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The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24
This World. supply Of Wheat.

An English expert claims that the
wheat producing soil OF the world Is
unequal TO the strain that will be put
upon II. Even now when the food sup
ply is ample. thousands die because
their diSordcred stomachs fail TO digest
the food they take. llosictter's Stom-
nch Bitters strengthen and tone up the
stomach and digestive organs.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24
s,.A ts..S s.s.h. !. as..,,.s..

Winnipeg. Dec. i0.-itat Portage,
Ontario, ID wild with excitement over 4
m.rveIous strike made In tho Mikado
go'd mine. The orr niis = stope forty
feee nigh aud two AMI \ third feet
VIDE; and thu richest ore Ii worth on
9 ceeservativr estimate frOm e2n,O0O to
$4,000 . tan IN FIRE tnillins sold. TIE
ose 70 being pst In harrris and sacks
aed msa ete guarding Il The niss 10
0Wne1 u EnslAad.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24
Admiral Mon,oi, bos left Man,

Admiral Montojo hns left Manila for
Spain to appear before court-martial
and tell of his defeat. Before he left he
wrote to Admiral Dewey asking that the
latter give him "a testimonial for bravery.
This the American admiral cheerfully did.
and when Montuju IL arraigned for cow
dice before the dons In Madrid he can
pull out document duly signed by Ad-
miral Dewey. saying that Mr.. MontoJo
did the best he could under the circum-
stances.
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0sisa osssAes Msvlas.

Milwaukee. Wia. Dec. ia 70.
aafkable feat Of bridge snovlns wsa &C.
se0pasked to-day BY the Chtcaro =
Neethwestern Railway Csnpany, IN.
~ 0Sfocttoo Of J. \. Robinapa. diva.
- sspegtnteadest Of the enginerrs Of
nat read. The bridge wss q slnele
noek draw weighing no tons ara NJ
N0evo0 Q distance os 10 fest 20 4
M eoo11atioo n ths Qutek tlme e
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24
Denver Directory,
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double team har-
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horn stock saddle
for SIS: SIS single
buggy harness for
s. 30. Do not be
deceived by worth
less imitations.but
order direct from
us and get tho
lowest Wholesale
prices. Catalogues
I. FRED MuEl-
Denver. Colorado.
.NAMISATlOS.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

LIVE THOMPSON
sat In her low un-
cushioned seat IN
the liuls country
church. payin ! n &
strict attention to
the New Years SER
mon. II was her
habit TO pay strict
attention to the
regular Sun d . y
sermon. but this
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fifty.seven minutes. The bridge had
rendered service since 1880. and Is still
In good condition, being removed to
make way for u double-tracS struc-
ture of the latest pattern.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

There Is NOR, Catarfh In this section Of the
sountry than all other diseases put taS'ether.
And until the last few years MAS supposed Ia be
incurablc. For great many years doctors pro-
aounecd Il a local disease. aud prescribed local
remedies, and by constantly failin. To cure
with local treatment pronounced II !bcurablc
Science has proven catarrh TO b. n constitu-
uonal disease, and therefore requires constl-
.utional treatment Hall. Catarfh Cure. man
efacturoi by =. J, Cheney a Co, Toledo. Ohio.
10 the only constitutional cure on the market
u Ia taken Internally In doses from 10 drop. TO
. t-aspoohfuL u acts directly upon the blood
AnG mucous surface. OF the system They offer
one hundred dollars for any cas-. II Fails To cure
6end for circulars and testimonials. Address
fJ, CHENEY a co.
Toledo. Ohio
Sold by prirgisi~, nc,
Hall I.n.lly l'ills mr.. the best
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

wild Animals I Have Known" by
Ernest Seton Thompson. is the title OF
beautiful book recently published by
Charles Scrlbncr's Sous. Mr.. Thomp-
son Is naturalist of wide reputation
and the author Of NUMEROUS books of
recognized authority The aim Of the
book is 10 implant In the minds Of the
young more sympathy and love for
their dumb friends. All the stories are
rouchcd for rs true. and the animals
described Were real characters. Some
OF them lived In Manitoba and some In
New Mexico. hut they all met with ad.
ventures that Will hold the absorbed a,.
tcn'lon OF the reader. young or old,
There are ihlrty.cight full.pagc Illus
fra'lons and over two hundred smaller
drawings.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

.'ia 'hl, nm intellectual n.i.hborhood -
Yes; III" residents often spend whole
evening" together without playing cards. ="
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

The University of Colorado has Just
received from the board of award of
the TranS-Mlss!ssippl Exposition n
beautiful gold medal and a handsom.
diploma OF award. The exhibit OF tn.
University was pronounced Of the
first order In point OF ncatncss and
general excellence.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

Talk about horso' My wheel save.
my life last week" How II sold n
and bought winter ilhnnols"
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

"i always want iniroduot,ons to long.
hatred m.n." Why II like to discover
what subjects they are foolish on
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Sold by prargisi~, nc.
NaIl's Family i'ilis are the best
TO cune A COLD IN ONE DAY.

~ have sa'ci n lot Of money "in
What way Last my job just before
Chrl.tmar"
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Asst dsp sss .t bt. khos's .,est Nssss N.ss.rss,
ee~a 10, tNGe. et.OO trial h-,t,s and ,s.e,,ss
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The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

Mr.. Wtsstow.s ssosasns ayvap
~ hii's. ,ssthtss .s"fsSs he tnaaA
0oaaos .aliAys Pein sihA suiie y sssss lsao
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Afsse isevias ss,lsOs Il vsuiA - Q
eoo1 ~ eee eoms M 70 - - oeAooa
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

''ito~ did s,ubh.' poem v~t such anne 90
'homrbojy started tn. story that his wife
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

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"TAe 01sos 9 eee Desssat eoslitioa
eteo1 eog vlovt G1os0y lAys have ssat
lusl ~ ~ AoA1aol eur viaAevs
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The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

Harry Higgins ir oithor very fond OF
HI. Nif" ar very Cipro-nrted. why ~
III" goes Christmas shopping with her"
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LITERARY NOTICES.

"Thc Days Work" is the name Mr..
kipling has given 10 n collection Of
twelve short stories written by him
that have appeared from time to time
In different magazines. II any further
proof Were needed 10 show the mar
velous versatility OF this wonderful
young man 1t is supplied In this vol
umc. The scenes Of the stories range
from Vermont pasture TO the heart
OF the lIlmilayas. and In either spot,
and In all intermediate spaces. the au-
thor seems 10 Ice equally ut home.
There Is not n story In the collection
that the reader VIII not determine. as
he finishes 1t, TO soon read again.
Doubleday * Mcclure Co. are the pub
fishers.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

Diamond "c' Soap does not shrink
hsnnrls and II leaves all fabrics In
the most desirable condition.
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24
"A GLASS DARKLY."

tRoaa.es from a New Years sermon.)
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

Taxi" Laxative iiromo euiuin- Tablets An
druggists refund the mna.y n Il fails to eur-.
So The eonsiu. has l.. u :, on each tablet
The Monte Vista journal., 1898-12-24

~. N. .U.-OENvgR.-No. e2-tueO
Nsss Aasssrss Adssstsssasass ale1ly
Ase.lee fhis rspss.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29

II is stated in our dispatches this morn
ing that the blockade on the coast of
Cuba has been extended. 1t is also stated
that the port of San Juan, Porto Rico,
has been blockaded.
Spain has been trying to get the Powers
OF Europe TO refuse to recognize the
blockade of Havana and Cienfuegos on the
ground that the blockade of the ports of
Cuba was not effective. She has kept
in the background the fact that there has
been no attempt to blockade all the ports
of Cuba. and because vessels entered free
~ some of the ports she wanted the world
to believe that they entered, almost at
will all of them. She has not succeeded
in getting any one OF the Powers of Eu-
rope to agree with her that the blockade
is not effective at the ports which we
have undertaken TO blockade. AS mat
ter of fact the blockade is effective at
those ports. We have not undertaken to
blockade the whole coast of Cuba. We
have not the ships to maintain so ex-
tensive a blockade as that would be.
Cuba's coast is about 1900 miles in extent,
and has many bays and harbors. We nave
undertaken to blockade only Havana ard
other ports which have railroad communi-
cation with that city. These ports have
been so effectively blockaded that so far
as known, no vessel has entered the har-
Dor of Havana, and only one vessel CT
Importance has entered one of the other
ports-the port of Cienfuegos.
The effect of the blockade has been very
apparent, if reports received from Havana
are to be credited. The prices of -four
and all kinds of meats have risen almost
to the starvation point. 1t would be diff
ficult, of course, to starve out any one
of the Cuban coast towns, because a sup
ply of fish and vegetables is pretty nearly
always to be had. 1t is certain, however,
that the people are in a rather revolu-
tionary state of mind because of their in
ability to get -four and such other things
as they import.
1t is hardly probable that Havana can be
starved out, but the blockade is having
such disturbing effect upon the people
that they are making it harder for Gen.
Blanco to defend the city. If the insur-
gents were strong enough to prevent any
vegetables being sent into the city it
wouldn't be long before Gen. Blanco would
have very dissatisfied army to deal with.
The extending of the blockade indicates
that it is the governments intention to
cut down Havana's food supply to the
lowest possible point.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29

Personal.

George Francis Train recently sent to
Representative Sulzer of New York an
invitation to attend his reception at Mills
Palace Hotel, and on one corner of the in
vitation was printed: mo tablecloths,
wines cards, flowers, airs, fads, fakes
or cranl1s, but bon vivants and cordial
welcome"
Prof. Card has sent in his resigna-
ton as principal of Glasgow University.
He is now in his 18th year. He was prin-
cipal when Mr. Disraeli was elected lord
rector of the university, presided at the
great meeting when the statesman deliver
ed his inaugural address and "bonneted"
him as an LII. d.
Count Tolstoi, the Russian novelist,
and all of his family live like peasants,
the Count always dressing in a blouse of
coarse white canvas, with a leather belt
and dark trousers. His mail is so enor-
nous that the government censor has
given up attempting TO read his CORE
spondence before passing It,
Luther Benson, the temperance ora
tor, who died the other day, was never
able to thoroughly master his appetite for
liquor. Drinking TO him was not a habit
an indulgence, but curse like that of a
morphine fend's. He acknowledged that
he was-a drunkard, and yet he was so
constituted the people understood him so
well, that he could go on the platform and
denounce whisky without the slightest i'm
preston of cant. He was pitied and low
ed and admired at once.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29
The Earl of RerlxeIey,s Ruse.

Here is another excerpt from "Colec-
tons and Recollections, by One Who Has
Kept Diary" just printed in England:
story of a highway robbery which ex-
cited me when I was a boy was that of
the fifth Earl of Berkeley, who died in
1910. He had always declared that any,
one might without disgrace he overcome
by superior numbers, but that he would
never surrender to a single highwayman.
As he was crossing Hounslow Heath one
night, on his way from Berkeley Castle
to London, his travelling carriage was
stopped by man at the window and said:
Il believe you have always boosted YOU
would never surrender to single high
wayman?" 81 have"
well, presenting a pistol, IT am a
single highwayman. and I say, Your
money or your life " you cowardlv
dog" said Lord Berkeley, "do YOU think
can't see your confederate skulking be-
hind your The highwayman, who was
really alone. looked hurriedly round and
Lord Berkeley shot him through tha
head. l asked Lady Caroline Maxse nS09
1850. who was born a Berkeley If this
story was true. / can never forget nv
thrill when she replied: Yes; and / am
ter" aus -
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29
Negro Troops.

The negroes who have been complaining
that their race has been ignored in the war
with Spain ought to be happy. The negroes
are to have the opportunity TO take part
in the war. The blu which Representative
Hull introduced into the House on Mon
day provides for regiments Of Auxiliary
Volunteers" which are to be composed of
negroes. who must enlist for three years.
The idea is to take the negro military or
ganizations now in existence and fill the
companies with recruits to the maximum
number for which the United States army
regulations provide.
There is no doubt that quite a number of
regiments of negro troops can be raised
without much effort The negro militia or
ganizations are anxious TO take part in the
war. and there are thousands of negroes
not now members OF these organizations
WHO will enlist as soon as the opportunity
to do so Is presented to them. There are
two or three companies in this city which.
in all probability, viii become part of the
volunteer army as soon as the Hull bill be-
comes law.
The reason that the term of enlistment is
fixed at three years is that 1t is the pur-
pose of the government to utilize these ne
gro regiments in holding the territory
which We expect to get from Spain. They
would stand the climate of the Philippines
and Porto Rico much better than white
soldiers and they would answer for garri-
son duty fully as well as white soldiers.
In fact, the negro soldiers have proven, in
campaign on the plains. that they are
first-class fighters when properly led. In
contests with the Indians they showed
courage of high order, and it Is expected
that the negro soldiers in Gen. Shafters
army will make a good record.
The President win appoint all of the field
and staff officers of these negro regiments,
and it would not be surprising if he should
appoint only officers of the regular army
The negro soldiers ought to have officers
capable of giving them a thorough train
ing. 1t would be a great mistake 10 appoint
politicians to command them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29
An Awkward Adventure.

A young man about town was caught in
one of those sudden downpours of rain that
have lately astonished the natives, says
the Cleveland Plain Dealer. He was on
Euclid avenue at the time, and. obeyine
the first impulse of self-protection, ran ur
the nearest walk and placed himself meath
the sheltering roof of house porch. II
was early in the evening and yet the
house, he noticed, was quite bright with
lights. 1t was rather narrow porch and
he stood close by the front door while the
rain came down in wild gusts.
Pretty soon the door was opened and a
trim lndld stood in the opening. She looked
at the stormbound youth, and he looked
at her. She held the door invitingly open.
won't you step in?' she said.
lie stepped in, good deal pleased at this
example of unexpected Samaritanism.
The maid looked al him again.
Which of the ladies'" she began,
and then he knew that he was mistaken
for a caller
Even as he wondered what explanation
he could make magnificent matron of
generous proportions swept from the par
Tor with outstretched hand
She stopped short when she saw she
didn't know the youth.
Pardon me, madam" he said IT seem
70 be the victim of an innocent mistake.
ne SuuuSH Adiil uiONe me 10 the SnSiter
of yodr porch and your maid evidently
mistaking me for somebody else invited me
in. 1 certainly have no desire to intrude -
The magnificent matron looked at him
with critical eyes.
Then she turned to the maid
Janet" she said in severely emphatic
tones, take this young man to the kitchen
and give him an umbreller"
And when the youth heard her say "um-
breller" he felt that he was amply avenged
for the humiliation OF the situation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29
lNBEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Special Notices-Hotel Tybee. Chas. f.
Graham, Proprietor; Dividend No. So.
Southern Bank of the State of Georgia;
Fine Fruit and Vegetables, Drayton Gro
Gerry Company; Fire Sale Of Stationery
Writing Paper, Pens, Etc, at Gardeners
Bazaar; County Down Shirts at a Discount
Thomas r. Thomson, Receiver Falk Cloth
ing Company; Tribune Wins R. " Come
rat.
Business Notices-La Carolita Cigars;
Old Fashioned Rye Whisky. Henry Solo
mon & Son.
Bubbles Are Pretty-Byck Bros.
Shirts-At Levy's.
South End Hotel, Tybee Island-W. Nj.
Bohan, Proprietor.
Gas Ranges-Mutual Gas Light Com
pany.
Lemons-W. D. Simkins & Co.
Sale of Bathing Suits-B. H Levy & Bro.
What's the metropolitan Clothing
Company.
Medical-S. S. s.; Lydia Pinkham's Veg
etable Pills; Hoods Pills; Railways Pills;
Castoria; Munyon's Remedies.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29
nan TaIIe From a Private.

Mr. bill Arp" seems 10 have made
mistake when he asserted in a letter
which appeared in the Constitution of At
lanta recently that the regular army is
made up of the scum of the earth" He
excepted of course the officers, and Pri-
vate VIII Walter Gregg of the Fifth Uni
ted States Infantry, says if Mr.. Arp
had known anything of the subject of
which he wrote he would have excepted
the private soldiers also.
Private Gregg is stationed at Fort Nc
Pherson, and he didn't like being classed
with 1.-THE scum of the earth by Mr..
Arp" In answering Mr.. Arp he made
it evident that he has quite as sharp a pen
as Mr.. ARP" and that he had the adj
vantage of knowing a great deal more
about his subject
For instance, he says that the Fifth In
fantry contains $50 men, of whom nearly
300 are native Georgians. Most of those
Georgians Private Gregg says, are sons
of farmers. They never saw anything of
city life, and went from the farm to the
army. Private Gregg wants TO know if
Mr.. arp desires 1t to be understood by
the families of these 300 Georgians that
he, ARP" considers these Georgians as
1.-The scum of the earth" That is ques-
ton which Mr. ARP" ought to answer
without delay
Private Gregg insists that the private
soldiers in the United States army are a
very fine lot of men-that physically,
morally and Intellectually they will COM
pare favorably with a similar number of
men in civil life. He admits that there
are black sheep among them, but he calls
attention to the fact that all the black
sheep are not found in the army-that
there are very many of them in civil life
The black sheep are weeded out of the
army as fast as they are found out, and
there is a constant effort on the part of
the officers TO raise the moral and intel
lectual standard of the men in the ranks.
That they are, to a large degree, success
full is shown by the fact that many of the
officers have risen from the ranks,
The volunteer soldiers were surprised
when they were brought into contact with
the regulars to find the regulars were
physically. intellectually and morally so
much above what they expected TO see.
| They discovered that most of them were
fairly Well educated that they We're well
informed on current topics, that they had
a clean appearance and that the percen-
tage of them that led dissipated or i'm
moral lives was small.
A great many people have pretty much
the same idea of the private soldier of
the regular army as Mr., arp has, but
they don't put their idea into print. Hence
they run no risk of getting into contro-
versy with Private Gregg or any other pri-
vate soldier.
Mr.. ARP" may not think 1t necessary
to notice a communication from one of
1.-The scum of the earth" but il he does it
would be advisable for him to fortify him
self with a few admitted facts, because
Private Gregg is not, apparently, a man
to be easily downed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29
rho nnulIet-Proor Solder,

A letter written by Corpl Laurie of the
Seaforth Highlanders, TO his sister, de-
scribing the battle of Atbara. is published
by the Scotsman. The corporal writes:
Il suppose you have seen me reported as
slightly wounded, and pictured me as an
interesting invalid. Wen, I was struck,
but the effect was so small that I have
often been worse hurt in a football match.
But during the rest OF the day and for
some days afterwards have been an OBJ
ject of interest, and have been questioned
by almost every man and officer in the
battalion, referred to as the bullet-proof
man., and asked if ! would mind letting
section fire a few rounds at me to see if
they could do me any harm. The fact is
that 1 got most of the corners of my cloth
ing shot off. while personally was unin-
jured.
Before I entered the zareba I was not
struck, but soon afterward bullet took
off the toe of my left shoe without hitting
my foot, the shoe being a size too big, for
easy marching and sleeping al night. Then
my bayonet was struck and bent over at
right angle. Then a shot went through
my sleeve, near my left wrist, tearing two
holes, but not hurting myself Then my
rifle was struck while l was loading, the
bullet splintering the butt and being stop
ped by an iron bolt which it met This
bullet would certainly have gone right into
my body but for my rifle being there
Then niger in trench let drive at me
with spear, missed my ribs by an inch,
and slit up my haversack. A buEes then
grazed the back of my hand. just enough
TO make it bleed. When I reached the
river bank, which was nearly perpendicu-
lar, shot came from the bottom, about
twenty feet below and little to the left
which caused the wound 1 am supposed
TO nave got, and was so curious that
was paraded before the general 1t enter
ed through the lid of my right ammunition
pouch which was open, went into my
right coat pocket, tore four holes in my
shirt, made surface wound two or three
inches long on my left breast, and came
out near my left shoulder through my
coat and ammunition pouch braces In the
afternoon l strolled over to the field hos
pital and got piece of dressing on, and it
has never troubled me at all; in fact, il
was farce to put it in as wound, and
was done without my knowledge by the
color sergeant. So you see I've really
been, as I'm told by everybody, wonder
fully lucky in getting off as l have done
while other poor chaps were given no
chances"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29

The restoration of wages by the Louis
Vile and Nashville road, noted in our news
columns several days ago, is being favora-
bly, commented upon, and the hope is being
expressed that other roads will soon fol-
low the good example. A reporter for the
Atlanta Journal asked Mr.. Conner, presi-
dent OF the Central, the other day, if his
company would restore wages. Mr.. Conner
replied that it would not, for the reason
that there was nothing to restore, since
the Central had not reduced wages. When
other roads in all parts of the country
were making cuts, the Central announced
that 1t would continue to pay its employees
the same scale of wages: and it was one
of the few roads in the country which
made no reduction
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-06-29

The probabilities are that most Georg-
ians had forgotten that a state conven ton
will be held in Atlanta to-day for the pur-
pose of nominating candidates for Gov
ernor and state house officers. The nomi-
nations. however. win be only perfume
tory. The convention viii merely ratify
the will of the Democratic party which
is to say the people, of Georgia, by put
ting Col Gambler and his running mates
regularly in nomination. We are elecdng
a Governor this year pretty much as the
years. The convention is merely our state
electoral college, with the difference that
we must still go through the form of a
popular election in order TO comply with
the law.