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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07
A Knmr snake Story.

A road party, comprising the usual gang
of from fifty to sixty Kafirs. with a
white man as superintendent was en-
ployed on the construction Of a road in
the Tugela valley, Natal, about thirty or
more years ago, says the London Specta-
tor In the course of their work they
came to a huge stone which il was nee
essary 20 remove but beneath it was the
home of large black mamba well known
10 the neighboring inhabitants as being
old and therefore very venomous. The
mamba Is the most deadly of the South
African snakes, and the superintendent
anticipated some trouble over that rock.
He offered a bride for the snakes skin,
and the gang "wow'dr' and sat down to
"bema gWi' (take snufD But a slim
youth sauntered forward, and amid the
leers and protestations of the rest, declar
ed himself equal to the task He took
from his mech what looked like a biz Of
shriveled stick, chewed 1t, swallowed sonne
Of it, spat out the rest on his hands and
proceeded to rub his glistening brown
body and limbs sll over. Then, taking
UP his stick and chanting song Of def
ance. ne advanced with great confidence
and swagger to the boulder. There he
reused up the IHamba who, in great fury
at being disturbed, bit him In the Up
The boy took no notice of the bite, hut
broke the snakes back with his stick, and,
bringing it to his master, asked for the
reward, obtaining which he went oacli 90
his work and the bite of the reptile had
no effect on him whatever
No bride, not even that of COW (5etter
than any gold in the eyes of a Ea;tir)
would induce this native to dis. 'oSe the
secret OF his antidote. which, he sail had
been handed down in his family for gen.
erations The snake was a very long one.
ard SO old that it had a manef 1t is a
well known fact that certain of the Zulus
have antidotes for the more deadlv snake
poisons, which they preserve as a secret
within their own families.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07
Me and Maria

An elderly man stepped into big hotel
the other day. accompanied by his wife.
and asked for room. says the Syracuse
Standard. When the polite clerk gave
him pen and placed the register before
him, he looked visibly embarrassed. but
he took the pen and bent over the book
as though he had nerved himself to some
desperate task. He started to write. and
then stopped and began to think The
clerk, of course, didn't know what the
trouble was or else he would have volun-
teered his services. After a painful pause
the ruralist started in to scratching some
more. After the expiration of fully five
minutes the farmer threw down his pen
with sigh of relief, wiped the perspira-
ton from his brow, and rejoined his bet
ter half who had been waiting in the
lobby during the ordeal The clerk was
curious to see a signature that required
such an unusual length Of time to exc.
cute. The clerk is a solemn man, but he
nearly went off into fit when he saw
in big, round script, this legend:
Me and Maria"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07
Couldn't stnx Ont

When subject is lin the air. everything
seems to speak of 1t. says the YOUTH
Companion.
Tommy came running into the house In
great excitement
Whats the matter?" asked his moth
err.
Found two double-yolked eggs in the
barnw he exclaimed breathlessly.
Have you ever found any before?" in
quired his father, looking up from his
newspaper
''Never! said the excited boy. 'fWe've
been keeping chickens three years. toop,
well" said Tommy's paternal ancestor
shaking his head lugubriously, when even
the barn-yard fowls declare in favor of the
policy of expansion l may as well give IN ,,
II could never see anything great in
your trip across the Rubicon,' said Wash
ington Now, when had to cross the
Delaware had to contend with a great
mass of ice"
Yes" replied Caesar; but look at the
risk I ran of meeting a frost when
reached the other side"
And even one of the Roman senators
smiled.-Philadelphi North American.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07
CONSUMPTION AMONG coxv1ors.

Dr. Blake, physician inspector of the
Alabama penitentiary, directed the atten-
ton of the recent prison congress in New
Orleans to the fact that consumption is
greatly, alarmingly, on the increase in
Southern prisons and penitentiaries. TAX
ing his own state, he quoted statistics to
show that in sixteen years the percentage
of convicts 10 die from consumption had
risen from II per cent 10 nearly 81 per
cent, while during one year-that of 1886
96-above 50 per cent. of the deaths in the
penitentiary had been from that disease.
Nor is the record OF Alabama exceptional.
DR.. Blake quoted figures from Mississippi,
Texas, Georgia, Virginia and other states,
going to show that consumption has stead
lily increased among the prison populations.
In Texas in 1895 two-thirds of the total
number of deaths of convicts were caused
by consumption.
The trouble. according to DR.. Blake. lies
in the fact that tuberculous and non-tuber-
eulous convicts are herded together in cells,
| camps, factories, or wherever else they
may be placed for detention or labor. Es-
pecially is the herding marked in the win
ter months. when the greatest number Of
convicts are crowded into the smallest
possible space, In order to economic fuel
and blankets. The result is that the con-
tagion is quickly spread, through dried
| sputum being powdered under foot and
drawn into the lungs with the breath.
1t seems that in very few if any of the
states prisons are rules for the prevention
of the spread of consumption
enforced. The disease. the doctors
| say, is preventable. 1t would seem
that, of all places in the world. it might
be prevented in a prison. where each in
mate is absolutely amenable to orders and
discipline. The tuberculous convicts
should. Of course. be Isolated from the 9TH
ers. If that is practicable; if it is not, iron
clad rules should govern the personal con-
! duct of each prisoner. All splitting, should
! be into covered vessels containing
lime, and splitting on the floor
and in corners should be prohibited
upon pain of severe punishment. The Grim
inal classes, as rule, are not given to pro-
tecting themselves by hygienic precau-
TONS they should be forced to observe
such precautions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings-The Hibernian Society.l
Special Notices-Notice to City Court Ju-
rors; A Young Man Wanted for the Shoe
Business at Tampa, Fla; Ship Notices,
Stranchan & Co, Consignees; The Verdict
Big Joe Restaurant; Bids Wanted, James
M. Dixon, Chairman Streets and Lanes
Committee; Woman's Divine Mission, r.
d. & VIM. baltimore; Ship Notice, Dahl
& Andersen; Leopold Adlers juvenile De
partment; Grand Millinery Opening To-
day and Tomorrow, Leopold Adler.
Business Notices-E. & w. Laundry.
Official Official Proceedings of Council.
Legal Notces-Notice to Debtors and
Creditors, Estate Michael T. Quinan; APP
plicatlon to Sell, Estate Amelia w. Meyer;
Application to Sell Real Estate Dora E.
Roche, Deceased; Citation From the Clerk
of Ordinary of Chatham County.
Legal sales-Chatham Sheriff's Sale;
City Marshars Sales.
Auction Observation-Disclosures Sale by
c. H. Dorsett, Auctioneer; Guardians
Sale by ]. Mclaughlin & Son; Adninistra-
tors Sale. by 1. D. L.aRoche. Auctioneer;
Trustees Sale. by /. D. LaRoche, Auction
Ger.
STANDARD Stuff L. Neidlinger.
Grand Opening of Spring Millinery To-
day and To-morrow-Leopold Adler.
Hides. ETA. Ehrlich & Bro
Europe s1s5 and Upwards-Edwin Jones.
New York.
sl795 Bicycle-sears. Roebuck Co.,
Chicago.
Mineral Water-Apollinaris.
Try Aliens -Ease-Allen S. Olmsted,
Leroy. N. Y.
Condensed Milk-Gail Bordens Con-
densed Milk
Tinkham Carrier-The Tinkham Com
pany, New York.
2edieal-warner' Safe Cure; Hoods
Sarsaparilla; Ayers Sarsaparilla; Cuticura
Remedies S. S. s.; Worlds Dispensary
Preparations; Erie Medical Company; Cas-
toria; Johann Hoffs Malt Extract
Steamship Schedule-Ocean Steamship
Company; Baltimore Steamship Line
Cheap Column Help
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For Rent;
For Sale; Lost; Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07
Not Contemnt of Conrt.

Detroit used to have a lawyer, says the
Free Press, of that city, who was shrewd
enough to show contempt of court without
mourning danger of the penalty that would
have been visited upon an offender less
diplomatic. He was at one time being heard
in an important matter before the SUI
preme Court, and made an assertion which
elected from one of the judges, that is
not the law. sir."
Pardon me. your honor" with defer
entail bow, it was the law until minute
ago Now We accept new principle estab-
hshed by a supreme authority"
On another occasion he was reading from
an imposing looking book in support of a
position that he had taken upon a legal
question.
Just moment" interrupted the su-
preme justice himself, do you mean to say
that you are reading good law?"
Not at an, your honor; only Supreme
Court decisions
The most cutting thing he ever said to
this same court was during the considera-
ton of a desperate case in which he had
not a leg to stand upon. He made a bold
contention, which was fallacious, but
plausible, from beginning to end.
Blank" said the court severely, 81
would not try to convert the average JUS
tice of the peace with such an argument
as that
Nor l." was the quick response but 1
mad what considered reliable informal ton
that none of the honorable members of this
honorable court had ever served in that
capacity"
You have practiced before me for years
Blank" said circuit judge, at one time.
land this is the first time you have shown
contempt"
Yes, your honor" answered Blank. az
have wonderful self-control."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

Some persons who are constontly on the
lookout for a good reason to shelve Col.
Bryan as a Democratic presidential posi-
bilty have now hit upon new scheme. 1t
is proposed that meeting shall be held
by certain leaders of the party who can
control the national convention votes of
New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia,
Illinois and one or two other states in
which the silver idea is not popular, and
that at that meeting Col Bryan shall be
repudiated because he favored the rati-
fication of the peace treaty. A Washing
ton dispatch says that Chairman Jones of
the national committee will agree to the
arrangement. That, however, may be
doubted.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

The hardest part Of the Philippine fight
ing is vet 10 come As long as the con-
testants keep near the water, within range
of Dewey's "hat-irons" the outcome OF
any engagement is foregone conclusion.
But when it comes to meeting the orien-
tai savage in his native jungle. that is
quite another matter. AS the insurgents
retire inland, the difficulties of the Amerl-
can troops will be increased. 1t is well,
therefore, that Gen. Lawton Will be upon
the scene within few days This coun-
Try has abundant admiration for Gen.
Gus, who has shown himself TO be a
man Of action and Judgment; but it has
confidence in Lawton. who is not hero,
but only regular
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

The 'ergograph" is a new instrument for
ascertaining the degree of tiredness which
a child at school feels from study or exer-
else. Under ordinary circumstances it
might be thought that the child would be
able to tell whether or not he was tired,
and the discerning teacher ought to be
able to determine whether he was tired
enough to be excused for the remainder of
the day. But in these modern days Of
measuring everything. even the emotions,
it seems that there is a CALI for an appa-
ratus of delicate and complicated mechan-
ism which shall be the. arbiter of the
amount of work at school that child
should do Presently. in all probability, we
shall hear of mechanisms for ascertaining
when child is hungry and how much food
should be given it, and when it is sleepy
and should be put to bed. 1t is a scientific
age that We are living in.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

Secretary Alger is said to be impressed
with the proposition of Gen. Gomez re-
specting the enlistment of Cuban troops
in the service of the United States, and
TO have asked Gen. Brooke's opinion. He
could hardly get from Gen. Brooke a bet
ter opinion than that expressed by Gen.
Joseph Wheeler the other day to the eff
feet that Cubans and Porto Ricans
should not be taken into the volunteer ser
vice, but should be added to the
regular army if enlisted at all.
BY making regulars of them the
Spanish-speaking recruits could be
more readily and advantageously as
simulated into the army establishment, and
would be less a menace to peace and or
der. Cubans sent to Porto Rico and Por-
to Ricans sent TO Cuba in regular army
regiments would not be apt to cause any
trouble.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

Admiral Won Diederich, who has been
something of a thorn in the side of the
American people for months-possibly
without good reason, but thorn neverthe-
less-is TO be superseded in command Of
the German Asiatic squadron by Prince
Henry. who has just been advanced by his
brother. the Kaiser, to the rank of a vice
admiral. Won Diederich's retirement viii
promote the return of good feeling between
Germany and the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

A newspaper writer who is interested in
the subject has. figured out that trusts
capitalized at about half billion dollars
nave been organized in two months. That
is equal TO about one-third of the amount
OF money that Congress has appropriated
during two years.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

The gunboat Bennington the other day
fired on and sunk schooner laden with
arms for the Philippine insurgents. Where
were those arms coming from? The I'M
Outstanding is that they were from Hong
Kong. That port is under British domina-
ton. Why do not our loving British
friends stop the shipment of arms from
Hong Kong to the insurgents? The cables
of few days ago stated that Japan had
seized and stopped a shipment of arms
from her territory. Are not the British
as good friends to us as the Japanese?
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

a curative serum for pneumonia Is said
40 have been discovered by Prof Wasser-
mann a pupil of Koch. He has made sue
cessful experiments upon animals, and is
now TO try the remedy on human beings.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

The Prince of Wales has lately given
considerable attention to the organization
of new charitable association, to be
known as the Order of Mercy. 1t was
thought that the ultra-fashionables would
tread on each others heels in their eager
ness to become members; but 1t seems that
the scheme has fallen fiat, and the Prince
may quietly drop the project
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

Jesse James, "the son of his father" and
who has himself just been cleared of a
charge Of train robbery, is said to have
received an offer of a large salary to so on
the stage in Observation-Disclosures melo-
drama, in which the piece de resistance"
wifi be the holding up of a train.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07
CURRENT COMMENT.

The Chicago News Qnd.) says: Cecil
Rhodes says the United States will rule
all of South and Central America within
a hundred years. When this prediction is
fulfilled the United States will no doubt
have a grand continuous revolution on its
hands morning. noon and evening""
The Chicago Times Herald Qnd) says:
Even though enough Democrats to
break the deadlock should decide to vote
for Mr. Quay it would not relieve the
Republican party of Pennsylvania of the
stigma of sending to the United States
Senate a man who is under Indictment in
his own state for using state funds for
his personal profit"
Passing from criticism of the out
going Congress, the Louisville Courier
Journal CDem) says of thei incoming one:
ITO the incoming Congress is left the work
Olnhandicapped for that work as is the
outgoing Congress by an adverse Senate)
of financial reform and the determine ton
OF our policy with reference to our in
sular acquisitions-in so far as il can be
determined in two years. Certainly the
work which the new Congress finds await
ing it is great. May it be equal to it."
the leadership of the Democracy in the
House, the Birmingham News (Dem)
says: Mr. Bailey's greatest weakness
was the lack of ability to calmly and cool
ly consider propositions which arose. He
frequently went off half-cocked, and he
seemed TO delight in splitting hairs on
technicalities whether he was supported
by the popular will or not. His party
grew tired of this child's play and turned
him down. Mr.. Bankhead is in no sense
this kind of a man. He is broad-minded,
and possesses a great store of common
sense. He is not easily swept of his feet.
He is not carrying chip around on his
shoulder. He is not out with search
light looking for an imaginary assailant
of the constitution. He takes a practical
view of things and men. In word, he
is wise and broad-guaged.- The change
from Bailey to Bankhead will be happy
one for The Democratic party"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

The general who commanded the Santi-
ago campaign and the speaker of the
House of Representatives have just passed
compliments. at 5000 miles range-one be-
ing in California and the other in Wash
ington. Gen. Shafter said of Reed, He
is suffering from the big-head," and the
speaker retorted, 1T is too bad that the
Falstaff of the army should permit him.
self to be SO worked up against an hum
BILE citizen like myself" Each of the two
is a good man, weighing some 300 pounds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

The ducks in the marshes of Winyah
bay, at Georgetown. S. c., are now fac
ing ''yawning disaster"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

The vast majority of that Cuban army
of 1900 men seems to have been safely
hidden in the woods while the American
army was fighting around Santiago.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

1t seems that about the best thing the
Cuban people could do-and do at once
would be to get rid Of the ridiculous las
sembly," which is making itself the laugh
ing stock of everybody The Assembly
seems to have constituted, itself, and to
represent nobody else Gomez is said to
have no respect for it, and it is certain
that very few other persons have any.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-03-07

The University of Liege, Belgium, is to
have the Russian and Chinese languages
added to It's curriculum. 1t must be that
Belgium parents desire new horror with
which to threaten their unruly children.
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Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-01

MIR nlGt aus MVttletp, Ionoern aus
6urdt. bab iie uns oas Saus a%nSiins
ben, ipenn lie nitts ST. eiien f%inoen."
Ter FINITE Straigrao 1T Der S6ub-
tarren, Der an Il SUB lan9en &etten
an Die Sanoiciiel uno bic 6iibe pes
Strdilinss aneei6miepet lit. Ser
Strailins i6ldit, arbeitet uno ibt
oamit, miro i~lberbaupt ben Garren bis
su ieinem 2~ebensenoe ni6t mebr los.
Sieie Strafe miro %ertannt, tpenn ein
Strdiling i'm @ciln9uiB einen Woro
begebt. Wou iinoet in Sibirien aud
aoeli9e Strailinge, Die germ freimillig
arbciten. Gin Noeliger lam nur Damn
CUR Nrbeit %9c,munsen ,ueroen, iuenn or
zines Wprres iiberihbrt lit. Sn alien
@efdnsniiien bis mad Nerti6inst So.
ppo mar Die a~llgemeine Slaoe Der &c
fangcnen. oab man lie unbeihlitigt
laIic. Sie Nermutbun1, oab Die Grams
iibiriihe Giicnbobn in oas bprti9e 0c-
fdnaniBlcbcn cine Ncnoerun9 brin9cn
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pcrocn Die Geiangercn am %ubnbuu
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aud Die @cidditiQulg Der StrdilinQe
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merocn, po~ruusgcIcbt, ouB Die braucn
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melt bon Der &n6nlinie bislptirt meroen
miiiien, b0mit oas Sur6geben nit Der
Sabn eritiucrt miro.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-01

lpdeno, I'M nitt, faum au'gstaudt.
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Sdrin9sbarten, uno ierne an Sori3ontt
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gSis lttuer es aud fdllt, bon oieiem
ber,li6en Bib 81 ideioen. Der Wan9el
elmer 2Gterns mabnt Den &dpfabrer ee.
bieteriI6 CUR umtebr. Gollig unbelebt
lit jeBt bic StraBe, iber Der bic Stille
Ger Naht lagert. Nur 81 bGlo, 10 81
ldgcn rbne llebergung wiro lie nieoer
our6 bns @erduih Der Grobiiapt abee=
lot, in oeren belebten StraGen Elm
9iltIges Ge'tit Den Iittlpien Snbrer
Dor Den Nrgusnugen Der S6uyleute
uno i'm uran9cGalicn naG
gclunQen luNt.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1899-06-01
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