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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
MAYBE THE OLDEST WOMAN.
A Native Hawaiian who Is Believed
to Be 1874 Years of Age.
From the washington Times

From the Washington Times.
The Oldest woman in the world, accord
ing to official census reports, lives in Ha
wall and is l24 years of age. Her name is
Kepoolele Apau and her claim to advanced
age has been thoroughly investigated by
the Hon. Alatau T. Atkinson, the general
superintendent of the Hawaiian census.
Mr., Atkinson is now in Washington re-
ceivlng Instructions on the new census to
be taken in Hawaii.
THE oldest inhabitant in Hawaii, posi-
bly, of the world" said Mr.. Atkinson to
the reporter, lis Kepoolele Apau of Homo
lulu. BY careful investigation l found in
this person a curious and most important
histor an, linking the past with the present
Hawaii
Among the census returns received in
my office We're many which gave ages Of
natives varying from 100 to 10 years, and
so on. These cases l had investigated by
the district superintendent; but when L
came across a venerable woman in Homo
lu.u who claimed to be 12i years of age.
thought 1t was time to make investigation
on my own account
ITO carry out this investigation | re-
quested Prof. Alexander and Mrs Nakuina
to accompany me. Prof Alexander has a
worldwide reputation as a historian OF the
InQu2lt,
Of the highest culture. Mrs. Nakuina is a
Hawaiian woman OF high education both
In English and her own language and mas
a.so very thorough knowledge of the his
tory Of the country, Fer myself my train
ing as a newspaper editor has made me
ready to watch for facts. and a long De
r5d of work rs inspe ctor general of sci o Is
has forced me to value evidence and weigh
il carefully. l g.Ve the above statement
because l wish the deductions we have
made 10 bear the stamp of exactiude. the
case being pecul ar one and likely TO be
doubted.
ION entering the house We fouad the
aged woman sitting upon the floor She
was attended by two women, one OF whom
was the wife of a grandson. She was very
deaf and, though not blind, could not see
very clearly. However, when l held a dol
ar n my hand she saw It, put out her
hand for il and placed il in her pocket
This was at the close of the interview,
but / mention it here TO show what her
faculties We're.
prof. Alexander, after some prelimi-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

pets" Says scientific writer, " Act
ual tests have shown that twenty per
cent. of the dairy COWS of the United
States are tuberculous," and again,
"the average grade Of milk sold in
large cities often contains as high as
100000 bacteria in a cubic inch"
These facts are appalling. The
very existence of the human race
seems threatened, as indeed it is but
for one defence. To quote again
from a standard scientific article: $50
fast, indeed, are new parasites being
produced that were not science con-
stantly celebrating counter-checks our
boosted civilization would soon come
to the end of its tether."
One of these great scientific
counter checks to germ disease is
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discoy-
cry. The germ generally finds en-
trance into the body through the
stomach. 1t enters by the door of
the mouth in our food or our drink.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
FUNSTON AND THE BEAR.
The Brave General of Volunteers
Beat a Mastery Retreat.

I'm Il est ana stream
William Allen White of Emporia Kan
mas spent the week in Chicago and bust
ness has brought him much in the vicinity
OF the Forest and Sream office. SO that 7
have met him frequently. Mr.. White. as.
or course, every one knows, was the ou-
thor of the famous What's the Matter
With Kansas" editorial which reached
such prominence in the last presi e tlal
campaign. He is also the author of the
charming "Boyville" stories and of MANY
other magazine contributions. He will 20
TO the United States Senate from Kansas
as soon as he gets old enough ana Wa
shall hear of him IN many different WAYS
as a man prominent in Weste n Affairs
Chiefly admirable is Mr. White for his NAT
ural bigness of character and Charming
unalfectedness of disposition A bit OF a
sportsman he Is, too, and knows his Rock
les shrewdly. Gen. Funston Of Kansas.
VINO has made SO meteoric record Tor
himself in Cuba and the Philippines. is a
great friend Of Mr.. White, and the Two
have hunted together for many years.
once upon time, before the game laws
had very much respect gwen them in Col
orado these two worthless were on a HINT
ing trip In the summer time. out bsy M
Estes Park. Here in little va lev chew
came upon a deserted village, some scoles
of houses without single inhab tant the
abandoned camp of an eafller mining SIAM
pede They took posses Sion Of this town
in the name of Kansas, hosting over n
their broad pennant, and when they NOV
ed into another, Mr.. Funston, whom Mr..
White describes as shocking bad shot,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

1HE parasitic germ is measured under the microscope
i by the twenty-five thousandh part Of an inch. Its
power is measured by the cholera scourge the plague
consumption and other decimatng diseases. The germ
lies in wait for human life every side: in EARTH air,
and food Attention has of late been drawn to pets
disease dssemnators. Many boy has taken dpthera
canary.
In London, England, they are legsating to compel
monthly examination of feahered pets by the board of
numerous cases of consumption have been shown to
originate from the deadly tuberculosis germs which breed
with such startling ecundiy these supposedly harmless
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

It's future power for harm depends chiefly upon the
condition of the stomach and organs of digestion and
nutrition When food perfectly dgested and assimi-
lated, when the blood is pure and abundant disease
finds foothold Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery
makes the body practically mpregnabe against disease
1t heals diseases of the stomach and other organs of
digestion and nutrition 1t increases the activity of the
boodmakng glands and increases the supply of pure
blood 1t carries off the and poisonous accunu-
lations from the system 1t makes strong, healthy
body, built up of sound flesh instead of fabby fat
Even when the lungs and respiratory organs have
been attacked and there obstinate cough bron-
chitis or hemorrhage weakness and emacation vGoden
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

"When taking medicines eighteen
completely broken
Md eat could
and
that would
Medical Discovery and the Favorte Prescription
entirely WE'LL
run with than 1 could formerly
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

glide away and pass to the great I'M
known.
"Apau took in laundry until very recent
years, when the Cinnamon, having alb
sorbed all that business, compelled her TO
couflue herself to doing work for her sons
family Three years ago she slipped in a
bathroom and dislOcating a bone by the
fall she has since been cripple. Apau
is getting purblnd, but her general health
is good and her appetite fair. On one of
my visits to get this history ! saw her
pick a patch to piece a pair of trousers
She handled the goods understandingly
and went about her work skillfully and as
though it was her usual occupation"
-s-e-s
Miss NJ. w. sullivan. the business
manager of the Albany Times Union, Is
one of the most remarkable young women
in the country. But little over p years
cd. she has achieved a substantial sue
cess in the newspaper business. BY grit
perseverance, study and natural aptitude
she has mastered all Of the intrcacies of
ewspaper-making and has won fer herself
an enviatEe reputation in the fourth es-
tate. Miss Sullivan began newspaper work
as a slip of girl and filled successfully
every position on The paper, the business
affairs of which She now manages.
-s-es-s-
james Frederick Hodgetts, who rec MT
ly filed petition in bankruptcy in London
was worth $4,000 in 1896. and now has
nothing but $50 worth of furn ture He
squandered al his fortune in working
upon the construction Of a non-roring ship
in the development of which idea he has
taken out twenty hree paten $ The pat
ents have pass INTO he hands OF a gym
dicafe end The BANKRUPT eleyes that they
VIII yet prove profitable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

Medical Discovery" has restored the
sufferer to perfect and permanent
health. If you are sick begin to
use "Golden Medical Discovery" and
you will begin to be well.
There is no substitute for the Wis
covery" and nothing "just as good"
Any attempt to sell you any other
preparation in place of DR.. Pierce's
medicine has only one object, the de-
sire of the dealer to make an exces.
sive profit.
There is no alcohol in vGolden
Medical Discovery" and it contains
no cocaine, opium or other narcotic.
Persons suffering from chronic
forms of disease are invited to con-
suit DIR. Pierce by letter free. All
correspondence is strictly private and
sacredly confidential, and all replies to
correspondents are mailed in plain
envelopes bearing no advertising or
printing of any kind. Address DR..
R. V. PIERCE, Buffalo, Ny.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
Cured kss One MO7EEsu

Ella Schal
Golden Medical Discovery
doctor bills and had
write glad did your
before with
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

went out hunting regularly after mountain
sheep, and finally succeeded in xii ing
good ram, which they bore in triumph 10
the house which at the time they were
honoring with their presence. They had
disposed of most of their sheep, when, one
morning, they We're surprised 10 receive
a visit from the game warden. While Mr.
Funston entertained this man in the front
parior, Mr. White pulled up a couple OK
boards in the drawing room and lost ire
head under the house for the time being.
The game warden departed silenced ana
apparently convinced. A few days later
than this Mr. Funston went out after rasp-
berries, taking his gun along as usual. lie
gathered pail full of berries, which no
put in a shady spot and threw his gun
down beside them. Wandering a little way
from this spot he at length lay down and
went to sleep. He was awakened some time
later by an unfamiliar noise. and on Sit
ting up saw a very handsome cinnamon
bear making for his pail of berries. II
needs only be added that the bear got the
berries, the future general of volunteers
making a mastery retreat along the moun-
tain side until ne reached the bosom OF
the deserted village aforesaid.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15

Shells he rich?
He-No.
she-Some one tod me he had more
money than brains.
Be-He has, but he hasn't got mucn
money at that.-Yonkers Statesman.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-15
$4,000 Given AWaQI !

In the past year DIR. r. w. Pierce has given away
many copies OF the PEOPLES COMMOM SENSE Red
CAL ADVISER, that the expense 60 him exclusive o
the cost of mailing has been twenty-five thousand
dollars. This great work, containing 1908 pages and
zoo Illustrations, is FREE by author ON
receipt OF stamps TO dsfray expense of mailing ONLY.
IL tells the plain truth in plain English Send q one
cent stamps Tor paper bound book, 81 stamps for
handsome clOta-Cowsred volume
address: DR. n. W. PIERCE, Buffalo, m. v.
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We know him to be a good rail road officer, who swore by the Cot ton Belt night and morning and never said his prayers unless he asked the Lord to preserve and watch over the road for him while he took nap. Of course, it was hard to kill of Kress without an ex- cuse and they just abolished his office and appointed man to do his work, under the high-sounding title of superinte ndent of transpor tation -Texarkanlan.
 Mir. Kress is well known in this city and his many friends here re gret very much to read the above news. Our best wishes accompany this excellent gentleman in the fu- ture.
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LAST HEARD DE HERE.
M. L. Roddoch Leaves Yazoo City
 Owing Uncle Sam $2OOO.

Postmaster M. L. Reddoch, avery influential Republican politician, shook Yazoo City dust from his heels last Tuesday and was last heard of in this city,
 He left there saving he would be absent ten or twelve days. ,He came to this city, teiegraphed friend at Yazoo City a secret message and has not been heard ot since.
 He is a man of heavy build, weigh ing about 200 pounds, and clean shayen. He is also the gentleman badly wanted by the authorities who are close on his track. His bondsmen have taken charge of the postofice at Yazoo City. He is said to be a veryclose friend Iof President Mckinley and Mark Hanna and recommended several Yazoo City citizens and secured for them very fas jobs after Mack $ election.
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sttutions gaining wealth and fame by the iudicious use of printers ink Among these are the Sterling Rem
 edy Co.,, manufacturers of Gas carets,p Paine's Celery Compound Dr. Greens Nervura, California Fig Syrup Co.,, Lippman Btos., Chatta- nooga Medicine Co.,, The E. k. Sutherland Medicine Co.,, Chamber lain Medicine Co., and a score of others. If you will look over the advertising columns of your local newspapers you will also find the names of tue most prosperous mer- chants in your vicinity There is Isaac Dreyfus, who stands at the head of the list in Pine Bluff. A few years ag0 he had a small cloth- ing establishment on West Barra- que street, today he has one of sthe largest establishment in-the State and ceeaHcts general wholesale and retail dry goods and clothing busaness. Others-yooag and aspiring firms in this eity-are building up a profitable trade by following his il- lustrious example. In this day and generation the people do their shop ping byan through tue newspapers. The newspaper visits shem at their home, they look oyer it's columns at their leisure, and when they come down town to do their shopping they know exactly what they want and where to get it. or course, the newspaper is pecuniarily ir crested in the subject of advertising, but nc more so than the enterprising and progressive merchant or seller should be. It is business, and while advertising incidentally benefits the newspaper, the returns are ten times more direct and remuneratiye to the advertiser than the newspa-
 per The newspaper is simply the go.between for the convenience and profit of both buyer and seler-only this and nothing more.
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The Pine Bluff Commercial terse- ly remarks: "A great many men charged with being monopolists simply made their money by liberal advertising. No one has a corner on nrinters ink- -Texarkanian.
 Very correct. Look over the list of some of the millionaires and this staten ant will be foundtrue There's $ John Wanamaker, who stands at the head of the list, aud whose fortune has been made by intelligent and malicious newspaper advertising. Then look at the long catalogue of millionaire proprietary medicine manufacturers, whose fortunes have alone been made by newspaper ad. vertlsing. Among these are to be mentioned G. G. Green, Of New Jersey; Dr. R. V. Pierce, of Buffalo' J.C. Aver and c. l. Hood, Of Lowell, Mass; Dr. Beecham. of England; Dr. Stuart, of Michican; Dr. Nun von of Philadelphia; Dr. J. H. ze- lin of Philadelphia; Di. Hartman, of Columbus, Ohio, and hundred of others that might be mentioned, Along this line are also to be named the Price Baking Powder Co.,, Chi cago and Royal Baking Powder Co,
 Of New York, each of which corpor- ations expends over million dol-I lars year in advertising. There is also a score or more of younger in
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TO BE MADEHEADQUARTERS FORTRAFFIC DEPARTMENT
 OF THE COTTON BELT.
A GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
". II. Quigg, of Little Rock, Will Have Charge The Change Bene-
 ficial to All of Arkansas.

Russell Harding, vice-presldent Of tue Cotton Belt road, has visited this city very frequently of late and is much impressed with the business and general appearance of Pine Bluff. He has already made this place the headquarters for the trans portation department, having con solidated the Missouri division with the Arkansas division, which makes this place the headquarters of both divisions.
 Other improvements ard changes to Pine Bluffs advantage are ex- pected to occur very shortly. It is reported here by people who are thoroughly acquainted with the facts, that it is the intention of Mir. Harding to make several railroad changes and improvements in the traffic department under the present organization. The business of the traffic department is conducted at and handled from St. Louis, although division freight office in this State would be perfectly competent to do the work with less expense to the company and with much better and quicker results for the shipping public. MT. Harding realizes this, and it is his purpose to establish a general freight office at Pine Bluff, and do away with the unnecessary expense, as is the general freight office now stationed at St. Louis. Over fifty per cent of the traffic of the Cotton Belt originates or has it's destination in the State of Ar kansas, and it is unreasonable to have the general freight office of the road situated at point 400 miles away from the traffic zone and over 15O miles distance f5om the nearest point on the rails of the Cotton Belt.
 Mr. William H. Quigg, of Little Rock, we have been reliably inform ed, will have full charge of the gen eral freight office here, and the mer- chants of Pine Bluff and of other cities through which the Cotton Belt passes, will be gratified to learn of this contemplated change.
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seose uishonorable. To the con- trary, we are proud of ourselves in having dischsreed our duty as we understood 1t, aud having this pa triotic aud imserishable resolution, we feel that it would be inconsistent 10 accept, under such conditions, the position of pensioners upon the national Government
 "Such a sentiment stands out in glowing contrast to that which prompts hundreds Of thousands of so-called Federal soldiers, who new CT heard the ping of minnie bullet or even groomed an artillery horse, to steal pension money from the North and South alike; for, as a matter of course, the latter section contributely largely to the Federal treasury which is being plundered by these cattle. Iu this connection, it is a notorious fact that a wealthy banker in one of the Western cities has been drawing a pension for years past-he got in his work early in the action-althou2h this is in fragrant violation of both the letter and spirit of the law,
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SPITE WORK
Joe Wiley, Escape Convict, Causes
 Trouble at County Jail.

Joe Wiley, the white escaped con vict from Louisiana, is naturally mad because he was captured, and when informed last evening by Jail- CT tDavis that he would be taken back to his former quarters this morning, he attempted to indulge in some very costly mischief.
 He started in early in the morn ing by stealing wooen shirt from a negro prisoner named Blocker and when approached and accused of the theft he blankly denied it. Blocker was confident that Wiley had the shirt and Jailer Davis instituted a search for it. The stolen article was found under the bed-covering in Wilev's cell.
 Before leavlngB Jail this morning in company with the penitentiary warden, who was to take him back UO Loulsidhd' lit uuHCIeWeQ es 0dp ou the sewer pipe which ran through his cell and thereby caused all she cells to be flooded, This was not discovered until after water had covered all the cell floors in the jail building at least Q foot deep. JaiIer Davis hurried to the. depot and at temped to make Wiley tell where the tap was, but Wiley swore he didn't know ard never unscrewed it, but he was the only person in the ell and must have done it.
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warniog Order.

In the Chaneery Court of the County og Jefferson and State of Arkansas Maria Hoehstetter Kaufman, Joseph Al tEeimer. Matilda Altheimer Louis Altneim. CT, and August Blum as Trustee. plaintiff, vs William Blunt and Jennie Blunt, defend- ants The defendants. William Blunt and Jennie Blunt are warned to appear in this court within thirty days and answer the complaint of plaintiffs. Maria Hoehstetrer Kaufman. Joseph Altheimer. Matilda H. theimer. Louis Aitheimer. and August Blum as Trnseee. Given under my hand and the seal of said court this 29th day of December, A. D. lSslS. 9J A. LANGFoRD. Clerk. 5
 tSeal.l w4t ". L. Goodwin. D. c,
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Arkansas IS slouch gben

Arkansas IS s}ouch when il cones ?. sza, lerplns before . the coun- try. Millions who bad never heard :, of Arkansas before learned all about the State through MT. Breckin' ridges knee brooches during the Czar's coronation at St. Petersburg, And now comes Powell Clayton, Ambassador. to the Republic o Mexica, appeating in full regiment als as brigadier general of the United States. Mc. Clayton has received a good deal of prominence because he carries an "empty sleeve, it being understood that be lost his arm in battle. The truth about the manner ia which he lost his arm is not generally known. He certainly has no right to the title oi brigadier, general Nevertheless he is advertising Arkansas. -Commer- cial Appeal.
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J J KRESS
Is the Next Official to Lose His Job
 With the Cotton Belt.

Our old friend, J. J. Kress. is now "private citizen" his office, that of superintendent of car service of the St. L. x S. W. By, at Tyler, having been abolished.
 Mir. Kress IS not the only one of the road to be let out in the cold. It seems that the new higher officers of all the railroads are lifting the scalps of many of the lesser lights of their companies. While it does no good to the loser of position, we are thoror gLly sorry for the losers. --Texarkana Call.
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Senator Quay has reeieved Q set back, which was in thevnature of a shocking surprise to him. The Su- preme Court Of Pennsylvania the other day dismissed his application for a writ of certiorari in the con- spiracy case against him and or dered the case back to the court of Quarter Sessions at Philadelphia wsere he must stand trial. Quay fsho1ld now be given his just deserts, phichshe has long escaped.
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 A Contrast.

True to their instincts and rais- ing as gentlemen, every camp and every individual Confederate veter- an who has given public expression to an opinion os the bill introduced by Senator Butler providing for the pensiouiag, by the United States, of disabled ex-Confederate soldiers, has repudiated the suggestion, says the New Orleans Daily States. "The camp at Pine Bluff, Arkansas, unan- imously adopted d communication addressed to Senator Berry, asking him to oppose the bill. It sets forth that the opposition of the members is not from spleenish or unpatriotie considerations, but that they are actuated by conscientious motives, in this, that we dc not de- sire to become pensioners on the Government, and, moreover, we do not believe we should be. They further say: We fee, that what we did from 1861 to 1865 was in no
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How,s This?

We ofrer s1e0 reward for any case of catarrh that can not De cured by Halls Catarrh cure;
 We the undersigned. nave knowa F. J Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable m ah business transac- tions and financiailv v able 10 carry out g ny obs ligations made by iheirt1rm
 NEST < TRUAS, Wholesae druggists, Toledo,
 Ohio. - Druggists, Toledo. Ohlo. ae
 Halls Cat4krh' Cple is iaken iuterna'ly. acting directly uponthe blood anda mu'ons Sold by all druggisis Testimonials free. Ee Halls family D lisa aees the best. Joe Bobbett 8. reported to be much improved today. .s
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SOUTHERN GROCERY GO.
Hold an Annual Stockholders Meet
 ing Tuesday Afternoon.

Tuesday afternoon the stockhold- CTS annual meeting of the South ern Grocery Co.,, was lheld and the following officers and directors were elected:
 w. s. Jeter, President
 J. W. Wilkins, Secretary and Treas surer.
 Directors-Capt. W. s. Jeter, J. w. Wilkins and Mrs. w, s. Jeter