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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11
MOSES AS A SCHOOLBOY.
of Youth at the Time OF
the PharaOhs.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

From the Pail Mall Gazette
Modern research and scholarship espe-
cially the strides that have been made in
deciphering the Inscriptions of the monu-
ments, point TO a system of instruction,
even in the time of Moses, which sur
prises US. Indeed, we could not believe it
possible were the proof not overwhelming;
and when we speak of lads preparing for
the civil service examinations in the time
of the Pharaohs we begin to think that
some one is joking. But make this asser-
ton in sober earnest. about which there
can he no doubt. Lads in those days pre-
pared for the learned professions just as
they do now, and some of the pictures
are strongly suggestive of examiners" 1t
would seem, too, that the noble art of
self-defense was included in the athletics
from the way Moses stood up to the bor-
ish shepherds and vanquished them. Games
OF various kinds were indulger in, of which
we have lost touch but archery aud
wrestling stand out prominently in the
list, and the illustrations of such are nu-
merous.
The alphabet acquired which would gen.
orally be taught at home-probably by
private tutors-the course of education
fession. To the educated classes there
We're the priesthood the army and the
civil service. These We're the three great
professions, and the subjects taught al the
great centers of learning. like Heiopolis
or Hermopolis would include religion, as
tronomy and astrologyi magic and the
use of incantations; medicine, anatomy,
the use of amulets and charms; history;
probably one extra language; engineering,
minsuraion, land surveying, construction,
architecture, geometry; military exer-
cises-al athletic sports were encouraged
arithmetic, said to have been revealed
by Thot, and law. The civil service was.
perhaps. the widest profession, as il in
cluded the posts in The Kings househol
the Office of taxes, and eupedintendence
of public works. The chief butler and the
chief baker in the time of Joseph. would
come under this head, and were probably
men of refinement and education. There
would also be under this head the record
office. where a large number Of men would
be employed writing the national annals.
The highest education. of course, was de-
manded for admission 10 the priesthood,
Indeed the training never stopped. and
embraced almost everything. The priest
hood had the pick OF the men. Certainly
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next came the civil service For the army
the requirements were not severe more
regard being paid to the military athletic
exercises. The priests were not only the
MINISTER'S OF religion, they were doctors
ana Inagiclans and probably lawyers.
A most desirable post was to get into the
regal household, in immediate attendance
upon the King. Magicians were specially
favored, hence the diligent study of magic
PeThaps some youthful readers would Of
Ter no objection to such a subject being
introduced into our public schools. and
would regard it as fine fun to cause walk
ing sticks to turn into serpents, and date
trees to grow out of cricket caps! One
wonders what Egyptian Etonians were like
whether they were as mischievous and
boisterous as English lads; If so what a
time the masters must have had, and
what floggings there must have been
Wonderful stories are told of the ma
gictans. 1 mean, of course, the masters of
the aria position, I suppose, every lad
who had taste for that subject, aspired
to win. rs it true" said Kheops, to one
of these sorcerers. lat thou canst replace
a head that has been cut Off" On his ad-
mission that he could do so, Pharaoh i'm
mediately proceeded to put his power to
the test, Bring me a prisoner and let him
be slain," commanded the King. The ma
gician answered at this: NAY, not a man.
sin should be committed; fine animal viii
suffice" So a goose was brought; its head
was cut off, and the body placed on the
right side and the head of the goose on
the left side of the hail. He recited his in
cantation from the book of magic; and, To-
the goose began to hop forward, the head
moved to meet the body, and when both
united the goose began TO cackle! The same
process was gone through with a bull and
pelican. Many similar stories are told
Moses, as the protege and the adopted
son of a princess, would have within reach
the whole range of education which has
been briefly described His adopted mother,
as a princess royal, would have her own
estate, palace and retinue of attendants
Probably she would be a patroness of one
or more of the colleges, so the lad Moses
would have every facility which wealth
and influence could give. There is the flash
of genius, there is also the solidity of the
scholar in the man, who made Israel ma
ton and the first fighting power of his age
No man in all the worlds history has
done so much as Moses. AS statesman
soldier, lawyer, historian, poet the story
which fascinates us as children retains it's
attraction and redoubles It's force when
We read it as men in the light of modern
research. How much of his marvellous sue
cess is due to his education we cannot esti-
mate. | venture to say that the palm of be
ing the greatest man in the worlds history
must be awarded to Moses, a public school
lad of the time when the Pharaohs ruled
in Egypt, before the first mud huts were
built in the Valley of the Tiber, and when
this country of ours was not"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11
OCEAN ErREIGHTs.

Cotton-Market steady; rate quoted
are per 100 pounds: Boston, per bale. 81 ~
New York, per bale. $lO0; PhiIadeipbia
per bale, $1.OO; Baltimore. per bale. 81 .OO.
via New York-Liverpool. 45c; Bremen. 45c,
Genoa, As: Revai, 45c; Riga. 63c. St. Peters.
burg, 63c; Havre, 47c; Hamburg. N.
Antwerp. SOC; Amsterdam. Soc
Direct-Genoa, 5oc: Bremen, 45c: Ham
burg. 47c; Reval. soc; Barcelona GO.
Havre soc. Rotterdam, SOC; ST. Peters.
burg, sec.
Lumber-By san-Freights are quiet For
eign business is dun. The rates from
this and nearby Georgia ports are quoted
at $i00d4.75 for a range-including Balm
more and Portland. Me. Railroad Ties
base A feet. to Baltimore. 12l5c: to Phila.
delphia l41ac; to New York. 1910: Timber
rates. 50cQ$1.00 higher than lumber rates
BY Steam-Lumber-To Baltimore, Sc 90:
Boston, 500; New York S7.75
Naval Stores-The market is steadv
Nedium-sized vessels. Rosin-Cork far
orders Is Sd for barrels of $40 pounds. ana
&c primage. Spirits. As. Larger vessels =
Rosin Is Cd; spirits, SIS 81. Steam. 12c per 10o
pounds on rosin, 500 on spirits 70 Boston
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11
THE MORNING NEWS: TUESDAY. OCTOBER IL. 1898
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS OF
SHIPS AND SHIPPING.

Wreck of Brig Robert Dillon to BE
flowed to Port-Stenmship ID. II.
Miller COIIides With the DereIict
Schooner Hattie May-SchOoner
Arthur McArdIe In Distress at
PhiIndeIphIa-SchOO Emily +.
NOrthnm's Sprung Leak in the
Recent storm.
A dispatch from Pensacola, Fla, states
that the French steamship Britannia
which arrived there yesterday, has 41S
Italian immigrants on board who We're
refused permission to land at New Or
leans on account Of yellow fever They
VIII be kept in quarantine at Pensacola
five days and then be allowed 10 land.
The schooner Arthur McArdle, from
Philadelphia for Portsmouth, n. H., win
a cargo of coal, returned to Philadelphia
Saturday in distress. While on her way
down the Delaware bay she collided with
a dredge at work on the Cherry Island
Flats. The schooner's starboard cathead
and headstays were carried away and
other damage done. The damage to the
dredge was slight.
While bound from Savannah for Phila-
delphia with a cargo of lumber, the
schooner L. f. Northam put into Newport
News on Thursday night in distress. She
encountered a gale on Oct. 2, which caused
her to leak badly. The boats were smash
ed and the deck load swept overheard.
Her supplies of provisions were also ex-
hausted.
The wreck of the brig Robert Dillon Is
still reported drifting in the ocean east of
Tybee. She is lumber laden and quite
prize for a boat that Will tow her in. It
has been reported that if no towboats go
after the wreck the pilot boat J. II. Estill
will make an attempt to tow her TO this
port.
Capt Peters of the steamship d. H.
Miller, arriving from Baltimore yesterday,
reports having struck the wreck of the
British schooner Hattie May near Cape
Lookout. The steamship was not dam
aged by the accident, but a part of the
schooner was torn away by the collision.
The steamer w. S. Cook, from Augusta,
arrived yesterday with 405 bales of cot
ton, so bales sweepings, 225 bales of domes-
tics and 60 barrels of naval stores.
Capt Myers reports that the freshet in
the river has covered the banks in some
places.
The British steamship Lucina, from Rio
Janerio, via Philadelphia, arrived at quar-
antine yesterday and viii come to the city
after being released to load cotton for
Liverpool. She is consigned to the Geor-
sia Export and Import Company
The British steamship Shngsby, which
is due here Oct. 10 to load cotton for Bre-
men, will be consigned to Wilder & Co.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11
CONVINCING TUE sPANIARDs.
An English Diver Brought Proof
That He Had Visited Sunken


James Cassidy, in st. Nicholas
Some of the experiences of the divers
are well worth recording, as We soon dis
covered by a chat with one of them.
Il don't know that I've anything par
ticular TO tell you" he began, nothing
that you'd consider exciting; now, if 1
were Lambert, the famous British diver.
l could tell you many stories of adventure
under the water"
a little coaxing and we soon prevailed
upon the brave fellow to talk about the
submarine life.
81 take it," he said, that pluck and
luck help materially in the making of an
efficient diver Some time ago MIR Lam
bert and Lambert was then Messrs
Siebe & Germans chief diver-were sent
out TO survey a wreck supposed to con-
tain considerable amount of specie
Spanish dlvers-brave fellows and capital
men at their art-had been trying before
us, but declared that it was quite impossi-
bic to reach the hold of the wreck. or
even her deck. It's a sheer impossible
ity,' they said.
Well, 1t may be- said Lambert; but
l mean to have a try. AT all events, now
that I've come so far, and so, dressing,
he went down. Forty minutes expired,
and then came the signal, Haul up and
he was brought to the service.
"Its all right, he declared, the gold
is there, but there'll be some difficulty
in recovering it,.
Meantime the Spaniards were talking
together rapidly. and one of our engineers
heard their discourse. Do you know what
they are saying?'i he asked 1t is that
Lambert never reached the wreck at all
that he is only pretending to have done
So
Ohio" exclaimed Lambert, so that's
their idea, is it? Well, Wen soon correct
that And in spite of entreaties to the
contrary. and the fact that he had been
forty minutes under water at an unusual
depth, he put on again his diving appa-
ratus and made a second descent, the
Spaniards looking on in amazement
Forcing his way TO the stewards pan
try, he took from rack a tea cloth mark
ed with the name of the ship, and push
ing it into his belt, gave the signal Haul
upr l was keenly watching, and espied
the cloth to his belt. Selling it, I waved
II around my head, and the Spaniards
understanding in a moment what had been
done cheered and appauded Justify, sub
sequently thronging around Lambe and
begging a thousand pardons of the brave
fellow for their former skepucism. And
so belief in English pluck was confirm
ed" ~ :
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11
THIRTEEN LEOS.
nlustrious Men Who Have Filled
the Chair of st. Peter.
From the London Sketch.

From the London Sketch.
Thirteen in number have been the Leos
that have filed the chair of Peter, and of
these several have been .Popes of emf
uence. The first of the name early OBJ
tanned the appelation of Great" leaving
less honored titles for those who might
succeed. His pontheate in the middle of
the fifth century lasted over twenty years,
and fine early printed edition of his
Sermons with magnificent Illuminated
initial letter lies before me as l write.
Leo II, who lived toward the end of the
seventh century, had but a short reign;
Leo ii, in his twenty years of rule had
the honor of browning the greatest of the
medieval Caesars, Charlemagne; the
fourth Leo was an exemplary pontiff, if
nothing more the fifth, sixth and seventh
were but transient figures early in the
tenth century, and the eighth was one
of the anti-Popes. Leo TX, one of the
house of Hapsburg toward the middle or
the eleventh century, Illuminated the
world With mis- learning, and was can
onized.
-Four hundred and sixty years elapse be.
fore we come to another Leo, the tenth
of the name, Giovanni de Medici, iustri-
Gus for his fostering of the Renaissance
and celebrated, in a different manner,
FOR his inability to check the Lutheran
hereses. Had he been less a patron OF
letters and courtier, and more of an an
chorite, the reformation might have been
stayed, if not actually effected within the
limits of the church itself. Another Me-
dici though not of the then regning
house or Tuscany, occupied the holy seat
for a few weeks in 1905 as Leo XII Again
a gap-of more than 200 years-before we
arrive al Leo XII, elected during the thir-
~ years peace, when Europe was SUM
bering between the Napoleonic wars and
The days of as. Last of all comes the
benign and venerable Leo XIII, who is
passing his closing years as occupant of
the vatican and as mediator between the
sons of men. 1t is curious indeed that
nine out of the thirteen lived before The
Normans conquered this little isle set in
the silver sea-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11
NEW TERROR TO LIFE.
London Specialist Offers Points to
PRISONERS.

From the Philadelphia Record
London. Oct. S.-Sir James Crichton
Browne.the eminent London specialist. has
subjected himself to severe crtcisim for
pointing out to prisoners a new, safe meth
Cd of effecting their deadly purpose and
on a, scale hitherto unknown. In his in
luguhal address to the Pharmaceutical So
ciety, Browne observed: "A connoisseur
of poisons could, by keeping his own mi
crobes. slaughter hundreds Of innocent
people. without the slightest fear Of his
crime coming TO light"
In an interview he explains that mi
crobe culture involves scientific knowi-
edge and appliances which place il beyond
the reach Of any but the most rarely in
dowed criminals and that his observation
was more or less an effort of humor
Asked whether the preparation of mi
crobes for poisoning purposes might not
be followed for gain, he answered that
such a trade would be impossible, for the
manufacturer and client could not be
brought into relations without danger 10
both. Al the same time Brownies sug-
gestion adds a new terror to life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11

Oct. II, 1898, light vessel No 81 will be re-
placed on her station off Sandy Hook, on
the easterly prolongatiOn of the axis of
GeGney channel, entrance to New York
Lower bay, and relief light vessel No. 16,
temporarily marking the station, will be
withdrawn. No changes have been made
in light vessel No. 81 as to Characters
tics of lights, fog signal or general APP
pearance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11
ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.


Steamship d. H. Miller, Peters, Balu-
more-J ]. Carolan.
Steamship Tallahassee, Askins, New
York-Ocean Steamship Company.
Bark Singapore (Gep, Voss, Belfast
Dahl & Andersen.
Steamship Lucina (BD, Creese. Rio ia
Metro, via phia-Georgla Export
and Import Company.
Steamer Doretta, Chadwick, Button,
and returned--J. H. Judkins.
Steamer ID. Murchison, Haddon Au-
gusta and way landings-W. 7. Gibson,
Manager.
Steamer w. S. Cook, Myers, Au-
eusta and way landings-W. T. Gibson,
Manager,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11

Per Italian bark Gaetano, Casa bona, for
Brisbane and Melbourne-5.129 barrels ros-
in, valued at $16150, for Melbourne; 800
barrels rosin for. Brisbane, valued at 81
100, and 1887 barrels rosn, valued at 81
$50, for Brisbane or Melbourne.
Per steamship Netherheld (correction)
for Bremcn-10.032 bales cotton, valued at
$255, 569 apd 1000 tons pig iron. valued at
$40 OO0
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11

Per Central of Georgia Railway, Oct. TO.
-5,66S bales cotton, $50 tons pig iron, 167
packages domestics, 1879 packages merchan-
disc, Fl cars lumber, 34S barrels rosin 1873
barrels spirits. 80 cases eggs, 8 cars pack
ing house products, cars household goods,
car rice, car wood,'1 ear cement.
Per Florida Central and Peninsular
Railroad, Oct. 1O.-606 bales cotton.
Per Georgia and Alabama Railway, Oct
10.-1 $50 bales cotton, 1874 casks spirits tur-
pentine. 10 cars lumber 2 cars rice, cars
merchandise, / car OIL
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11

Washington. Oct. S-Nouce is given by
the Lighthouse Board that, on Sept 30
1895 the second class gas buoy, painted
led and black horizontal stripes and show
ing a fixed white light. marking the
y reck Of schr Alice c. Jordan. sunken in
Vineyard sound. was discontinued the
wreck having ceased to be danger 10
NAVIGATION
Notice is also given that. on or about
Oct r. 1898. light vessel No. AS will be
replaced on her station in Long Island
sound. off Corndeld Point, about midway
of and seven-eighths of a mile south OF
Long Sand shoal, and relief light vesse!
No 90 temporarily marking the station
will be withdrawn No changes have been
made in light vessel No IS as 10 charac-
teristics OF lights fog signal or general
appearance.
Notice Is also given that, on or about
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11

Per steamship Nacoochee for New York
2,642 bales cotton, 100 bales sea island cot
ton, So bales domestics, % cases cigars.
$40 barrels cotton seed oil, 1916 feet lum-
Der, 227 bundles hides. "a turtles. l barrel
fish, AZ boxes fruit, 1886 tons pig iron, l
ear load oak lumber, 1O49 cases canned
goods, Y packages merchandise.
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Vessel. CIenred Yesterday.

Steamship Tallahassee, Askins, New
York-Ocean Steamship Company.
Steamship Gate City, Googins, Boston
Ocean Steamship Company.
Bark Gaetano. Casabona QtaD. Paste
rino, Brisbane and Melbourne.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11
Phases of the Moon COR octoher.

Last quarter. 7th, hour and minutes,
evening; new moon, 18th 6 hours and 81
minutes, morning; first quarter, 22d, 8
hours and minutes, morning; full moon,
18th. 6 hours and IS minutes, morning;
moon in apogee, 7th; moon In perigee, 18th.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11
Notice to Mariners.

Pilot charts and all photographic infor-
nation will be furnished masters of YES
sells free of charge in United States hydro
graphic Office, in custom house Captains
are requested to can at the office. Reports
of wrecks and derelicts received for trans
mission to the navy department
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-10-11

sun rises at 6:02 and sets at 5:31
High water at Tybee to-day at Ala a.
m. and 4:31 p m. High water at Savan-
nah one hour later.
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GRAIN, PROVISIONS, ere.

and 1Oc on rosin. and soc on spirits to New
York
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-05-10

Beggs' German Salve 10 a cure for
piles, no matter how bad the case
may be. ~ relieves at once scalds,
old sores, burns, eczema, tumors,
etc. Sold by w. B. Frame and T.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1898-05-10

After April II the sunset Limited
train will leave Chicago for San
Francisco on Tuesday only, and Af-
ter April viii leave San Francisco
ea .or Gnc2gG $ on Ss T9SSi5sS1ys 01i The
bound for the season April Is, and
westbound May 8, TO be resumed
early In the fall.
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The two-year-old SON of W. L. Fer,

The two-year-old SON of W. L. Fer
Ruaon, of Button, Miss. had whoop-
Ing cough. after several physi-
clans had prescribed for him. with
out giving relief" writes Mr.. Fergu-
son, II persuaded my wife To try q
IS cent bottle Of Chamberlain Cough
Remedy. The first dose had the de-
sired effect, and In forty-eight hours
he was entirely free from all cough.
consider your remedy the best In
the market. especially for children
IS and 50 cent sizes for sale BY 7. N.
Coleman and W. g. Frame.
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oldest Ship In the World.

The most singular ship in the
= orld is the Polyphemus of the
British navy. 1t is simply a
long steel tube. deeply buried
in the water. the deck rising
only four feet above the sea.
1t carries no masts or sails, and
is used as a ram and torpedo
boat
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BRYAN AT PEABODY.
TO Welcome the Great Free
Silver Apostle.

Peabody. Kans., May 9.-The
great Bryan-Leedy meeting adj
vertised for this place proved
eventually to be wholly a Bryan
event. A telegram was read
from Governor Leedy stating
that owing to the mobilization
of troops and other matters de-
string his presence elsewhere
he could not meet Mr.. Bryan as
invented.
When Mr.. Bryan advanced
to speak he was given an oYa-
ton.
Question of war;" said he
" overshadow questions of
peace. Instead of being divid-
ed today we are one nation and
one people and it is our duty to
stand behind the government
at Washington as one man,
War has convinced any who
has doubted that so far as
national patriotism is concern
cerned no party has a monopoly
of 1T. The republican party
has monopoly on almost ev
erything else, but no matter
how it tries, or what it pretends.
it shall never have monopoly
on patriotism in this country.
II rejoice at the thought that
the civil war is over and that
President Mckinley has honor
ed two distinguished and gal
liant ex-confederates by appoint
ing them to high positions in
our volunteer army. 1t is d
matter that all should rejoice
over"
| Preliminary to his speech
of the day, Mr.. Bryan address
ed the school children in the
opera house. He received 1
great ovation, consisting o
cheering, the singing of Amer
lea" by 300 voices and waving
of tiny, bright American flags
which were placed in the hand
of every school child in the au
dience. Bryan's address t
the children was simple, an,
what he said was easily With
the grasp of their compreheu
sion.
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Here is a summary of Commo

Here is a summary of Commo-
dore Dewey's work up to date:
Monday. April %. - Received
news of the declaration of war.
Quilted British waters.
Wednesday-Sailed for Manila at
the fastest speed that could be
made with the coal supply of the
ships.
Saturday night-Passed the bat
teries at the entrance of Manila
Bay.
Sunday-Sank, burned or cap
tured all the ships of the Spanish
squadron. Sileneed and destroyed
three batteries.
Mondsy-Occupied navy yard.
Blew up six batteries at the en-
trance to the bay. Cut the cable
Established blockade of Manila.
Drove the Spanish. forces out of
Cavite.
Tuesday and Wednesday-Swept
the lower bay and entrance fol
torpedoes. Gave crews well-earned
rest. Prepared official dispatches
The losses of the Spaniards in
elude 10 warships, several torpedo
boats, two transports, navy yarc
and nine batteries.
Including the losses ashore
about 200 Spaniards were killet
or wounded.
The estimated value of the Span
ish property destroyed or captured
is 100000.
On the American side the tota
loss is eight men wounded ant
So, 900 damage to the ships.