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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14
CUNNING TRICK.
The Reason For a Chinese Convict's
Industry Became Apparent
From the St. Louis Republic

From the St. Louis Republic
Monaghan cunning and Caucasian wari-
ness met and tussled and the Caucasian
attribute triumphed not many moons
ago at Joliet
A Chinese convict was in durance vile
in the big prison in the Illinois city. Wong
Lee had pilfered and smiled, and pilfered
and smiled until one morning the effect
was removed, for Wong Lee was caupht
more. '
He was lodged at Joliet and taught the
lock step and a few other ACCOMPLISH
ments for which there is special training
IN that city. He showed a marked dis
inclination and inaptitude for all forms
of usefulness until he was set TO work at
scruhbing. He fell to work with such
Will that he astonished all who knew
of his previous record for Incidence. He
scrubbed so hard and so long that the
floors over which he presided took on the
bearded appearance provocative Of splin-
ters and profanity He was Unsuitable in
his desire for brushes wherewith TO prose-
cute his arduous labors. and the super
visors Of his work rejoiced greatly about
the reformation they had accomplished in
the almond-eyed heather.
Wong Lees industry knew no abate-
ment and he came to be regarded as a
a stranger, with bushy black whiskers,
WANT TO get .out?'' said the guard. pro-
ducing one of his big keys.
The stranger with the bushy whiskers
made no reply. but nodded and smiled
affably.
The guard put the big key into the lock
and looked curiously at the visitor. There
was something familiar about that wide
smile. lie could not remember where he
had seen IL, but prudence asserted itself.
He drew the key from the lock. Come
with me- said he. II am not satisfied"
The prisoner demurred, but the guard was
firm and conducted him to the warden's
office. A trusty who was doing kitchen
duty was awaiting an order for supplies.
Wong Leev he exclaimed. The visitor
looked sulky The guard touched the
bushy black whiskers and found that they
were movable. A pull. neither long nor
hard, removed them and showed the sullen
face Of Wong Lee.
That's what became OF the brushes"
said the trusty.
Wong had appropriated The bristles, dip
ped them In ink, purloined a citizens
suit and come within an ace" Of maxi
ing his escape. His Ignorance OF English
was the. to him, fatal obstacle TO free
dom
Wong Is still at Joliet, but he is not per-
mitted to handle brushes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14
TAILED MEN.
Ancient and MOdcrn Testimony on
the subject.
From nc New York Post.

From the New York Post.
The alleged discovery of a race of tailed
men in AMMAN by a French traveller re-
wives a very old controversy, says the
London Standard. Readers of Boswell will
remember what capital fun Dr. Johnson
contrived to extract out of Lord Monboddo
and his human tail theory. Monboddo, it
may be necessary to remind the reader,
was Scotch judge, somewhat of an &c
centric, and stoutly maintained that prim-
tive man was born with a tail, and ought
70 have a tail now; that such an ap-
pendage is a desideratum--an expressive
organ denoting all the human passions of
love, hate joy, etc, and that the abrupt
termination of the spine without caudal
clongation is a sad blemish. Among the
things which the doctor said to him was
TINS: OF a standing fact, sir, there ought
to be no controversy. If there are men
with tails, catch me a homo caudatus"
Well, assuming that the Frenchman is not
thy OF Maundevllle, the homo caudatuS
mas been caught, and his character and
peculiarly described for our edification
with some enough apparently not suffi-
CienO circumstance. 1t only remains now
10 etrectually silence the skepticS by bring
ing the phenomenon along, in order that
the knowing ones, as well as the rest of
us, may be convinced of the reality of the
tail on the evidence of our own senses of
sight and feeling. When they have seen
1t for themselves and examined il to make
certain that no Barnum has been about,
even the doctors viii be compelled to ad-
init their error in teaching us that it is
matter of impOssibilty for a human
being to possess a tail on the ground that
the spinal vertebrae in a man do not adj
nit of eongation, as in many of the ami
mails with which We make everyday ac-
quaintance.
We feel no desire TO discourage those
who believe heartily in human tails as a
possession of the antediluvian ancestors of
all of u.s. and as a present possession of
a few scattered races in some out of the
way quarters of the globe; but our love
of truth compels us to state that this
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14

Munyon's Improved homeopathic Par,
edies act almost instantly, speedily chr.
ing the most obstinate cases.
Munyon's Rheumatism Cure seldom fan,
to relieve in one to three hours, and cl,ro,
in few days. Price, pc.
Munyon's Dyspepsia Cure positively
cures all forms of indigestion and stomach
trouble. Price. 25 cents.
Munyon's Cold Cure prevents pne,,,o.
ma and breaks up cold in few hoUrS
Price, y cents. 0Ui o
Munyon's Cough Cure stops coupbs
night sweats, allays soreness, and spee,3i,
~ heals the lungs Price, 25 cents
Munyon's Kidney Cure speedily curas
pains in the back. loins or groins ana AT
forms of kidney disease. Price. Is cents
Munyon's Asthma Remedies relieve IN
minutes and cure permanently. Price
81. ee'
Munyon's Vitalizer, a great tonic ami
81. Opi7'
Prof: Munyon has a separate cure for
each disease. AT all druggists, mostly %
cents a vial.
Personal letters to Prof Munyon. tN5
Arch street. Philadelphia Pa, answered
with free medical advice for any disease
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14

but it rains a little almost every day from
October to June. The result is to produce
a dense vegetable growth in the forest con-
SiStng of immense trees-firs hemlocks,
spruces and cedars-and of underground so
dense that it is almost impossible to force
with an AK 81 paul man Of INV az
quaintance went out to that region last
fan to see what he called his farm. He
owns a tract of land five or six miles from
Olympia, the capita. of the state, and had
often boosted about that farm to his ac-
quaintances. He set out from Olympia
on horseback to view the land, but after
he turned back without even getting sight
of his possessions, and was followed as
far as the clearings by a cougar. which
hastened his progress by it's dismal and
menacing howls.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14

Why good
The continued local remedies "a "a q
mo1 S. 8 ured - Va
We will take pleasure forwarding free books ~ ~ ~
lancer and Blood Diseases address, Swift Atlanta
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14

Thomas Bracket Reed will be "the
father of the House" in the Fifty-ffth
congress, having served continuously for
nineteen years. or since his election to the
Forty-fifth congress in 1877, says the New
York Times. Judge Culberson of Texas
was elected in 1875, and was father of the
House in the session of the last congress,
but he has given way to another democrat
John w. Crawford. Congressman Harmer
of Philadelphia was elected in 1871, but he
was out in 1875. Gen. Bingham of PhiIa-
delphia was elected in 1879, two years later
than MIR. Reed. Benton McMillin of Ten
nessee was elected in 1879. Joseph Cannon
of Illinois was elected in 1873, but he fail
ed to be returned for the Fifty-second con.
gress. Gaiusha A. Grow of Pennsylvania
was member of congress as long ago as
1851, and was speaker of the House in 1851
Mr.. Grow. however. was out of politics
from the Thirty-seventh to the Fifty-third
congress. If Mr.. Reed is chosen speaker
again this term, he will be the first father
of the House" to be at the same time
speaker of the House Mr.. Reeds period
of service is a short one when compared
with that of the father of the House Of
Commons" the Rt. Hon c. P. Villiers,
unionist member from Wolverhampton'
whose record runs back without Interrupt
ton for SiXty-one years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14

man of the same race" says the doctor
who had a. tail a few inches long, cover.
ed with hair: He appeared to be thirty
five years of age, was robust, well-buiit
and of an ebon blackness. l knew also at
Constantinople the son of a physician
aged two years. who was born with a tail
an inch long. He belonged to the white
Caucasian race. One of his grandfather1
possessed the same appendage."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14

The day before yesterday" an
nounces an Irish paper, ''Mr. O'Flynn fell
from his horse and broke his neck, but
sustained no other injury. ''-Tit-Bits.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-14

John Burns. the English labor leader.
has made a viii In which he leaves his
best love 20 his wife, "a sound consiitu-
ton 10 his son, his books 20 the parish
and BIS debts to his country
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27

When wheat goes up silver goes
down, and when wheat goes down
silver goes down. The Popocrats
might have been right in half OF
their "argument.'
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27

The man with consumption used to be
considered Just as good as dead. His doc
tors condemned him to death just as surely
as If he had been convicted of murder
and must die on the scaffold at dawn.
All that has been changed. There is
now no reason for the consumptive to
despair. DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery will cure SO per cent. of all cases
of consumption. That Is startling state
ment, but q true one. Consumption is fed
by impure blood. It is an accumulation
Of impurities in the lungs. If the blood
10 made pure and filed with the purify
Ing properties of the discovery" there
70 nothing to replace the tubercufous mat
ter that Il coughed up and expectorated.
Gradually the lungs become free and
clear, the lung lining becomes sound and
healthy, and the disease 10 conquered.
Then begins the process of flesh building
and soon the hollow cheeks are full, the
step d firm and elastic, and health blooms
In every feature and in every action.
II was taken III In February, ls9a, with head
oche and pain In my back" writes H. Caddis
K.q., Of No: 3I3 8. J. Street, Tacoma, Wash. II
called In doctor and he came three times. He
took I cough % that I could not sleep only by
being propped in bed. My lungs hurt me, and
I got 20 poor that was just skin and bone.
thought was going to die, till one day was
looking In nttie book 1f Or; Pierce's and saw
commended for cough. Tried a bottle of II and
It did me 20 much good that tried another one
and it made me sound aud well 50 can recom-
mend it to anybody. It saved my LIFE"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
HOBBS
Sparagus Kidney Pills.

HOBBS REMEDY CO., PRoPRuroRs, CHICAGO.
DR. Hobbs Pills For Sale In LITTLE FALLS,
MIMI, at PIONEER DRUG STORE, L. D
Brown, Pharmacist. LindberQh block.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
Old People.

Old people who require medicine to
regulate the bowels and kidneys will
find the true remedy In Electric Bit
ters. This medicine does not stimu-
la te and contains no whiskey nor
other intOxicant. but acts as d tonic
and alternatives. 1t acts mildly on
the stomach and bowels, adding
strength and giving tone to the Or
gans, thereby aiding nature in the
performance OF the functions. Eiec-
trio Bitters IL an excellent appetizer
and aids Digestion. Old people find
1t just exactly what they need. Price
fifty cents and $1.OO per bottle at
T.. d. BROWN'S.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27

More veterans were at Buffalo
this week than ever before at.
tended q G. A. r. encampment.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27

large full crop all over the world
to put prices as low as they have
been.
$50 I look for better times,
commencing with the prosperity
of the farmer and laboring man,
and reaching down even to the
moneyed magnates of the East"
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27

The poor of Paris are Directing
to the advance in the price of
flour. The authorities decline to
remove the import duty on wheat
aud -four, as they claim the farm
ers deserve the high prices that
wheat commands this year. For
the past few years wheat has been
low in France, as everywhere else.
This year the farmers of France
are securing a good price, but the
Weld is unusually small.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27

: Sultan Abdul Hamid may well look
ont for himself now. Politics has got
into his harem among his menagerie o:
wives aud it is said the members Of the
Young Turk party are making them
selves extremely agreeable there.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
Fast Mail Sleeping Car Service Vii
ssThe Milwaukee.0


Beginning Sunday. May 9th, and
every day thereafter. the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railway will
run a palace sleeping car on the
government fast mail train, leaving
Minneapolis at 6:25 and st. Paul at
6:55 p. m. Passengers taking this
car will reach Chicago at $40 O'Clock
the following morning, early enough
to make all eastern and southern
connections, as we'll as to give busi-
ness people a full day In Chicago
before departure OF evening trains.
The Vestibuled, electric-]ightet1
limited continues to leave MinneapO-
lis at 7:3O and st. Paul at $40 p. M,
ARRIVING Chicago $50 the following
morning.
For sleeping car space address,
j. Il. CONLEY.
Asst. Genl. Pass. Agent,
st. Paul, MINI.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27

It is now asserted that Europe
will need 20O,000,0o0 bushels of
wheat from the United States this
coming year. The price will re
main good during the marketing
of the entire crop.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
CURE

Az q Conductor " llO knows what
a great strain there Ia ON mans
back. and kidneys from the constant
jarring and jostltng from early morn
ing till late at night on a street car.
I want to saw right here, that can't
gay enough in favor OF Hobbs Spara-
gus Kidney Pills. I hive suffered
long and terrible with pains in my
back. and from weak Kidneys. No
medicine I took seemed to- give ne
any relief until got some Of those
pills from P. T.. .utz, the druggist.
1854 Wabasha street. After taking
two boxes of Hobbs Sparagus Kid
ney Pills, all my aches passed away.
auh now feel like lark. One thing
is sure, your pills are the best remedy
for street car men to use, or railroad
men either for that matter. and
everyone will say SO who uses them.
G. B. THOMAS, 943 Rice street, st.
Paul. MINI.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
YOUR KIDNEYS.

filter the Uric Acid and poisons out of
the system through the urine If they
are acting right. II not, the results are
Backache, Bright's Disease, Rheuma-
tism, Neuralgia, Bladder Trouble,
Dropsy, Diabetes, Nervousness, Blood
Disorders, etc. g..
All these diseases can he
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27

The kilograms say that Nc.
Kinley and Hanna shook hands at
Buffalo Tuesday.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
Buckl0n'S AFnlc8 SalVo

The best salve In the world for
cuts, bruises. sores, ulcerr, salt
rheum. fever sores, letter. chapped
hands, chilblains, cOrns, and all skin
eruptions, and positively cures piles,
or no pay required. 1t IA guaranteed
to give perfect satisfaction or money
refunded. Price - cents per box
For sale nv L. d. BROWN.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
From Violence Violence Comes.

81. Tduls Mluu.
From Violence Violence Comes.
For his own fame as statesman
probably the assassination Of Canovaa
del Castillo was the most fortunate
thing that could have happened just
now. he will go down to posterity will.
the halo Of a martyr aud a great man
around his brows.
Well, he was neither. He was merely
q scholarly man of some talent who
stuck fast to bis purpose, bloody and
disastrous one, through thick and thin.
His death filed civilized men with hor-
ror. They have only sympathy for the
family thus bereaved of loved one
mud for the hapless queen Of Spain, who
had learned to trust and rely on Cano-
vas. however ruiuous his policy was.
But let us 90 back year. June Z.
1896, bomb was thrown into a church
procession at Barcelona. 1t killed and
injured number of persons Anarchists
had apparently done the deed, or was
it the work of Cuban sympathizers? At
any rate 400 persons were arrested Oh
suspicion. Those against whom evi
denoe was strongest were tortured in a
manner that would have shamed the
red Indians Uf North America in their
oruelest days. The victims had their
tones broken on the wheel, their feet
crushed aud their necks pierced with
iron collars. The instruments known
III tho days Of the Spanish inquisitiou
never did more horrible work than was
done on the bodies of the suspected
bomb throwers Their nails were tori,
of; they were burned and beaten. Fro:.l
old time, through the middle ages. in
the years following the discovery of
America by Columbus, Spanish noble
men and gen tlemen stand before the
world as monsters of bloody cruelty.
The fortunes inflicted on the Barcelona
suspects were ordered by the premier
Of Spain, Senior Canovas del Castillo.
90 the friends of the tortured victims
declared and believed. They swore they
would retaliate. II have avenged my
brothers of Barcelona!' cried Michele
Agino Coli as Canovas fell.
Sultan Abdul Hamid may we'll look
out for himself now. Politics has got
into his hareln among his menagerie o:
wives aud it is said the members Of the
Young Turk party are making them
selves extremely agreeable there.
Many Of the bicycles of 1898 will be
stainless, and it is only matter Of
time when they all will be 90. With the
remarkable cheapening Of wheels that
oame with 1897 the danger was that
they would be oarelessly built. A BIZ
,yole that is not constructed with the
painstaking care and nicely Of adjust
ment that belong to good watch is az
dangerous as q cheap gun. There ID so
much competition. however, that max.
ers will not dare to put upon the market
the deadly trash that for awhile passed
under the name Of cheap wheelA The
sewing machine that sells at $26 is as
rood as those that formerly brought
500. It will be the same with bicycles,
and the people are to be congratulated
thereon. ~.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-08-27
FINEST TRAIN ON WHEELS

That is what Mr.. Pullman says OF
the Burlington's new train between
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Chicago.
Finished throughout in royal
fashion, compartment and standard
sleeper, buffet library car, chair cars
and dining car, it Is without an
equal in this country or abroad. No
extra fares.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-02-18

AN INTELLECTUAL. ATTEMPT TO PREVENT "a.
voHABI.E REPORT OK MR. MrRPHY's ELL
FOR AN EXCHANGE or RIFLES WITH
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
Albany. Feb Il SpeciaD.-The scheme 70 COM
NIT tho State to an expenditure OF 100000 o.
$500 900 for the purchase Of the Savage maya
zine rife for the National Guard. at time when
the United States Government stands ready to
give the State $1,000 Springfield rifles in ex.
change for the ones now in use was further dis.
closed today Senator Coggesha who comes
from Oneida County. whore the inventor and
the CHIEF owners Of the Savage gun live. intro
duced a bill making the following declaration:
THE Governor is authorized to purchase for the
State from time to time such rifles and carbines.
and in such numbers the service may require.
of the pattern ana construction recommended by
the Board of Examiners appointed under Chap
ter 600 of the Laws Of 1880, to select improved
firearms for the use of the land and naval forces
of the State" II this bill should become q law
the State would be committed 70 the adoption
of the Savage gun. although Governor Morton
declined to approve the favorable report on Il
made Ivy the commission which examined the
question.
Assemblyman p II. Murphy some time ago
introduced bill authorizing the exchange Of
the Remington rifles now used by the National
Guard for springfield rifles. which the National
Government will furnish. Assemblyman Abel,
of BROOKLYN moved a recommttal Of this ap.
parently excellent bill to the Committee on Mn.
tary Affairs for hearing. Mr. Abel was sec.
retary Of the commission which recommended
the Savage gun. At to-days hearing on the
Murphy bill il was found that Mr.. Abel wished
TO eulogize the Savage rife. His speech was
sort of appendix to the bill of Senator Cog.
geshal 1t also Of course, was an attack on enc
Murphy bill.
Among those present at the hearing were AS.
sistant Adiutant-Gencra Phis,erer. representing
the National Guard and favoring the bill, as
we'll as A W. Savage. the inventor Of the gun OF
that name and F.. Fl. Risley, Of Utica, secretary
and treasurer Of the Savage Arms Company.
Assemblymen Abel addressed the committee
first and argued that he had moved for a recon-
initial of the bill because he thought the gun
the bill proposed exchange for was worthless
Mr. Risley spoke at some length on me merTs
OF the Savage gun. until at the suggestion ot
Assemblyman Murphy. the chairman stopped
him. informing him that the question under dls-
cussion had nothing To do with the savage gun
Colonel Phisterer spoke next ana stated tna'
the Remington rifle now in Use in the Nauonll
Guard was worn out. Even the temporary SUD
stitution Of the Springfield gun offered by the
Federal Government would be great DeheW
until some further relief might he obtained Mr
GiIieland asked the Colonel il he Thought thsls
was 4 better gun than the Springfield, Dut
direct answer was refused. .
Mr. Savage explained the working OF Ms IN
yentiOn. AZ.
The committee finally decided TO report MT
Murphy's bill favOrably