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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-09-04

this erection, Baking up his own position
on the balcony. In the cornfie.ds near he
had scattered here and there drums, ket-
ties and some soldiers with rifles loaded
with powder, and an order was given that
each man should remain hidden and 81
lent. At a given signal the horses were
led quietly to the foot of the tower.
Then the king gave a sign which was
understood by the leader of the orches-
ira, by the drums, kettles, trumpets and
soldiers. In an instant the most Internal
hubbub broke forth. Each drummer We'd
with the other to beat louder, the trumpet
ers nearly burst their cheeks there were
powder explosions, shTIll whistles and most
diabolical bowls. The terrified horses
broke their fastenings. Mad with terror
they reared, wheeled, zigzagged; plunging
and kicking they galloped here and there;
with blood-red nostrils and floating names
they bolted in all directions to the jeopar-
dy Of the orchestra and the terror of the
drums and kettles in the fields. One by
one they disappeared over the horizon,
white with foam, still snorting and roll
ing their eyes. 1t was days before some
of them were found, many were picked up
enfeebled, still wild and terrified. Some
had reached the mountains, others had
penetrated the woods or become engulfed
in the marshes. His maj&ly, however,
was well amused.
The tricks Ludwig played on his horses
he also inflicted on his servants. Every
one about him was in danger Of life and
limb, He injured at least thirty persons,
and one ne Killed. 1t Is not to be forgot
ten, however, that he was mad, and
ought long before this to have been I'M
der medical charge. For some offenses
his attendants were confined in the dun
geons of his castles; for others they were
banished to America. One miserable lack
ey was charged with looking too curiously
at his eccentric master For this he was
compelled to wear black mask over his
face for a whole year. Another was
simply stupid he had seal set on his
forehead. The king himself paid reve-
ent homage to a certain tree, and there
was a hedge upon which he bestowed his
benediction as he drove By.
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AMERICAN SMOKERS COMPARED.
Those of Chicago and New Orleans
In the Front Rank.
From the New York Post.


From the New York Post
A prominent uptown tobacconist, who
has been many years in business and
has several stores in this city, and, there
fore, is qualified by long experience to
speak on any subject connected with his
speciality, has observed with minuteness
the taste in cigars exhibited by the in
habitants of this city, Philadelphia, Bos-
ton, Chicago, New Orleans, San Francis
CO. and the rest of the country. He thus
Jumps the rest of the country" because
in his opinion, they are barbarians in
regard to cigars, but barbarians of an or
binary stamp, and thus not calling for any
particularizatlon, as do the people of
Philadelphia who are rendered notable
according to his judgment-by lack of
taste, which is extraordinarily uncivilized.
1T is not prejudice" he declares ''but
the result of experience and observation,
when l declare that Philadelphians as
whole are the least cultured in the United
States as cigar-smokers. l had a cigar
store there at one time, and 1 know what
l am talking about. Apparently they
cannot discern the difference between the
finest Havana flavor and the rankest
Pennsylvania product, and have, accord
ingly, given up trying. They are perfect
ly satisfied with something having a Gig
ar shape burning at one end, and pro-
ducing smoke at the other. As it is thus
a matter of mere habit and not of enjoy
ment-but subject, of course, to all the
discomfort which the failure to keep UP
an established habit would entail-it be-
comes of moment to them only to obtain
the largest quantity in the shape of
cigar for the least money. Accordingly,
the 5-cent cigar is their favorlte, and as
big a one as they can possibly get. The
demand is chiefly filled by an article made
of tobacco grown in Pennsylvania, and
wrapped with Connecticut leaves. This
vile thing is called cigar, and is sold
by the thousands in Philadelphia to all
classes of people.
The Bostonian Is similar to the Phila-
delphian in his demand for a cheap cigar.
He too, wants a five-cent cigar. But
there the similarity ends. The Bostonian
does know the difference between a good
and bad one. He smokes the fve-center,
not because he is incapable Of appreciate
ing better, but from motives Of economy
the old New England thrift, you see
Many smokers up there can hardly make
even a tive-center square with conscience;
TO burn up more money than that would
be mortal sin. The self-sacrifice and de-
NAL of this are great, when you consider
the undoubted fact that they have the
keenest perception and enjoyment of che
favor and taste of fine Havana leaves. 1t
is this which makes them SO critical of the
five-centers they buy. They want the
least bad they can get for the money. and
they are so familiar with all the degrees
of badness that it is next to impossible
to put them of with anything but what
they are seeking. They also demand the
largest size compatible with the least de-
gree Of demerit and when you have served
the Bostonian YOU feel that you are really
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out of pocket for the small profit there
might have been in the cigar is more than
wiped out by the disproportionate amount
he has consumed of your time. l have
lost good customers while trying to show
the man from Boston a cigar which met
all his requirements.
Now, the Chicagoan does not call for
much mention, because one can only speak
of him as a cigar-smoker in terms of I'M
restrained eulogy. In short, he smokes as
good cigars, ras as clear insight into
them and enjoys them as much as a New
Yorker born and bred. In the quantity
of high-priced cigars consumed Chicago
undoubtedly comes next to this city. In
short, the habitan is of that town have
what 1 call a particularly pretty taste in
regard to the weed. You can't fool 'em,
and you can't give EN- anything too good.
They will deny themselves in other things,
if necessary, but good cigars and plenty
of them they must and will have.
1.-THE smokers of New Orleans l am
tempted to put at the top of the list for
faculty in discriminating between cigars.
They have a sense as fine and unerring
for the quality of a cigar as has the con-
noisseur for that of wines. What has de-
veloped to such PERFECTION this sense I
do not know. but I conjecture that two
things have done so; the tact that in
their climate the flavor and aroma of the
Havana tobacco-which, of course, they
receive directly from the islapd-remains
in full strength longer than they do in
climates farther north, and thA fact that
large proportion of the peop Ne of New
Orleans are of Latin blood. mo re or less
remotely, and have the Latin Oicety Of
sense-perception for food drink, land to-
bacco. Probably a smaller percer Wage OF
poor or cheap cigars is sold in n 'eug Or
leans than anywhere else in this country.
Of the people of San Francisco L can
speak with almost equal respect. E-Iey,
too, tend to indulgence in fine bran,as of
cigars even though they have to sldmp
themselves in other more necess@ ry
things. Baltimore. St. Louis, Washing u)n
don't mention them; they are all on a
dead-level Of medocrity. There may IA
some advanced smokers among them, but
in the mass-of which 1 have been speak
ing-they must pass unhonored and IN
sung in this particular.
American smokers almost to a man
prefer fresh cigars. therein differing from
Englishmen, who cannot get them too
dry. I can tell an Englishman who en-
ters my place, though he may not have
opened his mouth. l know him by one
little trick-he puts the cigar to his ear
and presses it with his fingers. If it
crackles audibly, it comes up to his ide a
of as dry an article as is to be had in a
benighted land of wet cigars
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LINCOLN HELPED TIE LAWYER.
1t Was DIackburn's First Case, and
He Won Ii with His Aid.

From the Chicago Herald.
His first case at the bar will never be
forgotten by ex-senator John C. S. Black
burn of Kentucky, for Abraham Lincoln
played a conspicuous part in helping the
young Kentuckian to win his suit. Lin
coin was merely an attorney, waiting for
one of his cases to be called, when the IN
cident occurred
Ex-senator Blackburn was but 20 years
old when he began the practice of law,
having graduated at Center College, Dan
vile, Ky. His first case was in the United
States court, in Chicago, presided over
by Justice John Mclean, then on the cir
cult. The opposing counsel was Isaac N.
Arnold then at the head of the Chicago
bar, and subsequently a member of con-
gress and author of the first biography of
Lincoln. Young Blackburn had filed
demurrer to Mr.. Arnolds pleadings in the
cause, and when the case was reached
on the calendar the young Kentuokian was
quite nervous at having such a formula
bic and experienced antagonist, while the
dignity of the tribunal and the presence
of a large number of eminent lawyers In
court served to increase his timdity ana
embarrassment. In truth the STRIPPING
barrister was willing to have any dispo-
sition made Of the cause, in order to get
rid of the burden of embarrassment ana
stage fright" He was ready to adopt
any suggestion the opposing counsel
should make.
Arnold made an argument in which he
criticised the demurrer in a manner that
increased the young lawyers confusion.
However. Blackburn knew he had to make
some kind of an effort. He proceeded
with a few remarks, weak and bewilder>
ing, and was about to sit down. when a
tall, homely. loose-jointed man sitting in
tho liar arose and addressed the court in
behalf of the position the young Ken.
tuckian had assumed in feeble and tan
gled argument making the points so clear
that the court sustained the demurrer.
Blackburn did not know who his volun-
teer friend was, and Mr. Arnold got up
and sought to rebuke the latter for at
tempting to interfere in the case, which
he had nothing to do with. This Volun-
teor was noNe other than Abraham Lin
coin, and this was the first and last time
the Kentuckian ever saw the rail-splitting
President. In replying to Mr.. Arnold's
structures. Mr.. Lincoln said he claimed the
privilege of giving a young lawyer
helping hand when struggling with his
.irst case, especially when he was pitted
against an experienced practitioner.
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r
william Shakespeare, an Arapahoe In
dian on the lower Shoshone agency, re-
ports to he Indian guide Of Fort Wash
axle that the Indians on the subagency
are working on their farms more In
dustriously this year than ever before.
They are breaking up large amountof
new land, and where last year the sage
brush was thick there are now good
farms. He says: 1.-The old Indians al
ways used to talk of going to war, and
now they talk different; they tell US
about farming. and how to farm, and
they tell us young men to work hard at
farming. have In about twelve
acres of wheat, Ave Of oats. one of po-
tatoes, and a big garden Of water
melons, squash and other vegetables.
have twenty-five acres this year In
stead Of ten last, and all the other In
Ilans are the same way, blowing much
more land this year than ast."-Lan-
der, Wyo., letter to Denver Republican.
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In minor particulars the creeds and forms Of
church government OF these hospitable hosts
OF our society differ as widely as their COM
p,exions. The shade OF tan on mans
cheek does not make or unmake his man
hood; the shade of his creed does not make
or unmake his Christianity.
Our society then has these signs of q uni
versal movement 1t was born In obscurity
and weakness. 1t has not owed Its existence
to human advocacy or ecclesiastical author
lty. 1t has spread TO every land. 1t has been
found adapted to every evangelical creed, to
every form Of church government and to
every race and class and language and con-
dillon OF people. 1t has failed only where
the principles involved In our covenant
pledge have been ignored, or where II has
been crushed out by denominational author
ity.
In answering the question of the sub
jcct he said the movement must be true
to its fundamental idea; must necessarily
be unifying; must be pervasive force;
must be sacrifcial, and must listen to
Gods voice and continually obey 1t. Con-
tinuing. he said:
This is world movement. thank God.
away from materialism. Journalism and a
barren ecclesiasticism back to God himself.
Endeavorers. let this be the motto. the
purpose, the prayer. of this our coming sew
der SaseEs sa Il Him. e t 91i n lie s Ut to
think less of our efforts and more of His
fullness, to seek a larger milling from
emptiness of self, more fullness of Christ.
Thus only will Christian Endeavor and all
for which IL has come to Standardization
citizenship, Christian missions and thou
sand forms of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ever
fresh life and vigor
BY Methodists and Baptists, by Presby
terlans and Congregatlonallsts, by friends
and disciples Of Christ, by Episcopalians and
Lutherans, by adherents Of the state church
On of Germany and Sweden and Holland
and Scotland and England. as well as "
representatives. of every free church, have
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nfichigan. 1,071. These figures DO not
Include the Junior, intermediate, Senior
and Mothers' societies. Pennsylvania
leads the junior societies with 1907: New
York has 1,288; Illinois, 993; Ohio, 070;
California, sol; Indiana, $40; Iowa, 610,
and Massachusetts,, SIT. The banner Civ
en- to the State that has made the largest
gains goes this year to Ohio. The second
junior hammer goes from Mexico to Spain.
There ure 800 intermediate societies, Cal
ifornia leading with 81, Illinois having A;
Ohio, ~, and Pennsylvania, 81. Tho
mothers societies number 20, Illinois lead
ing with 30, Pennsylvania having 20 and
Kansas IL. Twenty-seven senior socie-
ties have been organized, California, New
Hampshire and Pennsylvania each hav-
ing three and Connecticut two.
England has 3, 1925 societies; Australia,
2,124; Scotland, 433; Wales, 81; India,
$50; ireland, 1863; Madagascar, 90;
France, IS; Mexico. 100; Japan. CO; West
Indies, 90; Turkey, Al; China, SO; Africa,
81; Germany, 32-in all, 1919 societies in
other countries. In addition Canada has
$500. The badge banner for the great
est proportionate increase in the number
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OPENING OF the convention on Thursday
every saat In the vast pavilion, which &C.
commodities over 10000 people, was occu-
pied. Promptly at $50 the great gather
ing was called to order by Rev. II. n.
Wilke of San Francisco, and after a mu-
steal welcome by the choir, brief devo-
tional exercises were conducted by Rev.
Philip +. King OF Benton, Tex. Then
the welcome Of the committee of 90 was
delivered by RoIla v. Watt, who spoke In
part as follows:
This morning our dreams are realised, our
hopes are fulfilled. our prayers arc answer
cd; for se witness the assembling OF an an
ternationai Christian Endeavor convention
for the first time on the shores OF the mighty
Pacific. God bless you: We are glad you are
here; we welcome; thrice welcome. We well
our Master. whose banner Of love Is over all
and whose servants you are He had said Il
We lift Him up. He will draw all men unto
cur thoughts hts our our words. our deeds, In our
daily lives, 50 men will see Him. He holds
In His hands the solution Of all our prob
part Of Christian Endeavor to take these
preferred gifts and offer them to mankind.
We welcome you. therefore. because you are
seeking to present the Savior Of Mankind to
the world. that the world can be made Bet
ter
After the applause which followed the
remarks of Mr.. Watt had subsidized, the
welcome Of the Golden Gate pastors was
given by the Rev. John Hemphill. Lieut..
Gov. Jeter then welcomed the delegates
and their friends on behalf Of the State
OF California. An anthem was rendered
by the choir, and, in behalf of the visiting
Endeavorers, the Rev. Ira Landrith of
Nashville, Tenn, responded to the various
addresses of welcome.
President Clark's Message.
The subject of the annual message of
the president, the Rev. Francis K. Clark,
ID. D., was "a World -Encircling Religious
Design He said in part:
have attended conventions, since 1 last
met you. In the Metropolitan Tabernacle of
Andrews Hall Of Glasgow and In the ancient
capital OF the Punjab; among our Irish En-
deavorers In Belfast and on the sunburnt
rlains Of southern India; In crowded Berlin
yaal; among the Alps OF Switzerland and on
the vast veldt of the Orange Free State In
sea-girt Stockholm and In the karoo OF South
Africa; I'm lordly Paris and In quiet yelling
where, amid all these diversities of custom
and costume. Of manners and methods, OF
languages and laws. i have found that the
Christian Endeavor Ideals are substantially
the same.
Moreover, the people whom I have seen
have been of diverse creeds and views Of re-
liglous truth. All, to be sure, have acknowl-
edged the supremacy OF Jesus Christ as the
Son OF God and the only Savior Of lost sin
ners All have accepted the Bible as the
word of God, and the Holy Spirit as the
sanctifer, comforter and gulde-in such soil
only can Christian Endeavor flourish. But
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WHY JOHN sTARNes Isl HERMIT

Fled to the Mountains from Conscrip-
tiOn and Remains in Seclusiou still.
Thirty-dve years ago John Starnes,
then In the prime Of manhood, lived
near Blacksburg, York County, s. c.,
and but a few miles from the battle
fields Of Cowpens and Kings noun
tain, where the Americans whipped the
British. But the proximity Of the bat
tlefields did not Undue a warlike spirit
In the breast Of Starnes.
The CONSUMPTION officer cast covetous
eyes on the mountaineer's stalwart
frame, and Starnes took the hint and
to the woods almost simultaneously.
They searched for him, but Starnes
was a better runner than a fighter,
and he kept out Of the way, out Of the
war and In the woods. He had an old
musket and a supply of ammunition,
and the fare Of the woods was better
then that In the town. Starnes be-
came fond Of the life and when the war
was over and CONSUMPTION officers had
lost their dreaded power Starnes still
remained In the wilds of York
And there he Is now living. His home
is not a romantic cave in the rocks, but
Is curiously constructed, miserable
looking hut, of much the shape of an
Eskimo snowhouse, without a win
dow, and with a hole about two feet
high which serves as a door, through
which the hermit crawls. There is no
fireplace in the house. When snow is
on the mountain and the north winds
howl over the Blue ridge, the old man
builds a fire at the entrance of his
hut
Starnes is not picturesque figure.
His long, white, unkempt hair and
beard and the ragged clothes that can
hardly hang on his frame make him
an unprepossessing object, whose very
name is used to scare children In the
nelghborhood.
The hermit does not like to have visit
ors, and shows temper If questioned.
He forages on his neighbors. He has
relatives who have offered him home
and means Of living In comfort, but
the hermit has declined all advances.
His neighbors call him wild John
Starnes." Boston Post
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been kindly received In the name Of Chris
tlan Endeavor, and by every missionary so
ciety at work In India or Africa. Why? Be
cause Of the eloquent Endorsement which
common and universal method of Christian
service renders to it's advocates.
Only one denomination still seeks to pre-
vent the Increase OF Christian Endeavor So
cieties. and that has introduced Christian
Endeavor principles, and. though we regret
the absence OF full fellowship. we are glad
OF the extension of the ideas for which we
siand-ln that we rejoice. yea. and will re-
joice.
Statistics of the Society.
The report of John Willis Baer, general
secretary, contained the following:
I'm 1881 there was one society and fif-
y-seven members. In 1897 there are co.
$50 societies and total membership OF
100000. OF the States having more
than 1000 local societies, Pennsylvania
leads, with 3,443; New York has S,049;
Ohio, 2,S83; Illinois, 2,013; Ontario, L.
7s3; Indiana, 1,SS7; Iowa, 1880. and
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King Dsvid's ,banner-so called for
want Of q better name-has been for
nisJly adopted ~, o banner by little
band Of Jews In Chicago, and the sight
OF the nag has raised IN many hearts
q hope th&t the ola dream Of the reoc-
cupation Of Pakssfins By the tribes Of
Israel may become . reality. 1t Is q
simple AFFAIR. this nag, merely q
piece Of white silk, 8xb feet in size,
with . double triangle Of blue worked
In the center. There Ii no Jew In Chi
cago who knows the true significance
OF the symbol There is nothing in
Biblical or TalmudIc, or national litera-
ture by which its history can be
traced. Despite this the double tri-
angle Of blue is recognized and revered
by Jews the world over. The symbol
is seen In many places and used in
many ways, but so far as known the
flag now owned In Chicago is the only
one OF 'fts kind in existence.
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of societies, now held by Scotland. will e
to the Endeavorers on the Emerald Isle.
'In the United States the Presbyteri-
ans have 5,531 young peoples and 2,934
junior societies; the Congregationalists
have next, with 4,15O young peoples and
1922 junior; Baptists, 2,640 young peo-
pies and L,0S0 junior; Cumberland Pres
byterian, S67 young peoples and 361 ju-
nior; Methodist Protestants, 971 young
peoples and 251 juniors; Lutherans, $50
young peoples and 324 juniors, nearly for
ty denominations being represented.
"A missionary roll of honor contains the
names of 10,46S societies that have given
nearly $500,0O0 to missions through their
own UNCONVENTIONAL missionary boards.
During the last eleven months 25,264 Of
the juniors have Joined the church, and
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that good restorative medicine is
n positive necessity. 1t must be a medi-
cine with specific virtues. AS a friend,
a woman friend, let me advise the use
of Lydia Il Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
If your case has progressed so that a
troublesome discharge is already es-
tablished, do not delay, take the Veg
etable Compound at once, SO as to tone
up your whole nervous system; you
can get it at any reliable drug store.
You ought also to use local applica-
ton, or else the corrosive discharge
will set up an Inflammation and hard
ening of the parts. Mrs. Pinkham's
Sanative Wash is put up in packets at
Is cents each. To relieve this painful
condition this Sanative Wash is worth
its weight in gold.
Mrs. GEORGE w. SHEPARD, Watervliet,
N. Y, says: ~ am glad to state that
/ am cured from the worst form of fe-
male weakness. / was troubled very
much with leucorrhea, bearing-down
pains and backache. Before using
Mrs. Pinkham's Remedies it seemed
that had no strength at all. was
in pain all over. 1 began to feel better
after taking the first dose of Vegetable
Compound. i have used five bottles,
and feel like new woman. / know
If other suffering women would only
try it, it would help them"
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tionally to the vigorous young delegates
who had journeyed across alkali plains,
through deserts, under burning suns and
over banks OF snow to plant their banner
on the Pacific coast. On every side could
be seen the colors of the Christian war
riors. At every turn were met the earn
est faces OF the advocates of higher and
better lives.
The scenes at the pavilion resembled
national political convention, except
that more women were in evidence on this
occasion than usually attend great gath
erings. In fact, fully two-thirds of the
delegates were Of the gentler sex. But
their presence tended to make the scene