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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-08


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east
FOR RENT. A LARGE ROOM WE'LL
lighted. with south and east exposure In
the Whitfield building (over postohice, on
corner Whitaker and President streets.
Apply to John Riley, No. p Bryan street.
east
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second east of Barnard, south side, par
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doctor Thomasson e. Black, p Bryan.
east
ONE ELEGANT ROOM, FIRST
floor; one large hail. third hoor in Lyons
block. John Lyons.
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meeting room, for light housekeeping. az
Torch street.
FOR RENT-HOUsEs.
FOR RENT. THAT DESIRABLE
four-story residence 1906 Jones street, west
Very reasonable. G. H. Remshart.
TO RBNT HOUSE, 4O6 ANDERSON
street, west Zone door from Montgomery
street,. $500 a month. Apply to f. @. Bell,
Morning News Office.
TWENTY DOLLARS WILL RENT
brick house corner York lane and Jeffer-
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Morning News Office.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-08
MONEY TO LOAN.

MONEY LITERALLY LoANED on
al personal properties by the Forest City
Pawnbroker and Loan Office. 308 Con-
gress street, west
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
BESSIE'S GREAT SACRIFICE.
She Felt Sorry for Baby Who Had No
Doll.

She Felt Sorry for . Baby Who Had No
Doll.
The stockings had been hung up and
the little ones gathered around the
hearth to hear mamma tell the story
of the Babe of Bethlehem, says the
New York World. Their small faces
expressed profound sympathy when
they heard how the Son of God was
born in q stable, how He lay on bed
of straw, how He shivered in the cool
December night and how His life YVES
in danger from the wicked Herod. Lit
tie Bessie seemed 10 be particularly inn
pressed. She said nothing, but one
could see that she was thinking hard
When, half an hour later, mamma
came TO Bessie's bed to kiss her good
night, she found the child pressing her
doll to her bosom and gazing at 1t with
unutterable affection. As she stopped
over the bed Bessie looked up and
asked, earnestly: Mamma, amt Gods
baby got any dolly?"
sNo," replied the mother, smiling.
Bessie looked at her doll again and
Rugged it. Then conflicting emotions
showed themselves on the little face.
After a long silence the child raised
her eyes, which had such an expression
az those OF the martyrs must have worn
at the stake, and said, firmly: Take
it to Him. mamma"
Closing her eyes tight Bessie laid the
doll in her mothers hands and buried
her face in the pillow to try to forget
the great sacrifice she had made.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

Msham medans, Brnh nnIns snd Budd his1a
Deny the Hollnsrs Of Christ
There are millions Upon millions Of
people In the world who will not ceIe-
brate Christmas, and there are other
millions 10 whom Christmas Is objec-
tionable, says the New York Herald.
Take the followers OF Mohammed,
for instance. They are divided into
10 or so different sects. among which
are the Nousay-rie-yeb. There are
about $4,000 OF them. and they believe
in transmigration of the soul. They
believe that mems souls pass after
death into the bodies of animals. For
them the story of the birth and life
OF Christ has. no charms.
Then there are the Druses, who pro-
fess to have knowledge that God has
visited the world 234 times, but they
do not believe In Christ. For then,
Christmas has no significance.
1t is equally disregarded by Bud
ylhists, japanese, Chinese, Brahmins
and Mohammedans. There is no God
but Allah," says the Mohammedans.
"and Mohammed is His prophet" Mo-
hammed's followers also have curious
notions in regard to the fate OF the un-
believers children. Some believe that
these children act as the servants of
the faithful in Paradise. and Moham-
med is recorded as saying on one o.
casion to his wife:
''If thou desircst ] can make thee
hear their cries in hadcs."
Other Mohammedan authorities,
however, dissent from this view, AMI
one of them boldly says: II know that
Allah will not torment those who have
not committed any SIM"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

Ffancisque sarcey. the Paris Slraret.
ic critic. has won his suit against Il
Petit Journal for summarily Dismiss
ing him. obtaining $50 damages. The
dismissal was due to his using very col.
loqnial language in explaining the
meaning of "Kip-Kif bourricot," which.
has lately sprung up in Paris.
schoentag, the head Of the claaue at
the Vienna opera house, where Hans
Richter Is conductor, recently profiteei
by benefit performance on the occa-
zion of his completing 25 years of serv-
ice. He is the inventor of the bravo
q catena, a chain of braves starting in
one corner and taken up in different
parts of the house.
A heather burying ground, with
giant skeletons, was recently dug up n;
Mitterndorf, in the Austrian Salzkam-
mergut. Many of the bodies were six
foot seven inches tall; they were all
buried with the feet to the east, each
inclosed in a circle of stones, with a
stone under the head. Large earrings
end finger rings were found on them,
and one skeleton held knife in it's
band. No signs of Christian burial
were discovered.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
DISTRIBUTING THE HuMAhITlEs
The College Bought mugs of the Old
Greek DIFFERS"

The College bought mugs of the Old
Greek DIFFERS"
1t is charged, with u good deal Of
vigor and generality of statement, that
the college fills the mind with useless
knowledge and trains it in antiquatcd
methods of thought and action, says
the Forum. In the same breath it Is
added that the scientific school gives
practical knowledge and that its train
ing is vital. The comparison between
the dead languages and the modern is
made-always to the credit of the mod
ern. The value of modern history ard
of economic science is made to appear
greater than that of ancient history
and of philosophy. Scientific studies
are lauded as by far the most precious.
The humanities are discredited. re-
member hearing at hotel table con-
versation between two recent graduates
of the scientific school of rich and
famous university. mr.. - said
one, gave several thousand dollars for
any use the officers wished to make
of the money. And what do you think
they did with it? Why, instead of buy
ing something useful, they spent it all
in buying some mugs of the old Greet;
buffers" 1t was evident that the study
of the humanities had not seriously in
fluenced the manners nor the linguistic
tastes of the graduates in question.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
CLOTHES OF FAMOUS AUTHORS

voltaire was fond Of magnificent at
tire and usually dressed in an absurd
manner.
Didcrot once travelled from st. Peters
burg TO Paris in morning gown and
nightcap and in this guise promenaded
the streets of the town on his route.
Magliabecchi wore great brown
vest down to his knees, q black mantle
and road-brimmed hat, and there was
always snuff on his cravat.
Pope was distinguished by velvet
cap. wig and sword. while Button al
ways wore his hair in curl papers while
sitting at his desk.
Instead of their garb some authors
were noted for peculiarities. such as
Byron's club-foot, Scott's limp. Pope's
little figure, like an Interrogation point,
Jonson's fatness and Charles Lambs
spindle sbanks in CATERS.
Wadsworth was deemed a mailman
by some OF the villagers, by others a
criminal disguised as an idler. They
said he had often been seen to wander
by night and look strangely at the moon
and that ''he would sometimes roam
over the hills like partridge"
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

mood, which he fsncied showed rather
hne feeling, but which really arose
from conscious failure, Biddy looked
up Robert to acknowledge himself
beaten. but Robert was OF 10 town
and aid not show up again until after
Christmas.
Robert, who had ridden by the school.
mouse many times since the term he.
gan, had happened to read n newspa per
item about Christmas custom In some
foreign land, of sending gifts TO the
most beautiful lady. suppose it was
a fairy tale. for there never has been
IN any place any one most beautiful
lady, but II struck Robert as an emf
nently proper custom. He cut the item
out: he rode by the school house once
again TO confirm his judgment; he
made his dispositions accordingly.
On Christmas morning, the young
teacher was surprised to find at her
door Roberts best horse, with saddle
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
THE FUNNY MAN..
He had Besa . boy aad Hadn's Forget

ten It.
We call him the funny man because
he was sad and serious, and said little
but gazed right into our souls and made
US tell him just what was In our minds
at the time, and then came out with
some magnificently luminous sugges-
ton that cleared every cloud away, says
Scribner's. What was more, he would
then go off with us at once and play the
right thing out to it's finish, earnestly
and devoutededly, putting all Other
things aside. So we called HIM the fun.
ny man, meaning only that he was diff
ferent from those others who thought
IT incumbent on them to play the pain
ful hummer. The idea as opposed to
the real man was what we meant, only
we were not acquainted with the
phrase. Those others, with their Ia
bored jests and clumsy c5ntortions,
doubtless nattered themselves tina;
they were funny men; we, who had to
sit through and applaud the painful
performance, knew better.
He pulled up to walk as soon as he
caught sight of us, and the dogcaIt
crawled slowly along till it stopped just
opposite. Then he leaned his chin on
his hand and regarded us long and soul.
fully, yet said never a word; while we
jigged up and down in the dust, grin
ming bashfully, but with expectation.
For you never knew exactly what the
man might say or do.
"You look bored" he remarked, pres
emily; thoroughly bored. Or else-let
me see; you're not married, are your"
He asked this in such sad earnestness
that we fastened to assure him that we
were not married. Though we felt he
ought to have known that much; we
had been intimate for some time.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
cRusoE's ISLAND DISAPPEARS


Reported sinking of Juan Fernandes
Land by Volcanic Action.
A few weeks ago vessel putting in
at Lisbon after a trip around Cape
Horn, reported the destruction by vol
canie action of the Juan Ferinandez
island. famous as the scene of robin.
son Crusee." The master claimed to
have seen the catastrophe from the
deck of his vessel. The report was not
given credence at the time by scientific
men, and many denials were printed In
papers and magazines. But Capt.
Powells, of the British ship James ktrr.
asserts that the story is generally be-
lieved by seafaring men all over the
world. The James Kerr has recently
arrived from Newcastle. n. s. W.. where
sac was laid up four months on account
Of the coal mine strike. Capt, Powells
met very large number Of master
mariners there, and says that the de-
struction Of the island was a matter Of
common gosisp among them. The
captain himself has not passed within
sight Of the island since 1850, when he
secured > photograph Of It from the
deck Of his ship. He says that some Of
the captains who arrived III Newcastle
While be was there verified the report,
thta the island was missing.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
RULES FOR LIES JOURNEY.

Never show levity when people are
engaged in worship
To say as little as possible of your
self and those who are near you.
Not to affect to be witty, or to jest so
as to hurt the feelings of another.
Never to court the favor of the rich
by fiattering their vanities or their
riches.
Always take the part of an absent
person, who is censured in company, SO
far as truth and propriety will allow.
Never think worse of another on ac-
count of his differing from you in po-
litical and religious subjects.
To speak with calmness and delibera-
ton on all occasions, especially of cir
cumstances which tend to irritate.
Never ridicule sacred things or what
others may esteem as such, however abb
surd they may appear to you.
Never resent a supposed injury till
you know the motives of the author of
it, and on no occasion relate it.
Not to dispute with a man who is
more than 20 years of age, nor with a
woman, nor with any sort Of an en-
thusiast.-Leisure Hours.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13

pring. \ man good enough or lucky
enough to be retained throughout the
winter was on velvet. OF ten men usu-
ally kept through, two were sufficient
to ride the pastures and keep the fences
IN repair; eight could wait for spring.
There were other vocations, such as
learning to fiddle. Rhine jerks worked
at that for years. The third season l
asked him if he could yet play any tunes.
Not yet" said he, hopefully; "but can
start few"
There was always some card playing,
there was some reading, and an oc-
easional trip to town. The youngsters
did considerable letter writing to cor
respondents secured through a matri-
monial paper known on the range as the
Gizzard and Fist. These various in
dustries were ad libitum; the one occu-
patton which never pals on the cowboy
who has worked hard all summer, and
whose pay is going right on through
stormy weather, is waiting for spring.
The o. X. ranch lay in a narrow and
fertile valley, and at about this time
the encroachment of actual settlers be-
gan to perplex the owners and annoy
the men. In one season a great part OF
the valley had been preempted, and
where last year was an unlimited open
water front, with not a house in sight, it
had became dotted with settlers cab
ms and notices to keep Off the grass.
Only eight miles below the ranch, in a
bend of the river where we had many
time held bunch of cattle while
cutting out, a schoolhouse had been
built. When settlers come to stay, the
big cattle herds have to move OH.
schoolhouses are pretty good evidences
OF permanent settlement.
This opened for the first time in
charge of teacher imported for the
position from s'the states" and every
man on the ranch rode around that way
to inspect the fences. A bright-eyed,
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
FASHIONS IN FLOWERS.

Boutonnieres are growing larger.
The newest is formed of three white car
nations. with, two or three yiolets in the
center.
The newest ideas in opera bouquets.
whether for maid or matron, is to have
them made Of flowers matching the
color of the gown with which they are
carried.
Chrysanthemums are not so fashion.
able this season as they have been other
years. Though effective for decorative
purposes they are too conspicuous for
street or evening wear.
There Is no rose IN the land which can
suppfanf the violet in the affections oil
the society woman. Its coloring. its
fragrance. its refinement give it the
first place OF honor. Then the fact that
a bunch of violets may be worn on al,
most any occasion and not be out OF
place is an advantage which it has over
many other flowers.--Leisure Hours.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
1--WE BEAT YOU" SAID HE.

and bride, and note saying that Rob-
ert sent them on the authority of the
Enclosed newspaper slip; that he really
could use the horse no longer-too old
and would she do him the favor to
take the old swayback off his hands?
Miss Bell, who was learning to use a
typewriter, sat down to the machine
and wrote a note of thanks declining
the horse as a gift, but accepting the
use of him for the winter, and assuring
Mr.. Robert that she was not the lady
referred to in the story.
Two days later Robert brought this
letter into the mess house while the
boys were at supper.
I've beat you," said he to Biddy.
~ didn't want no letter, and / didn't
expect none; but here it is, and she
thinks l can't read writing--it's print
ed"
why, that thing" said Scotty, as
them out to every fellow who gives her
a horse"
That's straight" said another; 81
hear she has whole band of saddle
horses down in Johnson's pasture"
Boys, shut up" said Robert, gently.
'I'll leave it to the foreman whether
win"
The foreman decided that printed
communication is not letter, and, as
Biddy had received no letter, that both
had lost the wager.
That night the boys considered the
matter over their pipes, and rendered
the unanimous opinion that betting is
immoral when you lose, and that Rob.
ert and Biddy, having both lost. should
ride the pastures all winter while the
rest of us waited for syringe. b. Dun
ham, in San Francisco Argonaut.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
NEW SCHOOL FOR MONKEYS,
They VIII he Trained for Domestic serv-


There has just been founded at Cal
cutta an institution for the education
of monkeys, says an exchange.
A young monkey is taken and be-
fore him is placed n set of blocks on
which are painted in capitals the let
ters of the alphabet. These blocks are.
in fact, exactly similar to those which
children play with in every civilized
country in the world, and they are
used in precisely the same way as If
the monkey were young specimen of
the human race. There is one professor
for each monkey, and the monkey il
taught by means of the blocks to spell
certain words. If the word is fruit, -
for example, the monkey, after having
been taught to arrange the blocks SO
as to spell the word quickly and with
cut error, receives bit of fruit as his
reward. The same exercise is repeated
with other words; and il is hoped that
in time the simians will learn how
to read and spell and understand Eng
lish, if they cannot speak it. An effort
will also be made, it is said, to educate
these beasts SO that they may become
fairly efficient domestic servants. The
school is so young as yet, however, that
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
:, .eMoey,s MIRROR.

Ia head IN the rectory pew.
hftle ~ sace glowing with boyish pride.
A youse ~ glass where tho sun peers
lance. .,
ihro oss Great green world outside.
From thinner Of sky 'twixt the wind
si,Ir darts past upon widespread
WIS .sa ch,ld.s thoughts float with the
~" h,ri and the breeze
,,,,S dreams Of wonderful Things
ave voice pleads from the pulpit
h,s s,ndovs burn like a sheet OF fire.
Inv great red admiral butterfly
Aa ALL. over the drowsy squire.
thls subtle fragrance OF mignorette
Ihers The graveyard, tended with loving
car mingIlng Of hope with the sharp
those that are sleeping there
o,ock in the belfry is Ginning four.
in rss rustic worshipers go their way.
,he organ uplifts once more
A.' h,,mn for the dying day.
=, me boy treads lightly the echoing
- trets az only young heart can.
Az rife moves slowly and Times foot
Lays
,t that looks through a mist of tears,
As one that straineth bis eyes to see
"a seeks far of in the shadowy years
himself as he used to be-
=. TANGENT self that he used to know
r. the seasons had rounded double
seven.
"a The marvellous earth was still a-glow
WITH the mystical light of Heaven.
me day is waning. the night draws near;
The traveller, sighting the goal at last,
lis backward where memory mirrors
clear
The face of the vanished past.
nm well for the so& that. mid life's loud
din,
n walked with ralment yet undefiled.
mat the heart of the man Is still akin
10 the stainless heart of the child!
Christian Burke, in London Argosy.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
SAVED FROM DROWNING.
The Heroism of Miller in Rescuing q
Little Girl.

The Heroism of n Miller In Rescuing a
Little Girl.
The brave work of miller in saving q
little girl from drowning is described
by the indianapolis Journal. The mill
owner and his wife, it appears, had gone
to the city, leaving an eight-year-old
girl at home. With other children she
went down to the mill to play, and by
some accident fell into the sluice which
feeds the turbine wheel.
The head miller heard scream, and
not knowing what had happened, ap-
piled brake and stopped the machin-
cry. Then he ran out, found the little
girl just disappearing under the water,
and in he went after her.
Then he found himself in hard
place. The water was eight feet deep,
and he was four feet below the top OF
the sluice, the sides of which were as
smooth as a polished floor. The girl
was unconscious. How was he to get
her out?
1t took one hand to hold her head
above water, and the other to keep him
self from sinking. He must try to
throw her out, and this, by great
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1897-01-13
EUGENE FIELD AND THE FARMER
His Excuse for Having Killed the Lat
ter's Duck.

His Excuse for Having Killed the Lat.
ters Duck.
A few years ago the late Eugene
Field and Stanley Waterloo went duck
hunting on Murdoch lake, near ST.
Louis. Ducks were rather scarce and
very shy, and the two hunters spent the
day without overburdening their game
bags. At length they decided to sepa-
rate, in the hope that each might drive
the ducks within range of the other.
Waterloo padded up the lake and Field
down.
Late in the afternoon Waterloo
banged away at flock of mallards and
brought one down. The wounded duck,
however, was not seriously disabled,
and before it could be bagged rose and
went wabbling down the lake toward
Field and dropped within easy range of
the poets gun among number of tame
ducks which belonged to a neighbor-
ing farmhouse.
Field rested his gun across the bow
of his boat and let both barrels go.
The mallard went flying away. The
tame ducks set up quacking and pad
died ashore-all but one. One of the
farmers pets had received it's quietus.
The farmer himself didn't like it,
and after INDUCING in certain emphatic
remarks well calculated to impress the
erring Nimrod with the enormity OF
his offense, began throwing stones and
inviting him to come ashore and fight.
Field padded out of stones throw and
began to parley. The farmer wanted a
dollar for the duck.
How do you figure that?" quericd the
poet.
DO you mean to deny that you killed
my duck here ?" demanded the granger.
THAT'S true enough" said Field, but
where does the responsibility really be-
long?"
II don't understand you"
"Why, that duck of yours was par
ticeps criminis; that's what it was"
II don't care what you call it, but
want dollar for the duck, just the
same"
well, now, see here" insisted Field,
'"you must acknowledge that your
water fowl was at least guilty of con-
tributory negligence. Instead of keep
ing away from me while was cunning
for ducks, that misguided fowl DELHI
erately invited death by getting right
in front of my gun just as was about
to terminate the earthly existence of
mallard."
The farmer was dazed into silence.
1T looks to me like clear case of
suicide. I'll wager you hadn't fed that
poor, heart-sick, discouraged duck for
month. No wonder it found existence
intolerable under such circumstances,
and embraced the first opportunity to
escape from a thraldom worse than
death. suppose l ought to charge you
with cruelty to animals and have you
arrested, but I have no disposition to
deal harshly with you. II you'll pay me
for the ammunition and the time have
wasted with you, I'm willing to call the
matter square and you may keep the
duck"
But the farmer shook his head and
fed Chicago Times-Herald.