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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

the house outside the door they were
confronted by a crowd of Sitting Bulls
closest adherents-the fanaucal ghost
dancers. After some reasoning with the
hosules. the crowd fell back and the DO
lice advanced with their prisoner. Fear
ing that he would be deserted Sitting Bull
suddenly called on his followers to shoot
Bun Head and Shave Head, urging that
their death would escare the rest off.
His appeals had the desired effect
Dashing to the front Catch-the-Bear and
Strike-the-Kettle leveled their guns and
fired. Bun Head received a bullet in
the right groin, but before falling no
wheeled and shot Sitting Bun in the LEFT
side. \ bullet having passed through
Shave Heads abdomen, the three men
went to the ground almost Simultaneous
~ Catch-the-Bear, who fired the first
shot, was promptly killed by Private Lone
Man.
The fight" said Fechet in his admir-
able report, now became general The DO
lice gaining possession of the house and
stables, drove the ghost dancers to cover
IN the timber nearby. From these post
tons the fight was Kept up until the ar
rival of my command"
Shave Head, hero of a famous Indian
duel with knives, which he fought naked
with his opponent near Fort Yates was
Killed outright; courageous mild-eyed
dian ever knew, after lingering in great
agony for two days, died In the hospital
at Standing Rock. He was of heroic stuff,
and truer more loyal Indian policeman
never wore Uncle Sans blue uniform.
On the fight at Wounded Knee which
followed close upon the death of Sitting
Bun, it is not within the province of this
article to dwell. Suffice it that in that
bloody encounter the hopes of the ghost
dancers were shattered and the Sioux up
rising came to a tragic close.
AS for the chief instigator of the revolt,
the cunning medicine man and malignant
foe of the whites, he lies buried-some-
where-out on the Standing Rock reserva-
ton in North Dakota. The secret is known
only to Maj. Mclaughlin and two trusty
Indian police, They bore Sitting Bull's
frozen corpse away at dark of night, driv-
ing far from the agency. regardless of the
bleak winds that swept across the treeless
prairies. Wrapped in his Indian blanket
and without scrap of civilized clothing
on his frozen form, his body, stiff and I'M
yielding as the spirit 1t once contained, was
consigned to its last earthly resting
place.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

conversations or gazed unconcernedly
through the windows into the black night
pay vour fare or get thrown Off the
train said the conductor in even tones
like A gladiator waiting for the Word,
the unruIy passenger prepared TO spring
upon his victim. He halt rose from M, me-
scat when something happened. me
nliers which the conductor carried IN ms
right hand suddenly met the passenger be
tween the ewes, and he tumbled 10 the
aoor II was blow for blow, and Johnny
Han knew better than to let his antagonist
get in the first one
Cover 'em, Bill. he said, and the pig
brakeman instantly whipped out two mur-
derous looking Colts and turned them UP
on the astonished occupants of the car
Nobody stirred while he sung out; ANY
bodv that tries TO leave this car is dead
man. Keep your seatsH' All kept their
seats and everybody paid his rare 100.
No one had any arguments that conId
stand up against the muzzles OF two loaa-
ed guns, and once having paid they want
ed 10 see every one else pay, too, so they
made no interference. -.
an the second car no one knew what
had happened in the first. But the moment
the two men stepped inside and the door
slammed behind them. the eyes OF every
one there caught sight of the two reYoV-
ers In the tWinkling of an eye the mana
If the man in the first seat reached ms mp
rocket. But even before he could Draw
il away Johnny Halls lantern had circled
through the air and come down with ter
rible force flooring him instantly.
Throw UP your hands, shouted the
brakeman at the same moment and all the
other passengers In the car had race 20
see who could get his hands up over MS
head first. They went through the car
from the last seat to the first and got
every fare in cash.
"After that Johnny came to the conclu-
sion that it was a waste OF time 20 stand
unon ceremony. So the first mtimabon
the OCCUPANTS of the remaining cars got
of the advent OF the conductor was the
sharp command hurled at them In stento-
Ran tones: Throw up your hands! ana
the sight of two loaded pistols turned point
blank upon them. The conductor wouid
ask each one how far he was goln, take
his money out OF his pocket, make the
right change and put It back Ihen ne
would pass on to the next
"And that Is the story Of how Johnny
Hall held up his own passengers. steve,
at the throttle was Jerking her through
according to orders. They smashed along
through the woods, tore across lonely
swamps and ratified over shaky wooden
bridges Red flames shot out of the
snokestack into the dark night and the
cars lurched from side to side as they
banged along.
Johnny Hall continued on the road
many wears, and became one OF the most
popular conductors in the state, and II
was only the other day that he made mis-
last run: and l know that John Hall was
plucky to the end. for Drawer man never
ran train out Of Detroit"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
IN THE TRANsvAAL.
rom the chicago TImes-Herald.

From the Chicago Times-Hefafd.
No more interesting subject has ever
been depicted by the skllful pen of the
novelist than the scenes and recltaIs of
fact which abound in South Africa, and
are totally unlike the descriptions of any
other country. Beers ostriches, Kamrs.
kopje and kappje, karoo and sheep-kraal
are picturesque features of the real liter
ature of the Transvaal and Dom and
Tante are the anectionate epithets applied
by the people to each other. 1t should not
be forgotten that The pages OF a novel
opened first TO the world universal the
beauties and characteristics Of the strange
wild country which Is now the foremost
war feature of England, and likely to be
forced into an ACKNOWLEDGEMENT that VIII
last on the side OF the Transvaal until the
last armed foe expires or the last citizen
of a free republic is exterminated.
How do you pronounce the name
Boer?" asked an inquiring man of his
friend, who had Travelled and was an Eng
lishman.
"As il is spelled" was the curt reply.
"Y-yes, but how Is IL spelled?'
I'm three ways" snarled the English
man; you can take your choice"
When Olive Schreiner wrote her morbid
religious story of IAN African Farm" she
was not aware that II would arouse an in
terest In that country, then unknown out
side of certain financial and political cir
cles in Great Britain and lead capitalists
to its sum- leached plains, where fortunes
may be had for the seeking and riches in
Vulnerable accrue 10 the man OF Judgment.
Sheep and ostriches contest with the min
eral powers of the country In the making
of wealth for the men who handle them.
But little was known Of the country itself
until Olive Schreiner became the cham
pion of the Beers and gave the world
abroad such delightful, stimulating
glimpses of that far strange land that
travellers we're diverted to its wildly des-
cribed attractions. Who would not be en-
tranced with a land where such a fetching
scene as this was possible?
"The full African moon poured down its
light from the blue sky into the wide, lone
Iy plain. The dry, sandy earth, with its
coating OF stunted karoo bushes a few
inches high, the low hills that skirled the
plain the milk bushes with their long fin
gerike leaves, all were touched by a weird
and an almost oppressive beauty as they
lay in the white light.
AT the foot Of the kopje lay the home
stead. First the stone-walled sheep
kraals and Kaffir huts; beyond them the
dwelling-house, a square red brick build
ing with matched roof. Even on It's bare
red walls and the wooden ladder that led
up to the loft the moonlight cast a kind CT
dreamy beauty, and quite etherealized the
low brick wall that ran before the house,
and which incIoscd bare patch Of sand
and two struggling sunhowers. On the
zinc roof Of the great open wagon house.
on the roofs of the outbulldings that jutted
from its side, the moonlight glittered with
quite peculiar brightness ill II seemed
a. If every rib in the metal was FURNISHED
Silyer.'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

The language Of the Transvaal ls neon
lar IN that II has a curious sprinkling or
words that sound like the targon OF chil-
dren, yet are in everyday use with adults
Boer courtship is called an "upsittjng
because IL occupies the hours Of the night
ana the lover who rides up on horseback
asks leave to 'off-saddle" They "in-
span" and "outspan" the horses or OXEN
which Is colonial for Harvesting or unhar-
Messing. The Dutch words become lumI-
nous spots in the prosy English of those
VINO abide there the year round. II is
pleasant to find new term for Indigestion.
and "benaauwdheit" comes nearer to de-
scribing that familier complaint than any
English word could possibly do
TO a Dutch country wedding In South
Africa guests start up In numbers aston
ishing to one who has merely ridden
through the plains of sparsely inhabited
karoo. Everything is removed from the
great front room, and the mud floor, well
rubbed with bullock's blood, glistens like
polished mahogany. Bride and bridegroom
open the bail, and the floor Is soon COW
cred with whirling couples and everyones
spirits rise. The massive tantes are
attended by Hottentot, Kafiir and half
caste nurses for the children. who go in
full force to a Boer wedding, and long be-
fore the feasting is concluded are sleeping
in every corner Of the room. under beds
and behind boxes, and II is daybreak be-
fore the dancing and fiddling cease.
you must take me to the Transvaal"
the heroine OF the novel says TO her lover.
That Is out of the world People we
meet there we may not see again In our
future lives"
A few phrases Ike this were winged
words to fly to the uttermost parts of the
earth and set people TO talking about the
Transvaal until 1t became a popular topic
in social circles, as II is to-day popular
theme In the digest of daily news.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
when Children smoaIsed Pipes
FROM The Pittsburg Dlspatch.

From the Pittsburg Dispatch
Every one has read that Hawkins intro
duced tobacco into England, and that King
James inyeished against 1t. Elizabeth Hk-
ed to sit on low stool and Watch Sir wal
ter Raleigh putting away. Once she bet
him that he could not tell the weight OF
the smoke in his pipe, but the philosopher
won. In Annes reign almost every one
smoked. In Charles lis reign children
were sent to school with their pipes in their
satchels, and the schoolmaster called a
halt In their studies while they smoked.H
In 1902 Jorevin spent an evening with
his brother at Garraway's coffee house,
Leeds, and writes. II was surprised to see
his sickly child of 3 years Old hll its
pipe Of tobacco and smoke 1t as audfar-
andy as a man OF three score; after that a
second and third pipe without the least
concern, as It Is said 10 have done above
a year ago"
There were about 40 coffee houses in
London, besides tive chocolate houses, In
Annes time. Smoking was general In
them. and ntoxicants could be also OBJ
tanned, as well as coffee. Bishop Trelaw-
eny was much hurt because Bishop Bar
nett had accused him Of getting drunk in
one of them on The 30th Of January-a day
of grief TO tories and all good churchnien.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
tn the PeonIe of savannah.

We invite you TO a mass meeting Mon
dav evening, Sept Is, at S o'clock, at ST.
Pants c. NJ. E. Church, Maple and Guy
Ter streets, TO formulate plans for the
noanagement of the McKane Hospital
For several years many of us have made
sacrifices 10 give Savannah another pub
lie institution to relieve the distress among
her large negro population, and to remove
the great strain from the Georgia Infirm-
ary that institution not being able to care
for So many people. That we have done
a good work, both in the hospital and the
training school for nurses is matter of
history. our board of trustees, with the
exception of two or three, have forgotten
or neglected us. Now il has become an
fmpossjbility to have a meeting. Unless
new life is added TO the institution We
must lose what we have accomplished.
rl,,e nronerty is more than half paid for
A new wing for the accommodation of
from thirty-fve to forty patients is nearly
oop,nletad and almost paid for. II would
~ q shame to throw away so much labor
ana money and disgrace to our city. 1.
tberefore. call upon the good people Of the
citv regardless of race or religion, to help
ne manage this institution and save it to
Savannah Cornelius McKane, NJ D..
Superintendent of the Hospital.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17
The word splitter squelched.-They

-The Word Splinter oQueIvIleu'-IHey
we're gazing across the lake.
at looks like rain" said the man who
is reckless with his English
.'What looks like rain?" coldly inquired
the word splitter.
..water," said the reckless man.-Cleve-
land Plain Dealer.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

Jeremiah Curtin, the translator Of
Sienklewicz' novels, knows every language
and most of the dialects in Europe, and is
selft-taught.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

''How is it, Sherry?" inquired friend of
the brilliant author of "The Rivals" and
"The School for Scandal" that there is
10 O. TO your name? Your family is Irish,
and. no doubt, illustrious."
mo family" replied Sheridan, "has a
better right to than ours, for we o ev-
erybody."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

pedrlhg before the public professionally.
the Earl will adopt an assumed name.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

me ne Earl of Yarmouth, who recently APP
,,., 90 IN amateur theatricals in Newport
,.e',t aiso IN a professional production tvs
be. ago in London, is to become mem
hal % one Of Charles Frohmans com
'''''es' 50 lis said. Like many others ap-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

Blanche Walsh has scored success in
Chicago In the old Davenport roles, which
she has now been playing for a season.
The Windy City has accepted her as
worthy successor of Davenport and her
La Tosca has come in for special praise
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

It IS moi Known whether e. II Sotbern
was joking or not, but upon his return
from abroad the other day he gave out as
his most important bit of INFO nation the
announcement that ere his season at
Days theater, New York closes he in
tends to produce Hamlet" and will be
seen as the Dane himself His season opens
next Wednesday evening in "The Kings
Musketecr," with Mrs. Sothern Virginia
Harned) as NIiladi TO his D Artaguan.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

Herbert Kelley and Fife Shannon be
gan their third season as stars in Fitch s
ne Moth and the Flame" in Brooklyn
last week. This bright play, depending
upon its smart dialogue, seems to grow
WIN the public the older ii becomes Mr.
Kelley and Miss Shannon will be seen in
Savannah in 1.-The Moth and the Flame
Nov %
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-17

New York had its fun share of farces
last week, as not less than seven of the
principal theaters there had farces 10 offer
their patrOus.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
WOMEN WON'T REST.
They Have Lost the Useful Art 8,
0awdlinE-A Good Note
for Workers.

The gospel of periodical rest is not
preached to women half forcibly
enough. One of the most narrowing
remarks made at the Denver meeting
of club women last year was by an en-
thusiast who urged that women should
not slip back in the summer from the
effort they had made during the win
ter, says the New York Post. It was
evident the speaker would take away
from this busy modern woman the
scant respite she permits herself dur
ing part Of the summer. At recent
club meeting in a.suburban town q
member presented the "Value of Sys-
tenn in Work." and gave model day
in which every minute from breakfast
to bedtime was filled with active effort.
When she had finished, woman in
the audience arose and pointed out that
one important occupation Of the day
had been omitted. That was "dawd-
ling" and the speaker said while in
dorsing the value of system she must
put in an eloquent plea for the incor-
poration in the working day Of every
woman of at least half-hour's abso-
Lutte rest-not the rest Of q fresh occupa-
ton, but the rest of complete and en-
tire relaxation, mental and physical.
The nervous, active, overzealous Ameri-
can woman Of to-day scarcely knows
how to rest. "If you have found day
to be idle" says some one, "be idle for
day." This is motto that many wom-
en- will do well to fasten up on their
dressing tables.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
THE MAY IN TIE BUGGY,

The man in the buggy is now abroad
in the country among the grangers. He
may be the church parson or the par
ish priest. looking after the spiritual
welfare of the deacons and pillars of
their respective churches, or he may
be fellow taking orders for, short
weight and adu,terated Chicago gro.
ceries, or he may be chap with some
fine cloths which his uncle has snug
gled in from Canada, or he may be a
slick schemer with a patent right to
sell, or he may be in the lightning rod
business, or some fellow begging for
an office. When they come to your
place, always excepting the parson
and priest, whistle for old TowZe and
get ready for business. These chaps
all have tongues hung on ball bearings,
and your best means of protection
from them lis to administer the grand
bounce just as soon as they set foot on
Your premises. Keep an eye out for
the man in the buggy.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
TIE DIRTY PATRON.

The dirty patron is the bane of the
creamery and of every attempt at CO.
operative butter making. Some folks,
the many, are instinctively Clearly;
others. the few, are constitutionally
and instinctively dirty. Paraphrasing
the commandment, the dirty sins of
the one dirty patron are visited con.
tinuonsly upon the ninety and nine
clearly ones. The dirty patron as lie
runs his dirty hand into the pail OF
foaming milk to get material to still
further lubr!cate the dirty teats of the
COW he is milking and lets the pasty
ana odorous product Of the effort drip
into the pail can paralyze the best eff.
1oats OF the best butter maker in
America. This constitutionally dirty
patron Is proof against renonstrance,
entreaty or threat. and there is real
~ only one thing to be done with him.
ana that is TO fire him. The tainted
product of the one dirty. patron will
lower the grade Of the entire product
oil the creamery with which he is con-
hected. and 1t may really be said that
lie is the worst leak connected with
'he management Of nearly all cream
efies. flre him. gently if you can, but
!. fire him anyway.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
"rRY YOUR Luckw

This is what fakir with one of
these cheap swindling games Of chance
said to young man who stopped to
watch the game. This is very sig
nificant phrase, Enthusiastically
American in its flavor, dash. and disre-
gard Of consequences. TRY your
luck" confronts the young man at ev-
cry turn In life. He can try itsby in
vesting his money in one stinker OF a
cigar and take his chance of the lucky
turn of the wheel which will give him
two stinkers. He can 'try his luck" at
spending his money as fast as he earns
1t and take his chance-almost a dead
sure thing-of being buried by charity.
Or he can "try his luck" at loafing,
drinking and deviltry and take his
chances on the penitentiary. Or he
can TRY his luck" at good, honest, hard
work, self denial and manly living and
take the chance-we might say certain
ty-of being Of some use in the world
and of not having any hired mourners
at his funeral. 1t is all right to "try
your luck" my boy, but try it sensibly
and intelligently.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
THE WEALTHY APPLE.

Our experience with the Wealthy ap-
pie leads us to commend it very highly
for general orchard planting in most
Of this northwestern territory. 1t has
so very much to recommend 1t that It's
weak points can be well overlooked.
1t may be said for 1t that it is an early
bearer of very large, handsome red
fruit of u finer flavor and higher
quality than any other apple which can
be raised in the northwest. 1t is an
apple which sells on sight, and when
once the general public fully under
stands it's merits there cannot be
enough of them raised to supply the
demand. Forty acres of Wealthy ap-
pie trees plated anywhere in Iowa and
the south half Of Minnesota and prop
erly cared for will insure the man who
owns the orchard handsome income
In five years after date of planting.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
OUR RIRp FRIENns.

We have one little friend that greatly
interests u.s. 1t is q robin which every
morning early when we. have gone to
work in the garden this spring has
come flying down at our feet to pick
up the grubs turned up by the hoe.
From being quite shy at first our little
friend became very tame and finally
would pick up the worms within foot
OF the hoe. 1t was surprising how
many grubs his bright eyes would dis
cover, and the way in which he would
cock his head to one side and eye his
victim before picking it up was some
thing very comical indeed Having a
nestful Of little ones not far away, he
would keep on gathering worms until
he could not hold another one in his
mouth, and then he would go to the
nest and return in few minutes. One
morning we took the lawn mower in
stead of the hoe and had hardly got to
work on the lawn before down he
came, and his disappointment at not
finding any grubs was funny enough.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
SHOULD BE CONTENT.

That man with quarter section
farm located in any good northwestern
state, who has comfortable home, a
good wife and lot of bright boys and
girls. and who is not IN debt to exceed
$1,000 at 5 per cent. should have NO
kick coming at Providence, the govern.
ment or the seasons. He lives on one
Of the best farms on earth, eats at the
best table, breathes thespurest air, en-.
Joys the largest civil and religious lib.
erty and his children the best Of edu.
cational facilities and can be right in
touch with all the marvellous progress
OF the age. For such man to howl
and whine and be preaching the gospel
Of pessimism and calamity is to make
the Lord sorry that he eyer created
such man.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-08-31
PORK AND PROGRESS

we often wonder how it came about
that modern and refined civilization
mas been able to override the Mosaic
injunction and adapt itself SO willingly
to pork diet. Not all the inevitable
as well as needless filth out of which
the sugar cured ham and bacon. orr
pork and beans and savory sausage
are evolved; not all the terrors of a
living death by trichinae; not all the
horrible possibilities which suggest
themselves during hog cholera cpl
denic serve in the slightest degree to
!eaze the American love for the hog
MS food animal. About all that we can
claim TO our credit is that we do insist
upon having our hog meat cooked and
will not eat it raw. Out OF this illogical
and perverted appetite is being built up
n financial prosperity for the west
which Is better than the mines of
Alaska or the diumond reefs of johann
nesburg. The Poland China pays the
rent and interest beauties the home,
cducates the children and, with the
COW and the steer, forms a tripod
framework upon which may fittingly
be erected the emblem of the VESTS
prosperity and Independence,