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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
A WHITE HOUSE BELLE.
Queen VictOria's Attentions 10 the
Niece of President Buchanan.
From The Baltimore Sun.

From The Baltimore Sun.
A few days since the cable brought word
that Queen Victoria had given a SPECIAL
reception to Mrs Harriet Lane Johnston
at Windsor Castle. 1t is announced that
the Prince and Princess of Wales are
shortly 20 pay a similar honor to this dls-
tinguished American woman, who, wnie
her uncle, James Buchanan. was Pres
dent of the United States, flied the oner-.
GUS position of Lady OF the White House
most graciously.
Miss Harriet Lanes first appearance in
public life was as the companion of her
uncle in London, where, from the sprt0S
of 1854 10 the fan of 1850, she shared WIN
him the social duties of the American MN
lister at the court of ST. James Il was
a trying post at that time. The Crimean
war was on, and there was consideraDl5
irritation and friction between the British
and American governments growing o"1
of certain ques ions of neutral duties rais-
ed by that conflict Napoleon II was then
at the zenith Of his power.
Miss Lane appears 10 nave made a deep
impression upon English society, ana more
than one Englishman OF high rank p5li
court TO her in vain. In the fall Of le's'
however, Miss Lane returned 20 America
Mr. Buchannans letters 10 her from Lon
don, where he remained a little longer
bear evidence that her departure was SIN
cerely, and by some of her admirers soI-
rowfuLy regretted. At his last audience
with her The Queen desired to be llindiy
remembered" 10 MIR. Buchannan's beaptl-
ful niece, whose conqucsts among nee
courtors We're wen known to her. II vas
the talk Of London at that time that MISS
Lane looked very much as the queen
looked before her marriage. A foielEu
correspondent describing her at The ht7l
New Years reception at the White House
after Mr.. Buchanan became Presldeht,
wrote. "The Anglo-SaXon beauty IN lul
toilet De demi-dcuii, wearing no ornament
but necklace OF seed pearls, look u
charming, receiving the ladies aud genie
men presented WIh grace and ananllly'
She was surrounded by groups OF dlp'o-
mats ard officials, with ladies Of her az
quaintanoe forming picture more beau
tiful, although not SO gaudy, as the SOW
ercign she resembles; thac is, before queen
Victoria became Mrs. Albert Guelph.
Ii IS not necessary 10 tell Baltimore Iea0-
crs that ihc hoart and hand Of Miss Lane,
sought so earnestly and vainly by utie'
Englishme1. were given in 1858 TO Mi'
Henry Elliott Johnston, and that her ha71
band and their two sons have all preceatt
her 10 the grave. i was in this clty lhHt
her married life was passed. Lake lH9
Queen, who has just shown her an uu-
usual honor, her later years have DeON
sorrowlul.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
TALK OF NEW CYCLE TRACK.
PLAN TO BUILD AN INDOOR TRACK
BEING DISCUSSED BY WHEEL
MEN.

c. l.. A. Base Ball Park a Very Good
Location for the Proposed Track.
If Built, 1t Would Probably BE on
the order of the COIiseums which
Have Been Built Throughout the
SOUth-Y. VI. c. A. Club to Hold ii
Road Race-W Gather Almost Too
Hot for Hiding.
Wheelmen have recognized for some
time that it was great mistake to have
built the bicycle track where it is, so far
from the city, and there has been talk
from tine to time of efforts to build a
track nearer the city.
The situation of the track was not so
bad until the cars stopped running there
but since then il has been almost impos-
sible to hold a meet of any consequence.
Two successful meets, from a racing point
of view, were held there last season, but
it was only by sheer good management
that expenses were made. The Savannah
Cycle Dealers Association, which has
promoted two meets this season, lost
money on both of them They did not
promote the meets with the intention of
making any money, but they thought that
they would az least suffer no pecuniary
loss. The trouble they went to in getting
up the races and the time they gave to
the management Of them they were will
ing to give in the hope that it would help
cycling and increase the interest in rae
ing. There Is no doubt that the situa-
ton Of the track has a great deal to do
with the small attendance at the races
held recently
There are two places near the city
which could be utilized fer cycle track
One Is the tract of land just south Of
EstiH avenue and east of Bull street. and
the other is the base ball park. The lat
ter piece Of ground would only be large
enough to admit of an eight of a mile
track. A track of this size would after
all be the best KIDD 10 build, as it could
ue built on the coliseum plan, and the
racing be indoor. If this were done, in
door races could he run al night all
through The winter.
Il might he POSSIBLE also to build an au-
ditoriun of some sort in which indoor
ball anI other sports could be played. OF
course il would not pay 10 put UP an eX-
pensive building as the patronage would
hardly warrant paving a dividend on a
large investment but it would not cost a
great deal TO build a track and coliseum
such as have been built in Atlanta Mem
phis Montgomery and other Southern cit
les.
Two enterprising wheelmen had pans
drawn for such q track last season. and
for q time u was thought that a track
would BE built 10 the southern section Of
the city but The project fell through
There has been some talk in the last few
days on this subj1ct, ana il may he thar
something viii come Of IT,
If Savannah had an indoor track it could
join the circuit Of coliseums throughout
the South and arrange TO have dates in
IFS circuit Some Of the fastest riders in
the country perfo med on the iado-r tracks
last winter, and it would be possible 10
set some of the big cracks here. It would
also give local racing a big impetus.
The Y. NJ. c. A. Cycle Club viii hold
it's second monthly road race Thursday
afternoon. The race will be for FIVE miles
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
Frccdmcn's Literary club.

The Fre-dmau'e Literary Club organ
izod July co. 1897 has elected the follow
ius officers for the ensuing year: Prssi-
dem. cyrus L. Carey: Vice President.
WIN. IT. Herbert; Secretary. VIM II.
James, Treasurer Willie r. Pell; Chan
lain. James H. Deiyon. Clerk. Order. ed
die Bush.
The reports Of all the officers COR the
first year of ,he club show it % have been
O fairly prosperous cne-nnancIany ana ia
membership. The object OF The CLUB Is
tlc Advancement for me study Of litera-
ture and the debating OF kindred SUBJ
jecis and topics of the day. THE club *
tends am invitation TO az young co'orod
men Of good standing and character 70
become members.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
4 D0CT0H's LITTLE JOKE.
His Professional Way of Looking at
the Latest Manila incident.

ihe LATEST 11anfia In cident.
\ savannah physician finds a joke in the
recent episode at Manila when the United
States gunboat Hugh McCulloch fired a
shell across the bow Of the German crus-
er Irene When stopped, the German
was searched by the crew Of the McCui-
loch before being allowed to enter the
harbor.
Adimarl Won D,elrichs. in command Of
the German squadron at Manila, did not
Ike the treatment and advised with
Capt. Chichester Of the British cruiser I'M
mortali.e as TO what he would do if the
Germans interlered with the lombard
mcnt al Manila.
"Oniy Admiral Dewey and myself know
that replied Capt Chichester
THE real truth is" said che physician
"he intended to give the German ship a
dose of 'Chiches, er's pills and If that did
not knock the wind out Of him, then a
dose OF Devices carminatve.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

Bees arc geome trioilns The cells are so
constructed as. %ith the least quantity Of
material, 60 have the largest spaces and
the least possible loss of intersects The
moe s. q meteorologist The torpedo the
ray and The electrical are electricians.
The nautilus is navigator; he raises and
lowers his sail, and casts ana weighs an
Choir, and performs other nautical acts.
Whole tribes of birds are musicians.
Catar1i.Iars are silk spinnors. The SPUR
re-, IS ferrymau; with a chip Or piece OF
bark for boat. and his tail for a sail, he
crosses The stream.
Tho beaver IS an architect, builder and
wo3dcu,tcr, he cuts down trees ana erects
houses end dams Tho marmot is q civil
cuE.cecr; he not oc.y builds houses, but
constructs aqueducts and drains TO keep
them dry.
The White ants maintain regular army
OF soldiers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

Cincinnati is still in the lead in the race
for the pennant and there is now very
little probability of the Reds losing first
place for some time at least They are
playing the fastest kind of ball ana
though Boston is playing fast, too, the
Beaneaters cannot catch The Reds Gin
cinnau is two points better off than the
club was last week and two points farther
off from Boston, the second club.
Cleveland managed to hold third place
through the week, though Baltimore is
not far away, and may be able to catch
the Indians before re Eastern trip is
over.
New York has started on winning
streak and has advanced over Chicago
and Pittsburg since last week. OF the
seven games played the Giants won five.
Chicago lost five out Of six games and
PiitsDurg did nearly as bad, which shov-
ed them both down neg. Philadelphia
cannot do any better than eighth place,
and the other clubs remain unchanged.
The race Is a pretty one aud changes
are likely TO occur during the next two
weeks while the Western clubs are play
ing % the East
Afllt lAtIhtNt " no vas az btlt tune Nii'
of the best known players I'm the bis
league and who contributed to the enjoy
ment of many a spectator by his antics
on the BAH field. is doing sob work in
small New England towns. Lio is picking
up a few dollars here and there playing
one and two-day ENGAGEMENTS with small
teams In the vicinity Of his home at Lynn.
Mass.
President Andrew Freedman of the New
York Club says the club VIII break even On
the season and Will not lose any money,
lie even thinks that a ltLe balance might
be on the credit side of the clubs ledger
when the season is finished. Nevertheless,
IN wi be widely different from Che earn-
inss llsl year, when the Clue made over
@0. 200 net
Fred Clarke, manager OF the Louisville
Club and who once played IN Savannah,
has taken unto himself wife. When the
Colonies were playing in Chicago last
more interesting occasion chan any of tlc
games Played with Burns team was Che
celebration Of the nupuals Of the popular
fielder
II Cincinnati wins the pennant this sea-
son Swing VIII Try 10 arrange series OF
games with the club finishing second, to
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
REMNANT RACE A PRETTY ONE.
BOSTON UNABLE TO OVERHAUL GIN
CINSATI FOR FIRST PLACE.

Reds Continue to Play Very Fast
Ball and They Are Not Likely to
Lose the Lead sOon-CIeveIand Is
Third and baltimore Fourth - The
Giants Have streak and jump
From Seventh to Fifth PIace-Bits
Of Base RaII Gossip.
The following is the standing of the
clubs in the National League to date:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

and VIII BE run on the Augusta road,
starting just across the railroad track at
Bay street extension and running two and
a half miles out and return.
MIR. J. c. Blake is arranging the details
Of the race and viii receive entries from
riders who intend to compete. The race
viii be handicapped, and there will be
several prizes. Several entries have all
ready been made, ana there will doub--
less be a good list Of starters.
The hot weather of the past week has
made cycling during the day anything but
d pleasure, and even those wheelmen who
pride themselves on riding all the year
round had to give in 10 the heat and
forego TO ride their wheels. There were
others, however, who did not mind tho
intense heat or if they did preferred rid
ing their wheels to walking or using the
cars.
In the cool of the afternoon and at
night. the roads have been used some.
though not 10 the extent that they were
last summer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

Rev. f. T. Morgan will preach OF both
services al the Seventh Street Church to-
day. Al the night service the rite of Bap-
usm wiu be administered ana there viii
be a reception OF members.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
MO0u@tS.
SMYRNA Rugs.

Our stock Of Smyrnas has not ar
rived yet, but we have in stock over
100 patterns Of Sample Rugs, repre-.
senting the output of three of the
largest factories in this country.
These were sent US to select orr
line from, and we will sell these
SAMPLE RUGS at prices that Will
simply startle you. Call and see
our line of Rugs. They are truly
grand.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

be played for the worlds championship,
commencng Sunday, OcC. is. This series
will take the place of the Temple cup
series which was abolished and will
doubtless net the players as much as they
would get out of a Temple cup series. If
Boston finishes second and is not willing
TO play the Reds then Cincinnati will
play the strongest Western team.
Billy Nash. who was the king of third
basemen few years ago, is disengaged at
present Nash has had several offers re
Gently. and is now entertaining an offer
from Ned Haulon. IF Nash should sign
with Baltimore IL would not be in the ca
pacity of a third baseman his cd position,
but as a pitcher. He mas been pracrcing
boXW0rk for some time and believes that
he can make success on the Slab. 1t
would be a big surprise if Nash turned
out a winning pitcher for Baltimore
Pitchers often evolute into infieiders and
ouuielders but it is rare indeed that vet
eran infeljer tackles pitching as a per
maneat thing and still more rare thai he
succeeds in that most difficult branch of
the bali players art.
President mick Young is having a
tough time with lbs umpres this season
He has more or less of it every year, but
there has been an exceptional lot of trouble
with che umpire system this season. The
double umpire system does not seem to
have been as successful as it was thought
it would be aud ir VIII no doubt be abolish
ed next year. The Brush resolution
which all the masnates signed, has been
a farce IN most Of the cities. This law
was enacted 20 do away with rowdyism
and prevent kicking by the players, but
il mas not been enforced TO any extent.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

The services IN 81. Paurs Lutheran
Church VIII be conducted ar II a. IN. by
the pastor. Tho subject OF bis sermon
viii be "A Message to Troubled Hearts. .
Sunday school Will be held AZ p. M The
mid-week prayer service VIII be he d
"Wednesday at $50 p. ~
Arrangements are being made for a
large crowd and "A pleasant time on the
congrega ions annual picnic and excur-
sion 10 Daufuskie Aug
Special offerings VIII be made al the
morning service-aud also boy the Sunday
school to-day for the work OF Che Ladies
Auxiliary 10 the Army Commission for
the benefit Of the voluntary soldiery Of
Georgia
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24
THE DAY IN TIE CHURCHES.
TOPICS OF SERMONS BY SAVAN-
NAH'S PASTORS.

Rev. DIR. Fair to Preach This Morn
ing on The Morning star" and al
Night on - Our One Great Need. g"
Rev. DIR. Jordan'S Subject Tonight,
"Advice to Young Nen"-The ApoI-
10 Quartette TO Sing This Morning
at st. Johns.
Rev. J. Y. Fair viii preach at the indie
pendent Church this morning on "The
Morning star" and tonight on Our one
Great Need"
The Independent Churchs weekly cot
tage prayer meeting for the soldiers viii
be held tomorrow at 8 p. M. at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Mary e. Jaudon, 2O7 Gwin-
nett street east.
The committee appointed to canvas the
Independent Church congregation for con-
tribuuons to maintain the Y. NJ. c. a.
tent among the Georgia troops, collected
$3.50. This amount and the 81 additional
contributed 10 the Christian Commission
of the Army and Navy have already been
forwarded to lheir destinations
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

Rev. James D. Chapman, will conduct
the services at The Duffy street Church
to-day. The Souls Alteration of Cod. p.
will be the mornings subject Conerega-
tional singing is always a feature of Che
service Of This church
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

The subject OF the morning sermon at
Grace Church to-day Is Thought on
Things Honest ana Just" In Ue even
ing the pastor, Rev. o. r. Cook. viii dis
euss Thought on Things Pure ana Love
ly."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

Rev J. L. sculiy win conduct the ser.
vices at ST. Johns this morning aud 81.
PauPs tonight
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

in Love" and tonight on avoiding
Sin"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

Rev. ]. IT. Scruggs viii preach al
Trinity Church this morning on Growth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

Pastor John D. Jordan VIII conduct ser
vices at the First Baptist Church at II a.
M and $50 p. m His morning subject
will be: THE Believer Secure in the Ever
lasting Arms of Love-" and his evening
subject, advice to Young Men"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

The Apollo Quartctte VIA sing at ST.
John Church al This mornings services
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

Rev. Fl. Baldwin Dean Is filing the pu..
pit Of Christ Church during the rector s
vacation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

TT Cincinnati wins the pennant this sea-
son Swing VIII Try TO arrange series OF
games with the club finishing second TO
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-24

sn 1 es r12 ] a sIs Suit New and Esas Pa
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making preparations for large Una early Irade
which is to come. buyer placed all for
immediate shipment, consequently shipments ship
meats daily arriving and have our floors
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-23

country trying to gain more insight into
the mystery of the terrible compounds
1t is now asserted that the explosion
which recently occurred in the smoke
less powder factory at Santa Cruz in
stead of being the work of a Spanish
spy, as at first supposed, was caused
by electric sparks generated by the
bodies of the workmen. Such a condi-
ton is quite possible. During the
storms which sometimes prevail on the
Pacific Coast the winds reach velocity
of fifty miles an hour, while the hui
midity gets as low as Is per cent. Pro
fessor LIE Conte found that the friction
of the wind against the clothing of per-
sons developed electricity to the extent
CT producing sparks half an inch long.
The phenomenon is quite apparent in
the names and tails of horses This at
mospheric electricity has been respon-
sible for several explosions. Explosions
of the dust which flies about powder
works are frequent, and they always
precede the true explosion of the pow
der. In this connection Professor LIE
Conte made several predictions con-
corning explosions, all of which came
true.
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-23

Human beings often have caused
great explosions by the sparks which
have come from their bodies. During
the construction of the Sutro tunnel 1t
was found that nearly every man In
the tunnel under certain conditions be-
came a walking battery which would
explode every cartridge with which 1T
came into contact.
In spite of every precaution explo-
sions will take place in Interviewing
factories. Some of them have occurred
under the oldest of circumstances. AS
the compound is very sensitive and as
it readily decomposes at 100 degrees
Fahrenheit 1t has to be washed contin-
ually. At first the waste water was
permitted to drain away In the or
binary manner. But such proceeding
is no longer allowable after the expe-
rience of one factory. The works in
question were situated beside river
and the water was allowed to run away
over a sandy beach into the stream
One hot summer day red fumes were
observed to issue from the sands and
soon afterward the beach blew up at
that point The waste water had car
ried the glycerine in solution and de-
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1898-10-23

decorated It would ceem, in fact that
nature is constantly engaged in gen
Grating high explosives the quicker 10
bring about changes which she usually
takes a long time to produce.
AS a final queer fact concerning
these very queer compounds 1t may be
we'll to describe very beautiful expe-
riment which was performed by Pro
lessor c. E. Munroe of Washington, D.
C. Professor Munroe placed very
small tree leaf on a slab of iron. On
the leaf he placed a disk of guncotton
and exploded it. When the iron was
again examined it was found to have
indented in it's surface a perfect image
of the leaf Every vein was clearly
discernible and the whole thing APP
peared to be the work of some expert
engraver A disk of guncotton in which
the letters u. S. were cut was next laid
face downward on the iron and explod-
ed. The letters u. S. reversed were after
ward found to be outlined perfectly in
the iron. Very little reason seems 70 be
advanced for this curious action. IT is
thought in the case of the letters that
the guncotton being indented through
out their length has a greater distance
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QUEER CONDITION REACHED BY HIGH EXPLOSIVES:

United States tests; indurite. cannon
tie. tonite ballistite, the terrible
French melenite, and last, the new ter
rible compound, lyddite. What this is
made of is a secret. but the inventor
asserts that 1t is absolutely safe TO
handle and that one pound of 1t can
wreck the largest building in the world.
This, however, can hardly be called
remarkable in view of other fiare-ups
which have occurred. Common saw
dust exploded for some unknown rea-
son in the Pullman car shops and ala
considerable damage. Sawdust. which
lumbermen have thrown into the cana
dian rivers from time t. time, gen
crates gas, which explodes every now
and then to the great peril Of nayiga--
ton. A quantity of starch exploded
disastrously in New York candy fac
tory. An explosion of finely powdered
zinc wrecked a zinc works n Bethle-
hem, Pa. Several explosions OF Hour
have occurred in Minneapolis mills.
Dust is constantly exploding in brew
cries, and two British warships,. the
Doterel and the Triumph, We're blown
ND from the explosive action of a dryer
in paint with which they were oeing
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posted it in the sand, where finally
the heat exploded 1t.
At another factory the water was al
lowed to run into a ditch. 1t was dis
covered in the course of time that the
glycerine had become deposited in large
quantities in the assures of the neigh
boring rocks The ditch was then
damned so as to cover the rocks with
water. Several years afterward the
ditch was struck by lightning and In
the explosion which resulted buildings
were destroyed and huge masses OF
rock were hurled treat distances.
In the Pembrey works in Wales the
waste water is allowed to drain into
pond which is torpedoed each week IN
order to preclude the possibility OF ac-
cident.
Among the most prominent explosives
are ordite, the British smokeless pow
der invented by Sir F. A. Abel and Pro-
lessor Dewar; French smokeless pow
der, the vielle poudre of the Lebel rifle;
rifieite, which is used in the Lee-Met-
ford gun, and in the Martini Henry
rifle; n1-ximite, the compound which
Hudson Maxim invented; emmensite,
which proved SO satisfactory under