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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
ALL in ONE GRAVE.
Pathetic Little Tragedy In Which a
Dying Girl and Three Devoted
Cnnnrics Took Parts.

The last scenes of a pathetic little
drama and tragedy in which canary
birds were conspicuous actors has just
been enacted, and little girl and three
canarics are under the sod in one grave.
Some time ago Minnie Fay, charming
little girl, died, She had been sick for
some time, and death came as relief.
During her long sickness her most in
tinate friends had been three canary
birds, which occupied cage just over
her bed where she could see them.
There they sang to her their best
songs, and there she watched them with
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
MY LITTLE FRIEND.

/ have a little friend
A lad just five years old,
With bright black eyes and shining hair
Whose heart Is true as gold
This little friend of mine
Is thoughtful and polite;
Says "Yes'm," "No'm," IF you plea Sc, y
Good morning" and Good night"
He doesn't talk quite plain;
Wears pants" just like man,
Ard watches papa, so he may
BE like him If he can.
He's such a funny chap
This little -year-o,d!
Asks questions 1t would puzzle oft
he wisest to unfold.
And yet, ere many years
Have touched us in their flight,
know quite wei cur little lad
VIII fade away from sight.
Ard in his place we'll see
A man with many ways
Just like the restless little boy
We love so nowadays.
Sarah Il. Eastman, in Golden Days.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24

the kindliest devotion. As she became
weaker and weaker the birds seemed
to notice that something momentous
was at hand. As she neured death she
became very nervous, and the little
songs OF her canaries, instead of pleas
ing her, annoyed her. At last one day
she became very nervous, and when the
birds began to sing she interrupted
them by eXclaiming, nervously: "Oh,
hush, Dick!" The birds seemed to UNI
derstand either the look, tons or words
of their mistress and Immediately
stopped. The little girl died the next
day.
Either the Narsh command or the loss
of their III ,ress affected them so Sc
riously that Dick died three days later;
week later another died, and few
days later the last one dropped from
his perch and was dead the next morn
ing when found. They had hardly
touched food since the command to stop
singing. They were laid to rest in little
graves made on top of the mound.
There always seemed TO be the very
closest bond between the bras and the
invalid, and all think that the birds UNI
derstood her command and that it
caused their eath.-Ekerty Qnd) Cor.
Chicago Chronicle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
HIGH PRICE OF EGGS.
One Specimen bought for One Dollar
sixty Years Ago Recently Sold
ut Auction for 81 800.

In the eyes of boy who collects birds
eggs there is no object so precious and
so beautiful, perhaps, as modest look
ing white shell touched with brown
spots and proven to be that of a great
aux or garefowl. Two hundred years
ago TO people who lived along the rocky
coast of Maine, or up in the Scotch
islands, these eggs, and the ungainly
mother aux who laid them, were not un-
usual sights, for at that time great auks
were plentiful enough in those regions,
and collectors of birds eggs were few
and far between.
Nowadays, however, the person who
says he or she has seen great aux alive
is likely to have their vcracity doubted,
while anyone who possesses an egg laid
by this big sea fowl is considered very
lucky individual indeed. Fifty years
ago few seafaring men SHOT great
auks in the cold seas of northern Eu-
rope. Finally, about 1921, the last one
positively seen was captured, and to-
day its stuffed body is in the British
pluseum, but for 80 years at least not II
single great aux has been taken, and in
consequence the few remaining eggs of
these birds nave, year by year, become
more and more precious.
Sevcnty-fve years since, { seu' aux.
egg at auction would fetch about 800,
and the heads of museums became very
eager to secure good specimens, but as
only about 20 eggs remained in all Eu-
rope their price began TO go steadily up.
In the year 1880, or thereabouts, an Eng
lshman, great student of natural his
DRY, and the possessor of quite an
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24

through a farm fence near ones build.
ings, necessitating narrow gate, this
gateway can hc combined with an ar
Dor, as shown in the cut. This gives the
ornamental part Of the device, or will,
when covered with vines. If the vines
bear grapes the useful part will be very
apparent. When such ornamenting of
ones premises can be combined with
that which is purely useful, there is
small excuse for not having our farm
premises more sttractiye.-Orange
Judd Farmer,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24

A steel arch is TO be thrown across the
Niagara river near Clifton which will
be $40 feet span-a greater distance
than was ever yet spanned by an arch.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
NJ QUAD.
He Ought TO Know,

II understand she's gone on the lee.
ture platform"
"She has"
rs she much Of lecturer?"
Her husband is said to think so."--
Chicago Post
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
AN ARBOR GATEWAY.
4 Design That Can lie Adopted TO Adj.
vantage for Many Farm md
Country Homes.

The sketch herewith gives sugges.
ton that can be adopted In many sit
uations to advantage both as to utility
and beauty. Where there is path
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-06-24
Not Long Enough for Tint.

Tourlst--Dowe stop here long enough
for luncheon?
Brakeman-We do, unless you insist
on eating whole andwich.-HarleI
Life.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-07

The attention of the Government eH-
....te has for some time been attracted TO
rI, retrInsJ forest of AriZ0nE This Tor
e-t is one OF The moost natural
curosues bro the woroId, GUY t I
greed of commerce is rapidly de-
.,royine &c. The suggestion is made
that Do De turned into forest
reserve as public park. a number OF
companies have been ioromed FOR remoN-
uE this pcrded wood and many tons
off specimens have already been taken
away. Visitors 90 the Columbian Expo
eIrou VIII recall tho superb pieces
shown there There are pc,rihed trees
your or uv- feet 600 diameter and sections
OF these have been sawed ont for table
-11c ana when cut and polished are
beautiful beyond description Scientists
have been unable 90 account Tor ms
wonderful ahatized forest which is hiled
with the most perfect samples or petn-
fed material Even tine finest hbres and
veins are as distinct az though drawn ny
che aanJ of mechanical expert.
NJ serge BslaEu.uc "a Russian explorer
of Brazil. states in am interview recently
published iu Che Gaulois that rev DC
rrecs below the equator DE discovered
a forest Of flowers that prevented him
from apur07Chiug them. With every
Difference 20 NJ. Balaguine. that forest
seems 10 have been discovered before.
saws Collier W cfN If- Two years dAp
there appeared in ca San Francisco paper
an account provided by bulb-hunter
returning from the same region who de-
c'ared that after noticing 10 a forest an
odor. vague and sweet az first. but In
creased az he advanced. ultimately he
reached a clearing and there. straight
ahead. was a wilderness Of orchids
Trees we're loaded with them. under
brush was covered with them. they
traUed on tho ground. mounted in beck
orinq contortions. dauglcd from branch
e. feU DOB sheets and elongated and exc
handed as Jar as the eye could reach
: breeze passed and they swayed with
II. moving with life OF their own,
dancing ln the glare Of the equatorial
sln and as they danced eXhaling an
o1or that protected them more sheerly
than "a wall. In vain ola that hunter
crdcavor 90 approach There was a ven
Of pcrf1mcd chl0roform through which he
could zee. but through which. try as no
might he could not pass. IL held him
back more eGectually than bayonets
and DO was torture so him 10 see flowers
and TO feel that before he could reach
them boz must die. suffocated by the
very splcnd0rs for which he was in
search. poisoned by floral jewels such
as no one perhaps had seen before. Al
the time the place was known as tho
village % demon flowers
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-07
SAILOR SHARKEY
MEETS DEFEAT.
BattIed for Twenty Rounds With
James ]. Jeffries.
SHARKEY WAS THE FAV0RITE.
The odds Were 10 10 & on the Big
PugiIist-Thousand Witnessed
the Fight - Seats Collapse
and Create Panic.

SAN FRANCISCO, May 6-Thomas J.
Sharkey. the sailor puEilist. and James
j. Jefries. admittedly the leading heavy
weight pugiHst actually in fighting har-
ness to-day. met before the national Ath-
lctic club tonight 20 settle the question
Of supremacy
Mechanics Pavilion, which has been the
scene Of many memorable pugilistic en-
countries presented lively appearance
shortly before the principals appeared in
the ring Every nook and corner in the
vast auditorium had its occupants At
this juncture an accident happened which
for a time badc fair 10 assume serious
proportions.
SEATS COLLAPSED.
The seats elevated on the whole end Of
the west side Of the pavilion suddenly
collapsed and the occupants were piled
in a confused heap. For "a brief period. 10
was believed that many had been fatally
injured. but it was subsequently ascer-
tanned that none of the bruises were Sc
rious. Then second section Of seats on
the northeast side Of the building came
down I'm a heap and the audience was
again thrown into a state Of uproar. a
few moments later another section I'm the
northwest corner collapsed and the great
crown was III a state OF panic.
Then the whole side Of the elevated
seats came I'm a terrific roar and the au-
dicnce was almost beyond control Al
most every tier Of seats in the house had
now fallen and the five or six thousand
people on the main floor were packed in
an excited crowd.
The betting on the result has remained
almost uniform al 10 TO S. with the big
California fqyOrifo
NO ONE INJUm2D.
The police finally managed 10 allay
the excitement by assuring the crowd
that no one had been hurt by the collapse
of gallery seats. and that there was no
danger.
The men began IN earnest in the first
FOUND but no damage was done. In the
second clinches were frequent Sharkey
being Kissed for hitting I'm clinches.
Sharkey was forced against the ropes.
In the succeeding few rounds Sharkey
got the worst Of il, Jeffries keeping him
going az a lively pace and getting in
some telling blows
Sharkey gained more confidence IN the
sixth and did some rushing. but without
effect. I'm the rounds up TO the eleventh
there were some warm exchanges with
- decided advantage 10 either man.
Jenrios Knocked the sailor down In the
eleventh. Jenries landed repeatedly. and
Sharky seemed tired.
JEFFRIES THE WINNER
Sharkey caro- mp fresh in the twelitn'
but kent away from his big adversary
Teffriee landed hard and often in the
-Four succeeding rounds. and had the
sailor in distress part of the time Sh3r-
KEY rallied iu the seventeenth. Dut IN llr
eicbteeutb Jenries landed three hard ones
In the twentieth both men were tired
but fought viciously. Jehries landed sew
eral times on the boy 'n ,l. l'''' "''
THE cong rang in The middle or nor
,,iv and the crowd went wild with en-
thusiasm. ....s ros-rfee
Referee Cravings announced JtilIirS
t,a ,cinncr amid the greatest enthusiasm.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-07
SECRETARY CAGES STATEMENT
Fifty.Two Millions Needed Up TO the
First OfJuIy.

WASHINGTON. May 6.-The testimony
Of Secretary Cage as 10 the condition oil
the Treasury and its requirements in or
der TO meet the monetary demands OF ne
war. as given before tho Senate ComIll
tee on Finance. was made public TO-DAY
The Secretary stated that the best esll-
rnatcs placed the extraordinary expense
for tho War and Navy Departments az
50 600 600 up 10 the 1st Of July next IN
addition TO the SjOOO0o0O voted Tor ma
tionaI defence lie thought that IRON
fortv 10 ffty millions I'm addition 70 INC
ordinary revenues would have 70 oe
realized between now and July LIST 20 pre-
serve tho gold reserve intact. 49,
Mr. Gage said he knew OF no otne'
method for raising THIS extra money OK
cent bv taxation or the sale or bonds.
The Secretary refused 20 tumish an
estimate Of the expense of war after Jul-
Isl. because he had no data from tnr
War and Navy Departments. but ne EaN@
the committee what he called gue.
based on the best information ooialna n.,.
placing the figure az S230pVVp mont"
In addition 10 the ordinary expenses; o..
Mr. Gage expressed the opinion mar IL
vould he impossible 20 place as much as
10000 600 OF the loan among individuals
and in small sums.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-07
LONDON ANXIOUS
ABOUT DEWEY
Absence Of News the Chief Talk in
the House Of Commons.
NOT BELIEVED HE MET DISASTER
The General Opinion is That He En-
countcrcd More stubborn Resist
anCc Than Has Been Counted
Upop--Anothcr Explanation

LONDON. May Anxiety over the
absence of news from Commodore Dewey
was clearly reflected in the lobbics Of
the House OF Commons last evening
where thc general subject Of CONVERSE
tion was the uncertainty as 20 Manila.
Snccu.ati0us were induigcd in and 10 was
pointed ont that there were trading
steamers under the British flag in Nd
uila bay ON Sunday As apparently none
OF them lcf, after the naval battle. IL
looks ass though they apprchncded dan
scr in passing ont by Corrigidor Island
They can hardly be awaiting careoes
81 the town has been bombardcd while
rhcre would hc plenty OF foreigners ID
that event anxious 10 embark.
90 is not believed that Commodore Dc
vcv has mot with disaster. but 80 Is the
universal opinion that he has encoun-
tered unexpected resistance and IS not IN
81 position 90 spare 20 vessel to carry dis
patches.
Another suggestive explanation IS me
Commodore Dewey has not succeeded IN
obtaining control of the land telegram
lines to R1IInlo. connecting Manila with
thc Hong Kong cable
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-07

bad weather there was disposition IN
certain quarters to suppose that ne had
introduced a new practice. inquiry r..
veals however. that soft soap is nlnos'
as we'll known as oil In attempts TO APP
pcase a furious Neptune.
Its chief merit Is its economy. Herr
Traue. In talking about the matter s3id
that soap IS cheaper than oil, especia.y
n tho latter Is something designed Tor me
fabrication OF machinery. To be sure. me
quantity consumed I'm "A storm is com
paratlvcly small lie used only clSht Bdl-
Ions OF soft soap and four OF OIL ID lhe
course Of a day. But man VINO nc
cures the habit of avoiding wastefulncss
On big operations e. apt 90 follow the same
course In small affairs also.
The soap was handled precisely as OF ls
in similar situations. A mass or oakuW
is saturated with 10 ard placed I'M laItV
bag. and tho latter r. either hune over
hoard 40 the bow. alongside, or Us ao-
1usteG Zoo the closets, 20 az 20 allow lli'
contents TO Ooze out and drip down Slowly
through pipes dlscharging below the sur
face ~ the water. The stun IS uscd on
the windward or weather side or the
shin no the vessel is under full hcadwaN
there will not be time enough Tot lh'
SOAP or Oh 90 take effect. but IT she h'dNIH
or greatly slaCkens her speed inc MN
az iafhcr or ou will gradually work Us
way out in the face ~ the wind. ana VIII
smooth away the crests OF the WaNee
The sea does not itcome as 49, -
and rounded. so that they do not come
on board the ship ...,..
Herr Traue admits that soap Is nor Gun,
SO efficient as OH. but he declares tndl
rs "a fairly good substitute.
Cantain Mcissci OF the Gcra. ara q
number Of other navigators have soueni
10 devise some means OF throwing on
further to tho windward or snlp ll u
Storm. Rockets have been invented lot
Instance which would carry a charge oil
oil. and which might be tred IN any
direction to a distance Of several hundIeu
wards But as these are apt 20 eXpioHe
and deliver their cargo In the ,WronE
place. they have been voted a fauuie'
Then again shells which would Win
hut would opcn a valve and Aoat on me
eater when they fell into the sea-. have
been tried with somewhat uncertain re-
SHIFTS. Whale oil ard soap are alrcacN
,tecd q, GOOD advantage. therefore there
is Vet room for Improvement in me &C.
tails Of the operaticn.-New YORK IIlouh''
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-07

Orange County Creamery But
ter, sc. pound.
Small Smithfeld Hams, weighing
7 to 8 pounds, nc.
Silver King Minnesota Patent
Family Flour, $50. bag or $3.50 DBL.
, one-pound bars Soap for SC.
Notions Cocoa SC. can.
Large Irish Potatoes, 2oc. peck.
Creamery Butter, I5c. ID.
I ID. brick Best BoneleSs Goldfish,
snowflake Patent Family Flour,
$50, or 32c Bag.
Olive Laudnry Soap, &c Bar.
Salt Shoulders, O i-2c.
Carolina Rise, &c. pound.
French Candy, SC pound.
Jap and Jefferson Coffee, Mocha
and Java grade, only 1oc. ID.
Freezing Salt, Ioc. peck.
Nice new Lemons, 12c. dozen.
Jefferson and Jap. Coffee, Jaw.
and Lag, Ioc. ID.
Matches, &C. dozen.
Clothes Pins, &c. dozen.
Condensed MIX, Sc. can.
We are selling regular Soc. Gun
powder Tea for 25c.
i pound bag Smoking Tobacco,
&c.
Z pound bag Smoking Tobacco
roc.
pound bag Smoking Tobacco,
&c.
Chow Chow Mixed Pickles Sc. at.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-07
HIS FATE HANGS ON A COMMA.
\ Kansas Bankers Liberty Depending
aNIatterofPOpulist Punctuation

TOPEKA. KAN. May 5.-Tne iate or
Colonel Alexander Warner, OF Baxter
Springs. Kan. hangs on comma ~.
Warner was at one time prominent
banker. and for years ne was a IeaueI l'
the Republican party ln TINS stare Il
reconstruction days he was treasurer OF
Mississippi. and later was elected state
-,fa..-i,ror OF Connecticut. few days
no., Inc WAS convicted on five counts ace
..,isine him Of receiving deposits Tor ms
hank when be knew it was about 10 ran.
When state Bank Commissioner hre'u-
euthal took charge Of the INSTITUTION an
me found was eighteen Mexican ootaIS'
which Colonel Warner had used as mus
,rstions when campaigning the state IN
teoe Tor the Republican national ticket.
colonel Warner has appealed tho case 20
the supreme Court on the ground that
the verdict Of the jury Is not IN accord
sncc with the Kansas Banking law
The new banking law passed IN 1877,
repealed the old law. but this provision
provided that all criminal offences
committed. and criminal actions com
menced under said chapter - or tne
Laws OF 1891, shall In ON manner De
affected or abated on account OF the re-
peal of said law"
has been convicted was committed prior
no the repeal of the old law. but the
prosecution was not instituted until after
ii was repealed. The ColOnels attorneys
contend that the provision, that all
criminal offences committed and crimi-
nal actions commenced" should be con-
gtrued as one sentence, and that II
means that both the offence must be
committed and the prosecution begun
before the repeal OF the old law. mas
much as the prosecution was not begun
until after it's repeal. the Judgment OF
the Jury is I'm conflict with the law. II
Is asserted. Bank Commissioner Breid-
enthal. who framed the new law. saws
that the provision chat all criminal
onenses committed. and criminal actions
commenced "must be construct as
compound sentence. as indicated by the
location OF the comma after the word
committed"
This brings the contention down to
whefe7 Colonel Warmers fate depends
entirely upon the construction placed
upon the comma by the Supreme Court.
His attorneys claim that the comma has
no significance whatever. that the Pop
ulist legislature following that party
idea or punctus ton threw In about three
commas 10 the line in every Dill, and
that one OF the commas happened 10
strike behind the word committed"
II the Supreme Court. which is a Popu-
list tribunal, holds that the comma was
accidentally dropped in there and should
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-07
MOVEMENTS OF TROOPS.
The Firh Infantry split and Ordered
10 Various Places.

MOBILE ALA. May -Maior-General
John d. DoupnEor received last msnt IN
erlrtior- CD report TO the Adlutant-
General 40 Washington for orders. lie
left this afternoon az O'Clock on Inc
regular train via ST. Louis I'm the private
car of presidents Russell, Of the Mobile
and Ohio railroad.
Pc Wa. accompanied by Assistant Ad-
ir-ant General George and Lieutenant J.
* Thompson. on special duty. and by
First Lieutenant Hutchinson and Alex
W. Perry and Second Lieutenant ID. ).
STANLEY aides-de-camp. Erigadier Cen
cral snyder IS now in command. Colonel
j. H Page. Of the Third. commands the
Fir4t Brigade. and Rrgadier General
g. S Hawkins tho second Brigade
FIFTH INFANTRY SPLIT
ATLANTA. GA. May 6-By orders is
sued from tho Department Of tho Gulf to-
dav. Tho Fifth Infantry United States
army. hos been completely split The
hcaGouarters has been ordered 90 return
20 Atlanta Two of the companies al
Tamp4 have been ordered 20 Fort Jeffer-
son. DRY Tortucas. one has been sent
20 Galveston and another 20 Fort Philip.
near tho mouth of the Mississippi. one
company u.s. now az Sullivan's Island. and
another at Fort ST. Francis. Fla.
The two other companies remain one
at Tybec and the other at Fort Baran-
cas-. Fll.
Under the act recently passed by Con-
lress providing for the three battalion
formations another battalion will be re-
crIted at Fort Mcpherson.
1t is expected that the Spanish prisoners
who have been ordered 90 the post VIII
arriy, here NOT later than Sunday morn
iul.
PREPARING TO EMBARK.
TAMPA. May Preparations Tor the
en.ba~kut0n of the United States troops
ar- rapidly being completed. Seven Of
che transports to Doe used in carrying tile
sIIJtIe and their horses and supplies 10
glla are now az Port Tampa. They arc
tho ComaI Allegheny. Berkshire. Fl'r'1a.
whitney. Gus-ie and Decatur II. Miller,
the last named arriving to-day from Bali
timorc Nearly AN the ships have been
given "a fun supply OF coal The Florida.
berkshire and Allegheny had large
force Of carpenters working ON them all
cav. erecting stalls for the accommodation
of the cavalry and artillery horses and
OBJ. pack mules. and viii be in readiness
for loading by tomorrow.
Hat0rs enough for 900 men for thirty
dars are expected 20 arrive tomorrow.
DOB spite OF Che intense heat. the men were
aivn long drills to-day. They are RAPIDLY
becoming accIimated. and when the time
comes for shipment as brOnzed and
trained "a DOT of men as ever shouldered
guns win break camp and embark.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-05-07
COMMENDED M'KlNLEY.
The Baltimore Conference Praises His
Course in Trying TO Avert War

BALTIMORE May 6-The Conference
Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
South. at its session to-day unanimously
adopted resolutions commencing the
course Of President Mckinley in having
earnestly endeavored TO prevent the pres
ent conflict with Spain; assuring him and
his advisers OF the sympathy and moral
support OF the members OF the confer
ence. and expressing the hope that the
war will end speedily and that its results
will be such as will promote the future
peace and welfare OF both nations and Of
the world at large.
Tho balance of the session was devoted
20 the presentation Of memorials and pc
titions and their reference TO appropriate
commltteocs.