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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31

days of the week the crew is kept at
work attending to the multifarious
duties OF the ship. Saturday after
noon is considered a half holiday, the
smoking laolp is lighted, and if the
ship is in port the men are allowed to
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31

ladders and gratings with sand and
canvas continues until ten minutes Of
3 o'clock, when. the call to ''spread
mess gear is sounded by the boat
swain's mate on watch. This is also
the signal to clean up, and each jackie
grabs deck bucket, gets his share OF
fresh water from the captain of his
part of the ship, and makes his toilet,
which, if not elaborate, amply suftices
for nis needs.
After the washing, the sailors
toilet consists OF vigorous rubbing
with a coarse towel-his own private
property-and a hair brushing with
the aid OF an ancient brush and q small
wooden-framed glass generally carried
in the little chest, or ditty box, which
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31

their best, is the enc extra duty re.
quired of the men, and the afternoon
is practically free until sundown.
Chaplain Reaney, of the Olympia, is
one Of the most popular men aboard,
and the men confde in him to an e1-
tent that is remarkable.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31
Godsead For Golfers.

Little svear-wheels, in form not
unlike the Burmsn prayer-wheels, are
now in use on the golf links in kash-
mir. They s-e conducive to silence,
az, when one misses particularly
good stroke, one takes the wheel
hurriedly from the caddie al
leatl5 leattll55 t.etrus it around.-Delhi
Morning Past
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31
OYSTER Opening an Art.

It takes one hundred million oysters
week to satisfy the requirements OF
the New York market. This year the
supply promises to be prolific.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31

work. Tne -uonent he performed the
task he was sent to the southern and
southeastern frontier. Thence he was
rushed on during the unhealthy sea-
son to Algiers, Tunis and Tripoli, and
was required to devote most Of his
time to those places where Europeans
die from the climate and local dis
eases His iron constitution carried
him through the ordeal unharmed.
The coIspirators then sent him into
the interior OF Africa among tie blood
thirsty Touaregs, tribe or nation Of
savage and fanatical lreebooters who
esteem it privilege to kill Chris-
tian. Here occurred one of the black:
est incidents in the history Of the con-
spiracv. Instead Of receiving the
usual escort, his accompanying de-
tachment was cut down to one-half the
regular number, and it is said induce
ments were offered the Touaregs to at
tack him. One native warrior, who
was nortally wounded in the conflict,
fred twice at Picnuart. The first bul-
let struck the Co;onel's sword, knock
irg it from his hand. When lie fred
again the bah mortalIy wounded a
French soldier about six feet from tie
ColoUel.
The Touaregs wers> routed with
slaughter, and among the captives was
this man. He declared that Picqua-t
wore q charm or else was in league
with the powers CT darkness, for he
had fired twice at him, and had never
before missed bis mark.
When one considers al that this in
trepiI young Colonel has risked in his
effort to see justice done in the Drey-
fus matter, one is forced to admit that,
in the list OF rinetceuth-century
heroes, the name Of Colonel Georges
Picquars deserves a place near the
head. -Saturday Evening Post.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31

The magnetic observations at the
Vienna Observatory have had to. be
entirely discontinued on account of the
bad effects OF the electric tramways
and electric light wires. The direc-
tor Of the observatory has submitted
4 plan to the Government for new
observatory. tc be situated some dis
tanca from Vienna.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31
Eo~eI ju a Tub. For Life.

Abraham Sapiro. al employe at ihe
brewery OF Katz Brothers, Paterson.
n. j., has charge Of the rlashing tubs
in which tie malt is boiled. In The
centre OF each of these tubs there is
shaft to which are attached two sets
OF steel knives. When the upright
shaft reTolves the knives are driven
a5ou: and the malt is mixed. One of
the new mash tubs was empty a few
days ago and sapiro was at work clean
ing the machinery. He was in the
great 7at and had practically comple-
ted his task when he asked Thomas
Mckay, who was assisting him, to go
and turn lever in the next room,
which IS used to start The feeding OF
The malt into the mixer. Mckay raised
t6efsSer which starts the central sha
- Ii,o Rxt,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The calciped ashes Of seaweed,
known as "ke]p," was formerly q
most important product and entered
largely into the Scotch manufactured
glass, finding considerable use also
in other arts. but in recent years this
industry has been almost entirely
abandoned.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31

Interesting experiments were re-
Gently conducted Oh board of the
French battle7aip Jaureguiberry, to
determine the limit of distinct vision
CT sea. A balloon was held captive a.
an clccatio1 OF 1900 feet while the
Garnet cndeavc:cd to locate the bal
loon with her seacchlights ct distances
varying from FIVE to twenty-five milee.
The experiments proved that the limit
of vision under the circumstances was
about twenty miles.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31

heard b Vee !:s' -,s-.---4a.J running Unto
the-~fodh. He was 50 horrifeH &C
That he saw that instead Of remedy$ng
the trouble he vas rooted to tAe
ground, aud in a daze watched the
chase. Sap:ro- cried desperately fer
help. The shaft had reached its maxi
mum speed and the man between the
knives could not last long. In the
meantime slip on the copper bottom
meant horrible death. Sapiro was
on his last legs when workmen from
other parts Of the building having
heard his agonized cries. reached him.
One of these had the presence OF mind
to signal the engine room and IN E
moment the machinery began to
slacken speed. When it finally stopped,
and Sapiro had to be very careful to
slow up at the same rate as the knives,
tbs runner fell to the bottom Of the
vat exhausted. He had been at top
speed for nearly FIVE minutes, racing
with death. He was unhurt.
The Brave Work Of a Revolutionary Wife.
The first sea-6ght after the battle
of Bunker Hill was that between the
captured schooner Unity and the Brit
ish armed cutter Margaretta, Lieu
tenant Moore. The men who came
from Pleasant River to the American
ship were short Of powder, having
only two or three charges each. 1t
appears that one OF them, Josiah Wes-
ton, of Jonesboro', forgot his powder
horn. After his departure his wife,
Hannah. noticed the oversight, and,
following the trail through the woods,
reached Mechias on the ne1t day with
the precious powder.
In this plucky tramp through the
woods Mrs. Weston was accompanied
by her husbands sister, Miss Rebecca
Weston, a frail girl, fifteen years old.
Mrs. Weston herself was in her seven
teenth year, and had been married
FIVE months. The powder, which was
carried in q bag, weighed forty
pounds. There were 10 roads o.
bridges, aud the two girls followed
spots on trees Saturday Evening
Post,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31
Al the stroke OF eight b
.,slock The call tc breakfast is
- hen, free II
S8ity air aud ai~5seA o.

duce excellent appetites, - Esfs
podawdling in the race for the me
tables or the be1thdeck.
Breakfast over, the men have uua]
9 to smoke, then all hands are turned
to and the ship is cleaned up for quar-
ters. This latter ceremony is con
Quoted daily, rain or shine. During
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31

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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31

Ina new system of pressing cloth,
German silver wires arc embedded i'll
asbestos laid up between two sheets
OF card, aad two terminals of the
wires being brought to opposite cor.
ners Of the cards; the whole is then
used between tie folds Of the cloth to
be pressed. Contact is made by means
OF clips. The temperature Gun be per-
fectly controlled, and there is no dan
cer Of burning the goods.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-10-31

4 Mortclair n. J.) lady reports
that a remarkable bird has been fre-
Gucntiag her lawn of late. 1:is moth
ing more than white robin. The
face is white aud the back and wings
have white bars crossing the usual
blackish brown. Tie other robins
seem 10 be afraid of this freak brother
aai will have nothing to do with him.
Some years ego number of white
English sparrows were reported. The
variation. however, did not laersiat
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20

Tomorrow the steamer Clifton will make
a family excursion to Beaufort These
family excursions are exceedingly pleas
ant, and the sail all day on the salt wa
ter is a heaith-giving and refreshing out
ing. The steamer passes the naval sta
ton, now one of the important of Uncle
Sans navy yards, Port Royal, and gives
time enough at Beaufort 10 see all the
points of interest. The steamer leaves at
$50 a. m. from foot of Whitaker street,
and returns about $50 .. 10. Family
tickets are sold at 20 cents for each per
son for the round trip.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20
PREPARING ron nnIcN PAVING.
The st. Julian Street Work Will Be
gin on Monday Morning.

The brick paving on st. Julian street
will not be commenced until Monday. ow-
ing to the delay in the arrival of brick
from Chattanooga. Nine cars are now. at
The depot. These brick will be used on
St Julian and in Congress lane
The track" brick. as they are called,
are the ones that have delayed the St
Julian street work. Ii was impossible to
begin without them, as their failure to ar
rive in time would uecossitate knocking
off all hands in the middle of The job. BY
Monday. it is stated, all material will
have arrived so that there will not be
any reason for further delay.
The public works department win find it
necessary to lay the brick to be placed
in Congress lane on Bun street
They win take up about three feet or
the outside portion of the sidewalk. bur
care will be taken, as far as possible, not
to inconvenience occupants of nearby
buildings. Inconvenience is sure to result
from the placing Of distractions in Bull
street, but work has to be going on in
the lane, which gives no other place to
store the brick. They cannot be placed
far from the spot as tins would entail
much extra expense aud pro.ong the work.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20
ROBBED AT A PISTOLS POINT.
HOLD-UPS GALORE CHARGED TO
WILLIAM JACKSON.

Two Victims Identified Him in HIS
Cell as the Highwayman Who
Robbed Them of Their Cash at the
Muzzle of "A MISREPRESENTATION Also
Said to BE Wanted in Washington
County for Holding Up a Horse
DrOver-The Prisoner Denies All
the Charges Laid to Him.
A negro desperate, who. if all the
charges that have been made against him
since his arrest are proven true. is a
desperate indeed, was arrested by Patrol
man Mock yesterday morning. The crime
for which he was arrested is the robbery
of Sl3 from John Williams, who claims
that he was held up near Meldrim. rob-
bed and shot in the arm several nights
since.
The man arrested says that his name is
William Jackson, and is an intelligent
looking negro of about 40 years Williams
is positive in his identification of the man
as the one by whom ne was robbed, point
ed him out to the officer, and is deter
mined to push the case against him. jack
son denies his guilt of this charge.
After the man had been carried to the
station house George Walker, another ne
duty and told him that he wanted to look
al the man arrested, as he had heard his
name was Jackson. Walker said that he
had been held up in the vicinity of Ten
mile some months ago and robbed of $50
by a negro who bore the name of jack
son, and that the method pursued by the
man who had relieved Williams of his sur
plus cash led him TO the belief that it
was the same individual
He was permitted to have a look at
Jackson, then in a cell at the station
house and positively identified him as the
man by whom he had been robbed lie
said that he had ample opportunity to see
his assailant at The time the robbery was
committed, and could not be mistaken
jackson was the guilty party beyond the
shadow Of a doubt He had known ard
worked with him before the money was
taken from him, and recognized him then
as he does now.
Walker said also that Jackson was
wanted in Washington county in which
Tennie is situated, for roobng a horse
drOVer, whose name he did not remember
Of large amount of money and shooting
him when he did not prompt Y deliver uU
Inc cash The wound produced was seri-
Gus, and il is said that a reward of $500
has been offered for Jackson on account
of his commission of this crime. To This
Offense, as wei as TO the robbery of Walk
er and Williams, Jackson pleads not guilty.
and absolutely denies any completely in
any one of the crimes with which he is
charged.
The police have communicated with the
authorities Of Tenni!e and Washington
county on the subject, and expect shortly
to have an answer from them If it should
prove rue that Jackson is the man want
ed for all these ohenses il VIII be a feather
in the cap and money in the pocket of
Patro,man Mock, by whom The arrest was
made The indications point to the truth
of the story, and the similarity of method
used by the criminal in all of the rob-
berries argues for the contention that they
were committed by one man.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20
AID. DIXON WILL BE HERE.
City Dispensary Ordinance VIII BE
Up at Wednesdays Meeting.


Alderman J NJ. Dixon OF the street AMI
lane committee, who is absent from the
city inspecting garbage crematories, win
return in time for the Council meeting
next Wednesday night. This probably
means that the ordinance 10 re-estabhsu
the city dispensary win then be put on
its passage
There has been some difficulty in getting
an expression from members of Council
as to how they stand on the ordinances
Some are outsDoken in their opinions hut
they are unwilling to speak for publica-
ton, claiming that the publication Of their
views viii not place them I'm proper light
before the public. There is a peculiar deli
cacy IN talking about the ordinance. Some
of the aldermen have Their opinions, but
they feel that the procession VIII move in
the opposite drec ion wAen it comes TO
vote in Council.
In the event Alderman Dixon does not
return in time 10 be present at the meet
ing the ordinance will net be caEcd mp OFT
OF courtesy TO him. He introduced il, and
may have something 10 say before it is
placed on It's passage, TO have it voted
on in his absence. il is claimed would he
manifest injustice TO him, even though &
should be passed.
There is still some talk as to who viii
be selected 10 III the vacant positions in
case the ordinance passes. but no names
have been given out. a number of phdr-
macists are out for the positions.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20
FATAL POOLING WITH 4 GUN.
Young Negro Accidentally Killed by
a Communion.


Coroner Goette was called upon yester-
dav ia investigate the death OF Richard
r-,,,i.,. o~l,ro,, that occurred in 2 house
-. 49,. 800,
beyoud the on WAGER '"oiN ~ '''1
o'clock. and. after a full investigation,
t,-.., l.,-..,..- ,t-iut..,,,,,
ACCIDENT ana "DSo'Fe" w
by whom the gun that had caused Brad
Iev's death was held when it exploded, Of
All blame
Rradlev was about 20 wears Old and
Williams Is so or more In the house with
them at the time the accident occurred
was an old negro who is nearing the CEN
turv mark. and whom the younger men
were in the habit of teasing and urging
TO take unto himself q wife. The old dar-
XIV took the chatting good naturedly aud
Joined in the fun that t-76y made about
him ana were making Just previous to the
time of the accident
Williams suggested at last that they
shoot the old negro and going into the
next ROOM got out a shotgun and Slip
ped q shell into the breach. Bradley pre-
tended 10 think the idea good one, and
also caught hold of the gun. The Old ne
gro. who Ia known as "Bubba' laughed
his senie chuckle and grabbed the muz-
zle of The piece.
All Of the trio were laughing and jol-
ing about the matter. when without warn-
ing the gun was exploded The room was
filed with smoke, and for a time none of
them realized that anything had hap
Dpuc1 When the smoke cleared thsv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20
BROWN PRONOUNCED BANKRUPT.
First Meeting of His Creditors to; De
Held on July 81.


NJ. S. Brown. who has for the greater
part OF The past six months, conducted
clothing ard mems furnishing store an
Brcughton street, west, was yesterday aGi
Indicated bankrupt and his case referred
to the referee N bankruptcy for this divis-
ion Of the Southern district Judge A. H.
MacDcncu
Brown shows liabilities of $l7014O2. prin-
cIpaly due TO films in the North and East
for his stock in trade and assets of SIS
9l16S, Of which $4,000 is given as the
estimated value Of the stock in the
Broughton suest store. From his assets
he ciaims homestead of $16C0, which he
wants set aside for the use of himself and
family.
The business has been conducted for less
than half year ard ras not proven profit
able. The referee has set the first meeting
of creditors for July 81, at 10 o'clock in the
forenoon, a which time they may come
forward, prove their claims and take such
steps as are usual and neCe ssary in bank
ruptcy cases. The bankrupt is represented
by Messrs, O'Connor, O'Byrne and Hart
ridge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20

Pinar del Rio, Cuba, IA b. 2, 1S99.-NIr A.
B, Girardeau, Manufacturing Johnson's
Chill and Fever Tonic. Savannah, Ca:
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which send me by mall - the address
below six bottles of Johnse MS Chill and
Fever Tonic. 1 am in Cuba for the third
time since the war began. an have suf-
Tered much from malaral fevA but while
at fort tampa, Fla, recently, / purchased
some OF your Fever Tonic, and A ave found
II the only remedy that would GO perma-
nent relief. Yours truly Frank .pitscher.
company g, First United Sta1es Infantry.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20
THOUGHT ST. JOHNS WAS ON FIRE.
Three Hundred People Saw What
They Thought Was Smoke.

They Thought Was Smoke.
For over an hour last night a crowd
gathered about the front of St Johns
Church thought from what appeared to be
smoke Issuing Irom the spire that the
church was on fire. The old story of one
curiosity seeker falling into the steps of
another was re-enacted, and within an
hour about 800 people were in the square
gazing upward in an effort TO decide for
themselves whether the apparition was
smoke or an optical delusion, or something
else.
The more the 800 gazed the more con-
WINGED they were that the church was on
fire. No odor from burning material could
be detected. but there appeared to be a
steady volume of smoke pouring through
the little apertures, and then ascending out
of sight in the dim moonlight. There
were no signs of light, such as would
indicate fire, which perpleXed the gazers.
The situation was becoming serious as it
was high time something was being done
10 learn what the trouble was.
Like the 800 in Tennyson's light brigade
the 800, who stood willing at a moments
notice to resolve themselves into a com
pany of volunteer firemen, were confronted
with obstacles on nearly every hand. Some
called for a key TO enter the church and
examine, while others offered Other sug-
gestions. All seemed to agree that the
church was afire, but as their belief was
not beyond a reasonable doubt" nobody
seemed willing to shoulder the response
bility of calling out the department That
n
smoke should turn out to be an optical
deusion to all the 800, they might feel in
clned 10 scamper away considerably min
imized in stature
Some one offered a suggestion. general
ly favored by the crowd. which was to
call Supt. Mcguire by telephone, and let
him act on his own respOnsi biity. As soon
as the superintendent goI the word he be-
came impatient, having had number of
dealings with church fires and started
with a chemical wagon for the church.
BY the time he reached there some one
had got a key with the intention of enter
ing, but this was not done until Supt. Ma
guire arrived. The superntendent looked
up as the others had done, and is said to
have expressed the belief that smoke was
issuing from the spre, though he pre-
ferred to examine before calling out the
department.
The superintendent entered the church
and, with a fireman, went into the spire
10 examine, while the crowd wondered
what was coming next. The longer the
superintendent remained above the more
impatient and restless the crowd grew The
desire for positive Information remained al
a,sh tension until the superintendent re-
turned with the report that everything
was all right, there being no signs of fire.
Everybody then took another look sky
ward only 10 see smoke still rolling out #
I
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20
LOVING CUP RECEIVED.
Officers of First Georgia Have the
Testimonial of MichiERnders' At
lection.

fecttou.
The massive silver loving cup, presented
by the officers of the Thirty-hrst Michi-
gon Regiment to their brother officers of
the First Georgia, was formally received
a meeting Of the officers of the latter
command last night.
There were no ceremonies attendant upon
the reception of the cup, as there are no
Michigan officers left in the city to make
a speech or quaff a draught from its capa-
ci0us interior. When the Michiganders
left Savannah the cup had not been re-
coived from the makers, and the ceremo-
MES were gone through with and a jolly
good time had without its pr esence.
The cup will occupy in the future con-
spicuous position in the officers quarters
It the armory, and will be re garded by
them as pleasing memento Oh the most
pleasing feature of their servb3e in the
Spauish-American war, the coI1radeship
and love that existed between the twin
regiments" A committee, consisting or
Co. A r. Lawton, Lieut.. Col. j. r
Brooks and Capt. p. F. Gleason was APP
Pc nted 10 draft resolutions of acceptance
and thanks and forward them to hle Off
GERS of the Thrty-frst. The cup itself has
already been described in the Morning
News.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-07-20
JULY WEATHER NOT so BAD.
Cooler Here Than 1t Is in the North
west.

Savannah is not having bad summer
weather. So far July is short % degrees
in temperature, and is only about half an
inch out of the way in rainfall While
yesterday was a degree above the normal
Savannah was better off than st. Paul,
Minneapolis, Duluth, Chicago and other
places in the Northwest, where mercury
ranged from TO degrees higher. Last
night while mercury was at so degrees in
Savannah, it was 81 in St Paul. Chicago
and ST. Louis, and even way up in North
Platte it was 81 degrees. Philadelphia
even was 2 degrees warmer than Savan-
nah