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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01

resentatives of these fraternities common
" persist In making little pleasantries a
part Of their stock in trade.
The dentists efforts to amuse you and
make himself agreeable whileS> Saving
your teeth are generally preceded by the
following preliminary preparations
First he tips you back on the torture
chair at an angle which sends all the blood
to your head; then he props open your
mouth with a stick or an iron wedge. Then
he lines your mouth with rubber and at
taches weights to that portion Of the lin
ing which hangs on the outside. Next he
puts a bib under your chin and then stands
off a little way to gloat over you. Woman
like, you want awfully to give him piece
of your mind in exchange for the piece Of
rubber, but you find yourself past articu-
late speech.
About the time you think every last
preliminary has been gone through with,
he begins to line up within handy reach al
the battle-axes, buzz-saws, patent seven
by-seven drille, grindstones, circular saws,
mallets. spikes Of assorted sizes and strips
of sand paper that would raise goosefesh
on the back Of pine board And then It
&c battleaxe in hand the eXecutioner bends
over you surveying the field OF operation
and begins being pleasant by saying play
fully:
"Now. am going to do all the talking,
and you are to prove what a good lis
tener you can be-"
1t here occurs TO you how like a mos
quito a dentist can be and you think you
wouldn't % much mind the bite If he only
wouldn't sing. But like the barber, the
dentist loses no time while talking. II
he couldn't work and talk both 10 onct d"
he would assuredly leave off talking That
he doesn't fill teeth for pure fun, nor tor
the love Of a back-breaking business, y0i
will discover when purse in hand and with
the few sylables of speech he has left you
for the nucleus with which to build up
language anew you inquire, How much.
please?" The answer is commonly ore
that would make plumber or a pelican
blush for shame over being so outdone IN
The size of a bill
Yes, the dentist works as industriously
as he talks, and after he has quarried out
the cavity which seems 10 you Of aboul
the same proportions as the Cave Of the
Wind at Niagara. he blasts 1t and then
puts his foot on a treadle. Immediately a
big humble bee flies out Of the revolving
spokes and charges at the newly made
cavity as II il were filed with honey which
he wanted to store before others of his
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01

kind discovered the find. You see stars bv
the million, hear countless dozens of slate
pencils squeaking over a gritty surface
and feel cold, clammy hands toying with
each particular verdbrae of your spinc
and then the roots of your hair cave IN
and your eyes drop out!
When you come TO" you try hard 10
speak, or to hello loud enough 10 be heard
by passers-by 50 that some one may come
TO your rescue. But all In vain. You
could burst your collar-band in the effort;
no human sound can you make and you
can't even swallow. How little we appre-
clate the small everyday privileges of life
until deprived Of them! II seems to you
at this moment as If you would gladly
give in exchange any blessing that may
ever come to you here or hereafter-yea,
even your birthright, II you had one-for
the blessed privilege of swallowing just
once.
1t Is generally at this juncture, when
the pangs Of deglutition are most excru-
ciating and the spark Of reason bids fair
to be eXtinguished forever, that the dem
list begins to joke and be funny Fire
flies from your eyes and your breath
smells sulphurous-at least, you intend It
to. But what aVails the majestic glances
Of a wrathful eye emitting blue blazes
when the lower features are swathed in
rubber DAM Forgetting the limited privi-
1850 ~ 1DAi ntA Wlltu II GDiltS 10 GA-
pletives you want to reverse those last
two words. but 1t would do no good. All
protests, either scornful or profane. would
only be Ike the attempt Of a. teethine
babe to hurl the seven-fold curse Of Rome.
But all things earthly have an end. ana
finally, alarmed, II may be, by the pallor
Of death which you feel sure has crept
over your face, your tormentor removes
the Tapping rubber, takes the gag from
between your jaws, which are now stiff
fened into tooth-hlling position and which
you feel VIII remain for the rest Of your
natural life; you are given your liberty
and jocularly told to Now, swallow ali
you please" and, 1--WE Won't do any more
to-day"
Do any more today Well, you just
guess we won't Nor do some more any
other day. The horror of this day; the
loss Of mental strength and physical
aplomb are still too painfully with you to
enter into like engagement. You prefer
to lose your teeth rather than your reason
or your life.
But the knowing dentist smiles and de-
Ponds upon you to be prompt next Satur-
day at / p. m And you viii bel
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
ANNEXATION OF HAWAII.
senate Discusses Subject in Execu-
tive Session

Washington, May S1.-The Senate re-
manned in secret legislative session for
three hours to-day. The entire time was
given to a rather free discussion of the
Hawaiian question, based on a motion de-
claring it to be the sense of the Senate
that the question of annexation should
not be discussed in open session. At the
conclusion of the debate, the Senate voted
viva voee not to pursue the subject fur
Their except behind closed doors.
Senator Lodge did not press the sub
ject of his speech after the public was
excluded, but other senators declared
themselves in favor of prompt action, the
speeches of Messrs. Chandler and Morgan
being the most pronounced in this direc-
ton
Other speeches favorable to annexation
were made by Senators Stewart and Ell
kins, and Senator Allison, acting chair
man of the finance committee intimated a
willingness to take up the Hawaiian ques-
zion after the passage of the war revenue
bill
Senator'S Pettigrew and White were an
tagonistic to annexation, and Senator Hale
announced himself favorable TO final adj
journment after the passage of the war
revenue bill and necessary appropriation
bills.
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sumably) by Moses: Thou shalt not suffer
a witch to live" suffices for any amount
of fanaticism, with the confirmation of
Leviticus and Deuteronomy. And where
heresy showed its head, there was witch
bounding rampant. The pursuit of tooth
less, babblng hays by bland prelates
makes pitiful reading. There were also
cases in which the poor and old were not
always the quarry. Some ladies, both
beautiful and powerful, escaped others
fell. They were the majority, for ac-
quittal was as rare as recovery from "the
peck"
We may note that up to the fifteenth
century the government paid little heed
to witchcraft The first state recognition
of it was marked by two acts of parlia-
ment in 1911, declaring sOrcery false proph-
ecy, and the pulling down of crosses a
felony. The suspicion of heresy, we note
once more, almost invariably started the
suspicion of witchcraft The tardiness of
the civil law in this respect may be ac-
counted for by the fact that it had very
little to fear from witchcraft except
where any great person happened to feel
himself hastily logged by the popular SUI
perstition. Indeed, had Elizabeth Barton
In the reign of Henry VIII, abstaned from
suggesting unpleasant things about the
duration of that pleasure-loving monarch 8
existence on the throne and in the flesh,
she would never have been hung a Ty
burn for sorcery. During the two suisse
quent reigns there we're but few witch
trials. Historians seem to be commonly
agreed that the energetic Mary was much
too busy roasting bigger game to trouble
about peasant harridans. Queen Eliza
beth's divines, however, did not scruple
to remind her that witchcraft was mar
velously increased the signs being that
your grace's subjects pine away even
unto the death, their color fadeth, their
flesh rotteth. l pray God" thus the wor-
thy Jewell chat they never practice
further than upon the subject" Evident
ly the naughty hays did, however, for poor
Bess had a woful attack Of toothache only
twenty years later, of which magic is the
suggested agency.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
WHAT WE DO TO SAVE our TEETH
Dentistry Now Little Less to BE
Dreaded Than GuiIIottning.
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the Philadelphia Times.
''L-e-t me s-e-e," said he meditatively,
consulting his doomsday book; Eyes, you
may come again on Tuesday-say o clock,
If that time suits you"
mo time will suit me; nor can IL be made
to suit me / shall never come again.
this in hollow and most unnatural voice
as reeled across the floor, trying with
what mind I had left to adjust my hat
front side first on the craziest- looking head
/ had ever seen, at least upon my own
shoulders. But the dear dentist ought how
we don't love HIM only smiled a diabolical
smile, which seemd 10 say, oh you'll be
here all right enough. If you don't you'll
lose your teeth" and on Tuesday at 3
o'clock sharp / was in the torture chair
againl You're surprised? Wen. now, you
should not be; for don't you know that
wounded pride will make a woman say
what she doesn't mean, and do what she
doesn't want 20 do, more often than will
anything else? If you still have your
doubts about this, visit your dentist But
when he tells you he can save your
teeth" which he is sure to do, then tell
him you would rather die toothless than
be ground to atoms, stabbed 10 the nerve
centeEs, tortured with buzz-saw and gag
ged with a large section of rubber sheet
merely to save few bits of bone which
are now undesirable property. Rather have
every last one pulled out root and branch
and get in an entirely new set that can be
taken out and put up on the shelf when
they ache.
OF all the men on the earth who should
not try to be funny or even pleasant, the
photogra pher and dentist. after the hang
man, are those men; and Yet, somehow rep
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
CoAsT SIGNAL SERVICE.
Important Notice issued for the
Guidance of Mariners.

ymnortant Nptire issued for the
Guidance of Mariners.
Washington, May 51.-The following no
tice to mariners was issued to-day:
HEADQUARTERS Coast Signal Service,
Washington May 81, 1S9S.-Notice is given
that this service has now in operation
a system of signal stations extending
from West Quoddy Head, Maine, to the
Mexican border, all connected by wire with
the navy department
1T also has the cooperation Of the light
house service life saving service and
weather bureau.
Vessels passing any of the stations
of the above services are requested to
signal by International code any news they
may have of sighting suspicious craft or
fleets at sea.
Amy cautionary move, such as the
knowledge of an enemy in these waters,
will be communicated to passing vessels
that come within signal distance.
"A list of the stations of this service
viii be furnished on application, but they
are at all prominent points on the coast,
and may be known by the following dis
tinguishing signal hoisted on a 90-foot sig
nal mast, viz
Quiet Days-Six-foot, drum-shape.
breezy Days-International letter, p
''Night-Lanterns, white, red, white, in
a vertical hoist
Most of the prominent light houses, as
well as the life saving stations, have tele-
phonic connection with the coast signal
stations, and are equipped with the inter
national code flags and book.
All correspondence relating TO this serv-
ice should be addressed to the superintend-
emit of the coast signal service, navy de-
partment, Washington, D. c.
John r. Bartlett, Superintendent"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
A Wonderful Horse.
From the New York Herald

From the New YORK Herald.
Was there ever a more wonderful ex-
plot than that which was performed by a
horse in Constantinople the other day?
Through the crowded streets the animal
galloped. rideress, but saddled and bri-
died pausing now and then to recover
breath, but kicking vigorously whenever
any one attempted to catch him. At last
he arrived in front of a splendid house, be-
longing to one Hassan Effendi, and
straightway he pushed the door open, en-
tered the spacious hail and then gravely
BEGAN to mount the broad staircase.
There were twelve steps and ne assembled
them with the utmost ease. Al the top
of the landing was a large, beautifully
furnished salon, and into IL the animal
walked. Then a mischievous demon took
possession Of him and he did not rest
until he had destroyed everything in the
room by that time he was tired out and
the police found little trouble in MASTER
ing him. His owner, It is said. has not yet
decided whether he viii forfeit The horse
or pay Hassan Enendi for the damage
done.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
WAR TARIFF IN THE PHILIPPINES
The United States to Continue the
Rates Levied by the Spaniards.


New York, May S1.-,A special to the
Tunes from Washington, says: LAS a re-
sllt of the investigation the treasury de-
7srtment has been making into The ques-
lion of a tariff for the Philippines to be
levied as a military contribution. during
the occupation of the island by the United
states forces, the administration has prac-
ucalIy decided to enforce the existing
snanlsh schedules with only such changes
as the circumstances may make necessary.
The experts of the customs service have
.7a5e an exhaustive study of Spanish tar
IFS With special reference to the course to
he, pursued in the Philippines, and the re-
suits Of these labors have been laid be-
fore the President by Secretary Gage.
",The frst proposition was to adopt a
,,7,v tariff drawn on the American model,
as was done when this country occupied
Tan1pico during The Mexican war.
I'm that case. which has furnished the
most useful preoedents for the emergency,
q special tariff was prepared and enforced
during the brief occupation of the port by
tho military forces of the United States.
In the case of the Philippines, however, in
view of the differences of the language
and of standards of measure, of the re-
fnOteness Of the territory ana OF conoluohS
entirely dissimilar to those existing here,
II has been deemed wiser simply to take
nm the tariff lists as the Spaniards will
leave them and continue the same duties
as now.
This. it is believed, will cause less in
rerruption to commerce, he more salts
factory TO the fore gn merchants who do
business with the island, and prove more
acceptable to the natives whose good will
is recognized as worth cultivating if the
territory is 10 be retained.
THE Spanish tariff in the Philippines
is different from our own, in that it is a
revenue tax"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
BUYING CONFEDERATE BONDS.
Validity of Investments in Them
During the War Affirmed.

validity OIL investments Ih lncm
During the War Affirmed.
Washington, May a.-An opinion was
rendered in the United States Supreme
Court to-day in the case of Mary Anne G.
Badly VS.. John H Hunter, administrator,
affirming the validity Of investments in
Confederate bonds during the civB-war
In rendering the opinion, Justice Harlan
said: THE transactions between persons
actually residing within. the territory dom
mated by the government of the Confed-
crate states were not invalid, for the rea-
son only that they occurred under the
sanction of the laws of that government,
or of any local government recognizing its
authority. The preservation of order, the
maintenance of police regulations, the
prosecution of crimes, the protection of
property, the enforcement of contracts, the
celebration of marriages, the settlement
of estates, the transfer and descent of
property and similar or kindred subjects
WERE during the war, under the control
of the local governments onstituting the
so-called Confederate states. What occur
red or was done in respect of such matters
under the authority of the laws of
these local de facto governments
should not be disregarded or held invalid
merely because the governments were or
6anized in hostility TO the union establish
Cd by the national constitution, because
the existence of the war did not relieve
those within the insurrectionary lines froll
the necessity of civil obedience, nor de-
stroy the bonds of society"
The case came to This court on a writ of
error from the Supreme Court of Georgia
and the opinion Of that court was affirmed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
POPULIsTs OF ARKANSAS.

w. 5. Morgan, X. A. Moore and b. l..
Jones on the State Ticket.
Little Rock, Ark. May 31.-The Populist
state convention concluded its business to-
night and adjourned. The following state
ticket was nominated:
For Governor-W. 5. Morgan of Sharp
county.
Attorney General-K. A. Moore of White
county.
For State Treasurer-B. L. Jones of
Franklin county.
John r. Sovereign was deposed as Pop
ullst national committeeman.
The convention was strictly middle-of-
the-road affair
The platform adopted re-afflrms the
Omaha declaration and denounces the cleo
ton law of Arkansas.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
CASE INVOLVING 100000 ACRES.
United States Supreme Court Hands
Downs n Decision.

United States Supreme Court Hands
Downs n Decision.
Washington, May 3l.-The United States
Supreme Court, through Justice Harlan
to-day rendered an opinion in a case in
volving tract of 10000 acres of land in
Virginia and West Virginia.
The land was patented by the state of
Virginia 10 Robert Morris in 1895. The
case was brought by Henry c. King
against various claimants to the land
King claiming through transfers from
Morris and the defendants resisting on the
ground that the Morris grant had been
forfeited
The case was decided by the Circuit
Court for the District of West Virginia
against Kings contentious and this view
of the case was affirmed by to-day's de-
cision.
Only that portion of the grant lying
in West Virginia was directly involved in
the opinion, but it also affects the Vir-
ginia lands.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
SENIOR CAPOTE sHIPwRECKED.

Vice President of Cuba on a strand
ed steamer.
New York. May 3L-The American Fruit
Companys steamer City of Kingston
which arrived this morning from Jamaica
reports that on May 20, the British steam
er Belvidere was seen ashore at Cape
Maysi, the eastern end of Cuba. The YES
sci was lying close to the cliff and pound
ing heavily.
On board the Belvidere was Senior Ca
pote, vice president of the cuban republic
He is en- route to this country, but his
mission has not been made public.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
PRINTERS ELECT OFFICERS.

Results of the International Typo
graphical Union Vote.
New York, May Sl.-Return of the vote
for officers of the International Typo
graphical Union were received at the head
quarters of the big p" tonight. The
returns Indicate the election of Samuel B.
Donneliy of New York president; John
G. Derhinger of New York, second vice
president; w. G. HARDER of Boston, fourth
vice president; Charles A. Allen of Boston,
sixth vice president; Charles Brentwood
of Denver, secretary and treasurer;
George w. Harris of Chicago, organizer;
and J. G. Cain of New York, delegate of
allied crafts to American Federation of
Labor
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
LETTERS WHEAT DEAL CLOSED.
Opinions Differ as to Whether He
HnS Mnde Money.

Has Made Money.
Chicago. May 31.-Leiter's famous wheat
deal was formally closed to-day.
The last moments were lively, and Jo-
seph Letter, to all appearances, was mas
ter of the situation. AS If to emphasize
his command of the market, Letter sent
May wheat down from $l.75 to $1.25.
This move was plainly for the purpose
of evading The big receipts and to circum-
vent the "tailers," who wanted to ring
in a lot of wheat on Letter at fancy
prices.
Letter fooled them by putting the price
down. Nevertheless, he had to take on
board another 100000 bushels to-day in adj
dition to the pile of 100000 or $1,000
bushels, which he still has on his hands.
All attempts TO place Letter so far as his
profits and losses are concerned at the
elimination of this gigantic deal, are
largely at variance. Some claim that he
win pocket a profit Of $.0O0,OO0 while
others insist with knowing glances, that
he will be fortunate if he comes out whole
on the deal
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
FERTILIZER INSPECTION FEES.
Federal Court Afirms Decision of
North Carolina Law.

Washington, May S1.-The United States
Supreme Court to-day decided the case of
the Patapsco Guano Company VS.. the
Board of Agriculture of North Carolina.
The case involved the validity of the
North Carolina state law providing for the
inspection of fertilizers and sought to en-
JON the collection of the charge for such
inspection
The opinion was rendered by Chief JUS
tice Fuller. and sustained the law affirm
ing the opinion of the Circuit Court of the
eastern district of North Carolina.
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Mobile and Ohio Line to Columbus,
Miss, to Open June 3.

Miss, to Open june 5.
st. Louis, May S.-General Manager
Harris of the Mobile and Ohio Railroad,
announces that the new branch of that
line extending from Columbus. Miss, to
Montgomery, Ala, 1853 miles, will be put
in operation for regular service on June
3. There are two branch lines, one of
eleven miles TO the Warrior coal fields,
and the other about thirteen miles to tie
Catawba coal fields.
The new line will put st. Louis in oil
rect connection via the Mobile and Ohio
Railroad with the territory of Alabama,
Georgia and Florida, through Montgom-
cry connections with the Plant System,
the Western Railroad of Alabama, the
Georgia and Alabama and the Central of
Georgia RilrOads.
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GOV. ATKINSON COMING HOME.
Calls on the President and Secretary
AIger.

Washington, May 31.-Gov. Atkinson
paid his respects to the President to-day,
spent a short while at the war depart
ment and was on the floor of the House
while it was in session.
His call at the White House was simply
for the purpose of formally paying his re-
spects to the President
At the war department there was some
further discussion of the details of ac-
counts, in which Capt Erwin participated.
Tonight the Governor and Capt. Erwin
left for Atlanta
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
BRYAN IN THE WAR.

Declines to Accept COIOneIcy of n
Missouri Regiment.
ST. Louis, Mo-, May 31.-A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Jefferson City, Mo-,
says that Gov. Stephens to-day telegraph
ed Hon. William J. Bryan offering him
the colonelcy of Missouri regiment.
Mr.. Bryan declined the honor on the
ground that he felt it his duty to serve
with the Nebraska boys.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01

London. June IA dispatch from King
ston SAYS: THE United States auxiliary
cruiser Harvard sailed ostensioly for Key
West but when several miles out Hhe
turned and headed for the east of the is
lon
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01
JURISDICTION DENIED.
Action Of Court in Civil Service Case
Reversed.

Washington, May 31.-The United States
Supreme Court to-day decided that the
United States Court for the district Of
Virginia had no jurisdiction to sit as a
court of equity in the matter of dismiss
sails under the civil service law, and ie-
versed the decree of that court which le-
strained the collector of internal revenue
from removing certain gaugers, store
keepers etc.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-01

Saturday night only II p. IN. from Boil
ton street, cars leaving and arriving into
Bolton street. Passengers change at
Thunderbolt.
For Montgomery 9 and 1O:S7 a. m. and
2:3O and $3.50 p. m.
Leave Montgomery 7;SO a. M, 1920 and
Ais y. m.
For Thunderbolt cars leave Bolton street
depot on every hour and nalf hour during
Aha dav and evening.