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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-08
/. CHATHAM COU

GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY
Whereas, William 3. Stillwell has APP
piled to Court of Ordinary for letters dis
missory as guardian of the property OF
Frederick P. Miller, minor
These are. therefore, to cite and admon-
ish all whom il may concern TO be and APP
pear before said court to make objection
df any they have) on or before the first
Monday in September next, otherwise SAID
letters viii be granted.
Witness, the Hon. Hampton L. Ferrill'
ordinary for Chatham county this the
90th day of July 1898.
FRANK f. KEILBACH,
Clerk c. o.. c. c.
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The dry dock is the next port that the
vessels of the American navy will have
TO tackle To this they cannot go in
squadrons, but each must take its turn,
and now that a cessation of hostiHties is
about to be arranged, they should be given
a good cleaning and overhauling with all
due dispatch
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-08

Now that Northern and Western news
papers are editorally ndorsug the Geor-
gia peach and romarking upon it's most ex-
cellent qualities, ii has gained a national
prominence that it has not known before
the present year 1t has filled the gap.
says the Philadelphia Press. left by the
declining yield Of Connecticut, New Jer-
sey, Delaware and Maryland. OF its abu-
ity TO do so we have had no doubt As a
luscious and delightful "gap-dner'' the
Georgia peach has not an equal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-08

The government cannot act TOO quick
~ in the removal of the Spanish soldiers
from around Santiago de Cuba to Spain.
according to the contract it has under
taken Not only would ii be a great relief
20 che American army which has TO be
kept there on guard, but il is demanded
from humanitarian standpoint since the
disarmed Spanish soldiers are suffering
from privation and disease. Ten trans
ports are said to be now on their way
from Spain to Santiago, their carrying ca
pacity being about 1900 men. This viii
suil leave portion of the surrendered
Spanish forces in the island and from the
present outlook it win be at least a month
before they have all been removed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-08
In War Times.

A curly head was projected over the
window sill into the bright moonlight,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Hush dad is that you?'
The man fumbling at the front door
looked up.
yes, jimmie" he said, in a hoarse
whisper come down an let me in"
''sh-h-h," said the boy.
He drew in his head for a moment, then
it reappeared.
MA is ambushin' on the front stairs,
he whispered, "an' grandma has made
rifle pit of the hatrack. If you try to run
the door they'll do you sure"
What am 1 to do, Jimmie?" groaned
the man.
SNEAK" said the boy, IAN lie low.
Retreat an throw EN- off the scent If
you don't they'll double you up, and bush
whack you sure. Ma has got a broom
handle, and gramma's got bed slat.'
Cant l try the cellar?' said the man.
NO" said the boy. the cellars mined.
You withdraw without confusion, and
pretty soon I'll sneak down and unlock
the door under the back stoop. Then you
make a pussyfooted dash and storm the
passage"
Capital" said the man. You're a good
boy, Jimmie
THE man cautiously drew back from
The boys head was thrust stin further
into the moonlight.
Say, dad he shrilly Whispered
what's the prize money for this? What do
I get?"
You know what you wanted" whis-
pered the man as he backed away.
do 1 get it,"
yes"
The man disappeared and the boy drew
in his head.
From the region below came gusty muir
murings Of baffied vengeance.
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Passing Confederate bills in Porto Rico
is said TO have led TO the court-martialing
of a private and a surgeon with the army
there. Can it be that some of New Yorks
bunco steererg slipped into the army una
wares?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-08

The erroneous idea of many of The vol
unteers that they Were to be mustered
out of service as soon as peace is arranged
is contradicted in the dispatches from
Washington. Two years, or until the
close Of che war" is a rather doubtful
period. The close Of the war may be con-
strued to mean after a stable government
has been established an Cuba.
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Tt was well that 1t was at New York
and not Baltimore hotel that a st. Louis
young lady walked up 10 Lieut. Hobson
and gave him a kiss. In Baltimore the
other day a young man and his sweet
heart were fined $5.45 each for kissing in
Patterson park. How the judge who seq
fenced the alleged offenders ever con-
sUued kissing into disorderly conduct is
a mystery that passes the understanding.
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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND cRED1-

ORS.
GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTY.-No-
tice is hereby given to all persons having
demands against Sarah j. WoOdfeld, late
of said county, deceased to present them
to me- properly made out, within the time
prescribed by law, so as to show their
character and amount; and all persons IN
debted to said deceased are required to
make immediate payment 10 me.
July q. 1898.
PHILIP M RUSSELL,
WARING RUSSELL, JR.,
Executors of the will of Sarah ]. Wood
field, deces sed.
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IF YOU WANT GOOD MATERIAL
and work. order your autographed and
printed stationery and blank books from
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NOTICE TO DEBTORS AND CRED
ITORS.

GEORGIA, CHATHAM COUNTING
tice Is hereby given to all persons having
demands against Susan Dennison, late OF
said county, deceased, to present them to
me, properly made out, within the time
prescribed by law, so as to show their
character and amount; and all persons
indebted to said deceased are required TO
make immediate payment to me.
c. E. BROUGHTON,
Administrator Estate of Susan Dennison.
Deceased.
July 5, 1888
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The annual revolution in Guatemala Is
on, and Gen. Marales at the head of 700
men is endeavoring 10 make himself Pres
ident of the republic. 1t is said the people
favor the revolution. 1t would appear that
they would eventually grow tired of that
form of sport and seek some other means
of diversion.
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CURRENT COMMENT.
4 High Price for Empty Glory.
From the Chicago Daily News Qnd).

Fifteen million dollars, the estimated
cost Of Gen. Wade's expedition to Porto
Rico, is a large sum to spend just TO give
some gallant volunteers a chance to say
that they have been TO war.
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MONDAY, AUGUST :, 1898.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
BIG COCKROACHES.
A New York Journalist Makes the
Acquaintance of Some Flor
ida WhOppers.

Some parts Of Florida are infested
with an animal of extraordinary char
acter, which has about the same rela-
ton to q cockroach that a whale bears
10 hornpout. 1t is gigantic but ex-
tremely lively creature, says the Bos-
ton Transcript, which suddenly ap-
pears from almost anywhere and goes
racing like a shot over anything that
comes in it's way. The strongest man
will jump like girl at the appear
ance of it. 1t seems to be particular
ly aboundant up at Lakeland, where
the Massachusetts and New York sol
diers are. Shortly after the arrival of
those troops New York journalist of
delicate sensibilities went up to Lake
land and found that he had to stay all
night. By dint of much persuasion he
obtained permission to put up at
local tavern, whose proprietress
seemed to have a deeply-grounded OBJ
lection to entertaining any guest at
all. She gave him candle and he went
upstairs. Presently he came rushing
down, in his shirt and trousers, bear
ing the candle, which had been ex-
tinguished by the rapidity of his fight.
On his face was an expression Of ter
rible alarm.
See here!" he said, "there are cock
reaches as big as rats running all over
my bed!"
The landlady sighed deeply. why
she said. presently, "you amt afraid
Of them, are you? Why, they get into
our table drawers and eat up our post
age stamps on us as fast as we get
'em!"
That was all the newspaper man
could get out OF the landlady on the
subject. He had to go back to his
room, and sat up wondering what sort
of table drawers they could have in
Florida that these creatures could get
into them when he fell asleep of actual
exhaustion.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
FEARFUL EXTRAvAGANCE.
One OF the Tnhab Seemed In
stinctiveIy to Realize
1t, Toe.

The conductor had announced 500
minute for refreshments" but the
passenger in the fashy suit had finished
in ten minutes, and was walking up
and down the station platform smoking
a cigar, says the Chicago Tribune.
Seems to be lively little town
you've got here" he, remarked to a
stoop-shouIdered youth who was stand
ing on a drummer's huge sample trunk
and chewing tobacco.
"You bet!" responded the youth.
"What's the population ?"
81 reckon it's about 2,000."
"Considerable of business town,
ism It it?"
''Yes. Got 'leven s1oons."
"That tall derrick over there-what's
it for?"
That's where they're borin' for
water"
For water? Great Scott! What do
you want of water here?"
u'Durned if I know"
"All aboard!" shouted the conductor.
And as the train moved away the
stoop-shouldered youth was still sit
ting on the sample trunk chewing to-
bacco.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
TIE PRESIDENTS ORDERS.
The Careful Manner in Which They
Are Communicated During
War Times.

How does the president, as command
er-in-chief of the United States army
and navy, maintain communication
with all the force?
1t is an elaborate and complicated
system, which has been worked out
and perfected by experts.
It's principal branch is telegraphy,
and on this all it's other features de-
pend.
On the second floor of the war de-
partment at Washington is the central
station for the dispatch and receipt of
official war messages.
From that station run wires which
form connection with every military
post and signal station On the Atlantic
ard Gulf coasts, and to the headquar-
ters of army and naval commanders.
By a system of loops the instruments
in the war department can be placed
in communication with any part OF the
world that is reached by cable or tele-
graph line.
Nearly all messages are sent in ci-
pher, and the men who conduct this
branch Of the service are among the
most important and most confidential
employees Of the government at this
time.
They are the men whom Spanish spies
might seek 10 tamper with.
If the president wishes to send an
order to the army, he makes it known
to the secretary Of war; if to the navy
then to the secretary of the navy.
The order is first written out in plain
English, and is then handed to the ci-
pher clerks, who prepare it for the
wires.
The operator who sends it does not
know its meaning.
No one can read one of these messages
without the aid of the cipher code.
One Of these books, stoutly bound in
leather, is kept aboard each ship, and
at each army headquarters, always in
the custody Of responsible persons.
When a ship goes into action this case
is put in handy place by the command
er, so that it can be thrown into the
sea in case the ship is captured or dis
abled
That it may not always be necessary
that these vessels should go to a regu-
lar port to deliver or receive mesa ges,
the coast signal stations, light
houses, Iightships and naval milf
tary headquarters have direct tel
egraph lines to Washington, and
system of flag, seinaphore and rocket
signals for hailing patrol or dispatch
boats that may pass in sight Of land by
day or night.
This great system of communication
! is enormously expensive, BUTT has been
proved to meet every requirement Of
! the service, and is capable Of extension
/ to the active field of operations ia Cuba
should occasion require.-N. Y. Yorld.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
DOG SAVES A BIG LINER.
The Faithful Animal Warns the Cap-
tain just in Time 20 Avoid
Collision.

Capt. Granlain, of big lake liner.
boasts of a first-class seaman that
never leaves the vessel or demands
money for his services. This peculiar
tar is known as Bert" He has no
surname, as far as his fellow sailors
are able TO ascertain. Beyond an oc-
casional report to the "old man." as
the captain is called, he rarely opens
his mouth, says the Chicago Chronicle.
Bert" will have the everlasting
gratitude of the stockholders of the
transportation corporation for being
instrumental in avoiding a collision
recently. The steamer was proceed
ing slowly along Lake Huron in n
dense fog with every eye directed
ahead in search of a strange light.
The deep-mouthed whistle was below
ing out warning every moment ana
an answering toot was occasionally
heard on the starboard side.
Suddenly Bert was full of activity.
He had been looking through the
gloom as earnestly as the others with
his paws on the bulwarbs. He bound
cd to the captain and bariied with all
his might. Capt. Granlain rushed to
the engineer signal and ordered "re-
verse" The helm was thrown to port
Justin time to avoid a towering pas
senger boat whose Prov loomed up
suddenly in the fog. If the freighter
had proceeded along her course both
vessels would probably have gone to
the bottom.
THAT dog is the greatest sailor on
the lakes" said the captain. "He al
ways keeps my watch with me and
cannot be induced to leave the deck
forward or the bridge where 1 may
chance to be. His eyes are far superior
in power Of vision than human optics.
Next summer when get time I'm GO
ing to teach him the compass, and
then may be able to utilize him at the
wheel. l think he would make an ex-
cellent pilot"
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
GETTING RID OF FLIES.
london Women Adopt an Oriental
Plan and Meet with
Success.

Most people who have Travelled in the
far east have seen orientals burning
sandalwood in their houses for the pur-
pose of driving flies away. 1t is odd
that the plan is not more generally
known in this country. where it meets
with success wherever the experiment
is tried. A recent arrival from London
says that thelwomen there have discov-
cred this agreeable method of ridding
their homes7of the pest. In London it
is possible to get the wood prepared for
this purpose, but here it is not so easy,
as American women have not yet taken
TO the practice. Now that the festive
fly and the merry mosquito are about
to make their appearance, housewives
might doas well to give the sandalwood a
trial. Sandalwood can be bought at al
most any Turkish or japanese import
ing house. 1t is prepared fer burning
by first being cut into small pieces half
an inch thick and three inches long.
Then 1t is baked or dried out in slow
oven for "a hours. A piece of the wood
is put into a metal urn, lighted and al
lowed to burn until we'll afame, when
the fame is extinguished and the red
hot ember left to smolder until the
wood is consumed and nothing is left
but heap of fine gray ashes. During
the smoldering process the wood sends
put a sweet and aromatic smoke.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
A Herd OF Irish Bulls.

Those fond of Irish bulls may find
some amusement in the following let
ter, which was written by an amolous
swain, native of the Emerald Isle, to his
lady fair:
My Darlin' Peggy: ] met you last
night and you never. came! I'll meet
you again tonight whether you come
or whether you step away. If I'm there
first, sure I'll write my name On the
gate to tell you OF it, and if it's you
that's first, why rub it out, darlin', and
no one will be the wiser. I'll never fail
to be at the trystin' place, Peggy, for,
faith, I can't keep away from the spot
where you are, whether you're there or
whether you're not. Your own, Paddy.
St. Louis Globe-Damocrat
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
THIEVES At A WEDDING.
Row Some Valuable SeVets were
stolen ut b Swell Function
I'm Paris.

That the high social function should
prove a valuable field for the eXpoita-
ton of the sneak thief is not an en-
tirely new idea. Such operations have
been going on more or less since the
world first heard Of the proyerbial
wolves in sleeps clothing. Every once
in awhile there is a recTudcscepce ot
this sort of annoyance in large social
centers, and it behooyes society people
to have d weather eye out for the
crooks. 4 recent letter from abroad
is authority for The story that sneak
thieves in evening dress have been
operating in the fashionable quarters
Of Paris OF late, to the evaporation OF
the police. At the wedding Of a noble
pair recently there was consteTna tiOn
when the word was passed quietly
among q few Of the guests that high
~ valuable cluster of diamonds, the
gift of the bridegroom to his bride,
had been taken from under the very
nose of the detective set to watch the
presents. Orders were given to bar all
exits until a search could be made. A
lackey- reached 4 side entrance just in
time to sec a tall map pass woman in
evening dress and opera cloak through
the door. Her companion was in the
act of following her when the servant
threw himself on the door, catching
the fellow by the ar1n. The thief, for
such he was, made a frantic effort to
free himself and got away, leaving a
large piece Of his overcoat in the door.
The diamonds were not recovered,
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
FEW BOOTS NOW.
They Were Once Very Common, But
4 Their Place Has Been Almost
Entirely Taken by Shoes.

'When 1 was boy" said middle
aged man, according to the New York
Sun, pretty much everybody used to
wear boots-I did, l know, fine calfskin
boots. Now nobody wears boots ex-
cept horsemen and farmers; that is,
practically nobody; you do meet a man
in the city now and then that wears
boots, but such men are so few that they
don't count.
"We turned from boots to congress
CATERS, once almost universally worn,
and there's quite lot of congress gai-
ters worn still. You look along the
rows of feet of the men sitting in an
elevated car and you are pretty likely
to see one or more pairs of them, but
button shoes and lace shoes finally, in
very large measure, supplanted the
congress CATERS, and they remain the
shoes commonly worn to-day.
sand we shall stick to shoes of one
sort and another. We shan't go back to
boots for various reasons. In the first
place we don't need them. In cities they
are not necessary for protection, nor are
they essential to comfort. Shoes are
now more suitable to wear at centers
of population, besides being more con-
yenient and cheaper.
$50 in populated regions, for the wear
of the great majority of men. we have
got through with boots. 1t is another
illustration of how easily long-estab-
lished customs vanish when conditions
change
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
CROWS FIGHT A TURTLE.
A Maryland Man Comes to the Rescue
of One of tl.c Birds Held Pris-
oner by the Reptile.

Benjamin Rust, Of Chestertown, Nd,
gives an interesting account of com
bat between large swapping turtle
and vast number Of crows, which he
witnessed few days ago. While noted
for his shyness, the crow is also noted
as vicious fighter in defense Of his
own household. Mr. Rust noted a great
commOti0n among the crows in & mead
ow. The birds were darting down MAX
ing vicious thrusts with their beaks
and pounding away with their wings
at the same time keeping up tremen-
dous chatter.
1t was noticed that one crow, though
Tapping vigorously, was unable to get
away. An examination disclosed the
cause of the trouble to be big snap
ping turtle, which had seized a crow
by the wing and held it captive, and
was making his way to branch, where
it is supposed the bird would have
been dragged down and drowned, pre-
paratory to being eaten. Mr.. Rust cap
tured the snapper and released the
crow.
Snappers do no small amount of dam
age 10 goslings and young ducks. They
grab their prey by the foot as they swim
along, drag them beneath the water
and when they are drowned proceed to
tdeVour them at their leisure.
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
JUST INDIGNATION.
Felt by a E1int1-FIear.te Woman when
She Heard OF Men "Running"
"BIind Pig"

a certain woman of this town is
noted for her kindness to" animals,
says the Milwaukee Sentinel. She has
q way Of bringing stray dogs and eats
into her own and her friends homes,
with heart overfowing with such
affection fer her four-footed brethren,
as. she calls them. that over and over
again she Persuades unwilling people
iinto becoming guardians TO one-eared
felines and sad visaged ours. Not long,
ago this woman was visiting in no
license" town and some one undertook
to play the old joke "the blind pig"
On her, telling her with great concern
that they were running such an ami
NAL just outside of the town. That was
enough. The kindly woman put on her
bonnet and set off for the village mar
shall or some such functionary, and
with tears in her eyes protested
against such cruelty.
II can't see why they shouldb be run
ming blind pig" she said very ear
nestly, "the poor thing can't have
harmed anyone, but anyway it ought
to be stopped" and the marshal sol
emnly agreed with her.
But the point of the story lies in
this: When the man who put up the
joke confded the delight III it to an
other woman and expected her to
laugh with him, all he got was a lool;
of wonder from two big brown eyes
and the question:
We'll, what were they running the
blind pig for anyway"
The Winslow mail., 1898-08-06
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Don't think every solid man you meet
is a hard character.-Chicago Daily
News.
Hicks-"I notice that Charley's wife
hasn't touched the piano since she was
married" Wicks-''No; the fact is she
thinks the world of him Boston
Transcript.
"Ee sent her documents giving her
control Of their child" Gracious! !
wish knew where to obtain documents
that would give me control of our
child!"-Puck.
Modernized.-He-"Ah, well, those
who dance must pay the fiddler" She
-"It sounds better, [ think, to say tha,
those who wed must pay the alimony.''
Cincinnati Enquirer.
"Pa," said the youngest of seven,
why don't you go to the WARP" 81 have
allIcan doto keep the ereconcentrados in
this house from starving" replied the
parent sadly-Philadelphia North
American.
Aunt Mary's chandelier was an object
of great interest to Dorothy, who had
never before seen one. On her return
home she exclaimed: 81 wish, mamma,
we had place for our lamps to rocst
On, too. Judge.
Opening the Conversation.-Yop 2
Mr.. Bashby ard Miss Spritely were at
dinner together. Two courses had been
finished, and still the bashful youth had
act said wcrd. Suddenly the young
lady spoke. ''Ill tell you what let's do,'
she said; Tets talk.."-Judge.
I'm very careful not to let my little
Ann Augusta know anything about the
present conflict" "Are you afraid CT its
effect upon her, neryes?' f'No, Bat the
time may come when she win fpd it to
her advantage not to remember the
war .''-Cleyeland Plain Dealer.
Getting It Straight.-"John, where
are the Philippine islands, anyhow"
asked the Fourth avenue mans wife,
who fondly believes that he knows
everything "Ahout 80 miles south east
of Cuba" "That's where l thought
they were, but wanted to be certain" !"
Detroit Free Press.
In His Own Hands.-'I suppose you
swore eternal constancy to Fred o.
"No, L told him the length Of our en-
gagement depended largely on him
self" ''In what way?" 81 told him il
he hustled around and fought vigorous
ly and shortened the war, would wait
fer him. But I couldn't stand a long
struggle" e."-Cleyel&rd Plain Dealer.