The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-03
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when one of their kites reached an ele-
walton of 2,124 feet above the sea level.
| The new figures, 1851 feet, were reached
| on Feb. IS. and were recorded on the
| photograph which the kite carried
The Honolulu Gazette says that "Dr.
Walter Maxwell has growing at the Plant
ers experiment station in Makiki twenty
| five stands of an ambiguous plant sent
| to him from the agricultural department
! at Washington. DR.. Maxwell was the man
| to whom there were always referred for
| investigation plants supposed 10 have med
zeal properties. The plants growing here
were sent 10 Washington from Venezuela.
So soon as they are advanced cuttings will
be given away"
| Just after the Chicago Worlds Fair
| it was proposed to turn over to the naval
reserve of the state Of Illinois the fake
| battleship Illinois, which served during
the fair as the navy departments exhibit.
| A bill was introduced in the Senate trans
| ferring the governments ownership 10 the
| commonwealth of Illinois, and just as the
vote was about to be taken Senator Harris
| of Tennessee entered the chamber and in
| terposed a strenuous objection to the I'M
| warranted generosity of the United States
| government III thus presenting valuable
| warship to a state government. After his
| SpCCNH d NNAS duuibie SilliC BdSSSN ONNs
the Senate. and Mr.. Frye courteously ex-
planned the Illinois clapboard and soft
cement construction to Mr.. Harris. and
| that gentleman, in rather embarrassed
| manner, withdrew his objection to the
transfer.
Our line was advanced by rushes, "
writes a Kansas soldier in the Philippines,
about a recent engagement THAT is, a
| line fifty or one hundred yards ahead
| where cover could be had was designated
then the line would go forward at the
run, throw ourselves fiat on our faces,
and fire by volleys until we had gained our
| breath, then make another rush. This
mode of advancing is the strongest point
In the new tactics, as I view the matter.
| Our men are in good fix, and I win guar
antee that in the seven consecutive days
| fighting they have fired more rounds than
| the average soldier in the civil war, and
have demonstrated the fact, think, that
the sons of soldiers make as good SOL
diers as their soldier fathers. l know their
enthusiasm is remarkable. We get as many
men out TO fight as We do al payday. 1
get very little sleep. but am we'll"
of the origin of Judge Lynch the Chi
cago Tribune says: It goes back to 1893,
when James Fitzstephens Lynch was
Mayor and warden of Galway, ireland. He
sent his son to Spain to purchase a cargo
of wine. The young man squandered the
money, but bought a shipload of wine on
credit, bringing with him back 10 Ireland
the nephew of his creditor, to whom the
| debt was to be paid. Young Lynch threw
the Spaniard overheard 10 conceal his own
| defalcation, and was received at home
with great honor, as having conducted a
successful business operation. But a sailor
| confessed on his death-bed to the father
of the culprit, and young Lynch was taken
before the Mayor of Galway. his own
father, tried and condemned to death. The
family tried to prevent the execution, but
the stern father, rather than see justice
| thwarted, took his son up a winding stair
way, opened window overlooking pub
dc street, fastened the moose with his own
hands, and acted as executioner. Ever
since whenever man has taken the law
into his own hands, il has been said that
Judge Lynch presided at the trial.
"A recent bit of news that has been going
around the press of the country quotes
from the Century Dictionary and Cyclic
pedia a paragraph which states that the
Chicago Advance, published in Chicago,
was the originator of the word blizzard, -
on Jan. s. 1890 Old-timers in South Da-
kota take exception to the statement. says
the Sioux Falls Is. d. Argus. A story
is told by the editor of the Hutchinson
County Herald, who commenced his news
paper work on the Dakota Republican, at
Vermillion, in August, 1867. The Peake
family, Swiss bell ringers, arrived in YER
%. million by stage, and William Peake, man.
ager of the bell ringers, said to party
of friends: Il would like to see one of youc
billiards. 1 have heard so much about"
Mr.. True answered: "All right; we will or
der one for your special benefit and have
it here when you come back through here
from Yankton." After showing three
nights in Yankton the troupe started home
ward TO Sioux City, Mr.. Peake being on the
outside of the stage with the driver. The
morning was warm and balmy. Mr.. Peake
was astonished at the actions of the driver
who suddenly whipped up, and asked what
the matter was. Z. c. Williams who was
driving, answered that he was afraid Mr.
True's order was going to be a little ahead
of time. Look TO the northwest" said
he. There was the blizzard approaching
in all its furry In almost a minute the
binding snow was being whirled through
the air, and Mr.. Peake withdrew to the in
ner part of the stage. 1t was one of the
most terrific storms known to the terri
tory, which is saying considerable. The
Peake troupe was compelled to wait sew
eral days at Vermillion until Mr.. True's
blizzard had blown itself out.
in the course of an article in the
Youths Companion on Opportunities fol-
Young Explorers" Sir Clements Markham
after pointing out how much remains tc
be done in Africa and Asia, says: ut is
however, in South America that the mos
extensive unexplored regions still await the
visits of scientific travellers. Although this
continent is much richer and of far more
beautiful scenery than Africa, and az
though it has attracted the ablest and
most accomplished travellers, such as Con
damine, Humboldt, D'Orbigny, Schom-
burgh, Martius and Bates, it has received
on the whole, much less attention than
Africa. and much less than Ii deserves
Many parts of the Colombian cordilleras
still need exploration, as well as the basins
of several northern affluents of the ANA
zon; while there is an enormous tract to
the eastward which is stiE practically I'M
known 1t is that wild, forest-covered re-
gion which was the scene of the adventur.
Gus searches for Ell Dorado in the six
teenth century. Farther south, although
the region to the eastward of Cuzco, the
ancient capital of the Incas, is now al