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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
Cotton statement.

New Orleans. La. April 9O.-Secretary
Testers weekly cotton statement shows
amount brought into sight 1892 bales
against 59.526 bales for the seven days end
ing April 90 last year. S1.247 bales year
before last, and 6I.3lO bales for the same
time in 1894. The total number since Sept.
/. S.124,S46 bales. against 6,697 ,957 bales last
year. 9537. 655 bales the year before last,
and 1896, 4O1 bales for the same time in
1894. The movement since Sept. 1 includes
total receipts at all United States deliV-
erv ports of Ass 093 bales. against SOB. sos
bales last year, 7.734,153 bales the year
before last and $3.50 $40 bales for the same
time in 1891; overland movement TO the
porth. g33. 7l9 bales. against 754. 15s bales for
last year. 1.l05 l3l for the year before last,
and 1871 for the same time in 1891; south
ern mill takings, exclusive Of quantity
consumed at southern outports, 745, $40
bales. against 728, l26 bales last year, GIL
500 year before last and 590.9i5 same time
In 1885, northern mill takings. 1863 3Si
bales. against 1,f64.743 last year, and 2.0i3-
sos the year before last. Foreign exports
for the first eight months OF the season
have been 5.i72239 bales, showing an in
crease over last season of 1874, SIS. and a
decrease. under the same period the year
before last. of SCOOPS. Including ports
and interior towns left over from the pre-
vious season. and the number OF bales OF
the current crop brought into sight during
the eight months the supply has been
s. ig2. 7ij against 7i07.9ii last year. and g.
773. 6S5 the year before.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
Fernandina,s EIectrIe PInnt.

Fernandina. Fla. April 3O-At the last
regular meeting Of The city council the
payment OF $1,000 for the Fernandina Light
and Power Company's plant was ordered
made on the first Of May. and $500 was
arranged for with which 10 purchase q
new electric light engine OF i2j-horse
power. as wei q new dynamo 10 Increase
the capacity Of the plant.
The city takes the plant In charge to-
morrow and DO Will Doe run at the old
stand until arrangements can be- made az
Inc water works. where the plant Will be
moved and run IN correction with the wa
'er works thorehv reducing the expense
OF operating the plant.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01

James Michael is the champion long dis.
lance bicyclist of the world
He recommends all wheelmen to take
Paine's celery compound.
His experience is that of thousands of
others. With the opening Of the bicycle
season many a young person and hun
dreds of older people who have determined
to take up bicycling as a health-giving ex-
ercise find themselves really lacking the
proper snap or stamina to begin on.
Their bodily condition prevents so spirited
exercise. They would like to ride, but
they are out of sorts, run down by win
ter of work or indoor life. Many who are
really sick, who have suffered from de-
bilty or wasting diseases for a long time
until they had begun to think their troub-
les had become chronic, as nothing gave
them relief, would turn TO bicycling for re-
lief. But this splendid exercise, like any
other, requires strength to undertake. The
blood is out of order, the nerves are de-
ranged, and natures food for both is
needed.
All such persons will md to their i'm
mense joy that Paines celery compound
taken now. will make them well.
Paine's celery compound works wonder
in the spring. If you have la bored under
the load of repeated headaches, neuralgia
pains and days of nervous debility, now is
your best time to get we'll
Michael is to-day the most phenomenal
rider in professional ranks. AS far back
as 1894 he was undsputed champion Of
Great Britain. and in the following year he
went to France and scored Is straight
wins against the picked riders of Europe
He has defeated such famous men as
Jacquelin, Gougoltz, Huret, Rivierre, Bon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
King Georges Daily Life.
From the London Daily News.

FROM Nlt l4OuuOu ldllY News.
King George Of Greece Is an early riser,
and is usually up and dressed by a. m.
He then Immediately goes through his
morning post among which are invariably
found letters from his relatives In COpen-
hagen. After his letters and kilograms, he
reads the papers, Greek and foreign, par
ticularly Danish ones. About 10 a. m he
puts on uniform, as rule that Of Greek
admiral. and goes 10 the audience room
where for three hours he receives minis
ters official reports and kilograms The
king speaks four or five languages, though
he never addresses his subjects In any
language but the Greek, which, after
relgning thirty-four years he speaks like
a native About p. m. his majesty takes
lunch and an hours rest. Then he prone
nades In the royal gardens or rides on
horseback TO PhalerOn. At present he
must cOnfne himself TO the gardens be-
cause Of the Observation-Disclosures OF his SUP
jects. About p. m. his majesty holds his
ordinary ministerial council. receives the
foreign ambassadors, reads out 10 his sons
kilograms to be forwarded. and gives in
structions to the generals and admirals.
He follows with close attention all the
dispositions on the frontier. no less than
operations IN Crete. This flls the time
until 7 p. m. the dinner hour. As soon as
dinner Is over he rotircs 10 his study. In
tie south wing Of the palace. The lights
In that room are not put out TN . a. m.
King Georges Danish reserve az first
kept him aloof from the hot-tempered
Greeks. and II was only after he had as
serted his authority against Delyannis
and Tricoupis that they began 10 respect
him. They now remember that their king
had In lime OF peace made valuable add
tons 20 Greek territory When he landed
al tho Piraeus in 1853, he brought the sew
IN fonian islands with him IN his pocket.
and. after the Berlin congress. he by
means OF skillful diplomacy. added Thes.
sally and part OF Epirus 70 the kingdom.
on his accession 10 the throne the area
Of Greece was 1850 square kilometors
Now ~ Us 5000 square kllometers. an area
larger than that Of Holland and Belgium
put together.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
LIFE IN CRETE.
A Land OF the Past where Every
other Day IL Holiday.

From the Springfield Mass. Republican.
Crete Is a land Of the past IL is a land
Of memories rather than of passing events;
a land whose period Of activity and i'm
portance has passed. whose time OF decay
and torpor seems to have come. To his
tory It Is the birthplace and tomb of Zeus,
the home OF Minos, the thalassocrat, the
scene OF war and carnage. the Venetian
colonial scat. TO Greece IL Is the land of
memories sad and heroic. To Turkey IL
Is a thorn. In old days II got the name OF
III measure. To-day II might be said to be
scarcely known. except as a country OF
home life. II Is properly an agricultural
island. In its entire area there are not
more than six considerable towns, and
these the ruins OF other days. the houses
old and fallen, gaunt hogs, starving ours,
hawks and barriers tenanting the streets.
All around are the mountains. and every
considerable town " by the sea. on the
cratered mountain tops and In the rugged
valleys the peasants I'll the land and past
ure their sheep and goats. At night they
sleep I'm the villages, and by day they are
In their fields Of rye. mlllct and sunnOwers
They make but sorry agriculturlsts. Lazl-
ness ia the root Of their vices, and the
Cretans are lazy ne'er-do-weIls More
than half OF their days are holidays. which
they celebrate by getting drunk. BY
actual count there are 128 OF these holt
days. and when men and women get in
toxlcated l2s times In a year II Is regular
system.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
hours. BourrilIon and Rarden Of England.

hours, Bourrillon and Barden of England,
and Leyten, the Belgian champion.
He has just returned from Europe and
is now ready to Join the racing men on
the Pacific coast despite the large amount
OF work he has gone through during the
past months.
Michael has made cycle racing a careful
study and is in position to give excellent
advice not only to racing men, but to
wheelmen and athletes In general. In ref
erence to his own methods the following
letter will interest everybody:
Boston, Mass. Feb. q, 1897.
After the exertion of my record rides
while with the Morgan & Wright team in
the south last winter during which l lost
somewhat In weight, on account of the
unaccustomed climate, l was advised to
use Paine's celery compound. ! am pleas
ed to say that it gave such satisfaction
that l was impelled to use it again to
brace up from the effects of the two I'M
usually rough ocean trips that / have TAX
en- during the past month. l believe that
wheelmen who have to undergo the hard
ships of Circuit chasing will find Paine's
celery compound of assistance in Keeping
up their physical tone. Jimmy Michael
Every one needs to take a spring remedy
to purify their blood arouse the circula-
ton and counteract the debilitating effect
of months of combining work worry and
excitement
The more intelligent portion OF every
community are the ones who best recon-
mend Paine's celery compound. They have
looked into this great remedy, followed its
remarkable achievements in the case of
friends, neighbors and relatives, and
know Just what to expect from it's use as
a nerve and brain strengthened and re-
storer and an ideal invigorator for run
down system
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
STRANGE ERROR CORRECTED.
Morgan Cannot Finish n speech-He
II Tennyson's Brook Incarnnted.

From the Chicago Daily News
BY typographical error In yesterdays
Daily News a dispatch from Washington
was made to read: Senator Morgan gave
notice that he would finish his speech on
the Cuban question during the next session
Of the Senate" Fortunately the error
was so glaring that it could have deceived
nobody. What was meant was. of course,
that the senator gave notice he would fin
ish speech during the session OF the next
Senate.
The Senate we believe, is a continuing
body. Strictly speaking, therefore, there
rs no next Senate In this world One Is
left, therefore, TO chose between the hypoth-
eses that the senator is already making
prudent preparation for continuing and
finally terminating his speech In another
sphere or that he chose careless phrase
to designate the next session OF congress.
which will begin some two years aud a
half hence.
The latter appears the more probable
aud will be accepted In the absence of a
more definite statement from the senator.
From two 20 four years hence. then. the
senator's speech on Cuba viii be finished.
And with what keen and varying emotions
VIII the present generation witness the
completion Of this great work. II has been
said OF many another great human
achievement that Il was a work Of an
time, regard being had 70 future time.
But the senator's grand speech is really
work Of an time In a more literal sense
that H.. OF an time. both backward and
forward.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
A CLEVER CHECK FoRGER CAUGHT
The Firm Had Almost Acknowledged
the Check to BE Good.

From Scribners.
Not long ago there stood before the
paying teller's window of one OF New
Yorks big banks an unctuous little Is
raelte, smiling blandly over 500 check.
Signature, Endorsement and every detaiI
were correct TO make assurance doubly
sure. the little Jew explained, with some
insistence. you see ! have had my in
dorsement certified"
The check was paid without hesitation,
but the teller said 20 himself: why Is
that IDIOT standing there with such broad
grin. trying to fix his face on my mem.
ory?" And duly he took note.
a few days later, the man appeared az
the window again. his countenance dis
tended In the same smile with another
check from the same firm: the indor se-
ment was certified in exactly the same
way and this time the amount was $50
There was absolutely nothing wrong with
the check on its face. ana II came from a
well-known customer OF the bank. IN
spite Of all" said the paying teller. "some-
thing told me that fellow was a crook
So / said ] should have 10 look ~ Inc
account before n could be paid, ana While
he waited ! slipped around 10 the firms
Office, which was only a short distance
away. The check was examined and pro-
nounced perfectly good, and was about
10 walk away. when the head OF the firm
said, Why. hold up. We've issued no
checks this morning And then / went
back and bagged my crook. lie had arst
sold the firm a bond. and got his original
800 check In payment This he had used
10 initiate the Arms signature on me
second and likewise 20 impress me with
the fact that he was all right. 20 that
when he came around second time
would not bother him."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
THE HARDY cRETAN.
shooting Their Predominant Passion
and They Do Not Restrain II.

whatever faults the Cretans may have,
they are brave and hardy-Christians and
Moslems alike. They support life on any
thing, or almost nothing. for an Indefinite
time. and when the worst comes 10 the
worst die hard. They have more lives than
the proverbial cat and their recuporative
forces seem jncxhaustible. A few days
ago one Of, them was shot through the
right lung. and. he doctor declared that
five or elk houfs was the most he could
live That man is alive to-day, and takes
his mlshap at coolly ~ n u were corn or
"A collie. He IS not out OF danger, but
neither is he wholly devoid OF hope. Now,
the Christian insurgents on the nights
above Malaxa are men OF this type. They
sleep out IN the open, the Intensely blue
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-01
SODA FOUNTAINS.
War TO he Waged Against Them by
the w. G. T.U.

war 10 lie Wage0 Against Them by
the w. G. t.. U.
From the ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
Frances Willard and the Chicago w. C.
T.U. have declared war on soda fountains.
Some of the city candy stores patronized
almost exclusively by women have on
their walls lists Of drinks which the w. C.
T. u. say are strong enough and varied
enough 10 serve as mixed drinks in any
saloon. They claim that there is good
deal in a name in the matter of dI inks /;
that a girl will drink an egg punch, who
would avoid maraschino punch as If It
were a pestience. And they further fear
that the soda fountain is educating in
young girls a taste for strong drink which
will be the ruin of their maturer years
Mrs. Matilda Carse told this story:
What do you think / heard in one such
place? A nice-looking man, a wolf in
sleeps clothing, came in with & pretty
young girl
And now, Miss Marjorie. what can
get YOU?
Just a lemonade, please
All right; just a lemonade let Il be-
Then jokingly: "Will you have a stick
in it,?
Why, of course; they always put one
in, don't they?
II was Mortified, until the girls subse-
quent conversation revealed that She In
the innocence of her heart, supposed that
a stick was a straw. she couldn't imag-
inc what made her lemonade taste so
queer. oh, no; 1t wasn't bad, but It was
queer; queer, but very refreshing"
And so the w. c. r. y. mas appointed
committee to investigate the composition
of the drinks served a { the soda fountains
Presumably the investigation will neces-
state unlimited sampling. The commit
tee has also been charged with the duty
Of demonstrating with one of the State
street department stores, which is offering
its customers sample glasses of California
wines
The Republican journal., 1897-08-19
PropeIlers for .shalIow-Draft Steamers

Fast-running engines can be successful
ly employed in vessels of very shallow
draught by adapting the stern lines and
the form Of the propeller to the conditions
involved.
Taking first the form of the stern best
adapted to favor the efficient action of
the screw propeller, when immersion is
limited, it has been found that air must
be prevented from finding a way into the
region OF low pressure, forward of the
screw, and this is easily done by SO form
ing the stern that the water surface in the
neighborhood of the propeller, and in
front of it, is effectively covered by the
surface of the hull. The importance of
this is evident from the fact that the
efficiency of the propeller is reduced
about 80 per cent. when air finds its way
into the screw race.
A form of stern protecting the propeller
from air has been used for a considerable
| time in canal tugs. The Dunderburg, an
ironclad. built in America and which was
bought by the French Government in
| 1SG7. had stern lines finishing in a plane
at the water surface. Very remarkable
results We're obtained with this vessel
Ia adapting this principle to shallow
| draught, however. it is possible to 90
canal tugs and the Dunderbug, because
the atmospheric pressure is capable of
| supporting water in space extending far
| above the external water surface so long
as air cannot enter, and at the same time
the supply Of water to the propeller viii
not be impaired except at very high speed
MI. Edmund Froude has shown that
the acceleration of the propelling stream
! is half done before arriving at the plane
of the screws disc, even is the loss OF
! pressure due to rotation be neglected; but
it is only when very high speed is at
| tanned that the continuity of the stream
seems to break and the efficiency of pro-
peller suddenly falls without air finding a
| passage to cause the trouble.
Numerous shallow draught tugs in
which the principle has been adopted of
raising part of the propelling stream
above the water line, in order to com
| pletely immerse ordinary propellers of a
diameter greater than the draught of the
vessel have been built by Messrs. Thorny
croft Il Co. of London and afford inter
esting examples of marine construction.
In one of these, built for service on the
Nile, part of the propelling stream is car
ried above the external water surface
forming load to be carried by the boat
and two three foot screws are completely
immersed, although the draught of water
of the boat is only two and half Feet
| John |. Thornycroft in the Marine Mum
Der of CASTER Magazine
The Republican journal., 1897-08-19
John kendrick Bangs.

If one were to count on one hand the
this country, John kendrick Bangs would
undoubtedly be included. Yet Mr.. Bangs
has been writing for so short a time it
seems almost incredible that his reputa-
ton should have grown to it's present ex-
tent Since the publication of his first
book, "Cotfee and Repartee," which was
received with immediate favor, he has
gone on making success after success, his
latest story, 1.-The Pursuit of the House
Boat" being perhaps his best achieve
ment. The introduction into the story,
by the way, of Sherlock Holmes greatly
disturbed a Philadelphia editor, who de-
clared that, contrary to general belief, the
great detective was not dead, and that
Mr.. Bangs was likely to hear from Dr.
Conan Doyle for Introducing the charac-
ter among the Associated Shades.'' Mr.
Bangs reply called attention to the from
tispiece of "The Memoirs of Sherlock
Holiness in which the detective is repre-
sented as dying; and he has since had the
pleasure of hearing from DR.. Doyle, who
wrote: GLOW very good of you to inscribe
your most amusing and original book to
me! | begin to have hopes of immortality
now that have gone onto your fly-leaf. -
The exuberant spirit of Mr.. Bangs
work is so thoroughly national that it
might stand as the type of American
humor at the present time, form of
humor, by the way, which has consider
ably changed in the past few years. Mr..
Bangs has displayed, moreover, a remark
able versatility; in addition to his stories,
he has written essays, verses, and short
| plays, all of which have been widely read,
the plays being successfully given by
amateur theatrical societies. Mr.. Bangs
is still 50 young man that his finest
work is probably yet to be done. Born in
New York about thirty-tive years ago he
has made his home in Y onkers, where he
The Republican journal., 1897-08-19
The BumbIebee.
The Big Queen Searches for Home In the Early
spring.

The Big Queen Searches for Home In the Early
spring.
In early spring, when the meadows first
take on a tinge of green, and the apple
trees put forth their rosy buds, we may
often see single large bumblebee flying
low and swiftly back and forth across the
lawns and pastures, says writer in st.
Nicholas.
These great bees are queens who have
just awakened from their long winters
sleep, and are now seeking some favored
spot wherein to commence housekeeping
and found a colony; for these insects, like
their cousins, the honey bees, live in
colonies consisting of three classes, or
castes-'' drones,' or males, ''queens,"
or females, and workers When our big
queen has at last discovered satisfactory
building site, usually deserted mouse
hole, she cleans it of all rubbish and litter,
and places within a ball of pollen, in
which She lays her eggs. The young
grubs hatch out possessed with enormous
appetites and, feeding on the pollen, eat
into it in ali directions. At last, when
fully grown and their craving for food is
satisfied, they spin cocoons of silk in the
remains of the pollen, and change to
pupa. While her family is thus sleeping
quietly within their silken cells, the old
queen is constantly at work, building up
and strengthening the cocoons with wax.
Finally, their sleep being over, the
pupa- cases burst, and the young bees
come forth in all their glory of black and
golden livery and gauzy wings
The first brood consists entirely Of
workers, who Immediately fall to and re-
leve their tried mother queen of all work
and duties, with the exception of laying
eggs. They fly hther and thither, always
busy and industrious, now plunging into
the centre Of a gorgeous hollyhock OF a
sunny dandelion, or buzzing about among
the modest daisies, or diving head first
into some sweet scented, aristocratc lily
or rose, always emerging from their quest
for honey covered with the golden dust of
pollen. The honey and the pollen thus
gathered are stored away, and the eggs
laid in the waxen cells from which the
workers issued; and the next brood, com
posed of drones and young queens, feed
upon this store of nectar.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-19
he Nlost Killing affair.

mmissioner L. T. Carleton had
ID ign his position than be party
A 1g the young students accused of
l- COW moose at Cancomgomac
all for the offence. then County
Hayes will have something to
NJ ae matter. Mr.. Hayes informs
'oever that he shall do nothing
aird Tuesday in August when
Dlned hearing will be held in this
-- IT the boys skip their bail. as
'-'ms to be a general impression
o will, he said he should ask for
''.' papers to bring the young men
stand trial. He SAYS because
sons of rich people that it is no
e" allowing them to 90 scott free.
ated on the authority of a per-
leard it, that the boys, not these
" members of the same party,
'' bones of saying before quite a
t7djence. that if they ran across
.l- they would shoot it.
I1eN and others laugh at the state
y Hlde by Mr.. Carleton that they
o.. Shtened when they shot the moose.
'4Al' they must have been remarkably
-'7iluI shots to have landed ten
sN and charge of shot in the moose
+ fley were frightened and the
' according to their own story, was
away from them.
~ Nympathy of the people is with the
'1' with only one or two exceptions
,aEor punishment, for it would be
gg!%,hng a dangerous precedent to
~ 'le first violators of law to go
-Piscataquis Observer.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-19

lad the experience of running for Mayor,
which he has since celebrated in his
.'Three Weeks in Politics That expe
Renee, by the way, showed that his inter
est in letters did not destroy his interest
in life, and that he was no less enthusiasts
tic a citizen for being SO popular an au-
thor,
MI Bangs is now vice-president of the
Yonkers Board of Education, and to the
duties of this office he devotes large part
of the time left from his writing and from
golf, i'll which he is an enthusiast.
The Republican journal., 1897-08-19
Bucklen's Arnlca Saiye,

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