


The New Spring Goods Are CrOwding to the
Counters Every Day. New Beauties, New Styles,
New Prices. Stacks and Stacks of Lovely
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-02-09

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The Columbus journal., 1896-06-17

them twenty years. I found them to
be good layers and good table fowlA
Then I tried the Black Langshans and
the Plymouth Rocks separately. Their
cross Barred Plymouth Rock) had
bad luck with. shall keep the Lang
shans and the White Plymouth Rocks.
their cross being the nearest to what
want for marketing. Their cross suits
my customers as well as the white Ply
mouth Rocks. and they are much more
hardy. have comfortable place for
them In winter. though 1t Is not on
the fancy order. I have separate
houses and yards for the breeds wish
to breed from. feed the chicks on
wheat bran. middlings and cornmeal.
equal parts with q little bone meal
mixed in with milk, soon to follow with
millet, wheat and cracked corn. The
laying hens are fed soft food In the
morning, wheat or oats at noon, and
wheat or corn at night. I have q very
fair market for both poultry and eggs,
most Of mine going to private families.
In the winter do not get many eggs
before February. One year I lost q
good many fowls by some disease.
though very few any year by lice. I
have lost none with lice since I kept
them well supplied with coal ashes.
Last year lost twenty per cent from
hawks and skunks. more than I have
lost from the same causes in all other
years put together. I have had good
success raising broods and have al
ways had large per cent hatch. When
I see q fowl sick I at once separate
her from the rest and doctor. generally
successfully. VIM. NJ. Smith.
The Columbus journal., 1896-06-17

While . great many inventors arc
able to invent and perfect new ideas
but few of them possess the business
tact necessary to introduce their inven.
tions after they have been patented.
Occasionally, however, an inventor is
enabled to devise . valuable invention
and is at the same time able to realize
a snug sum on the same.
One of these successful inventors is
Thomas S. Ferguson. of Omaha, Ne
braska. who has invented bit. within
which is embodied . removable and
adjustable shaper SO that oval. spher-
ical or irregular openings can be drill
ed. the bit being arranged to automat-
ically adjust itself as it feeds forward.
Inventor Ferguson further devised an
egg carrier which is the simplest and
cheapest egg crate yet invented and
placed upon the market and both OF
these Inventions he was enabled to dis
pose of to q company with unlimited
capital. the patents being procured and
sold through MessrS Sues & Co, United
States Patent Solicitors, of Omaha,
Nebraska.
Clarence II. Judson, of Council Bluffs.
Iowa, has received . patent for an ex-
ceedingly clever device, which can be
used both rs . toy and an advertising
medium. The invention consists of
peculiarly constructed metal frame
which can be made for q few pennies
and which is adapted to hold q square
piece of card board such as an ordinary
business card, and which when thrown
backward will expell the card with
force sufficient to send il fully . hum
dred feet straight upward. the inven-
tion being practically a card shooting
gun.
Inventors desiring valuable free in
formation as to the law and practice of
patents, may obtain the same by ad-
dressing sues & Co., United States
Patent Solicitors, Bee Building. Omaha,
Nebraska.
The Columbus journal., 1896-06-17

of canals. AID the main laterals might
be planted With one or more rows Of
trees; they would grow here without
irrigation, and would serve as . wind
break, and thus aid in preventing the
moisture of the field from being alb
sorbed by hot winds sweeping over
them. They would have tendency to
check evaporation from canals and
laterals by shutting out the rays OF the
sun, and at the same time 1t would
provide homes for thousands OF the
feathered tribe who would pay for
their lodging many times in the de-
struction of insects, as well as by pro-
viding free concerts for the farmers
family"
The Columbus journal., 1896-06-17

F. L. Russell says that the statement
is made by Forester and quoted in the
National Dispensatory that boric acid
greatly increases the faecal solids and
the excretion of albuminous compounds
even when given in a daily dose Of
seven or eight grains. and that these
effects continue for some time after the
suppression Of the medicine.
The United States dispensatory says
that the practice Of using salicylic acid
for a preservative of articles of food is
to be condemned. A commission ap-
pointed by the French government re-
ported that the prolonged use of even
a very small amount of salicylic acid is
dangerous. especially to very aged per-
sons.
1t is not difficult to see that It will
be fatal to the permanent interests of
the cream trade If dependence is placed
upon chemical preservatives to keep
the cream sweet. Such a practice is
quite easily detected by chemical tests
and a well-founded suspicion that it is
commonly resorted to can only work
injury to the trade, even in cream pre-
served by un0bjectionable methods.
The Columbus journal., 1896-06-17

In q lecture before the Ohio state
university, A. T. Dempsey said:
Judging cattle is one Of the things
that might be classed with the lost
arts, and from the conflicting opinions
Of breeders and so-called experts %
often displayed in the show yard. 1t Is
safe to believe that the art" has
never been found. The chief cause
for this state of affairs is the fact that
we have no general or acknowledged
standard, but instead each breed OF
cattle has its scale Of points. and the
expert judge a type of his own. AS
long as this state of affairs continues
to exist cattle judges. like all great
men, will continue to disagree. Fof
judging cattle We have two NODES
by comparisons and the score card.
OF these two methods We prefer the
former, believing 1t to be the mos(
correct and satisfactory. The score
card is a dangerous thing even In the
hands of an expert and its popularity
is fast on the wane. Many points OF
the score card made essential to gooo
COW, such as escutcheon. tail. navel
withers, back, open jointed, ears lore
head, ETC.. have been exploded oy the
old cow by her practical demonstrators
in the dairy. Many of our most noted
performers among the dairy cows were
partially or wholly devoid OF tnese
fancy points, thus plainly proving that
you 'can not always tell just wnat q
COW can do by testing her with score
card" In judging a dairy COW the nrs'
thing to be considered is CONSTITUTIONS
this is essential as the COW. no matter
how good, is comparatively worth'ess
without it. Her size should be norind'
of the breed that she represents: ne'
from wedge shape, with plenty OF ca
pacity for storing food, and moe 'ooee'
The other important points to oe con-
sidered are the loins, hips, udder, tea.s'
milk veins and disposition. II she mis-
the requirements in these essentia,
points do not pass her by If she snouio
be shy in head. short in tail. or iach-
ing in escutcheon. The position OF d
cattle Judge is a trying one, and. uh.
like the COW, his back should be broad
and strong. To the student aspiring
to be an expert Judge my advice Is
don't" No matter how we'll and hon
estly the judge performs his work he re-
ceives the commendation OF but one
party (the man that gets the prize),
and reaps the vengeance of all the
other competitors.
The Columbus journal., 1896-06-17

The aiRrettes that we wear in our
hats are the feathers from the back,
called the d0rsal feathers of the white
heron They come only. when the
little mother bird is getting ready to
build her nest and lay the eggs which
she will care for 50 carefully, that her
little birds may help to make the world
. more beautiful place. The hunters
know they can get these feathers only
when the mother heron is on her nest.
and that she loves her babies so dearly
that she will not leave her nest Then
the hunters shoot her. pluck her beau
tiful feathers, and leave the baby birds
to starve and perish in the nest for
want of care-OutlOOk.
The Columbus journal., 1896-06-17

Bulletin q of Maine Experiment Sta
tion says: 1t is an important feature
of our dairy business that there is a
growing demand for fresh, sweet
cream, not only for domestic use, but
for exporting to the large cities. Dur
ing the past year this cream trade from
Maine has considerably exceeded $780,
600 and each year finds the demand in
creasing. 1t has come to be an impor-
tant question how best to foster this
branch of our dairy business, and dur
ing that season when butter is most
abundant and cheapest-for there is
the greatest demand for cream during
the summer mOnths-tO find a profit
able market for this commodity and so
reduce the butter supply and at the
same time increase the profit from the
dairy. One important reason for foster
ing the cream trade is that cream sold
to be consumed as cream is in no large
degree a rival of either milk or butter
but enlarges the demand for dairy
products at time when such products
are most abundant and most cheaply
produced.
The Columbus journal., 1896-06-17
A Young woman's Summer Wardrobe.

. Emma NJ. Hooper in answer to q cor
respondent who inquiries concerning
wardrobe for the summer lin May
Ladies' Home Journall: ''IIave four
dancing gowns of net over silk. chiffon,
white Dresden silk and a spangled net
White and pale blue pique suits. sew
eral fancy silk waists, dotted Swiss,
= fiowcred oreandy, blue duck and
bright blue outing gown of twill; then
a golden-brown chcviot for travelling;
black satin and white silk separate
skirts; shirtwaists. and a tan mohair
suit. Add a pretty taffeta silk of
medium hues of changeable green, and
you have the array in which expense is
not an object"