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The times., 1899-05-07
ROCKS THAT GLOW IN STORMS.
Eject of Electricity Upon n Peculiar
Geological Formation,

CRcading, Pa, Dispatch in the New York Sum-
People just up from the large surface
deposit of dark stones known as Ringing
Rocks, near Pottstown, tell a story of a
most unusual sight there. The deposit
covers several acres. They have a metallic
sound when struck with a hammer. and
hence are called Ringing Rocks" Dur
ing the first spring thunderstorm recent
ly the night was quite dark. Persons
passing the rocks were startled to see
light blush flame rise from the ground
and spread over space ten or twelve
yards square. This flame rose and fell
after the manner of the Northern Lights,
sometimes entirely disappearing and then
flaming up again, lighting up the darkness
around it. They stood and watched this
mysterious light from distance and then
went close to it to see what cause there
was for it.
Some old residents in that neighborhood
said they had seen the strange lights on
nights during violent storms. They eX-
planned that the rocks were so metallic in
formation that they attracted all the cleo
tricity in the atmosphere for miles around,
and through some natural cause the cleo
tricity became luminous like phosphores-
cent glow, that lit up the Northern Lights.
To some the fire looked like flame rising
up from the huge rocks, whose cavernous
depths below have never been explored.
These metallic or ringing rocks look as il
they had been dumped into a vast lake
and thoroughly filled it, SO that the water
entirely disappeared. Small pebbles drop
ed through the crevices OF the rocks can
be heard dropping from ledge to ledge un-
til the sound is lost fifty feet below. On
some OF the surfaces imprints OF human
feet or feet of beasts or birds can be seen,
as if they had passed over the rocks when
they were soft enough to receive an i'm
preston and then hardened and retained
them. There was a story that a ghost
that emitted fire from its notstrils haunted
the rocks, but scientific men declare that
the rocks are so highly charged with mag
netlsm that any electric disturbance will
cause the glow.
The times., 1899-05-07
The Horrors of Chicago.

"Cve me room with bath and send me up a
box of soap"
1t was q small city in Ohio, and the stranger.
who had come in on the last train. as he spoke
threw down the pen where he had been inscrib.
ing his name the hotel register.
The clerk gazed at his black face and his be-
grimed clothes, and smiled a naughty smile.
We do not serve coal miners in this house, -
lie said. sternly.
Young man." replied the total stranger, 'T
am not coal miner, minstrel, a chimney
sweep. or charcoal burner. ] am a million
aire in distress. and have Just passed through
a snowstom in Chicago"
The times., 1899-05-07

who have worked through the day and en-
1oyment in their papers in the open air.
The stranger is ever delighted and i'm
pressed with the harmonizing OF the effects
of nature and the landscape grandeur in
the Nations Capital. and. II he be an
American, he is filled with Just pride
that 1t is his capital. and his nation.
The times., 1899-05-07
The Mont.

Around this lichened home Of hoary peace,
lnvulnerable in its CLASSY roat
A breath Of ghOstly summers seems 10 feat
And murmur mid the immemoriaI trees.
The tender slopes where cattle browse at ease,
Swell softly like pigeons emerald threat.
And self-oblivious time forgets to rote
The flight Of veivetiooted centuries
The golden sunshine. netted in the close.
Sleeps indoently by the yew's slow shade;
Still as some relic an old master made
The jeweled peacock's rich enamel glows.
And on yon mossy wall that youthful rose
Blooms like which TO fade.
-Nathilde Blind. .
The times., 1899-05-07
THE DENsEsT FOREST.
Redwood Enough To Last Three
Hundred Years

(From the National Geographic Magazine.)
The habitat OF the redwood Is peculiar.
1t Is found only in a narrow strip. closely
hugging the Pacific Coast stretching from
the southern boundary OF Oregon or just
across the boundary-for there are perhaps
1000 acres of redwood in Oregon-south-
ward through northern California, nearly
to the Bay of San Francisco.
The closest and finest growth Is in Hum
boidt county, near the northern end That
portion of Mendocino and Sonoma counties
is not as heavy or continuous, nor are the
trees as valuable for lumber, as they
branch lower down. The wood is. how
ever. Of slower growth, is denser and
harder. and perhaps more durable. The
best lumber and the heaviest growth are
everywhere in the valleys and on the flats.
On the hillsides the trees are smaller and
not SO close. Nowhere is there any young
growth. The youngest trees, which are
found only in the northern portion of the
belt. are several hundred years of age.
This is probably the densest forest on
earth, as measured by the amount of tim
Der per acre suitable for the sawmill. 1t is
not the size of the trees alone which pro-
duces this, although they are exceptionally
large even in this State of large thingS
but it is the great number of trees. the
closeness OF their stand. In a redwood for
est the sun never shines-it is always twi-
light. You are, as it were. under the roof
Of vast temple. roof OF foliage. support
ed by great tree columns
The area Of the redwood belt has been
carefully mapped. and is. as nearly as can
be estimated. 1000 square miles, or 12S0,-
600 acres. The stand of timber on this
area is not so easy to ascertain, but may
be computed thus.
The times., 1899-05-07
AuarYard ouin.

(From the Harvard Lampoon.l
She-What fraternity do you belong to. Mr.
Eppstein?
Y. " c. A.
The times., 1899-05-07

The annual cut by the mills Is $50, 900. 900
feet. At the present rate of cutting. there
fore, the supply will last 800 years. In
Mendocino county there Is nearly nine
times as much timber on an acre as in the
Southern pineries; in Humboldt county,
upon 96.443 acres the average stand Is
$4,000 feet per acre. nearly seventeen
times as great as In the Southern States.
There is one cause of destruction from
which this tree is entirely exempt-that is,
fire. Containing no pitch. but. on the
other hand, a large amount of water, it
will not burn when green. No fire can
run in redwood forest. 1t is the only one
of our coniferous lumber trees which is
thus exempt.
Redwood is in almost universal use on
the California coast. In the construction
of houses little other timber is used. even
as far south as Los Angeles and San Diego.
II is exported as far south as Valparaiso,
Chile, and westward to Japan and Aus
tralia. Indeed, considering its eheapness,
s14 per thousand feet in Eureka for the
best, it seems strange that it has not founi
its way in quantity to the Atlantic coast.
Certain it Is that before many years red
wood will supplant the now vanishing
white pine in Eastern markets.
The times., 1899-05-07
SpottsyIvanin Court House.
From the Battle of the Wilderness

From the Battle of the Wilderness is
but a little way to the bloody field of
Spottsylvania Court House.
Grant had determined to continue the
movement by the left and instructed Gen
eraI Meade to take position by a night
march, at Spottsylvania Court House, with
one corps, at Todd's Tavern with another,
and with third at the intersection of the
road from Piney Branch Church to Spott-
sylyania Court House. The trains were set
in motion during the afternoon of May
that the roads might be clear for the
troops. The movement of the fighting part
of the army began at $50 p. m.
General Lee was advised on the after
noon of the 7th of this movement and di-
rected General Anderson, in command of
Longstreet's Corps. to move to Spottsyl-
yania Court House and at IL O'Clock at
night this corps began its march, There
was hard fighting on the Sth of May, the
troops resting on the 9Th, though on that
day General Sedgwick was killed by a
sharpshooter. Throughout the morning OF
the 10th there was heavy skirmishing and
artillery firing and in the afternoon of the
same day the infantry fighting began.
Fighting continued until May 10.
The Federal loss was, killed. 2.4i7;
wounded, 10,s21; missing, 1,4l1.
The Confederate loss was severe, but is
said not to have been so great as that
suffered by the Union Army.
The times., 1899-05-07


The Army of Northern Virginia on May
]. 1864. was composed of three infantry
corps commanded by Lieut.. Gen. James
Longstreet, Lieut.. Gen. Richard S. EweI.
and Lieut.. Gen. a. p. Hill. The cavalry
corps was commanded by Major Gen. J. E.
b. Stuart, the whole force being about
G.. .00e strong. with probably 22i guns.
The order for the movement of the Army
of the Potomac was issued or May 2. and
the movement began promptly at midnight
OF May 3. The Second Corps. preceded by
Griggs' Cavalry Division. crossed at Ely's
Ford and moved to Charlottesville, foi-
lowed by the reserve artillery. The Fifth
Corps. preceded by Wilson's Cfvalry Di-
vision. and followed by the Sixth Corps,
erased at Germanna Ford and moved to
Wilderness Tavern at the intersection of
the Germanna plank road, by the Orange
Court House and Fredericksburg Pike. The
trains. except the fighting trains. crossed
at cuipeper Mine Ford and Ely's Ford
Greggs' Cavalry moved TO the vicinity of
Piney Branch Church, throwing out re-
connoissances on the Pamunkey Road and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
PROPOSALS

City of Savannah Office Fire Depart
ment, Savannah, Ga, Nov "a. 1S9s.-Pro-
posals will be received at the office of the
undersigned at any time after date dur
ing the next thirty days for furnishing
the fire department with from one 10 six
horses of good conformation, Is hands
high, weighing not less than l 800 pounds,
and age not exceeding six years.
Bidders will be required to place horses
on trial in lhe department, for a period
of not less than fifteen days, at owners
risk. t-
The Fire Committee reserve the right to
reject any and all proposals and to re-
turn horses after trial if not satisfactory.
JOHN E. mcguire, Supt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.
AND YET ANOTHER-READ rms.


Report Of Dr.. Cook. Bellevue Hospital,
Fourth Surgeons DivisiOn-Pauent, VIM.
Crowley
Patient came in hospital suffering from
chronic nephIitis Brighrs disease). His
urine showed both granular and hyaline
casts and some pus and bl cd cells. The
usual remedies were used, but with Ii tie
benefit; he was placed on Suwanee
Springs Water in doses of 50 OF. pr day,
and at The end of two weeks an aDpre-
Ciable Improvement was noticed. This
treatment was continued fer eight weeks,
at the end Of whieh time no casts could
be found under microscopic eXami a
ton, and the spec fic gravity had inereas-
I'd eight points f ON l03. Patient was
discharged at his own urgent request, APP
parenuy we l. The water has been tri,
in several other cases of cystits with uGi-
form results.
Mr.. Packard, a guest of Suwanee when
the above reports were received. vclun-
tarily wrote the following TO DR.. Cook
with whom he was acquainted 10 sa isfy
q few of our guests who were rath
sl1epticaf. Mole the reply:
Bellevue Hosp tai, March 10. 1854
My Dear Mr. Packard-I was somewhat
surprised to find my cases reported so
far away from home, and | am happy TO
say THAT THEY ARE GENUINE.
l have used guile a quantity of the
water and found it beneficial o a degree
in all cases. l think that 1t will final Y
be used almost entirely in just such cases
as the one you sent me. Mrs. Lewis had
spoken to me about your case, and shall
take great interest in the result
l certainly think you can do no better
than to STAY AT THE SPRINGS, USE
PLENTY OF THE WATER, and take
plenty of exercise hoping that our ac-
quainIance win not be always confined to
paper. l am. yours sincerely,
A H. COOK M d
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
FUNERAL INVITATIONS.


IAIMEN-The relatives and friends Of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Il. Immen and families
are invited to attend the funeral of their
youngest daughter. Lillian, from their res
idence. Jones and Habersham streets, this
morning at Il O'Clock.
PAPOT-The relatives and friends of
Mrs. Jane Z. Papot, relict Of the late S.
n. Papot are respectfully invited to at
tend her funeral services, at Laurel Grove
Cemetery, this morning at II O'Clock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
BIDS WANTED.

City of Savannah, Office Director of
Public Works. Savannah, Ca. Nov. e.
lS99.-Bids viii be received at this office
until Friday, Dec. l, 1899, at u O'Clock
noon, city time, for furnishing feed as fol-
lows:
No. 1 Timothy hay per 100 pounds; best
quality feed bran per 100 lbs; best quality
corn per bushel; best qualify mixed oats;
to be weighed at the City Lot Envelopes
to be marked Bids for Feed" The city
reserves the right to reject any or all
bids. Bids to be opened in tine presence
of bidders.
GEO. NJ. GADSDEN, Director.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.
PLEASANT FOR HOUSEf<EEPERS
LARGE FINE RAISINS.

We have Cor sale this year the imr orted
met California; ConnOisseur Cluster Rails
ms, which we are selling al 10 cents per
pound. We make less money by Offering
such beautiful fruit at this low prize but
we are paid in the satisfaction given to
our patrons.
round.
Our Currants are clean and large.
Citron, sheled nuts, Figs and Pure
Spices are of the highest grade.
A. M. & C. w. WEST.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
PROPOSALS WANTED.

City of Savannah, Office Director of
Public Works, Savannah. Ga, Nov q,
ls99.-Seaed proposals win be received at
this Office until Friday, Dec. /, 1899, at II
O'clock noon, city time, to furnish the
city of Savannah with supplies until Dec.
81, 1899. All proposals must be made on
official forms, which can be secured at
this office on and after Tuesday, Nov. 2S
1899. Envelopes to be marked Proposals
for Supplies" The city reserves the r ght
10 reject any or all bids. Bids to be opened
in the presence of bidders.
GEO. NJ GADSDEN, Director.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28

City of Savannah, Office Clerk of Coun-
Gil, Nov. II. 1Ss9-Yacancies having oc-
CURED in the Board of the Commissioners
OF Pilotage by reason of the expiration of
the term of office of Commissioner James
M. Barnard, Jr, and the removal from
the city of Commissioner Joseph Hull No
tice is hereby given that an election will
be held at the next regular meeting of
Couneilsg 20 be held on the 18th inst, at 8
p. M, to fill the vacancies, all applications
to be filed with the clerk of Council at or
before u NJ. of the 18th inst.
VIM. P. BAILEY,
s-fssa. .e-t Clerk of Council
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
WANTED,

The public to inspect my stock of Steel
Ranges and Stoves. bought before the
advance and selling cheap, A beautiful
line of Bedroom Suits. wardrobes Chit
fonieres and Parlor goods.
1 also have Higgins Carpets in rich
designs, ranging from 75c to SIPS per yard.
]. W. TEEPLE,
aS
Phone 1873. 315-319 Broughton. west.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.
THE ONLY PLACE IN THE CITY.
OF SAVANNAH.

N~@~~~~~~---~-~-~-~-~-~
THE ONLY PLACE IN THE CIIi'
The only place thoroughly equipped ~.
packing for shipment and movng pi"litsI
and nice furniture. The only place W. -
apparatus for hosting pianos anu G M
er heavy furniture to upper hoors' IN
only place where special attention is given
to storing nice furniture and merchaholSae.
The only place where carpets are PROF,
ly cleaned by machinery instead Oh w" VS.
a club. The only place that furi''s''
bicycle messenger boys. This is the ~.
DISTRICT MESSENGER AND DELI'-
cry COMPANY.
S21 West Congress. Telep nom uyl..
9. III. Medlock, Supt. ana NSi'
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
SPECIAL NOTICES.
RYAN'S BUSINESS COLLEGE,

Rooms q and 20 Provident Building
Competent office help supplied from this
college Students prepared directly for
business. Day ana night sessions. Learn
TO operate the new models of the Reming-
ton Standard Typewriter, that being the
machine which the business world EN-
ploys bearing & Hull, Sole Dealers.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
PAINTS AND HOUSE PAINTING.

We handle nothing but the VERY
BEST grades of PAINTS and OILS. and
employ the very best painters to be had.
Allow us to make bid on painting your
house.
SAVANNAH BUILDING SUPPLY CO.,
Corner Congress and Drayton.
Phone 5l9.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
NOTICE no L1aUoR DEALERS.

City of Savannah, Office Clerk of Coun-
Gil, Savannah, Ca, Nov. IS, 1S99.-An par
ties desiring to retail liquor during the
year 1900 will file their application with
Clerk of Council al once, so that same can
be referred to Council and action taken
upon said application before the expiration
of limit provided for by ordinance
VIM. P. BAILEY, Clerk of Council.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
SALE OE STALLS.

City Marshal's Office, Savannah, Ga,
Nov. 2S, 1S99-The fish and vegetable stalls
in the market building will be rented, ac-
cording to city ordinance, on Wednesday,
the sixth day Of December, 1859, a 9
o'clock a. m. Parties desiring to retain
their stalls will have to be on hand and
respond promptly. JOHN POWER,
City Marshal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
NOTICE.

Neither the master, owners, nor con-
signee Of the British steamship vala win
be responsible for any debts contracted
by crew. CHAS GREY Master
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
THANKSGIVING DINNER.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
NOTICE.

Neither the master, owners. nor con-
signee Of the Norwegian steamer Olaf
KyrIe will be responsible FIR anv debfs
contracted by crew.
o. FALSEN, Master.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28

Odd Spanish Sherry (Olorosa), Old French
Cognac, Old French Bergunda, Fine Old
Port, Old Scoch Whistles, Old Irish
Whiskey, Old Holland Gin, Old English
Tom Gin, st. Emil CEaret in quarts and
pints. The above is imported in bulk and
drawn direct from original packages. I'm
ported Beer on draught.
GEORGE BECKMANN.
all and ia Whitaker street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
SPECIAL NOTICE.

All parties having bills against the
knights Of Pythias Hail Association incl
dent to the recent fair and carnival viii
present same by Thurs lay 29th, and all
persons indebted are requested to pay up.
VIM. T. LEOPOLD. Secretary,
147 Whitaker street.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
SAVANNAH LODGE NO. 1873, Il. p. o.
ELKs.

A regular meeting of this lodge will be
held this cruesday) evening at $50 O'clock
at Elks' Hall. Visiting brothers are cor
daily invited to attend.
There will be an initiation.
W J. WATSON. E. r.
L. J. MAXWELL, Secretary.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28

Neither the master nor the agents of the
British steamship Strathmore viii be re-
sponsib'e for any debts contracted by the
crew.
Nov. q, 1899. WILDER & CO.. Agents.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-28
MEETINGS.
ANCIENT LANDMARK LODGE Nc
231, f. g A. VI.

A regular communication VIII be a
held at Masonic Temple this (Tues- Ky
day. evening at 815 O'Clock. wv
Members of sister lodges and transient
brethren are invited to attend.
j. NJ. THOMAS, w. N.
JNO. S. HAINES, Secretary.
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CONTINUED on Seventh Page)
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NOTICE OF ELECTION.

le 1873. s15-319 Broughton. west
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
The Htndoo wiz. and child.

A Hindoo child wife divides her year
In two intervals, one of which she spends
with her parents, this being q sort of va
cation time and the other she spends at
the house of her husbands parens, this
the house of here husbands parents, this
being the time of daily downright druid
gerry Village girls in Bengal blacken their
teeth with mishi, coloring powder. The
lips are black also, and this is supposed to
make them exceedingly charming.
Writing letters, especially to her hus-
band. is thought to he fearfully immod-
est in a Hindo girl, and she has no chance
of improving her mind by intelligent con-
versation with anyone. She must write
to her husband, though she must do 1t
by stealth in the night. The moon is
her lamp stick out of he domestic
broom her pen, the juice of he puin berry
her ink and probably the dried leaf of the
banana her paper.
A Hindoo girl must always keep he in
ner apartment of the house. She is only
let out when she goes to draw water for
the household, either from the pond or
the well or river. Hence he waterside is
a great feminine resort, sort of woman s
club, where there is much gossiping and
plenty of stolen leisure.-Christian Regis
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
A moreru Elsie Venner.

Thirteen persons, five of them physi-
clans, stood in DIR. Heine Marks reception
room yesterday afternoo, says a Saint
Louis, Mo. dispatch to the New York
Herald, and saw Mrs. Eve Ardo, a slender
young woman, permit a rattlesnake to
sink it's fangs into her arm twice. Two of
the doctors then collected blood and SER
um from llte wounds, together with some
of the venom left by the snake on the
surface of the skin. The blood and venom
were mixed with warm alcohol, drawn
into hypodermic syringe and injected
into guinea pig. 1t made the animal i'll.
In fifteen minutes it seemed to be recov-
ering. More of the mixture was injected,
and in forty-five minutes the pig died.
Mrs. Ardo was not harmed. She asser-
ted that she was immune from snake
poison, and the physicians-Drs. Bosse.
Hermann, Lewis, kerns, and Marks
admitted her claim.
Mrs. Ardo declares she is insensible to
pain. She said she was bitten by West
Indian rattlesnake when child, on the
Island of Trinidad and was unconscious
for thirty hours. After that she discovered
that the poison of snakes was necessary
to her existence. She had to have two
bites a day or die.
This was her story The experiement
did not prove she was telling an un TRUTH
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-04
ssrifted,, uarnos,. Umbrella.

NJ Carnot, the late French President,
was once entering the palace at Versailles
during a heavy shower, when he came
across some of his most ardent supporters
in the yestibule. The latter eagerly took
the opportunity of bombarding the Presi-
dent of the Republic with series of ques-
tions.
M. Carnot having placed his dripping
umbrella against the wall set to work to
satisfy the anxious queries of his parti-
sans. When the conversation was at it's
height some scamp, profiting by chance
when no one was looking his way, made
off with M. lie Presidents gingham. The
loss was, however, almost Immediately
discovered and the perpetrator of the
theft promptly arrested and marched off
to the nearest police station.
To every ones amazement, upon in
quiry the supposed robber was found to
be an Englishman of high family, who,
when he was charged with stealing, ex-
plained that he had appropriated the Pres
ident's umbrella as something curious
to collect"
After this astonishing statement M. Car
not at once procured the release of this
rabid collector and presented him with the
much-coveted article.-Weelxly Telegraph.