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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
WITH FEW WORDS.
Small Children Usually Express
Their Ideas Clearly.

Small Children Usually Express
Their Ideas Clearly.
From the New Orleans Times Democrat.
81 have been engaged on rather a novel
experiment lately" remarked a bright
lady teacher of this city, who is particu-
larry interested in kindergarten work my
purpose is to obtain some definite idea Of
the vocabulary of small children-how
many words they use for the expression
Of ideas. Strange to say, there are no
data on the subject. although 1t would be
of great scientific value in indicating the
development of the mind. l took three Of
my pupils, little boy and two girls, all
about six years old, and told them to look
carefully at a certain house across the
way Then / had them describe il to me
and took down what they said in short
hand. l afterward repeated the expert
ment with children between eight and nine
years of age, carefully counting the words
employed in each instance. / found that
none of the smaller children used over
sixty different words, while the others ran
up in the nelghborhood Of 200
"Of course one trial was Valueless, be-
cause of individual variations in tempera-
ment, and the only way 10 obtain results
of any scientific Importance ls to calcu-
late averages from an immense number Of
experiments. This l propose, If possible,
to do, but IL will take me two or three
years at least. have been at II now for
only a few months, and the thing that has
impressed me most is the very dextrous
use 10 which young children put their lin
tied stock of words. AS a rule, an intel
,ligent child of, say, six, will give a better
and more vivid description of people and
things than one OF eight The additional
words which the Oldest youngster employs
usually tend to obscure the point.
Some very interesting experiments
might certainly be carried out in the same
line with adults. and am persuaded they
would demonstrate that the average per-
son OF the middle class has a much small
er voca bulary than Is generally supposed.
1t Is amazing how few words some folks
manage to tumble through life with"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15

$1,000 a year for life, provided he would
renounce all claim to his succession and
live in Australia This arrangement ahow-
ever. was Indignantly declined.
The county seat in Somersetshire be-
longing 10 the Earls of Poulett is in a
state of siege. The doors and windows are
barrcaded and a number of special con-
stables are patrolling the grounds. 1t is
expected that Lord Hinton will attempt
TO take possession as earl and force will
be used to prevent him. If ne succeeds
in obtaining entrance, however, he will
probably be left there. on the general
principle of having acquired mine points
of the law" Already money is being Of
fered to him in many quarters to assist
him in his legal battle.
Incidentally, it may be mentioned that
Lord Hinton is not the only noble person
living, or who has been living, in very
humble circumstances. The Warehouses
of Donegal is at present sojourning in an
almshouse. The late Viscountess Kings
ton was for several years making a bare
subsistence as a shirtmaker. The legiti-
mate Earl of Midtown is the offspring of
mixed marriage in India and is living in
great poverty with the rest of his family
in one of the Indian cities. The predeces-
sor of the present Earl of Aberdeen was
drowned, it is supposed, while serving as
d common sailor before the mast. GER
tain Irish representative peer is a constant
frequenter of lodging houses where beds
are obtained at four pence apiece, and
perhaps in this list may be included the
present Earl of Rosslyn, who is a bank
rupt and is earning his living partly as
an actor and partly as the publisher of a
little Scotch society paper. His advertis-
ing manager is Viscount Mountmorris.
By the way, 1 have been assured by the
4egal representative of the late LORD Pou-
lett that the statement that his marriage
with Lord Hinton's mother was the result
of wager made with a brother officer, is
entirely unfounded. AS the story is told
he was seated at the windows of the bar
racks in Portsmouth with a brother Off
Ger in the Twenty-second Regiment Of
Foot, and the conversation merged upon
marriage. Suddenly, Lieut.. Pouett ex-
Claimed, Il am tired of being single; III
tell you what I'll do. I'll bet you hun
bred that 1 marry the first woman that 1
see from the barrack window" The first
woman who passed happened to be Eliza
beth Newport, daughter of a local pilot
A pretty story but unfortunately not
true. The lieutenant was introduced to
his future wife by her own father, whom
he met in public house.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
STORIES ABOUT RUBIEs.
Anecdotes of Some of the Famous
Gems.
From the Baltimore Sun.

Gems.
From the Baltimore Sun.
Foremost among gems stands the ruby
AS a strictly popular favorite the diamond
is usually given precedence, but experts
agree that perfect ruby is at once rarer
and far more valuable than fiawless dia-
mond.
The basis of this stone, as of the sap
phire and amethyst is alumnia, the min
er-earth In its natural state, called also
corundum 0ruly a prosaic origin for so
much beauty, and one which mighty furn-
ish the text for homily). The word "ru-
by is derived from the low Latin rubinus
or robinus, which suggests also the ETY.
mology of the name 'Romin," since It
means simply red. The French, German
and Italian versions-rubis, rubin, rubno-
carry out the same idea. but the Greeks
more POLITICALLY called the gem anthrax, -
eignifying live coal or fire, in allusion to
the Turing light which flames in the very
heart of a fine ruby and causes the Hin
doc to revere 1t as the abode of a soul
imprisoned for time ere being admitted
20 the paradise of Buddha.
Rubies have been found in Siam, in Cey-
Ion. in Brazil and even in Australia, but
the best come from the famous mines in
Burma which until the conquest of the
kingdom were closed to Western enter
prise. The Burmese have a curious belief
that rubies are originally white, but be-
come red as they ripen In the ground. In
the days when the products of the mines
belonged exclusively TO his Burmese ma
jesty of unpleasing memory, IL was the
custom for bags of coarse ruby dust the
refuse from the workings. to be placed
under the foundations Of all public build
ings in order to propitiate the gods and
insure good fortune. The king kept all
the finest stones that were found, and il
is still believed that his chief treasures
are buried in Mandalay.
Besides the oriental or pigeon blood
ruby, the most valuable of ALL there are
several other kinds, including the balas,
or rose red, the spinel and the carbuncle.
The spinel ruby has yellow light in the
center, and can thus be easily dstin-
guished. People speak sometimes of star
rubies." but these do not belong to the
same family. There are asteras or star
stones, not true gems, although both pref
ty and curious. Owing TO the internal
construction they reflect a six-rayed star.
The blue and green varieties are spoken
of enormously as star sapphires and star
emeralds. IL is reported that Helen of
Troy wore one Of these stones in a ring
and attributed all her conquests TO it's
magic powers.
There are, of course false rubies on the
market to entrsp unwary purchasers.
Such limitations are made with small
stones Joined together and may be dis
tlnguished, say the experts, by the abb
sence OF silk the trade term for the
characteristic beauty Of the genuine stone.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
Ia Grippe
kept at bay by
I-IEBIC
CO M ? ANY'S
EXT RACT
OF BEEF
A Perfect Tonic
Braces up the System.

South for the purpose of making critical
examination.
Copper is the only known substance ap-
plea BILE to ships hulis that is deleterious
to marine life But If there is chance
for salt water to get in between the steel
plates and the copper plates then galvanic
action is sure to result. The effect of
galvanic action is to eat away plate.
In the case of the Assistance the copper
was fused in the Plate TO a depth of some
thing like one-thirty-second of an inch.
There was absolutely no chance for the
water to work in between the copper and
the steel. The Assistance was taken out
of the water near the Norfolk navy YARD
and critical examination of her hun
make by Prof. w. H. Crowley. electro
chemist. of this city. and by Prof. A. A.
Knudson, electrical engineer also of this
city The report showed that there was
an almost entire absence of galvanic ac-
ton.
The action of the naval authorities as a
result of the Assistance experiments de-
ponds largely, it is said, on the report Of
the board of construction. If II can be DEM
onstrated that the new process is applca-
bic TO vessels as large as battle ships there
can be little doubt, ii Is claimed, that the
new system will be taken up by the gov
eminent.
The great difficulty encountered by all
steel and iron hulFed vessels is the foulng
of the bottom in salt water Marine
growths. such as barnacles and grass. fase
ten on to the hull and serve to greatly re-
tard speed. 1t is stated as an actual fact
that owing to the foul conditions of their
bottoms at least two battle ships during
the last summer had their speed reduced
from sixteen to ten knots. Even the large
cruisers. vessels capable under frst-class
conditions of making twenty knots nor
hour, were reduced in speed full four knots
under ahe maximum attainnnants
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15

TO ELECTROPLATE WARSHIPs.
A Plan to Fuse Copper on Ships
Bottoms.

From the New York Journal
The methods employed in the preserva-
ton of the underwater portion of ships
bulls are likely to be revolutonized as the
result of a remarkable experiment which
has recently been concluded on the ocean
going tug Assistance. For nearly four
years the Assistance has been navigated
on the Atlantic coast without once having
TO go into dry dock to clean bottom This
immunity was accorded by reason of the
underwater skin of the ship being covered
by a copper film fused into the plates by
an electro process.
The Assistance has recently arrived at
New Orleans. and yesterday it was learned
that the board of construction of the navy
department. was under orders to proceed
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
NAMES OF STAGE WOMEN.
Real COgpOmens of Actresses Who
Are Known in other Ways.

Are Known in other Ways.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
A metropolitan newspaper man has been
compiling a little book that threatens to
create a Juror in theatrical circles. When
completed the volume will perpetuate the
terrible offense of giving TO the world
the real names of our stage divinities
Here are a few samples from the advance
proof sheets, and now for the weeping and
wailing and gnashing OF teeth:
Julie Mackey was Mary Caveney.
Billy Jerome was William Flannery.
Sadie Martinez was Sally Martin.
Francis Carlisle was Joseph McNabb.
Marie Jansen was Hattie Johnson.
Camille d'Arville was Neeltze Dykstra.
Ada Rehan was Ada Crehan
M. B. Curtis was Mike Schlessinger.
Dorothy Morton was Libby Mccarthy.
Lillian Nordica was Lillian Cover.
Nita Allen was Nettie Cohen.
Mary Mannering was Florence Friend.
Marion Manola was Mary Stevens.
Carisse Agnew was Clara Robinson
Miriam Nesbitt was Miriam Shancke.
Katherine Stewart was. Katie Murphy.
Rose Beaumont was Emily Stubs.
Nellie Beaumont was Nellie Stubs.
Trixie Friganza was Della Flanagan.
Kate Claxton was Kate Cohen.
Helen Marlborough was Nellie O'Brien.
La Belle Nadine was Mabel Shiffer
Alan Dale was Alfred Cohen.
Edna May was Edna Petite.
Maude Adams was Maude Kiskadden.
Alice Atherton was Alice Hogan.
Belle Archer was Arabelle Mingles.
Nellie Butler was Nellie Rosch.
Nine. Frances Saville ewas Fanny Sim
onson.
Yolande Wallace was Jennie Cummings.
Allie Willard was Zoe Grahame
Beatrice Hamilton was Beatrice Mooney.
Sylvia Thorne was Sylvia Titus.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15

Rev. c. S. Lefingwell, rector of St.
saviour's Episcopal Church, Bay Harbor.
for the last twenty years, has resigned
and will live in the South on account Of
the failing health of his wife. St. Sa-
viour's Church numbers among its COM
municants in summer some of the most
prominent people Of the United States.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
Reflections OF a bachelor.


TOM INV
Every girl likes mon to think she is
full of moods.
Whom the gods wish to destroy they
irst invite 10 dinner.
1t takes a woman to invent a way Of go
ing TO the devil respectfully
A girls ideal of a trousseau is to have
real lace and two dozen OF everything.
When a woman tries to explain how she
came to a conclusion 1t reminds you Of
a tadpole explaining why its tail fell off.
The Burke County news., 1899-09-15

sun larger, and the margin still
narrower between the army ap-
prlatlon to July 1st next and
'ne requirements of the depart
ment for the government vear
II costs on an average 81, 900 a
year to maintain a soldier in
the Federal uniform in time of
peace and the Philippine army
alone, when on a war footing.
would easily absorb in a wear
the entire $8O,OOO,OOO allotted
ny the t'lfty-ffth Congress to
the War Department.
The Burke County news., 1899-09-15
Notice to Creditors.

Having qualified as Executor of the
joint last will and testament of Lear
Moore and Elizabeth Moore. deceased.
notice is hereby given to all persons
having claims against said estates to
exhibit them to the undersigned execu-
tor on or before the 18th day of August.
\. d. 1900. or this notice will be
pleaded in bar of recovery thereon.
All persons indebted to said estate are
hereby notified to make immediate
payment and thereby save costs.
J. P. MOORE. Exec'r
of Lear Moore and
Elizabeth Moore. decd.
Avery * Erwin. Attorneys.
aug11-ot.
The Burke County news., 1899-09-15
FORWARDING Troops TO THE
PHILIPPINES.

Washington Dispatch.
All arrangements for trans
portation to the Philippines of
the infantry regiments mum
bered from twenty-five to
thlrty-five inclusive, and about
a thousand regulars and vol
unteer recruits has now been
completed. The number of
troops under orders to 90 to
Manila is 14,0OO. This does
not include the ten additional
regiments recently authorized.
Nearly 1000 will sail by Sep
tember Is, and the entire ten
regiments and a thousand re-
crults will be on their way to
the Philippines about October
I, and will reach Manila the
first week in November.
Arrangements have also been
made for the transportation of
the ten additional regiments
recently authorized.
The Burke County news., 1899-09-15
-Ft.f,RIEG OF INSANE.
.ya.I CHARITIEs CALLED TO
I,f.I-F MEANS OF RELIEF.

Rrf1 of CHARITIES CALLED TO
DfsI-E MEANS OF RELIEF.
..a Ne~, and Observer.
# earned that the jails in
=. ! Western part Of the State
nI.I many insane people who
Il. not able to gain admittance
u -ie Western Hospital for
~ Insane, at Morganton, be-
a u that institution is already
,r,vded 10 a dangerous extent.
Dr Murphy, the susperintend
pq-. Ill i letter to the members
! rIr Board Of Charities. saws
tint - many patients are
already being cared for that
-1,. danger Of accident or of
-l,eHraIouS infection, a con-
,.snt menace III such places, is
yrry great.
m or,lrl, to devise means for
nyrting the situation and to
,oyilr il possible for this
las of oar urfortunates DR..
carries Duffy. Of Newbern.
chairman, has called the Board
Of Aarltles to meet at Morgan
-ol on the 18th of this month.
Il i the purpose Of the
Board t. make a full investi-I
CATION of the facts, and to lay
tAr results Of the investigation
0vtorr the public as it finds
them. Il IS hoped by DR.. Muir
ply that the board will find a
way = give the care to the
insane that is needed.
The Burke County news., 1899-09-15
A Big CROP OF COFFEE
New York Dispatch, 9th.

New York Dispatch, 9th.
Ihe lowest price on record
for future" coffee was reached
yesterday when coffee delivered
IN October sold on the New
York coffee exchange at i 40
cents The previous low price
was 4 % cents, in June. for
coffee delivea in July. The
highest price in II years was
- 70, IN June 1887, for coffee
delivered in the following
December. The cash price of
Brazilian coffee was yesterday
the lowest on record, being
. 3-S cents, or one-eight below
the previous figure. The low
prices now current are due to
the enormous worlds supply
and the expectation that the new
crop will reach II ,OOO,OO bags.
The increase in the worlds
IN August was 100000
bags, the largest insrease ever
reported for a single month.
The Burke County news., 1899-09-15
0J.NTl STPERINTENDENTS ASK
QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS.
Ra'ish Cor Charlotte Observer.
Ilr State superintendent of
Pu1.lr Instruction to-day re-
c~Ivrd two quite amusing let :
'rF> from county superintend-
rAt>. One from BuncOmbe
waited to know whether the
Superintendent could stop what
i Known as the fodder pull
0s varation.' The State
Superintendent said it was
always good to follow local
'>''mS but better still not to
'p'l the schools until fodder
t'IlAg Was at an end.
y the other letter the Burke
f'll.ty superintendent wanted
" h4oW whether he could stop
l"F>oA> married but under q
}'"l> # age from attending
I" pa5hc schools. The State
>arllntenlent assured him he
~" 81 40 law which permit
" !Im 10 stop them and then
10y y added that the best way
'''1' t. for him to prevent
F'lI' from marrying before
~"E We're Il years of age.
The Burke County news., 1899-09-15
v AE COSTING SOMETHING.

'aE VAR COSTING SOMETHING.
.' .''e Observer.
l-' money paid out by the
.itiellt on account Of war
~ a~"> last month amounted
Isl 900, or at an annual
! about $780, 100000. The
lphia Record figures it
."J Il the new troops shall
''a-ht into active service
~ bending campaign in
Philippines pressed to
i 4e..on the outgo will be
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-06-12
Another Battle OF Manila.

This grandest of American naval vic
Maranacook, Saturday, June Il, in a
spectacular of greater magnificence
than anything ever produced in this
section of the world.
The reproduction Of Dewey's victory
has been brought here al an enormous
expense. as .Maranacook is the grand
est spot in America in which TO have
this reproduced, as there are accommo-
dations for 10000 people with a special
This is not a toy affair, but a re-
production in every detail of the fa
nous victory which established the
supremacy of the American navy;
everything being produced from photo
graphs taken in Manila bay for the
purpose.
There will be 20 war ships and forts
as in the real battle, each ship being
large enough to carry a crew of sew
pearng and rapid firing guns, making
it realistic in the extreme.
This will be made an oldtime gala
day at Maranacook, as there will be
bands Of music playing continually on
the lake, and every form of amusement
to make the day one of pleasure.
This great event is arranged to take
place on Saturday, 50 that school chill
dren from all over the State may come
and thus get a better idea of the most
important event in recent American
history.
The Maine Central Railroad have
named low excursion rates, and train
service given in detail in our adVertis-
ing column.
A special train will run from Bruins
wick to Maranacook on arrival OF
| morning train leaving Augusta at 6.3o
| A. NJ. and on the return this special
will leave Maranacook at 40 F. NJ,
connecting at Brunswick with regular
evening train to Augusta, Bath ana
| Waterville.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-06-12
C0NY HIGHS CLASS OF '95.
The Good Records Made by those Who
Graduated Four Years Ago.

The class of '95, Cony High school
VIII be well represented at the college
commencements. this year. Henry r.
Dennis will graduate from Yale, Cony
Sturgis and Arthur H. Mason from
Bowdoin, Miss Maud Andrews from
Emerson School of Oratory. Miss Quete
Haskell from the University of Lin
coin, Nebraska, Miss Charlotte Part
ridge from Mount Holyoke College
Miss Josephine Ward from Colby Col
lege.
Besides these members of the class
doing advanced work, Mr.. Washburn
graduated, last year, from Bowdoin
Medical school, and is now successfully
practicng in this city; Mr.. Black, also
graduate, last year, from Bowdon
Medical, is meeting fiattering results
in his profession at Pueblo, Colorado; ;
Misses Redmond. Clancy, Noyes, Saw
yer, Tracey and Lyons are teachers of
ability and promise.
The class of 80 was one of the MANY
good classes which go out from "OId
Cony." and its members are certainly
winning h0nOrs since leaving our high
school
Mr.. Sturgis has been leading so
ciety and social leader ever since he
lnf,
fortunate few on the provisional list of
speakers for commencement Mr.. Ma
son has excelled in literary work. hav-
ing served on both the Bugle and Quill.
He was also on the provisional ap-
pointment list, and will be one of the
six speakers on commencement day
He is the class day poet of SO. Both
Mr.. Mason and Mr.. Sturgis are mem
bers of the Delta Kappa Epsilon
fraternity.
Miss Ward has been leader in social
and musical circles at Colby is
member Of Kappa Alpha and the Y.
w. c. a., besides being active in class
work
Miss Partridge has completed in
most satisfactory manner. strong
course at Mount Holyoke. finishing not
only the work for a classical degree,
but has carried for two and a half
years major in the sciences. doing
special and original work in chemistry
and physics. Miss Partridge is a
member of Xi Phi Delta, and during
her course has been prominent in class
organizations, society, and athletic
work.
Miss Andrews, who has just gradu-
ated from Emerson's, has a fine record
This training added 10 her natural
ability and pleasing manner, will win
her success in her chosen work.
Truly the class of '95 has begun a
career in which its instructors may
justly feel pride.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1899-06-12
HIS 9Th BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY.
Hon. J. W. Bradbury Receives lhe Conqratu.
lations OF Friends. Saturday.

Augustus Grand Old Man" the
Hon. j. w. Bradbury, celebrated the
91th anniversary Of his birth. Satur-
day. II was a day filed with pleasure
to him and to his friends. he at receiv-
ing the congratulations, and they at
being able to give them.
Throughout the day friends were
calling to extend their congratulations
and wish him many happy returns Of
the day, and for each he had the same
pleasant word. The visitors We're very
many, and included Augustus leading
people, with many from away. His
nephew. Hon. j. o. Bradbury Of Saco
came purposely to see the vener-
able gentleman. Mr. Bradbury seemed
as bright and happy as he has appear
ed for years past, and his younger
visitors could but wonder and admire
this man, who. through almost three
generations has been enjoying good
health. the esteem Of his fellow towns
men, and the respect Of the many with
whom he has been associated in ma
tional affairs.
Many sent along choice bouquets and
flowers with their congratulations.
Chief among the floral gifts We're some
magnificent ones from Charles Brad
bury, Hon. Payson Tucker, Hon. J. H.
Manley, Manley II. Pike, Benjamin
Parrott and many others.
In the evening, some who had not the
time during the day, dropped in to en-
joy the pleasure of being with Mr..
Bradbury for a few moments. He
passed through the day without any
great fatigue, though, of course, the
days pleasures could not help firing
him somewhat. His friends hope that
they will have the pleasure of extend
ing congratulations upon many other
birthdays of Mr.. Bradbury.