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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20
Stories About Hetty Green.
From the Chicago journal.


Reading about the attempt of Hetty
Green, the richest woman in the United
States, to get into a Hoboken, N. j.. hos
pital the other day as poor person. an
employe of the Chicago National Bank
was reminded of a deal that institution
had with Hetty.
Some years ago when this eccentric wo-
man came into possession of the Rowland
block, in which the Chicago National
Bank has quarters, she at the same time
foreclosed on a farm near Winnetka
From the farm she brought what traps
she could pick up harness, lap robes and
other things from the barn, and stored
them in one of the vaults of the Rowland
block
Eight years later when the bank rent
er Its present quarters. it made many
changes in the building. Among other
things it altered the vault in which Het-
TVS farm things had been stored all
those years. The carpenters threw away
what they found.
IL was not long afterward that a bill
was presented TO President John r. Walsh
of the bank for the farm goods for 81 500
one of the items in this amount was for
three sets OF gold-plated harness (made
on honor)."
OF course there was big objection on
the part of the bank officials, but In the
end they were glad to compromise with
the rich woman for $3.50
This same bank e1nploye tells another
story concerning the rich Hetty Green.
when Hetty was still young" he said,
"she went one day to a country dance.
The dance was on the green. After the
musicians had been playing for half an
hour or so one Of them took off his hat
and started TO make a collection. After
while he came to where Hetty was sit
ting, and asked her for contribution.
'Wel,' said Hetty, when 1 was a girl
I was always taught that he who danced
had to pay the dddler.' She hadn't been
doing any dancing, and she refused 10
give UP cent"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20

dies having their favorite dogs provided
with special toilets for special occasions;
that the coats We're fitted with pockets for
handkerchiefs and visiting cards and so
forth? / did all that years ago, long be-
fore it was ever known in England. Why,
quite a long time ago l made trousseaus
for dog wedding; the bride was dressed
in white satin, with orange blossoms and
bows groom in blue, and the two united
by a white couple and assorted leash.
That was the fantasy OF an English lady,
who would doubtless have gone 20 a Lon
don house had one of them been in exist
ence."
Last November" chatters on the ma
dame, I'VE made for the wife of the Khe-
dive an incroyable dog overcoat. with
broad revers of emerald velvet, jabot of
lace and bouquets Of roses on the revers.
The Grand Duke Michael is a customer
we recently made for his fox terrier a very
handsome collar with coral and greots,
and for Comtesse Ada de Nuremberg S
We used, in the old days, to furnish many
members of the Orleans family-the Com
tesse de Paris, who fancied bull terriers
the Duchesse de Charities, whose favorite
dogs We're black terriers; the then Prin-
cess Amelie, now Queen of Portugal, and
the Crown Princess Waldemar of Den
mark, whose dogs are always big white
bull dogs.
ANY others? Oh yesl Comtesse Trina
Zichy, who has lovely little terrier; Nine
Desfosses, who has the smallest griffon
marion living; Mrs. Tuck, who has two
poodles and a pug, and who always
dresses them in white kid, with big white
bows; Princess Denicheff, who has a CHEN
de montague of exceptional beauty.
don Francois d'Assse has a beautiful
fox terrier, of which he Is very fond. On
his order We made a very pretty turqoise
collar for dog he presented to the young
King of Spain. Don Francois also had a
collar with two hundred diamonds made
for the Duchesse de Najera's Carlin"
What are the, reigning social favorites
In dogdom now among the ladiesg' the
Madame Is asked.
BLACK terriers and Belgian eriffons.
After these come fox terriers and the
best grade of poodles. The pug? oh,
Monsieur he is no longer a la mode.'!.-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20
BEFORE BUYING A BOW-WOW.
Better BE Sure First That You Can
Support One.

Support One.
From the New York Mail and Express.
Let Hercules himself do what he may,
The cat will NEW, the dog will have his
day. Hamlet.
It goes without saying that the divine
William had the modern dog show in his
prophetic mind when he penned these lines,
for he often speaks, in other parts of his
works, in a coarse and disrespectful style
of the average low-born canine: I'D
rather be a dog and bay the MOON or
"You call me misbeliever, cut-throat dog"
for example-the sort of cheap cur that
jutifes the dog-catcher's profession. But
when he scared into the realms of canine
compliment as above, he meant, of course.
that superior and esthetic dog clay found
at kennel shows, all members of the dog
peerage here and of the dog heaven here
after; the dog to be seen, all furbelowed
and shampooed and beribboned, envied by
worshipful human multtudes, where
there are about 1000 dogs, say, and only
five or six days of parade-that halcyon
court era where you find so many more
dogs than days.
Well. the dog show Is upon u.s. It will
be in full bloom next month. Royal dele
gates from abroad, with pedigrees a mile
long and covered with medals like an Old
Guard major, are daily arriving for the
court function. 1t was a very long time
ago when the preacher struck the instruc-
tive fact that "a living dog is better than
a dead lion' but he was not thrown In the
proper age to realize how much better. 1t
takes a dog show in the nineteenth century
to impress this fully on a thinkers mind.
Then we get back to the days of animal
worship. burn incense, so into commissions
of alteration, talk dog, think dog, and,
above all, rave with jealousy over the ca
resses lavished on these idols by the fair
sex. For the time being his dogship is the
central figure in society monopolizing the
love tokens and the conversation.
Wonder If these dog shows and horse
shows are not a positive relief to our social
kings and queens? There was a gay So
ciety sparkler once in Athens, Alcibiades
bv name, who used to keep the society re-
norters of that day on the griddle all the
time for fear he would spring some sensa-
tion they missed. Among OIL er bric-a-
brac Alcibiades owned a very royal dog
that cost him 1000 drachmas. One day he
amputated its tail, $50 that Athens can
talk about the dog for awhile and not
bother itself so much about me" Profound
old antique McAllisterl How he would have
reveled in The gossip-focusings powers of
modern dog show
Artlsflcally speaking, that is from the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20
Inst MS Luck.

"I'll pay no MORE shouted Gimbly
when the insurance agent called on him,
says the Detroit Free Press. mo more
accident policy for me. Let 'er lapse. It's
Just the same as burning money for me.
No use in arguin' or jollyln'. now, I'm
done donatin'. / wouldn't give a dollar
ON the million to be insured against acci-
dent"
whats the matter. man? Our compa-
nys good as gold"
II don't care whether It Is or not. I'm
accident proof When l was learnin' to
ride my bicycle / fell Off 200 times by act
ual count and never as much as sprained
a finger. / was In a runaway where four
other people were all Jammed up and I
didn't have a scratch. Two months ago
/ was In that railroad wreck and every
living soul in the car but myself was hurt.
Less than a week ago l sat down on the
icy sidewalk with such a sudden Jerk that
lit on my own hat. fell off the street
car this morning, dropped through the
open cellar door when went home to
lunch and was standing right beside my
stable man when a horse kicked him clear
across the barn, and I'm just as sound as
the day took out that policy. That's
Just my internal luck Not another dol
lar will you get out of me-"
The next day Glmbly was laid up with
a twisted back, incurred by tossing the
baby in the air.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20
BIG CHUNKS or GOLD.
some TamOusIy Large Masses OF the
Golden Metal.


From the San Francisco Chronicle.
While the nugget found in the Blue Jay
pocket by the Graves brothers is likely TO
become famous for its size and value 1t
Is not, as has been stated, the largest one
known in the authentic history of mining.
This nugget stands, or rather stood--for
1t is now being ninted-for about $4,000,
but saying nothing of an alleged Gillian
nugget Weighing 400 pounds troy, the
Welcome" nugget of Ballarat, Weighing
22l7 ounces 16 pennyweights, was sold for
over $4,000, or nearly $4,000. It Is even
a question whether the Graves nugget Is
the largest one ever taken from the soil of
California. According to Hittell, a mug
get was found at Carson Hill. Calaveras
county, in November. 1854, which weighed
1856 pounds troy, and was worth over $4,000.
Between the two Is no great issue OF wall
ues, but what there is appears to favor
the earlier specimen.
The first nugget found In this state, the
one which Marshall picked up. was worth
but 30 cents, and the next one discovered
but S.. A soldier in Stevenson's Regiment
found the first large specimen, a mass of
gold weighing between twenty and TWEEN
ty-hve pounds, while stopping to drink
In small ahiuent on the Mokelumne riv-
err. This nugget was taken East, where
its exhibition confirmed the stories of Cal
ifornia wealth and adced naturally 10 the
public excitement there.
In 1884 the "Oliver Martin chunk"
which was auriferlous, and mixed with
white quartz. was picked up near Camp
Corona, in Tuolumne county, in hole
which Martin had dug to bury drowned
comrade. 1t yielded s22,20, and became
the basis OF great fortune. In 1866 Dam
lei Hill, pauper found $4,000 nugget
in Plumas county and coming 20 San
Francisco, spent the proceeds quickly.
5000 being squandered in one weeks
whirl. With his money all gone, he went
TO Dutch Flats, Nevada county, and
while washing his hands In a stream saw
lying on the bottom a nugget of gold and
white quartz similar In size and shape to a
baby's head. This brought 1928 ana
sent Daniel Hill through career of de-
bauchery to the poorhouse
The finds in later years up to the Blue
Jay discovery have not been of a notable
sort. In the fall of 1889, two tramps, who
had been put off Southern Pacific
freight train, started to walk to Bakers
field, and found a battered nugget weigh
ing PIG ounces on the way. In 1895 a chunk
worth 81, 400 was picked up in San Diego
county, and there have been two or three
discoveries on the Mojave deserts. The
majority Of the finds have been accidental
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20

Their Owner Tells a story of How
They Demonstrated Their Value
for Protective Purposes in a Bcnr
Infested Region of the HcmIocIS
DeIt-But, All the Same, 1t Was no
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20
Frog skin Gloves for Cyclists.
From the San Francisco Examiner.

There is a constant Increase in the nil.
ization of the products of nature for the
manufacture Of gloves. The skin Of tho
kid dog, rat aad even the lizard are sta.
pie for this purpose, and now use has
been discovered for the soft but seryicea
BILE skin of the frog.
Like all novelties frog skin gloves arc
at present extremely expensive. Tho,
are especially recommended on account
Of their hneness and toughness TO the cy.
clist.
The demand for frogs until now ha,
been solely for the use as dainties for tht
table, but no doubt before long we shall
have frog farms springlng up all over tn,
country in order TO carry on a trade II
skins with glove manufacturers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20
WOMEN CRAZY FOR JEWELS,



Fashion for Wearing r-Ot New
o shion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-20

--zlggsby-There goes a fellow who
whistles at danger.
Perksby-Ah. he must be a very brave
fellow Who is he?
Ziggsby-A locomotive driver. Boston
Traveller.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26
The BOy Preached

\ hush fell upon the congregation
while the famous boy preacher but
toned the third button of his Prince
Albert preparatory to his opening sen.
tence. Far and wide throughout the
land his influence had been felt. The
sound of his voice had electrified null
titudes. The vigor and freshness of
his discourse had charmed a million
hearers. At length the Albert was
buttoned. Placing his hands behind
him the speaker sailor rather, he
tried to say it, for the inarticulate
sounds that issued from his mouth
bore no resemblance TO any language.
The congregation stared in astonish-
ment. The orator stopped in dismay
and suddenly retired in confusion.
Alas for the forgetfulness of genius.
The boy preacher had left his false
teeth at home.-Harlem LIE.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26
The Nan Who Doesn't Rend.

A great many farmers say they have
no time to read. That is just the rea-
son. as a rule. why they do not succeed
better. The man who don't read may be
"a hard worker. but he is apt to have poor
Judgment. A look over the country will
convince any man that the successful
farmers are invariably tire most intelli-
gent ones; you might as well think Of
running ferry boat over the river when
the river is dry. as TO make man in
teligent who does not read. - Rural
World.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26
AUNT LUCINDA'S COOKIES.

y baker, you haven't in all your shop.
A cookie IT 20 be tried.
For the art of making them came 10 q
stop
When my Aunt Lucinda died.
l can see her yet. with her sleeves uprolled.
As watch her mix and knead
The -four and eggs, with their yolks OF
gold,
The butter and sugar, just all thoy'll hold,
And spice them with caraway seed
oh, that caraway seed! / see the nook
Where II grew by the garden wall;
And just below Is the little brook
With the laughing waterfall.
Beyond are the meadows. sweet and fair,
And hecked 10y the sun ana shade;
And all the beauties OF earth and air
Were in those cookies. so rich and rare,
My Aunt Lucinda made.
So, add one more 10 the worlds lost arts
For the cookies you make are sad.
And they haven't the power 10 stir our
hearts
That Aunt Lucindas had:
For sec her yet, with sleeves uprolled.
And | watch her mix and knead
The flour and eggs with their yolks OF gold
The butter and sugar. just all they'll hold.
And spice tnemwith caraway seen.
Nixon Waterman, in l.. \. ". Bulletin.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26

Il nearing OefOre GOV. NOorhees, Of
New Jersey. ON the propos ed Wide-tire
bill, it was stated that heretofore the
township meetings have generally APP
propriated small sums for the care of
the roads. but that now the Wheelmen
attend these meetings in a body. and
if the roads are not in as good repair
as they think they should be, they
move for an increase in the appropri-
ton and generally carry their point"
1t was also argued that il would be
cheaper TO rebate en- dollars of taxes
TO any farmer using wide tires than
TO double the road appropriations, and
wide tires would generally improve the
roads
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26

ONrom a Photograph by the Chairman OF
the Pennsylvania Highway Committee)
people Of other occupations than farm
ing. as they are 20 the farmer. Concern
ing New York. he said that there the
farmers own only oue-tourteenth Of
the property of the state. and that every
farmer has been making roads for Is
other men TO travel on. and he is getting
tired of doing IL. lie il now about TO
stop it, and he finds the people Of the
elite, and large towns, the Manufacture
ing people and the commercial people,
ready TO bear their share OF the eX-
Pense of improving the country roads.
The only drawback is that the farmers
themselves have been afraid 10 let any
change be made in the road laws Of the
country. for they imagined that the
people OF the cities design to impose
heavier burdens on them, instead Of
being ready to help them carry exist
ing ones.
by degrees all classes of the people
will begin to better understand each
other on the subject and will get closer
together II was hoN S'i"i ~ a' iiN''
that country people should be supicious
of city people who took the trouble 10
tell them how much they would be
benefited by better roads-it was natu-
raj for them TO think that such philan-
thropy was not wholly disinterested.
But as it becomes daily more evident
that all classes. trades and sccupa-
tons will reap the advantages resulting
from improving the highways. that the
ultimate burden will not be increased
and that all are ready to share it, the
movement will acquire an impetus that
will insure' its future success.-Good
Roads.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26
SHORT ROAD SERMON.
Very slight Increase In Expenditure
Would Make Great Improvements
Possible Everywhere.

II is constantly being remarked in
conversation and printed in interviews
and editorials in the papers that bet
ter roads are very necessary, but that
they are too eXpcnsiNe-the commu-
nifty is too poor TO do anything, and
there the matter ends.
This need not be so. There is hardly
a town or county in this country III
which the money now annually eNpend-
ed is not sufficient 10 procure much bet
ter road surfaces than now exist, while
a very Slight increase in expenditure
would make great improvements pos
sible
First. Road taxes must be paid in
money and not in labor. Good results
have never been obtained by working
out road taxes and il is not in the ma
ture of things that they should be.
Whatever is TO be spent on the road
must be available for use in the EN-
ploymeut of experienced help under
intelligent supervision.
Second. Proper grading must be Sc
cured hills reduced and filings made
until no steep hill exists that the farm
or must load for" every time he hauls
over the road.
Third. The bed must be thoroughly
drained, or a good surface will be inn
possible and the surface must enable
the water to flow Off readily. Nothing
ruins a road so quickly a water stand
ing on il or soaking into il.
Fourth. The roadbed must be
crowned enough 10 shed water, and
must be kept in condition by system
Of regular repairs and continuous over
sight.
Fifth. After a good surface is Sc
cured by the above methods. il must
be preserved and maintained 10y per-
hitting only the use of wide tires on
heayily-laden vehicles. thereby CON
tinually rolling and improving it
Good Roads.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26
sweet Child.

"No," said little Tommie. in reply to
the preachers question. 81 never go
fshin' on Sunday"
"Ah," said the good man. who had de-
cided after much urging TO stay for
dinner, I'm very glad to hear that.
thought you didn't look like boy who
would fish on Sunday"
Nope" the little man went on. "I
wouldn't want TO set out anywhere
danglin' pole in the rain, and when
It don't rain Sundays I always ride
my bike all day."-Cleveland Leader.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26
90 Years Of Cures.
DIVIDING THE BURDEN.
Bear Their share of the Cost of
Improving Roads.

In the states in which system Of
state-aid has been inaugurated the ur.
ban resident bears his share Of the eX-
pense of improving and maintaining the
highways, instead Of leaving them, as
heretofore, to be cared for by the rural
population. Under the old theory that
the maintenance and care of the roads
should depend wholly on the districts
through which they passed. great in
justice was done many persons whose
interest in the roads was less than that
Of others who bore no expense. TO re-
move this injustice and provide an equa-
bic system is the purpose of the state
aid
Speaking on this subject recently,
Gen. Stone said that the farmers of
Maine own one-tifth Of the property of
the state. and thatsoue-ffth of the prop
erty has paid the entire expense of
building and maintaining the roads of
the state. which are just az necessary 70
the people who live in towns, and the
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26

him on some fine trout for sunday
dinner.
Ivan O'Conror who has been
making 81 visit 10 ms grandparents
Mr. and Mrs. G. Morrow. returned
to his home at St. Joe, tuesday moro.
ing.
BY an inadvertcncy last week We
credited Andrew Miller and Levi.
Miller to Pleasant Valley. We are
more than glad to claim one OF the
Texas heroes as resident Of our city.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

David Minnick 10 Mluuck pt W hf Of
NV sec ~ wheeler. ......................s 100,
John Ellsworth 10 Edith Plank ~ Of NV
sec = North star. ......... ..........
W Edwards % + + Edward, lot and pt
lots !, : and 10 blk Alma ............
W Gerard 10 Il j Lathrop hf Of Sc OF w
sec % Scy ille.............. ........ ...... ~
T Ii Godfrey 10 Il y Phillips lots and 2
blk Knapp add - Louis. ............. 40
X j Lathrop 20 " Gerard M Of hf Of
NV and 5 INF hf of NV sec 3 Wheeler ~.
W johnson to l. II Sanders hf Of hf Of
NV and II nj of ne Of NV sec 20 sumner 90
w JOhr son 10 " Sanders n hf Of : hf
OF NV Soc ~ summer Observation-Disclosures. 20,
W Sanders TO w johnson OF ne sec
) sumner. ............ Observation-Disclosures. IN
Mary Dchaven et al 10 + l. Wcodcock Sc
Of 81 sec Wheeler. Observation-Disclosures. 5O
Taylor 20 Chas O'Neil lot a blk 10 Mid
uleloh ...+. .-.......... ..... .... ...... =
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1898-08-26
Is a Good Rnrds Woman.

MISS Relia &. lIarber. of Trenton. Mo.
state organizer for the Good Roads and
Public IMPROVEMENT association. has
had such great success with her WORK
that the association is more than
pleased with her Miss Harder is a re-
markable woman. President ieyelard
appointed Miss liarber's father, the late
Judge r. l.. Harder, postmaster of Tren-
ton. Miss Harder was commissioned
deputy. and succeeded 10 the postmas-
tership when the judge died in 1896.
Miss Harder resigned i'm 1891 aud went
10 -. Louis. where She was employed
In the good road, Office. Since then She
has been promoted 10 her present posi-
ton, and has organized Is societies. all
of which are steadily Increasing in
membership.