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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-23

10 sleep. While / was with him. he spent
most OF his time In his hammock. His
clerk attended 20 his official corresponds
ence, and when required 70 Sign IT, he
did so without leaving his recumbent po-
sition. Sometimes he received batch
OF newspapers and these he would look
over with careless interest.
Some OF our camping-places were very
pretty spots, situated on the bank OF a
river. and dotted with the beautiful royal
palm. a tree which, when necessary. win
furnish a dozen men with a substantial
meal. There are some twenty-six varie-
ties OF the palm IN Cuba. any one Of
which, / believe. furnishes q food. YET
Weyler proposes 70 starve the rebels into
submission. The liberating army. how
ever. seem 10 enjoy their rustic life, and
entertain no fears Of being either whipped
or starved. They get along admirably
wen on beef meat, and when this Is gone
they say that they will eat jutlas. This
Is n species OF raccoon somewhat resem-
bling a rat, but very large. which abounds
throughout the island. II there are hogs
In the vicinity Of the camping ground,
pig-hunting on foot or on horseback is
the order Of the day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-23

low themselves no such luxuries as camp
fires The code is:
Kill the man you hate"
THE man who dies in war goes straight
to Mahomet'
For every mouthful you eat promise
Mahomet you will STAY one enemy
CLOSE not your eyes while one foe re-
mains in sight"
Edhem Pashas great deed was the
stormlng of Milouna. At night when the
Pass lay open to him he found himself
greater in fame than the old generals
Hamdi and Raouf. The Turkish war Of
flee made no mistake when it sent this
little man of steel and mechanism to the
dangerous Pass.
Germany has only one available fight
ing general who has seen service This
is Bronsart Won Schellendorf, who distin-
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Iaee Of the earth. nor above II that the
ia, ~ hlnes Of war operate. but down beneath
~, Where dynamite tunnels It's way
WI ough, and wires are placed TO twitch
OF the deadly signals.
4he eight men who stand proudly FIRST
~ represent their different nations are
i.s, yia Marshal Lord Roberts OF England
white Bobbie OF India'D; Grand Duke
1,,lohael OF Russia. Gen. saussier Of
.anee, Gen. Won schellendorf Of Ger
- Edhem Pasha, Turkeys great man;
Sen' smolenitE, the famous man OF Greece.
80 80 IS now doing mighty work with tho
10y forces OF that country; Archduko
~ IeqsI.ck Of Austria and Count Morozzo
oeI Rocca OF Italy.
49, se eight men stand az the head Of
49, tht great nations Of the world that
49, become threatened with Greece's Inn
1870. but warriors know that the
-, a' . OF theec II Edhem Pasha OF Tur-
va ene sultan's right-hand man, who Is
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the arts of warfare, horrible yet admira-
bic, to which the century has given birth;
they know the secrets of dynamite and
electricity; the mystery and power of
.smokeless weapons; the mechanical arts
have been adapted to the weapons Of war
for their benefit, and they can turn the ele-
|ments-the wind and water-to their use in
directing their machines Of war over land
and sea.
A conflict In which these eight generals
take part each using his own magnificent
Equipments of training and mechanism,
would be the most devastating, the most
magnificent and the most triumphant
struggle the world has ever known. The
planet itself would bear permanent evil
|dence of 1t, for 1t is not alone on the sur
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as lnVincible in his personality as is his
leadership, whose existence is so hedged
about with precautions that he would be
the last man to fall, and whose personal
nights SO great that the Turks reverence
him as the Man of Mahomet, next only
to 'Mahomet-on-Earth, the sultan.
This terrible man is at the head of an
army that numbers a quarter of a million
fighters now on the field or ready to be
called out.
Edhem Pasha is the author of Turkeys
war code. He learned it from Turkish
proverbs and embodied it in a few crisp
sentences when the Turkish trouble hung
over the horizon two years ago. 1t was
hung in the Turkish war office and every
Turk knows it by heart 1t is their rally
ing cry and is sounded across the plains
over and over again, on the marches and
at night in the blankets for the Turks al
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Copyright 1897.

.WiH there be a general WARP This
Is the question which is agitating Europe.
If the powers come to a conflict over
the final disposition of Crete, Europe will
cali into the field eight of the grandest
warriors that have ever faced a foe. Ma
noleon. Won Moltke. MaeMahon and Bis
rnarck are out of the field, it is true, but
in their places stand men of prouder metal
than these old generals ever dreamed could
be made of flesh and blood
There are eight warriors in Europe to-
day in whose hands any hundred of the
great generals of the past century would
have been as mere children; their weapons
only the veriest toys to be played with and
thrown aside. These men are skilled in
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afterr The mer heard his voice and
struggled through the surrounding French
and got on to where the crown prince. in
ignorance of his peril. awaited them.
Schellendorf is only 80 and is one of
those men who grow stronger with years.
He is the only man from whom the inn
petuous war lord will take counsel. Count
Won Schlieffen, who occupies Won Moltke's
place in the army. is inexperienced. and
would look to Schelendorf.
Gen. Saussier, Frances reliance. is the
man who, with the famous Gallifet, fought
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in the Franco-Prussian war. He is stil
a mighty fighter.
He impresses upon his troops his favor
lite war motto: "Harrass the enemy, then
strike! The day he made his most IA
nous conquest of the Germans, he tried
his tactics to the utmost He charged
his men 10 rush upon the Germans and
retreat quickly.
This, with the heavy foe with whom
he was dealing, worked like magic. They
flew at the forces Of Saussier like wild
men. To meet them would have been
suicide for the French troops. No civil
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ley, who has been broken in health since
the South African campaign and has
fought for England on both continents,
but Field Marshal Roberts OF Kandahar,
who has of late been az the head of the
standing army in Ireland. He was made
lord after tho campaign Of kandahar.
when he did wonderful work. both strate-
gic and as a rough-and-tumble fighter.
The queen gave him his title and the
Prince of Wales bestowed his friendship
upon him.
a story is told of his marvellous gift OF
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lied men could have withstOod the furious

lied men could have withstood the furious
onslaught.
Even the troops under Saussier stood
still, helpless and uncertain whether
to follow their trained army tactics or
pay them back in their own coin. A bat
tie of lawlessness seemed imminent
Follow me-" cried Saussier to his aids.
Wear out those savages. Harass them,
meet them on all sides, run away from
them. divide. meet them with all your ma
neuvers. Act only on the defensivei Fight
only when you must! When they are
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"A railway contractor recently adver-
tised for three hundred wooden sleopers.
by return OF post he received a letter
from a neighboring clergyman Offering
him the whole OF his congregation on rca-
sonablo terms Saturday Review.
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GENERALS FOR the
BIG EUROPEAN WAR.
The Six Men Who Will Lead to Battle Tn
the Big European Mix-Up.


Michael
SchaIIendorr the Framed Prusss
PnshH Invincbe
OF Turke Code.
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There's no such thing as perfect con-
tentment." remarked the widow Gilgan.
when John was alive / was half ths
time worried az 70 his whereabouts. and
even now there Is an uncertainty that stil
makes me uneasy Boston Transcript.
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comes 1t will be no toy war. and history
will record II as the conflict not OF arms
and the hero. but of dynamite and elec-
tricity, destroying flesh and blood
James Rart0n
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worn out brighten them with your
strength. Then striko--to KILL
Even tho German king knew Of fhe VIC
tory before Il took place Couriers rode
up telling him Of his WORKOUT army.
EnRland's mainatay 10 net Lord Wolse-
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an ofiiccr 10 him. he asked the meaning OF
A.. III u n mutiny general" 1aid ne.
and BY Tomorrow. unless r change tokes
place. We shall have the native troops
fighting each other"
Ask the commanders 20 meet mo" said
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leaving England. One day he saw some
thing that made him uneasy, and, calling
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06
FIGHT FOR A BlRDHOUSE.
Flycatchers Driven out by Bluebirds.
Wrens the Final Vlctors.

lone spring, said Il lover Of birds,
"there came to birahouse in my gar
den pai1 of great crested fycatchers
/ had a dozen birdhouses scattered
around. This particular one was about
a foot square, with peaked rcCf and "A
chimney at each end, a doorway for the
birds to 90 i'll and out and a couple Of
anger holes bored through tho back to
give the house light ana air.
This clubhouse, the summer before
had been occupied y pair # Llue-
birds, who had left thcir nest behind
them. This nest the great crested fly
catehers pulled apart and threw out of
the house, every twig and straw. They
cleaned the house out completely and
then they brought in everything new
and built nest Of tier Owl and set
tied down comfortably for the summer
But in a few days pair Of blue
birds came along, and they made for
this house. 1t might have Teen the
same identical pair Of hlutbird that &C.
cupied it the summer tofme | don t
know about that, Though | have no
doubt that robins and other birds that
have been south for the winter. hun
dreds of miles away, do come back in
the spring to the same places and to the
same trees. Anyhow tbs pair of blue
birds wanted that birdhouse, and they
We're ready To fight fer it, and that Is
what they did The flycatcher is a nice
little bird and pretty plueky sort of "a
fighter, but not a match fer the blue
bird. They had a grand round up inside
the house, and finally tie bluebirds
pitched the nycatchers out and later
they pitched out every stick Of furni-
ture that the flycatcherS had brought
in, cleaned the house out entirely and
then brought in fresh material and built
rev nest according To their own ideas,
and they settled Gown for the summer.
"Well, few days after that a pair
of w1ens came along and they took a
fancy Ia that particular tirdhouse too,
and they sailed light in and tackled the
bluolirds GA the spot You couldn't see
the fsht from The ground, but every
new and then yea could see straw or
n feather shoot ont Of the front door of
the house The bluebird is good
sound fighter, but the wren is better
one, and the upshot was that the wrens
fairly put the bluebirds cut and took
possession Of the birdhouse themselves.
And then the wrens did just what the
others had done. They pitched out ey-
cry scrap of stuff i'll the hirdhouse-just
tumbled it out of the docr, to fall on
the ground-and then they brought in
new stuff and built nest for them
selves.
Nobody molested the wrcns. They
staid there and raised their young
there, and in the fall they all flew
away and left the birdhouse again de
serted for the winter. New York sun.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06

Almost any dish which had to recon-
mend it rarity, costliness, indigestibil-
ity, and, to our way Of thinking, nasti-
ness, was sure to take with the Roman
epicure. And if he were unable to make
it costly any other way he would add
powdered precious stones or gold dust.
Nero dined on che occasion from a
peacock which was sprinkitd with dia-
mond dust, and specimens of that bird
dressed with gold crWlth crushed pearls
were by 10 means raIly Al the trl-
clinia Of the moneyed Romans. A dish
of parrots tongues WAS Il great deliCa-
cy Eut 0ish cf farlu;s tongues which
had been capable, y,Ilen iii tlair proper
place, of framing NoruS was Of almost
incalculablc value, Which increased in
q direct ratio with the yocabularies of
the defunct parrots.
Another bird for which the Roman
epicure was in the habit Of paying fab
ulous prices was the phenocoptrix,
which is believed to have been the ptar-
migan 1t had its homo in the most
northerly parts of Scotland and Norway,
and as this made it hard to get at the
Romans appreciated it all the more and
put it in the same rank with ostriches,
buZzards and peacocks. The tongues of
these birds Were specially prepared, to-
gether with the brains, aud took the
place which hors 'puyre would now
take. New York Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06
WashInRfnn M4lI Enrflfled.

In view Of the fact that the national
capital was once taken and burned by a
foreign emery it is reassuring to know
that calani ty 50 huuiliating is not
likely to occur again. even III case of
sudden War.
Washington is the best defended city
in the country. y hostile fleet could
not lew ascend the Potomac. as was
done III 1871. whom Tfc,Iaent Madison
and his wife we1e compelled to make a
hurried escape across Tie Potomac to
avoid capture by the British
For military and prudential reasons
little has becn allowed to be made
known conc rning tie new works aid
the heavy ordnance recently installed
below Tie city, Tut fer some years IN
Pinccrs haye been husy al the river
forts. some very formidable guns are
noW III position there. and a sysfcm Of
torpedo deienses has been perfected
which Nou.a Iondor the approach Of an
en, my's wa1shlps within u miles of
Washington practically impossible.
The defensive works aie located at
the "elboW, CT tuln, e the Potomac
where old Iorts Washington and Shen-
dan stood, AID whcre at one point the
channel for vessels Of deep craft is but
300 yards wide
The guns are protected ca the water
side by omplaCemont walls cf stone and
concrete 10 feet thlck, AID CA the land
side by redoubts for infantry
The rapidly increasing wealth and
importance OF Washington, the grand
new public bull lings and the vast sums
of money and bullion in the treasury
render these protective and defensive
measures matter Of national impor-
lance and necessity.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06

They We're discussing the construction
Of a new gown.
From hygienic point of view and
merely as "a matter of health, " suggest
ed the dressmaker, Il think it should
be made
The naughty beauty stopped her by a
gesture.
"Hygienic point of viewrS she ex-
claimed. "Matter Of healthl What has
that to do with it? When Iwant health.
/ will go to doctor. When | want
style, come to you. We viii now elm
mate all absurdities and discuss this
purely from common sense standpoint.
Will it be fashionable and becoming?'
philadelphia mes.
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Young Woman Gives Young Man
Some Valuable Tips.
Again it is a Washington girl

Again 1t IL a Washington girl.
This time she appears as an angel of
economy to Il young man who needs
that kind of angelic administration
about as much as any other young man
in the Capital City, and she is Just as
successful as if she were trdmpling him
under her scornful heel and making
him feel how utterly helpless man is in
conflict with the irresistible.
by Joye y he was saying, this sort
of thing is simply intolerable"
what SORT of thing?n she inquired,
with admirable poise
why, I have just had to pay mes
senger 40 cents to deliver a note up
town for me, and he was gone less than
half an hour. 1t would he cheaper to
have hired cab and horse and driver,
and still cheaper to have sent it by
mail under special delivery stamp"
what was the note?' she asked,
womanlike, before she thought.
"a response to an invitation to din
ner. u
Forty cents is cheap for a good din
ner, . she smiled.
But | couldn t CO." be walled. Tt
was declination, and the 40 cent. Il
top of that. Really, though, this n s.
senger service is a rank imposition and
should not be tolerated. Twenty five
cents an hour is ample, with short dis
tances at 10 or 10 cents. The conyen-
fence is easily worth that, but more
than that is plain extortion and the
greed of monopolies.
you have my sympathy. You are
the more entitled to it because you
don't seem to know any better. Now,
why aren't you as bright as a man !
know, who hasn't any moro money
than you have? When he has a note or
book to send to a girl, he doesn I
waste 40 cents on grinding monopoly
oh, that's what it is, g." she laughed,
as she noted his look of surprise, eve
have a call i'll our house, and | am COM
PEELED to use it sometimes-but he does
much better thing. He just adds 10
cents to his 40, slips around to the for
lists, orders 90 cents worth of violets
sent to the girl, puts the note in with
the mowers, ana there you are. See:
Only 10 cents cut, and think how much
in-for girls do love flowers, even 90
cents worth. "
The young man began gasping for
air.
Or" she went right on, "if it is
the season when flowers are more ex-
pensive than messenger service, just
substitute candy for flowers. You can
get something perfectly lovely for 60
cents, and to add book or pleasant
note to it makes it well worth the girl S
kindest thought and your 90 cents ex.
ira. Now, is the plan clear to your stu
pid brain?"
Whether it was or not the young
woman that very afternoon received q
delightful note of thanks for valuable
information, accompanied by a so cent
bunch Of viclets from well known
florist ashington Star.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06
Kip;ing's Famous Poem.

1t is the sentiment, says Arlo Bates
in The Atlantic, and not the object,
which arouscs sympathy and kindles
the imagination. No mistake could be
more complete than to suppose that in
this poem is to be found any argument
in favor Of the use of machinery as ma
terial for poetry. In "McAndrew S
Hymn" it is the character of the stanch
old engineer and his feelings by which
the reader is moved. The wonders of
the great engine are a hindrance, and
not help, if they are looked at in any
way other than through the eyes of Nc
Andrew. The piece succeeds or fails to
the degree in which it makes his emo
ton real and contagious to the reader,
and that, too, us emotion pure and sim
pie, quite without regard to what has
excited it. In 50 far as the attention is
caught by taihod, crank throws, feed
ing pump and 'purrin dynamos
finely suggestive as is the epithet in
this last-thc emotional effect is weak
ened at the expense OF the intellectual
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06
LADIES WHO STOLE.
Strange Tales Are Told of Our Ancestor
of Washingtnn's Time.

Strange Tales Are Told of Our Ancestors
of Washington's Time.
We naturally have very exalted
opinion of the aristoeracy of our coun-
try and can scarcely be convinced that
the ladies of society III the early days OF
independence conducted themselves in
any but the most dignitcd manner. In
deed some of their descendants would
feel highly elated to know that they in
any wise resemble their supposed court
ly ancestors. 1t is to be hoped that they
are not kin to the personages referred to
in the following complaint:
One of our early statesmen actually
complains that between tippee beaux
and fashionable bellies an honest fellC '
will stand IA good chance of being fieeeed
by the politest tissue of mistakes con-
ceivable. The gentleman will help him
self very casually to your hat if it is
better than his, take up your umbrella
with the most absent air imaginable,
bear off your loose coat without once
perceiying his mistake and pick up your
gloves, they so much resemble his -
And now for the ladies part in this
proceeding:
1.-The lady will borrow your penknife,
very accidentally put your pocket hand
kerchief into her mutf or playfully take
your ring from your finger or brcastpin
from your bosom, all as innocently as
though it WAS the very thing you called
upon her for, so that between ladies
and gentlemen you will stand good
chance Of being turned out, stripped Of
all your possessions, according to the
newest rules Of etiquette "-Philadel.
phia Press.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06

! took all kinds of treatment, and
visited many famous springs, but
could get only temporary relief; the
disease always returned, and at times
was SO painful that it was impossible
for me to use my arms and legs. tried
almost everything that was sug-
gested, and after eighteen years of
suffering, S. S. S. was recommended,
and l was happy to, at last, find a
cure for this painful trouble. S. S. s.
seemed to get at the disease promptly,
and afforded immediate relief"
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06
Her Awful Ordeal.

"Mary had a dreadful experience on
her trip to PaincsyilleF"
"How WAS rhat?'
"Why, she got something in her eye,
and it hurt hor so that she asked a nice
looking young man to look for it, and
he was SO drcadfully nearsighfed that
he got SO close that his big mustache
tick,5d her nose, so that in trying not
to snoc2 Ii in his face she burst four
buttcrsc# suCW jacket. "
"Dea1 =. --Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06
Helpless
RheunlatiCS!

Rheumatism is no respecter of per-
4ons--the healthy and vigorous are
as liable to its attacks as the weak
The symptoms of the disease are
almost unnoticed at first, so insidi-
ouslY do they steal over the body;
gradually the little pains and stiffness
increase, until they develop greater
inconvenience day by day.
The knees, ankles, and other joints
of the body ache constantly, swell
ing to several times their natural
size the patient finds himself unable
to get around; is soon incapacitated
for business, and later is confined to
his bed, utterly helpless.
It is great mistake to expect relief
from such condition by the applica-
ton of liniments and other external
remedies. The medical profession ad-
nit that the disease is in the blood,
and it is but reasonable that only a
blood remedy, one purely vegetable,
and free from potash, can afford re-
lief. S. S. S. (Swift's Specitc) is an
unfailing remedy for Rheum atisn,
and has cured the severest cases,
where other remedies failed to reach
the disease
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06
TRY GRAIN.O! TRY GRaIN-O!

Ask your Grocer to day to show you a pack
age of GRAINO, the new food drink that
takes the place OF coffee The Children may
drink it without injury as well as the adult.
All who Try it, like it. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it is made
from pure grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without distress. L the
price of coffee. Is cts and % cts. per package
Sold by all grocers.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06

Mr.. Frank T, Rey-
n olds, of Dalton,
Ga was d sufferer
from Rheumatism
since his boyhood.
He writes: Ever
since | was twelve
years of age l have
suffered in tensely
with NJ IL S c ular
K h e II III a t i s m
which, at one time,
kept me in bed for
eighteen months.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06

Don't waste yolr time i'll clipping
off the branchcs, said tie woodman to
his son, but lay your AK at the root of
the tree. And the young man went
out and laid his AK at the foot Of the
tree, like good and dutiful boy. and
then he went fishing Truly there is
nothing SO beautiful as flial obedience.
Strand Magazine.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06
Nerves and Teeth.

Bad nerves and bad teeth will be
found to go together in an extraordinary
number of cases. The hustle and bustie
of our modern life, which is so trying
to the nerves, has an equally detrimen-
tai effect upon the teeth.
The Somerset reporter., 1897-05-06

"De man cat Loasts oh his cha 'ty, "
said Uncle lstcn, makes some folks
criticise, lat he ain q bad ez de man
dat ain got no scuso fob boastin, eben
if he wanted ter. w ashington Star