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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14

body that ever was seen. When she came
| to the palace at Berlin to be a bride, she
| held an hours consultation before the
ceremony with the Empress Augusta, the
grandmother of the present Emperor. The
old lady, patting her upon her shoulder,
said, My dear, be wise and do not follow
my example, l learned all the intrigue of
the court when l came here, and / became
a secret counsellor. Bismarck and the
Emperor have consulted me for forty
years. Be WISE, my dear and avoid
knowledge. Would that l had been told
to learn nothing. Govern your home and
your family and let war alone and so will
you be wise and happy woman"
This counsel the Empress has followed.
She knows nothing, of war, or if she does
she keeps it to herself. The day that Ger
many took possession of a part Of China
and stationed its big warships there to
keep away the Chinese from her land. the
Empress DOMINIC a pretty military cos
| tune, as though it were a time of court
Iete instead of court worry, rode at the
head OF her regiment and passed the EN-
peror twice during the parade. Her waist
OF military cloth, with cherry red collar,
her bright coat flaps and beautiful skirt
made uniform as attractive as was ever
worn by lady colonel. After the review
the Emperor shook hands with her, and
the two went away to Potsdam for a gayer
fete.
ollC HAS never DeeA sQlSturDed about the
Emperor's relations with the United States
and 1t is doubtful if She knows, beyond
geography, that such a country exists
She wears French gowns on state occa-
sion, bought for her by the Emperor. bur
for every day she wears those made by
her own seamstress.
The sons are taught state matters by
tutors, who mould their opinion from day
to day, according to the Emperor's pre-
cepts. For years they hated Bismarck,
now they love him and see him with their
best eyes. Frederick Wilhelm, the crown
Prince, is Is years old; Eitel Frederick is
IS years Old; Adalbert is IA years old; Au-
gustus is II years old; Oscar is not quite
10, and Joseph is less than s. The little
girl Victoria Louise, born in 1892 is look
ing forward to her sixth birthday.
With this interesting family around him
the Kaiser is concerned principally in
bringing them up well. When away from
home his main thought is to secure for
them strong kingdom and a fine compe-
tence for life. If he can increase the do
main of the German kingdom and add 10
its riches he feels that the country will
reward him by increasing his salary and
bestowing large sums upon the Princes
when they marry.
In the Kaisers study is a beautiful pic
ture of little Queen WLhelmina. She is
II years old, two years older than Eitel
Frederick, with whom her name is fire.
quently linked! Carl T, Fischer
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$1S according to their size and construc-
ton.
The cruiser New Orleans, which was
bought abroad with her armament and
ammunition, is the only one of our men,
of-war besides the Newark which uses
smol1eless powder. In the army, at the
outset of the war, small amount Of
snokeless powder was issued but now
nothing but the smokeless kind is being
sent out by the ordnance department. In
small arms the Krag-Jorgensen rifles and
carbines use sn1ol1eless powder in their
cartridges, and the Springfields of tbs
volunteers are fired with the ordinary
powder, which makes a telltale smoke
greatly to the disadvantage of our men,
Shrapnel can be fired from the naval
guns as well as from the 3.2-inch field
guns and from the larger siege guns but
ats only use in the navy would be in she'll
ing land fortifications at a comparatively
short range. For this purpose common
she'll usually is used. In the fatal fight Of
the Texas with the Socapa battery at the
entrance TO Santiago harbor the day OF
the landing of Shafter's corps, the supply
of common shell had failed and the bat
tieShip was forced to use the armor-pierc-
ing SHE'LL which, though explosive, was
not as effective as the common shell
would have been. When the Texas had
done her work and drew off inquiries were
signaled from the flagship if she wanted
any help. and the reply was that not help.
but common she'll was wanted
From the siege guns and the field ar
tillery used in the land bombardment OF
Santiago shrapneI and common shell were
fired, tho former at the Spanish soldiers
and the latter to destroy the batteries,
and houses In which the enemy had taken
refuge C. S. Russell
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shells 1t IS inserted usually in the base
A fve-inch shrapnel contains go half-inoh
balls, and altogether 344 separate pieces
The shell Itself with all it contains fur
nishes over $50 implements Of death. Tba
balls are separated by conical holders
which keep the balls rigid till the moment
OF dispersion, and which contribute their
fragments to the deadly volley ShrapnAI
Is effective al a range of more than two
miles. and the best time for it to EXPLODE
is when the she'll as six yards above and
fifty yards In front of the enemy.
Like the common shell, the fuse Of the
shrapnel is usually of the combinatioo
kind, so that if the time fuse for any rea-
son does not explode the bursting charga
che force of the impact certainty viii
The space covered by the flight of the
missiles is called the area of dispersion
and at 200 yards this area is about thirty
by forty feet. The missiles have enough
penetrating power to use up any man or
men within that area.
Speaking generally the modern shell
moves at the rate of about half A mile q
second, and practically in a straight line
In the civil war a soldier under fire could
actually see the shells in the air ana
could often dodge them successfully: bur
one could no more dodge the shell of to-
day than he could get out of the way OF
stroke of lightning from heaven. On
striking armor the shell and the armnr
become red hot, and a sheet of flame
bursts forth A shell bursting near man
tears his clothes off, merely from the
windage. If it comes very near, but doesn't
touch him, il will kill him from the shock.
The bursting charge of a shell is little
less than half the charge of powder IN
the gun. Thus, an eight-inch shell re-
Quires 500 pounds to send it forth from
the gun and a bursting charge of 125
pounds. The proportions in larger shells
are-ten-inch, 575 and $50 pounds; twelve
inch, LOCO and go pounds; and the big
sixteen-inch gun, to be finished soon, =
$50 and 1850 pounds.
The fuses for the shells cost from 81 to
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14

a leading military spirit among the royal
families Of Europe.
Princess Augusta Victoria, Princess of
Scheswig HolsteLn Sonderburg Au-
gustenburg. was. at that time a simple
German Princess, three months older than
the Kaiser
Thirty-nine years ago Augusta was born
at Dolzig, in Silesia. Her father was a
grand duke, but. as we know, although
the offspring of certain German grand
dukes may be born to the purple, the pur-
pie is sometimes threadbere. The Herzog
Friedrich Won Sch,eswig- Holstein was not
a rich man. even as German potentates go,
and his children were brought up in a
very simple way. Augusta Victoria was
well educated as to books, and very thor
oughly educated as to household matters
and in this respect her training did not
differ from that of most other German
girls.
She had not the slightest idea IN her
early days that she should become the
consort of the mightiest sovereign In
Western Europe. Indeed, the German en-
pire did not come into existence TIL she
was in her thirteenth year, and even
when she married there was but a small
chance that her husband would ascend
the throne, except, perhaps, in old age
The venerable Emperor william seemed
to have many years of life before him.
and next in order came the Crown Prince
Frederick for whom everybody prophesied
long and great career. But the unex-
pected happens TO royal folk as It does
to humber persons, and seven years after
the sweet Princess of Schleswig- Holstein
had married Frederick's son, she had be-
come an Empress
II was at Prinkenau, then the home of
the Grand Duke Frederick and now the
family mansion of his son, Duke Ernst
Gunther of Schleswig- Ilols tein -Augusten-
burg, that the young Prince William first
saw the young lady who was to become
his wife.
She was skilled in the arts of household
wifery and though by no means COM
PEELED to cook and bake and keep house,
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rode away. and the Kaiser turned without
even backward look at the faithful men
who had ridden up the roadway with him.
He dashed up the steps and into the arms
of the KaIserin.
The decorators turned away their eyes
but they need not have done So for the
Kaiser had no thought or intention of a
secret caress. He kept his arm around
the KaIserin while the two walked
through the hallway, and with his
dangling arm he patted the head of first
one clamoring little Prince and then an
other. The little girl trotted in front of
him, bonnie sight with her fiaxen hair
and her bright red cheeks.
The royal family disappeared into the
tea room beyond. and then glancing
downward at the floor 1 saw lying at the
'ery spot where che Kaiser had entered
he doorway, rough, yellow gauntlet en-
roidered with Jewels. It was the mailed
asL The Kaiser had thrown 1t aside when
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THE MISSING MISER.
Contlnuer From Page Eighteen

Contlnuer From Page Eighteen.
Holding Frank tightly by the arm, she
went with him to the hearth and there be-
held a huddled up, shrivelled corpse, the
half-mummified face of which was awful
to look upon, but in all its hideous mock
cry of death was recognized as that of her
missing uncle. the long-lost Gregory Gar
low.
Poor Mary had chung so tenaciously to
the idea that her uncle stin liyed that the
tragic discovery of his murdered remains.
with the subsequent inquiry, was a terri
BILE shock to her. and made Vine Cottage
impossible any longer as a home; and she,
and her husband whose pictures are win
ming him reputation, with their baby
Greg are at present living in a beautiful
villa on the shores of the Mediterranean,
near Genoa.
The time and soot-stained will found in
the old mans pocket. gave all of which
he died possessed to his grand-nlece Mary
Mardeau, as the only living representative
of his beloved sister, Mary Carlow.
The End.
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.
The 1S,92s,966 marks are payable quar-
terly in advance like taxes, for the EN-
peror takes no chances Of losing his wages
by the possible Intervention of war or
revolution, as his great-grandfather Fred
erick William III did when Napoleon
marched upon Berlin. And Is, 929, $3.50 marks
looks like a comfortable income, especial
ly when It is considered that his majesty
lives rent free in palaces built by the peo-
pie, and has not even a speaking acquaint-
ance with the festive tax collector.
Every morning at Potsdam the court
carriers come riding to the palace with
great bags of mail. These are largely
begging letters. A good German widow
of German soldier needs shoes that she
may send her boys to school. They Will
become, in time, good soldiers in his
majesty's army. Another contains a plea
from woman whose daughter has a mag
ni1cent voice and who will become a Sec
ond Lind If she has a chance. The Kaiser
in Is deeply moved by the appeal and
wishes something sent to the woman.
1t is manifest that If hundreds of these
daily draw upon his purse the Kaiser
would soon be a penniless sovereign, there
FORE upon reading these appeals the
Relchstag decided to devote an annual
sum to these people, and moreover it APP
pointed two salaried officers 10 read the
appeals and proportion out the donations
to them.
The popular belief Is that the hand of
the Mailed Fist rests heavily upon his
boys, the little Princess, who have been
trained by knowledge and rigor to the
facts of public life. On the contrary, the
Emperor is easy with them, and is much
more indulgent personally and, through
the tutors than the average Englishman
is to his children. The Kaiser allows his
sons to sleep on soft feather beds with
feather beds over them In good German
fashion. They can eat all products of the
field and dairy They can travel as long
as they desire, so as il does not take them
out of Prussia; and as for animals and
playthings, they can have anything under
the sun they see
The writer had the pleasure of inspect
ing the play room devoted to the mechani-
cal toys of the Princes. There he saw
small war vessels steaming upon little
ponds of water. There he beheld railroad
trains being propelled along tracks. There
he also saw military implements and every
device of which German electricians and
scientists are capable. These are all sent
In to the German patent office, and after
wards to the Emperor's for his criticism
| Such of them as please the young Princes
are copied and built, with the kind consent
of the inventor.
The Mailed Fist may be indiscreet on
the hunting ground and in the sea, but
IL is as soft at home as that of the little
Princess. The motto of the Kaiserin is
the three great Ks-s'Kirche, Kinder und
Keuche," and 10 church, children and
kitchen does the Empress devote herself
His majesty approves of this motto and
though II is not upon the walls OF his
library as II is upon the walls of his wife's
boudolr, the fact that he has adopted no
other at home shows that II is sufficient
! for him
The Kaiserin is the most peaceful home
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MozLEY,s LEMON ELIXIR

Cured me Of a long-standing case OF
INDIGESTION of four years standing.
tried dozen different medicines. None
but Lemon Elixir done me any good. TUES
Diehl, corner Habersham and st. Thomas
streets. Savannah, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14

--One of many-Thompson--"Y look
pale and thin, Johnson. Why will you per-
sist in killing yourself working night and
day such weather as this?" Johnson-"I
am trying to earn money enough to pay
the expenses Of a weeks rest in the coun-
try."-New York Weekly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14
MozLEY,s LEMON ELIXIR

Cured me of sick and nervous headache
1 had been subject to all my life. Mrs. n.
A. McEntire, Springs Place, Ga.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14
MozLEY,s LEMON ELIxIR

Cured me of indigestion. I got more re-
lief. and at once, from Lemon Elixir than
all other medicines. ]. C. Speights, In
dian Springs, Ga.
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MOzLEY,s LEMON ELIXIR

Cured meu of a Iong-standing case OF
chills and fever, by using two bottles. }.
c. Stanley, Engineer E. T., Va. and Ca
r. II.
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AT HOME WITH THE MAILED fist.
1t Rests Lightly Upon the Heads of His Wife
and Children.

His life
for the It'll
Man KnIse ccfuIE Home
TIC ReIat ions.
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MozLEY,s LEMON ELIXIR

I fully indorse 1t for nervous headache.
indigestion and constipation, having usei
it with most satisfactory results, after an
other remedies had failed. ]. w. Rollos
West End, Atlanta, Ga.-ad.
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art of war cannot have clear idea OF
the modern gun and projectile.
Leaving the gun out of the question,
it Is here the purpose 10 tell how a pro-
iectile does it's work. By projectile is
meant shell which contains a charge
sufficient to explode it, Solid shot is used
in warfare no longer. This is, first, be-
cause such shot cannot be used for
Smelling, and second, even if it is not de-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-14
HOW A SHELL DOES ITS WORK.
MURDEROUs EFFECT OF THE MOD
ERN SHRAPNEL.

No More Round Solid ShOt-Three
Kinds of PrOiectfles Now adays Are
Hollow and COnicnI-A ''SheIIv Les
son for the Layman to Read.
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Nine Scalchi the famous contrato.
will make a tour of the principal cities OF
the United States next seasf
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Washington. Aug. r.
Not one man in a thousand
who talks and hears about
Smelling" h e enemy
has any but the vaguest
idea of how shelling is
done, either with reference
to the gun or the shell.
IOld soldiers C an tell
something about the oper-
alton, but their knowl-
edge is confined to the
round shot of the civil war,
a projectile which Is not
used at all now, having
been displaced by the con-
ical projectile. Indeed, the
man who had a fair knowl-
edge of artillery ten years
ago and has not kept pace
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is for the yearly distribution of the
Kaiser.
We now have the total Of Kaiser WA
helms official income.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-02-19

Just what it is that induces poison
IVY to play its injurious pranks on some
people at some times and not at others
Is still profound mystery. One thing
Is certain, that the number of people
susceptible to the poisoning influence
must be extremely few, from the fact
hat in the vicinity Of Philadelphia the
highways and byways are overrun with
The plant to an enormous extent. It
Is frequently impossible for people to
70 by without brushing against it, and
{ it is the vapor of some oxidation
rom the plant which causes the trouble
thousands of persons must be under
The influence to every one who suffers
rom it. The writer Of this paragraph
knows of tract of land on which the
plant grows profusely and on which
many scores of laborers are employed.
These laborers are frequently set to
wedding and pulling out the plant BY
the naked hand, and, so far as the
writer knows, none of these men were
ever poisoned by it. The cattle eat II
greedily whenever they get an oppor'
unity. It seems to have no injurious In
auence on them.-Meehan's Monthly,
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-02-19
POPULAR SCIENCE

A pen carrying small electric lamp
to prevent shadows when writing has
been patented in Germany.
The British Isles have only q single
native oak, while the District Of Co.
lumbia has not less than nineteen
species, and an unknown number Of
hybrids.
To vary the draught Of ships series
Of air compartments are formed in the
hold, with an arrangement Of pipes
and valves, SO the air may be pumped
in to raise the vessel, or water to lower
It.
A simple disinfecting and deodoriz.
ing device consists of reservoir to
bold the liquid and an evaporatins
chamber placed over the fame Of q
small lamp set in the under portion Of
the vaporizer.
Crates or cases for shipping bicycles
are to be made of wickerwork or steel
strips, woven into a basket, with .
hinged cover, the latticework sides be-
Ing woven loosely, so the wheel can
be seen when in the case.
The collection of palms in Kew gar
dens is truly magnificent, and probably
much exceeds in size any other in the
world, the total number Of species rep
resented in this collection being now
over four hundred.
In the recently issued fascicle Of
Richter's Plant@ Europe, which ID
being continued by DR.. Gurke, there
ire enumerated as natives of Europe
no less than 226 species, varieties, or
named and recognizable hybrids Of the
genus Salix (Willows).
Lord Kelvin, the eminent English
scientist, says there are 100, 900, 900,
300, 900, 900, 900 molecules to cubic
inch of any gas, and in each OF these
molecules there are several atoms NOV
ing among themselves at the rate OF
seventy miles minute.
A mixture of ninety per cent. OF
lime five of ,rrosin and five of calcium
carbide is claimed by an italian, 81. de
Fazi, to be better and more economical
than calcium carbide for producing
gas. No special burner is required,
| md there is no fear of explosion from
mixture with air.
Natures plan for curing insomnia,
says the Indian Clinic, is to limit the
supply of oxygen to the blood, as the
sat and dog bury their noses in some
,oft hollow in their hair or fur, birds
out their heads under their wings and
soon fall asleep. Those suffering from
insomnia should cover their heads
with the bedclothes, breathe and re-
breathe ,only the respired air; wher
irowsiness is produced it is easy to &c
IN sleeping, the bed covering will b
pushed aside and as much fresh air OBJ
sained as is needed.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-02-19

Three queer xenueSeeo A1Hn0xss
saThere Is in Tennessee family OF
three sisters, which present some Of
The most startling peculiarities imagin-
sble, J. J. Kennedy, of that State.
'sThe three sisters live together on q
!arm, their sole means of subsistence,
md work early and late to earn q live.
ihood. Two of them work in the field
The third does the cooking and other
housework.
"There is but one period Of the year
when any member Of the trio has any.
hing to say to any other member.
ALI during the winter, spring and
summer they go about their business
with the seal Of silence on their lips.
When fall comes and the crop is har.
vested they break the silence, and
then only to quarrel over the division
Of the proceeds. When each has sue
ceeded in getting all that she thinks
possible, silence reigns again until the
next harvest time. The sisters, 81
you may Judge, have made q name fol
themselves. They are known far and
near as the "deaf and dumb triplets,
although such title is scarcely ap'
propriate. "-Washington Post.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-02-19

A new use for peanuts is developing
as. the peanut butter industry becomes
better understood. This product Of
the peanut answers in the place Of or.
binary butter for table use and is said
to be excellent for shortening pur-
poses, and for gravics, sauces. etc. In
point Of purity it is superior to the
best dairy butter. It Is we'll designed
for the use of vegetarians who stren'
uously object to. anything animal.
There is already q considerable de.
mand for this butter substitute, and Il
is very probable there will be am en-
farged market for tho nuts. At pres
emit the product Of the United States i
about SOC, 900 bags annually, and thaa
of the world is 600, O00, 900 pounds
West Coast Trade.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1898-02-19

ME1ssoNIER's successor in the Presi-
dency of the National Society Of French
Artists, Puvis de Chavannes, is the
antithesis of his predecessor intellect
ually and physically. Intellectually,
he is an idealist and o poet; personally,
a man of tall figure and snow-white
hair-a thorough gentleman, elegant
and fastidious. He is man well I'D.
yanced in years.