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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
MAY SOON RIDE A HORSE.
Lieut.. GraysOn of the First Georgia
on His Way to Generals STAFF.

on His Way to Generals STAFF.
Advices from Chickamauga are to the
effect that First Lieutenant Grayson OF
the Republican Blues win soon mount
horse and be on the staff of the general
commanding the division of which the
First Regiment is a part.
Lieut.. Grayson has been in charge of
the purchasing for the regiment for some
time and has won a reputation by his
management of the funds entrusted to his
care. His experience in the commission
business now stands him in good stead,
and Il is presumed that he is to have a
responsible place I'm the quartermaster's
department. News of any promotion that
may come to Lieut.. Grayson viii be re-
ceved with pleasure by his friends here.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

Every pair of misses tan Oxfords and
one-strap slipper at 79c a pair, at Charles
Marks .-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
Monday ONLY

Our complete line of $3.50 ladies' tan OK
fords, in all styles, at $1.69, at Charles
Marks .-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
Monday Only.

Our complete line of $3.50 ladies' tan OK
fords, in all styles, at $1.69, at Charles
Marks I'D.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
Monday Only.

Cut prices in every line of mems. ladies'
and children's shoes, at Charles Marks
-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

"My complexion was very bad, was
weak and restless and everything fretted
me I tried various kinds of medicine
a distressing fullness after eating. be-
gan taking Hoods SarSaparila and a few
bottles cured me-" Mss Bessie Reaves,
Crawfordville, Florida.
Hoods Pills are the only pills to take
with Hoods Sarsaparilla. Be sure to get
Hood sad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
Monday Only.

Our entire line of ladies 500 black and
tan Oxfords, at $149, at Charles Marks.
-ad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
Monday only.

Every pair OF misses tan oxfords and
one-strap slipper at zoe pair. at Charles
Marks I'D.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
Monday only.

our entire line Of ladies' 500 black and
tan oxfords, at Sl.49, at Charles Marks
lad.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17
Monday Only,

Cut prices in every line of mems, ladies'
and chiidren's shoes, at Charles Marks.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

The verdict and decree of the court in
the case of Thaddeus S. Mercer against
Bradley, Mercer & Co. We're ordered re-
opened on application of creditors, who
were late in getting in their claims.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

In the case of r. L. Meldrim against
Won elisa & Co.. Receiver r. H Tatem
was made permanent receiver and ordered
to sell the stock of goods in question and
report to the court. The stock consists of
about $500 worth of clothing goods
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-17

CONTINUED on Seventh Page.)
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
Windbreaks Are Valuable.

The value of windbreak mas never
been definitely determined. In order
to secure consensus of opinion from
farmers and fruit-growers, Professor
F. w. Gard of the Nebraska expert
ment station, sent inquiries to resi-
dents in Nebraska and adjoining states,
and also to number of localities in
New York, the idea being to deter
mine the comparative Importance of
windbreaks on the western prairies
and the more hilly lands of the east.
The great majority of the replies
favored windbreaks, and the reasons
given are noteworthy. The most gen.
orally accepted idea of their benefit is
their protection against cold, but so
far as the plains country is concerned
this feature is of minor Importance.
In sheltering stock and dwellings
they have an important office to fulfil
against cold, but for the residents of
the prairie the cold is not sufficient to
cause much loss. The greatest prob
lem of the plains is conserving to
the utmost extent the available supply
of moisture during the growing sea-
son, where winds are high and con-
tinuous evaporation is most rapid and
drouth damage first felt. Occasionally
hot winds also sweep over the western
praries, doing untold damage to the
farm and fruit crop. While wind
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
Chinese Ethics.

A Chinese phrase, for which we
shall hardly find an exact equivalent
in the English language, will help us
to separate truth from error-or at
least the probable from the unlikely
when we read such dispatches as
those recently published in regard to
the flight, assassination, or. suicide
of the Chinese Emperor. The phrase
may be literally translated, ito save
his face" Any high official of the
Empire may apply it to himself in
certain contingencies, and may think
that he defends his personal credit
and that of his Office by committing
suicide when threatened with removal.
In the case of the Emperor his sense
of propriety and the rule of etiquette
would leave him no choice. If his
successor has been chosen, or it be-
comes quite certain that successor
is to be appointed Immediately, he
must "save his imperial face" 1t
will not be necessary to murder him.
---Harper's Weekly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
Here's a New Slang Word.

Only the native Kanaka speaks
Hawaiian, and from the little I heard
of 1t it is remarkably sweet, but there
is no doubt that it will add one word
to our slang vocabulary. Every sol
dier who leaves the port carries it
away, and somehow it sticks to ones
mind. 1t is "welakahoa" pronounced
willy-ka-how-a).
1t means, in Hawaiian, "Strike
while the iron is hot" 1t took the
fancy of the people who came to Hon
olulu long ago to grow up with the
country, and is now a regular term,
meaning '"That's all right" or, if in
speaking of some work being accom-
plished, 'That's DONE" until now it
has become the expression among the
people for anything they enjoy.
The nearest thing in American slang
that I can thing of is: 'That's out OF
sight," OF THAT'S bully" Anyhow,
whenever we want to express delight
or appreciation of anything we simply
say, "welakahoa." l predict for it a
vogue in America. = Captain P. B.
Strong, in Leslie's Weekly.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
Saving a Peach Tree.

Last year the peach trees in our
little orchard were overloaded and one
of them, fine, early variety, bore
such an abundance of fruit that half
of the tree split down and nearly of.
After tightening the branches by pick
ing much of the fruit, we lifted them
by means of props until the opening
was, as nearly as possible, closed.
Then taking strong wire, we bound
the tree together, placing several
thicknesses of folded newspapers be-
tween the wire and the bark, and then
filed cottolene into and around the
crack Over this was wound wrap
ping of cloth as tRotection against
insects. The props were left in place
until the last of the fruit was gathered,
and then removed. An examination
revealed the opening entirely closed,
and the bark along its edges fresh and
green, not yet grown together. In
the spring the broken half matured a
large proportion of its blossoms, the
fruit being larger than teacup, and
the admiration of all who saw it
Lalia Mitchell in New England Home
stead,
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
COMPARATIVE NAVAL STRENGTH
found untimely deaths from famine,
disease and massacre

found untimely deaths from famine,
disease and massacre.
The tower is all that is left of the
first English church. erected in 1910
by Lord Delaware, wherein should
be conducted Christian worship in ac-
cordance with the rites of the Church
of England" To-day the Episcopal
Church of the United States, once the
humble offshoot, but now the august
sister of that powerful ecclesiastical
body, holds the ivy clad ruin in affec-
tionate regard as the cradle of its in
fancy, and during the recent triennial
convention of that body in Washing
ton three hundred dignitaries of the
church made pilgrimage of two hun
dred miles to visit it.
Almost as desolate as when the first
Englishmen set foot upon it is the
little island to-day and its surround
ings. Its surface is grown up in
trees and underbrush, with only a
cleared field IN the centre, while one
little cottage nesting behind an an
cient earthwork is the only habitation
of man upon it. Shoreward, in every
direction, it is girt with forests, for
civilization retreated from that neigh
borhood years ago, and the rank vege
tation OF the alluvial soil has made
haste to cover the retreat.
Those who have taken the trouble
to investigate the records of the early
days find great deal of material deal
ing with the jamestown colony and
the religious feature of its establish
ment. There is even description OF
the church, of which this tower now
alone remains intact.
The first Protestant divine to preach
on American soil was the Rev. Robert
Hunt. He accompanied Captain
Newport on voyage of the colonists
in the three ships, the Susan Con.
slant, the Godspeed, and the Dis
covery. They landed at Jamestown
about the middle of May, 1907, and
their first act upon going ashore was
to hold religious services. They hung
an old sail from the branches, and
with pulpit formed of bar Of wood
nailed to two trees the services pro-
ceeded. DR.. Hunt was described by
John Smith as a wise man in council,
of great courage and high character,
and Smith gave him credit for many
benefits Of harmony enjoyed by the
colonists during his life.
In the church erected upon the isl
and Pocahontas, the Indian maiden
| who saved John Smiths life. was bap-
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01

breaks cannot prevent much of the in.
jury which is due to the rapid evap.
Grafton of moisture.
Another important item is that
where orchards are exposed to the
full force of the wind during the fruit
ing season good part of the crop is
blown off. That there are objections
to windbreaks cannot be denied. If
close and compact they prevent free
circulation of air, and thus make pos.
sible injury from frost, where it would
not occur were there nothing to pre-,
vent the free movement of air. Fun
gous diseases and insects are given a
home. Where birds are liable to dam
age fruit it affords an opportunity for
building nests and raising young. In
the east the windbreaks should be
placed to the north and west for the
same reason. A windbreak on one
side OF an orchard is of little value.
As to the kinds of trees used, the
Russian mulberry seems to be the
western favorite. Ash, box elder,
willow, red cedar, soft maple and LON.
hardy poplar have been used with sat
isfactory results. Norway spruce is
most commonly used in the eastern
states. American Agriculturist.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
Live Geese Fe, tn ,rs.

There are many people who object
to picking feathers alive on the score
Of cruelty. But if the picking is done
only at the time the feathers loosen,
there is no cruelty in it, though it is a
dirty and disagreeable job. About
one-quarter of pound of feathers is
usually secured from each goose picked
alive. The feathers are loose, or, as
they are technically called ''ripe"
every six weeks. If not picked then
the loose feathers gradually fall out
and are scattered about the goose run.
The first picking generally comes
about the time the birds are making
their nest and preparing to lay
eggs. 1t is quite possibly the habit
Of geese in picking out thsir breast
feathers for nests that led farmers
wives to picking them for their feath-
ers. The price of feathers is now
much lower than it used to be, as
other material is now generally con-
sidered more healthful for bed MAX
ing g.-American Cultivator.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01

They are not SO wide apart on the
water as people might imagine. Great
Britain has 5S7 ships and France has
437.
But the French do not fight as we'll
on the sea as the English. England
has always defeated France on the
ocean, and the victories of Nelson were
not exceptional. Even Napoleon could
do nothing with his navy. True, there
are no Napoleons these days, but the
superiority of the Anglo-Saxon has
been shown on the sea. Great Britain
has always won her naval wars-ex-
cept when tackling the United States.
After all this has been said it re-
mains to be noted that England's navy
is needed to protect her extensive
coast line and her vast commerce.
The French ships would destroy
whole hecatombs of English property
and capture large number OF prizes.
They would ruin, for the time, Eng
lands immense carrying trade.
Now as for the sinews of war. Both
nations are enormously wealthy. Null
hall gives estimates of the wealth OF
the nations for 1895. He puts the
wealth of Great Britain at $50, 030,
OOO, 900 and that of France at $4S,
45O 900, 900, the former nation being
about twenty-five per cent. richer.
| In all his statistical comparisons
Mulhall makes much of what he calls
energy-which means the horse, steam.
and man power of nations. In this great
Britain leads with 81, ,41O, 100000 of
foot tons daily, against 80, 460, ZOO, 600
foot tons for France.
An important point in a war between
the two countries would be the ques-
ton of food supply. In this France is
at great advantage. Great Britain
produces 81, ,215, 900, 900 worth of food
year and consumes 81, ,905, 900, 900.
France produces 81, $50, 900, 900 worth
of food and consumes ST., 700, 900, 900.
From this it is evident that France is
able to feed itself, while more than
one third of the food eaten by the
British must come from abroad. The
question of food supply in England
would be important in time of war.
1t is one that has caused much worri-
ment to British statesmen who have
not solved the problem. Ina war with
a nation with such navy as France
has it would be difficult to import food.
The prices would advance enormously,
and there would be much suffering
among those at home.
These discussions are problematical.
Yet in the tables Great Britain is shown
to better prepared for war, and no
American can doubt that ultimately
Great Britain would win. The friend
ly neutrality of Great Britain during
our war with Spain might be followed
by some such policy on our part, while
Frances unfriendliness would prevent
sympathy with her. Yet it is certain
that the fear of war would not in
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
Two-story Poultry Houses.

The volume of plans for poultry
houses usually contains several plans
for two-story houses. The novice at
poultry raising is pretty sure to STUN
BILE at this point, for he reasons, and
truly, that he will get twice as much
space with only little added expense.
He thinks, too, that the upper room
will be surely free from that dreaded
dampness. 1t is only with experience
that he learns that the second-story
room is too cold in winter and too hot
in summer; that it is unhandy for the
feeding of the stock, unhandy for the
removal of refuse, in short, generally
worthless except us storage house,
and as unhandy for this as for other
purposes. Cheap" is not cheap
here.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
A Novelty in Polar Exploration.

One of the most striking innova-
tions that have been made by Walter
Wellman in preparing for his trip to
the North Pole is his unique dog
sleigh. Dogs are the motive power
always used in arctic expeditions.
When eight or ten dogs were hitched
to one sledge some of the dogs would
shirk their work. Wellman has built
a number of small sledges. Each is
of tube-like construction of timed
copper, with runners on its two sides,
and so Snapped that if it turns over it
always comes down on one or the
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01

boat wharf putting out into the James.
On table by the tower the recent
pilgrims from Washington spread the
ancient silver cup and plate from
which the. first communion service
was served in America according to
Protestant rites. Bishop Randolph
of Southern Virginia lead the service,
and DR.. McKim of Washington, D.
c., made the historical address.
"This spot ought to be to every
American holy ground" said DR..
McKim, ''for here, 291 years ago, was
planted by the right hand of the Lord
our God vine of civilization, liberty
and religion which has spread over
this whole land
''lf you seek the beginnings of An
glo-Saxon dominion on this Western
continent they are here. If you would
seek the seed plot of representative
free government in America it is here.
If you would discover the earliest
spring and source of American Chris
tianity it is here"
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
Pyramid Built by q Blind Man.

A great curiosity and something of
great interest to veterans is the histor-
ical pyramid owned and built by w.
H. Sallada, of Los Angeles, CAL, who
lost both eyes in the late war. The
pyramid is about seven feet high and
two feet wide at the base. Each side
of the exterior is completely covered
with relics of all kinds, such as swords,
pistols, cannon balls, pieces of famous
war vessels, flags, and each relic has
q history of its own, which is willingly
told to you by Mr.. Sallada, who,
though unable to see, knows instantly
by touch which article you desire in
formation about. The interior is COM
posed of six revolving shelves contain
ing miniature ships, forts and soldiers.
San Francisco Chronicle.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
Marketing Dairy Products.

After five years experience I find
lhat this is most important problem.
If the yield from the creamery is poor
especially in quality, the manager
should investigate and if the fault lies
with the butter maker, he should Sc
cure another one, as good men can be
secured if reasonable salaries are paid.
If the fault is with the patrons, it will
be more difficult to remedy, but firm
ness at the weigh can will usually
bring about the desired change.
Packages should be neat and clean
and put up in accordance with the de-
mands of the market The safest
package for our Minnesota creameries
is the 56-pound ash tub. The bulk of
the goods goes to New York. By
combining and shipping in carloads
saving of 10 cents per hundred weight
can be effected. If you have good
commission house do not leave it. In
vestigate new firms carefully, even be-
fore shipping trial lot. I do not
like the idea of having one man to
handle the butter on salary. would
divide shipments several times and
make careful comparisons of returns,
considering not only the price, but the
weight. 1t would be we'll for cream
cries to send their secretary or man
ager to study the market to which they
ship. Beware of tempting offers from
outside houses or Wholesale grocers
and never ship to them without in
vestigating references carefully. M.
Halverson Of Minnesota in American
Cultivator.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01

tized, and there she was married to
Rolfe, the Englishman. Their de-
cendants are found in Virginia to this
day. The first legislative body of
Englishmen which ever met in Amer
lea assembled in the church to legis-
late for the little colony, and this was
a year and half before the Pilgrims
landed at Plymouth.
jamestown settlement has long ago
disappeared, and nothing else there
abouts shows the hand of man except
the cottage, the field of the towers
keeper and the wave-washed steam
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
Farm Notes,

Never keep laying hens more thar
two or three laying seasons.
By the free use of air-slacked lime
the chicks will escape the gapes, and
the hens will be less subject to the
roup.
Rats will eat poison hidden in the
flesh of newly killed little chick after
persistently avoiding all other methods
of poisoning or traps. The bird must
be newly killed.
When thumps appear in pigs give
raw linseed oil in quantities large
enough to move the bowels. Give
direct to the patient, not to the SOW.
unless more than one is attacked.
Give fowls an abundance of room:
yard so by 100 feet, or about one.
eighth of an acre, is not too much for
% fowls, while house for that mum.
ber should be at least Is feet square.
Feed the SOW literally on grain
which is not too heating. Keep o
trough of wheat bran where she can
get it at all times. Do not feed too
much corn and she will be ready to
farrow good, healthy litter of pigs.
Ground manured during the winter
direct from the stable for corn and
another piece just before plowing in
the spring gave higher yields of oats
for the earlier application, and lower
yields of wheat the following years.
These results were obtained in Ohio.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1898-12-01
5 WAR RESOURCES OF
; BRITAIN AND FRANCE.
= Struggle Between Them Would
s BE q Titanic Affair.
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1t looks very much as if the war
cloud which has hung over Europe for
wears is about to burst.
France and England are old enemies.
And while the English affect to be-
lieve that the French are afraid OF
them, there is nothing in the French
character or in history to substantiate
the delusion.
The truth is few En- glishmen under
stand the French.
The French have great vanity. They
think that they can whip anybody, and