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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-11
BIG NAVAL FUND IN RUSSIA.

Ninety Million ROubles to BE spent
iB Building ships.
st. Petersburg, March 1O.--An imperial
ukase, just issued, orders the disburse-
ment Of 100000 roubies as extraordinary
expenditure for the construction of ships.
It is added that no loan would be raised
to provide the money.
Tn official calculations, according to the
Statesman's Year Book. $40 rouhles are
considered equivalent TO the British pound
sterling.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-11
cHOKED no DEATu by A NEGRO.

The Woman Living with Her Mur-
dcrer as His Wife.
New York. March 1O.--Kate A. Pulllson,
"a years old. white woman, was choked
20 death tonight by Lou Pullison, negro
with whom she lived as wife in West
ThIrty-ninth street tenement Pullson
was insanely Jealous Of the woman and
quarreled frequently
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-11
EsTEnHAzY BACKS DOWN.

Brother of Dreyfus.
Paris, March 10.--A sensation has been
caused by the announcement that comte
Ferdinand Walsh Esterhazy, on the advice
of counsel, has abandoned his prosecution
of M. Matthew Dreyfus, brother of the i'll
fated prisoner Of the Isle of Devils, for def
amation in accusing him of having writ
ten the bordereau.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-11
INSURANCE COMMISSIONS.

Western Union in Session Trying to
EqunIize Them.
st. Louis, March 10.-The Western In
surance Union, in session at the Southern
Hotel, wrestled all day with the question
of equalizing commissions and the proba-
bilities are that the deliberations viii re-
suit in few changes of the existing ar
raugementJ
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-11
KENTUcKY's ELECTION LAW.
The GoebeI Bill Going Through over
the Governors Veto.

Frankfort KY, March 1O.--The Senate has
psssed the Goebel election bill over the
Governors veto and the House will do 70
tomorrow. This puts the entire elecdon
machinery OF the state in the hands of
three commissioners, who appoint all the
election officers.
, 1898-08-05
where Fingers Are cIum.v.

The countries where the long finger
nail Is most affected are Siam, Assam,
Cochin China and China. The ap-
proved length varies from three or four
to t~wenty-three inches. A Siarnese ex-
quisite permits the nails on his fingers
to glow to such an extent that his
handf are practically useless. The ar
lstocfats who affect these nails can
not write, dress themselves or even
feed themselves.
Tho Siamese hold the long finger nail
In tie same reverence we hold the
famiF tree. Many of them W. have
thei5 nails cut from the day Of their
5irtt On the first finger the nail is of
moderate length-three or four inches
while on the other fingers the nails
growl occasionally to two feet. The
thumb nail, which is also allowed to
grow long, after reaching a certain
length curves around like a corkscrew.
In both China and Siam the owners
of long nails wear metal cases over
them to preserve them, made of gold
or silver, and jeweled. While long
nails are not regarded as singular in
China, they are rarely met with except
on fanatics and pedantie scholars.
Among the fakirs in Hi1dOostan a
peculiar custom is that of holding the
hand tightly clenched and In one posi-
ton 10 long that at last the nails grow
through the palm, emerging at the
back of the hand and growing thence
almost to the wrist. When the wasted
muscles refuse to support the arm any
longer it Is bound in position with
cordst
In Nubia the long nail is regarded as
indicative of good breeding. The aris-
t%ocrats constantly subject their finger
tips y cedar wood fire to insure a good
Thdy Inhabitants of the Marquesas
islands are among the most expert tat
tooer1p earth, and not even the crown
Of tn pad, the fingers and the toes
are eIpt from the needle. The
hands kre ornamented with utmost
care, the fingers having their own
pattel so the hand would look as
thong casdu in a tight-ftting glove
were \ not for the finger nails of enor-
nous kength which complete the hand
adornkent of the Weather natives.
, 1898-08-05

colonel, and toward the end Of the wal
he was brevetted brigadier general.
William Skaters exploits In the wal
cover the siege of Yorktown. West
Point, Fair Oaks, Savage Station,
Glendale and Malvern Hill. His broth
er John had meanwhile won the rank
Of captain. When peace came they re-
turned to the farm and went to plow-
Ing, sowing and reaping n more.
But both entered applications for COM
missions In the regular army. After
Two years of woodchopping the broth
ers We're ordered to st. Louis to pass
the examination. Both came out of 1t
with hyiag colors, and were about to
be commissioned when the father OBJ
5ected. One of his boys must stay at
home, and John, owing to his inferior
rank, agreed TO let his brother have the
prize. William Shafter was given a
lieutenant colonelcy and was ordered
to the Forty-drst infantry.
For thirty years be lived beyond the
mountains or In them, and the people
of the East did not know his name.
For nearly twenty years he was the
colonel of the First infantry, and saw
men rise from posts subordinate to his
to be b%rigadier generals. He did what
he thought was best for his regiment,
and not always what his officers would
have liked him to do. He bore up
bravely under the stress of this oppo-
sition until a year ago, when President
Mckinley made him a b~rigadier gener-
al.
When the general got his ~brigadier's
straps he vas placed in command at
San Francisco. His life in the West
and on the coast had the usual effect.
1t made him a heavy weight. He is a
tremendously big man. Almost six feet
tall-rare stature for a communicable
weighs 300 pounds, and his avoirdupois
has been the occasion of many a Jest,
which he has taken pretty well. He
has a will that is in keeping with his
physique. What he wills to do he does.
He has the heroic stuff of a Grant In
his makeup.
, 1898-08-05

bilities of this land of the free. He
vas like Abraham Lincoln. He was a
fommoner. He grew right up out of
he soil. If the civil war had not come
along 1t is possible that General Shat
er would still be a Michigan farmer.
He never had a taste for the husband
mans life. AS a boy he groaned over
lis work-not that he did not like work.
put that he detested what work he had
Q do. His father was the p~lainest of
eia1n farmers. His mother was a
farmers wife, whose life's horizon was
pounded by her kitchen, her poultry
YARD, her front ROOM and the meet
ng-house. The elder Shafter was a
Michigan pioneer who hewed wood and
sreW water and built the traditional
Fog house with its one and a half sto-
, 1898-08-05

ed back.
Truly a noble dame. one worthy of a
full length portrait in the gallery con-
structed by Thomas Hardy.
Why did this noble dame offer her.
self to the first conner? And why were
the respectable males of the town so
backward? There was no hint of scan
dal. Who were the pursuers? Did she
wish by N sudden marriage to escape
one deliberately contrived and repug-
nant? Was the excise a petty
fellow in spite Of his abjeet condition.
Did she eve see him again? Did she
ever regret that she had not braved
the world and lived with him? Per-
haps the memory of Ier apparitlon
haunted him; perhaps 1t reused him to
doughty deeds. It's a pity that Mr..
Hardy has not accounted for her action
and her fate with his grim irony.-Bos.
ton Journal.
, 1898-08-05
NERVOUS DEPRESSION.
IA TALK WITH MRS. pINKHAm.1

A woman with the blues is a very I'M
comfortable person. She is illogical,
unhappy and frequently hysterical.
The condition of the mind known as
1.-THE blues" nearly always, with wo-
men, results from diseased organs of
generation.
1t is a source of wonder that in this
age of advanced medical science, any
person should still believe that mere
force of will and determination will
overcome depressed spirits and nerv-
BUSINESS in women. These troubles are
indications of disease.
Every woman who doesn't under
stand her condition should write to
Lynn, Mass, to Mrs. Pinkham for her
advice. Her advice is thorough COM
mon sense, and is the counsel OF a
learned woman of great experience.
Read the story of Mrs. T. S. BENNETT,
Westphalia, Kansas, as told IN the fol-
lowing letter:
"DEAR Mrs. P~INKHAM:-I have suf-
fered for ove two years with falling.
enlargement and liberation of the
womb, and this spring, being in such
a weakened condition, caused me to
flow for nearly six months. Some time
ago, urged by friends, l wrote to you
for advice. After using the treatment
which you advised for a short time.
that terrible flow stopped.
Z am now gaining strength and
flesh, and have better health than l
have had for the past ten years. l
wish to say to all distressed, suffer-
ing women, do not suffer longer, when
there is one so kind and willing to
aid you"
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is a woman's remedy for wo-
mans ills. More than a million wo-
men have been benefited by it
, 1898-08-05

al oneef Is Maj. Henry e. Brooks
VINO recently came to New York from
Jamaica, where he. went TO racovo,
from wounds received in battle.
MAJ. Brooks, who was born in tbp
province Of Santiago de Cuba of En-.
gllsh parents, was among the first 70
engage In the instruction saginst
SPAN. When in command of the Cuban
forces around Guantanamo he ran orr
OF cigarettes, so he left his
III charge OF the next officer IN rank and
started for Guantanamo to get them
ne crossed the long bridge leading n
tne city n proceeded to a cigar store
lie mad with him his repeating rifle
MS revolver and the always present
machete. In telling of his adventure In
guantanamo Maj. Brooks said:
Yes, l did have a little finn tboro
o see l wanted some cigarettes and
decided to go after them. 1 got into tbe
town all right and entered the cigar
store. placed my rife on the counter
where 1t was handy and bought what
l wanted Just after l had placed tbe
cigarettes In my pocket 1 happened TO
iooA toward the door, and there l saw
a party of Spanish soldiers dra vn nm
III line. They had their guns pointed ar
me and their officer said In Spanish tha
words which In English mean hands
instead of doing that | grabbed
rifle and let go a shot at the crowd
One OF the soldiers dropped and 7 rnsb.
60 out OF the door during the excite.
ment and got into the street. The sol.
dlers ran after me, shooting all Tho
time. 'ne
ran up the long street toward the
orldge that leads across the river int
ne country. The soldiers followed mo
'hooting as they ran. Their bullets flew
and did not strike me, but one
'oor old woman was killed by a shot
Vhlch was Intended for me, The sol.
Hers who had first attempted to can-
ure me were Joined by reinforcements
int1l there We're at least 200 after mo
hen l got to the bridge 1 turned and
a couple of shots at the crowd. and
men started across the bridge, which ia
ong and narrow. Several times
urned around and fired at the soldiers.
Vho mad attempted to follow me across
bridge, and l rather think T killed
rev of them, for I saw some dron
naily got up Into the hills, where I hid
ehind rocks and took a few mora
hots at the spaniards. Then they gave
p the chase and ] went back to NV
"'
, 1898-08-05
LOG HOUSE IN WHICH GEN. sHAFTER WAS BORN.

les, ana brought up his two sons, Johr
ahd William, in the fear of God and tc
hard work.
me military soul of William-and OF
Dohn, for that matter-reYolted against
he field and harvest and the sowing
ana the reaping. William had an am
Oit1on to go to West Point, but the
military academy was as far beyond
nis a as was the lost Pleiad. He
night as well have pined for the crown
p Russia. He knew he wished to be
pne thing-a soldier-and he knew
mere was not the remotest chance to
crafty his ambition.
One thing, however, he could do. He
could read books. Higher education
does not particularly help a man to
make hay and guide a pillow, and young
Shafter got no schooling. But he read
history, chiefly about battles and ar
nies and arms. He saw mistakes that
were made by the worlds generals. He
read up on mathematics, and carried
his Intellect high among the efne
ments Of ratios and equations. He
studied the growth of the modern reqi-
ment from the battle line of the Greeks
through the Macedonian phalanx and
the Roman legion down to the modern
soldier with his cartridges and his gun.
= So was spent his youth and his man
hood. Working on the farm, reading
his books, longing and thirsting for 3D.
portunity with the military academy
on another planeti He was born in
the log house his father built and lived
within Its narrow walls until he was 25
years old The old house still stands.
Hugh Shafter, the father, and Mrs.
Shafter died long since, and their
graves are within a five minutes walk
pf the house. Hugh Shafter was a
model father, and John and william
we're model sons They were obedient
Ind flial. The life of that family was
dull and uneventful as that of any
agricultural household. Williams am
'tion for militarism was apparently
hopeless, and he had just begun to rec.
'ncile himself to a life of drudgery
When the bugie blast from the lips Of
the great commoner'' In the White
House reused the nation to arms and
hrilled the very nerves of the whole
Young Shafter was at last to
ave his way.
The two brothers went to the war
nd the patriotic father babe them a ,
turdy good-by. William enlisted az a
In the Seventh Michigan In. :
antry. His commission bore date of I
Jug. %, 1861. He was exceptionally Z
allant. War to him was pabulum. He
urned with 1t. He fought SO well that
e was a major within a month. Two {
later be was made a lieutenant
, 1898-08-05
A PLOT FOR a v
One offered Ready Made for the Des-
perate Literator.

~
A novelist In Boston-do not laugh,
there are novelists in Boston, yes, and
actually living here-said to Us the
other day, "If 1 could only find a plotl'
Here is a plot for him free of charge,
and the story is a true one:
In 1879 a lady-a real lady-came
into Birmingham, England, with a
handsome e~quipage, and desired the
landlord of the inn to get her a hus-
band. being determined to marry some
body or other before she left the town.
The man bowed, and supposed her la
dyship to be in a facetious humor, but
being made sensible how much she was
in earnest, he went out In search of a
man that would marry a fine lady
without asking questions. After many
.repulses from poor fellows who were
pot desperate enough for such a ven
kre, he met with an excise man, who
could not in a worse condi-
, 1898-08-05
Marketing Early Potatoes

To those who are unfamiliar with po-
tato growing, the high prices which
early potatoes command might seem to
make it an object to dig a large part of
the crop and market it while the price
Is up. But there are several drawbacks
In marketing potatoes early. The
weather is hot. and while the skins of
potatoes are tender, they will rub off
their jackets If handled freely, and the
potatoes are then almost sure to rot.
Hence they are never sent far or In
large quantities. In digging potatoes
early there is great waste, as only a
few of the largest are of marketable
size, and those that will sell would
grow still larger If left a few days
longer IN the bill.
, 1898-08-05
His Glory se1f-Won.

Major General William Rufus Shat.
Ter, conqueror of Santiago. military
hero in the war with Spain, was born
and grew to manhood neal Galesburg,
Mich, and many are the stories that
are being told of his boyhood by men
who knew him when he was a lanky,
ba%refooted lad, working on his fathers
fmm. General Skaters career is an
object lesson upon the glorious posi-
, 1898-08-05

I'VE have much new and valuable
information concerning the Utilities,
the Hiyites, the ~Jebusites and the Moab
ties" His friend-How about the
Observation-Disclosures Words.
Poor chap! Bright fellow, but a
hopeless idiot, 1 judge, from his talk"
NO, indeed; he's merely quoting a lit
tie passage from the latest Scotch Low
el."-CIncinnati CONGRATULATIONS.
Clara-Are you not afraid, Maud, to
marry old Dodderly? l hear he gets
horribly Jealous without any cause.
Maud-Don't be anxious, dear; I'll take
care he never does i.hat.-Piek-Me-Up.
Its funny the shurref amt seourla'
the country for them stage robbers"
said the postmaster. 81 guess" ven
tured Rubberneck Bill, " that he amt
got the and."-Indianapolis Journal.
Wiggins-What makes you so certain
Of Bawler's patriotism
he just boils oyer with indignation
when he hears Of the wrongs of for
eigners that we have no interest mi
Truth.
Widows 1t true, captain, that1
sailor has q wife In eIsS.- port2
, 1898-08-05

and Observation-Disclosures North
American.
PROFESSIONALISM is the best cure for
prolonged emanciation? Medical stu
dent-Throw the patient In the air.
Professor-Eh? What? Medical stu
dent-He'n coIne down plump.-New
York Press.
MY good man, do you ever do any
thing to bring light and purity into the
bones of your fellow menu" "Yus-
lots" you distribute tractsY' mo:
| clean windows and beats carpets."-
Illustrated Bits.
, 1898-08-05

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
tic clean your blood and keep it clean ,bv
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all
impurities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimples, boils, blotches. black
heads, and that sickly bilious compile xion
by taking Carcarets-beauty for ten cents.
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, 1898-08-05
BRAvED BULLETS.

The Adventure Of a Cuban Patriot
Among a Band of S~paniards.
During the early part of the Cuban
rebellion an officer in the patriot army
wanted a few packages of cigarettes,
and to obtain them went openly into
a town held by the Spanish soldiers,
purchased what he desired and safely
retreated, holding at bay, single-hand-
ed, 200 Spanish soldiers who attempted
to capture him.
, 1898-08-05

Santiago de Cuba; the History of the
Beleagpered City" is the title of an in
structiEe and entertaining article in
AINS}EE'S MAGAZINE for August,
which gives in brief the story of Santiago
from tie building of the city to tie time
of o1A advance upon this stronghold of
Span tyranny and oppression in Cuba.
The ID lstrations accompanying the text
are no 1eworthy.
, 1898-08-05
FAME FOR SHAFTER.
HOW THE ooNQUERoR OF SAINT.
AGO HAS RISEN.

His Career an Example of Americas
Possibilities -Yearned for Military
Life While Working Upon a Farm
Rapid Promotion in the Civil War.
, 1898-08-05

Talkativeness has another plague at
tached TO it, wen curiosity; for praters
wish to hear much that they may have
much to say.
, 1898-08-05

1t is not what he has, nor ever what
he does, which expresses the worth OF
man; but what he is.
, 1898-08-05

DO your duty and do not swerve from
1t. Do that which your conscience tells
You to be right, and leave the conse-
quences to God.
Never borrow trouble. If the evil is
not to come, it is useless, and so much
waste; If it is TO come, best keep all YOUR
strength to meet it. o"i
, 1898-08-05

Reading and conversation NAV furnish
us with many ideas of men and things.
yet 1t is our own meditation that must
form our judgment.
, 1898-08-05

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, 1898-08-05

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, 1898-08-05

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Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
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, 1898-08-05

A friend that you buy won't be worth
what you pay for him. 10 matter what
hat may be.
, 1898-08-05

When i'll new comes too late to be
serviceable to your neighbor, keep it to
yourself.
, 1898-08-05

If we could read the secret history of
our enemies, we should find in each mans
lie, sorrow and suffering enough to dis
arm all hostility.
, 1898-08-05

About the best waterproof for all kinds
of weather is a clear conscience.
, 1898-08-05

Evenly man stamps his value on him.
self. 1.-THE price we challenge for our
selves S given us by others. Man is made
greass@ r little by his own will.
, 1898-08-05

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, 1898-08-05

The way of truth is like a great road
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, 1898-08-05

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.Edith-Do you think 1t wrong to say
darn
Bertha-Perhaps not, but when one is
vfxed, instead of .darc" !
, 1898-08-05

Lots Of women go with women thev
talk about.
, 1898-08-05

A mtn's own good breeding is the best
security against other peoples i'll man
, 1898-08-05

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, 1898-08-05

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, 1898-08-05
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, 1898-08-05

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, 1898-08-05

Wei re always on the forge or ON the
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f higherU Kings.
, 1898-08-05
On High Ground.

LatE Several clergymen, in compar.
ng nohes Of their work, were telling of
heir AI-suceess in preaching personal
'ermoN sCthose which are supposed to
te g1heral, but really are directed
gain Athe known weaknesses of mem
'ers Sheir congregation. OneJf the
'leI en-, in illustration of his posi-
I'D a story of a rector who
pme of his parishioners were
wicked that he must tell
would become Of them If
It mend their ways. He
Aeyere sermoxn the etpr-
, 1898-08-05

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-06-16
PER.ECrs IT'S ORGANIZATION.
Association TO Aid Volunteer Soldiers,
sailors and Marines.

The District of Columbia Volunteers Aid
,-e,oi.,,o, ,,arfec.ad or,a pization l,s-
-. II, -. IL, -, , ,
ihsh, at meeting heio ioi 'iid' pun pos
in the drill nall OF the National Guard
arrnury over Center Market. The meet
inv was one of great enthusiasm and the
-. "a como of ,ha acso....,o,, mo-, d,
pi'''E' N ~'P' " M
discussed at some length ne cohsutd-
ton committee presented the constitution
and bylaws drawn UP las; Saturday night
In me constitution the object of tho 49,
-. 49,,
'o0idl'oh MaS S'a'eu 10 oe u diu Soiui'i'
OF the LIST regiment OF District Volunteers.
II was declded TO widen the scope of thu
orSar iZation, however, as there are in IN"
movement many friends of lie immuaes
and marines who have enlisted from this
city. AS finally decided upon that para
graph OF the constitution reads:
The object of this association shall be
to render such aid to the volunteer soldiers;