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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

% courses composed the menu. Refraining
from statement of the number of wines
accompanying this feast, let me offer for
contemplation the fact that services 10
and 10 each of heavy meat, were divorced
by Course 1D a rich plum pudding with a
sweet sauce. Dinner began little before s!
At the men rejoined them for talk music
and cards; and at II the dining-room doors
again opened to reveal a supper table laden
with every cold delicacy, from bird to
cavaire sandwich, calculated to tempt and
restore fainting humanity
Suppers pure and simple are to be sure
frequent form of entertainments; but even
they are divided into two sections After
reviewing in succession all the fish, game,
pastries, salads and cheeses that the even
ing is to bring forth the party adjourns
en- masse to the drawing room to chat ard
eat ices for perhaps half an hour At the
end OF some such interval the dining-room
opens second time and the company re-
turns in order to its old places TO attack
the formal courses of dessert" The last
sweet duly dismissed, host and hostess
arise and, arm in arm, lead a majestic
general progress back to the drawing-room.
Advancing to the head of the apartment
they face about 10 receive the compliments
of their friends. Two by two with bow
and courtesy gravely returned in kind
these pass in parade before their entertain
ers, each guest offering, with his obeis-
ance, his hand and the stereotyped senti-
ment, TAX for MAIDEN ('"Thanks for the
food.') To which, ''Vef bekomme'' (kindlv
welcome or Good may ii do your comes
in scrupulous reply. This, with many other
ancient Norsk customs, is now beginning
It's decadence, here in the capitol, and in
some houses an attempt is made to abolish
1t entirely. But your true Norseman of the
elder breeding can ill-abide his neiShbor's
bread unless he may decently thank for It,
In the matter of ceremony no man here
comedies more than does King Oscar. At
the loyal and elegant Swedish court affairs
run other wise, but in Christlana the king
carries himself very simply, doing all that
a genlaf fancy can invent to conciiiate the
blunt and turbulent Morse en-often only
10 meet in return such rebuffs as might
fall to the lot of the monarch who should
seek to establish his claims in a Kennebec
lodging camp. But the kings lively sense
OF humor stands him in good stead. and
the smart OF many humiliating situation
must be greatly lessened by his happy rec
ognition of its comic aspect
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

less money was sent down for the purpose
The meaning of such resolution, as those
versed in the ways of financiers will not
need TO be told, was nothing more nor less
than that the government could not meet
its liabilities
Pitt trembled when the news was brought
to him, and everybody, from the king on
the throne TO the man in the street, talked
OF this and nothing else How people ask
Ell OF one another, could the government
get along without money?
The bank. of course, had promised to pay
gold for its notes when demanded, ana by
refusing to do so it had broken its promise.
But for the government to have pressed
the bank would have intensified the trou-
bic hundredfold, as the government owed
the bank an enormous debt
The king and the ministers were sum-
moned to town on Sunday morning;
privy council was held at Whitehall and
meeting of ministers in Downing street.
both of which the King attended There
was only one course by which the country
could be saved and, daring as il was 1t
had to be taken.
The government threw itself between the
bank and its creditors, and commanded
the bank to withhold all cash from the
public until parliament had met and come
10 some decision.s The prohibition was Or
dered to remain in force for six months
after parliament met, and during that Pc
riod smaA bank notes were issued, and
were generally accepted as cash every
where.
Matters in this way righted themselves,
and the wheels of government went round
again.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

poor DEVILS head as high as his own, and
then, when both We're cheek by jowl, be-
gin to trot about with his burden like
jolting cart-horse, until the rebel had no
further solcitude about sublunary affairs.
1t was after one of these trotting execu-
lions, which had taken place in the bar
backyard adjoining Stephens Green, that
Hepenstall acquired the surname of The
Walking Galows." He was invested with
it by the gallery of Crow Street Theater,
Dublin. At the trial~o of rebel in that
city the lieutenant, undergoing cross-eX-
animation, admitted all the fore-mention-
ed details of his method of hanging, and
Lord Norbury, the presiding judge, warm
ly complimented him on his loyalty, and
assured him that he had been guilty of no
act with was not natural to a jealous,
loyal and efficient officer!
Lieut. Hepenstall, however, did not long
survive his hideous practice. He died in
1904. Owing TO the odium in which he
was universally held, the authorities ar
ranged that his funeral should take place
secretly, while Dublin wit suggested
that his tombstone would be suitably in
scribed by the following epitaph;
Here lie the bones Of Hepenstall,
Judge, jury, gallows, rope and all.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
THE WALKING GALLOws.
Characteristic "Reminiscences NJ
the Irish Rebellion of '9S.
From the Baltimore snn

From the Baltimore Sun.
Among the examples and records of
British tyranny during the terrible wear
of "Ninety-eight," lately recalled by the
centenary of the Irish rebellion. there is
none more extraordinary. according to
writer in an English magazine. than that
of Lieut.. Edward Hepenstan, known bv
the nickname of 1.-The Walking Gallows.'
for such he certainly was, literally and
practically. This notorious individual
who had been brought up as an apothe-
cary in Dublin, obtained a commission in
the Wicklow militia, in which he attained
to the rank of lieutenant in 1895 He was
man of splendid physique, about six
feet two inches in hight, and strong and
broad in proportion. Referring TO this
handsome but brutal giant, Sir Jonah Bar
rington, in his Memoirs" states: CT
knew him well, and from his countenance
should never have suspected him of cruel
ty, but so cold-blooded and eccentric an
executioner of the human race never vet
existed"
At the outbreak of the sanguinary re-
bellion, when the common law was sus-
pended and the stern martial variety
lourished~ in its stead, Lieut. HepenstaIl
hit upon the eXpedient of hanging
on his own back persons whose phyeiog-
MONIES ne considered characteristic of Sc
ditious tenets. At the present day the
story seems almost Incredible, but it is a
notorious fact revealed by the Journal
ism of the period that when rebels, either
suspected or caught redhanded were
brought before him, Hepenstan would or
der the cord of drum 10 be taken off. and
then, rigging up a running moose would
proceed to hang each in turn across his
athletic shoulders until the victim had
been slowly strangled TO death: after
which he would throw down his load and
take up another. The walking gallows"
was clearly both a new and simple plan
and mode of execution not nearly so
tedious or painful as a Tyburn or old
Bailey hanging. 1t answered his males
tvs service as we'll as two posts and a
crowbar. When a rope was not at hand
HepenstalPs own silk cravat. being softer
than an ordinary halter, became a merci-
ful substitute.
In pursuance of these benevolent inten-
tons, the lieutenant would frequently ad-
minister an anaesthetic to his trembling
victlm-in other words. he would first
knock him silly with blow. His garters
then did the duty as handouts, and the
cravat would be slid over the condemned
mans neck. Whenever ne had an unu-
sually powerful victim to do with Hepen
stall took a pride in showing his own
strength. With dextrous luuge of his
body, the lieutenant used to draw up the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

Rev. j. F. Mnbank formerly rector of
Grace Episcopal Church, has accepted a
parish in Monticello, N. Y, and he and
family have gone to their new home
Among the marriages from Charlton
county is reported that of MIR. Hawley
Mazell and Miss Mollie Lloyd The cere-
mony was performed by Judge G. w. Had
dock.
Frank c. Owens, wife and son, have re-
turned from Greenville, S. c. They were
accompanied by Mrs. Owens parents.
Miss Schwing of South Carolina is visit
ing Mrs. r. p Izlar on Gilmore
One of the most enjoyable social affairs
of the season was the party given by Miss
Faye Wood. She is a most charming and
attractive young lady, and quite an acqui-
sition to Waycross society.
A novel entertainment was the st. VAL
entine's festivities given by the students
of the polytechnic school. Bits of paper on
which names were written were pinned on
a board blank outward. Each participant
drew a name which was placed upon the
valentine furnished him by the postmas-
ter, so that no one knew to whom his val
entine would go nor did the recipient know
who sent it. In this blind state the valen-
tine was opened, read and the receiver
guessed the sender, this produced great
merriment and fun.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
RObbing the Tailor.


A poor tailor, a bench worker, a bushel-
man. kept in his inside vest pocket the
savings of twenty years. The three pals
called on him to settle a bet II is al
ways bet. Look out for them! Tne
spokesman said: "Old fellow, do US
small favor. My friend here says ne
measures more around the waist than l
do VIII you try your tape on us just
for second? I've bet him twenty ne
don't" The obliging man of goose ana
shears nimbly settled the controversy ana
was thanked You have something ol
a girth yourself, and a deuced fine chest
for tailor" the spokesman added, throw
ing an admiring glance. II think you
will out-measure my friend" The friend
Immediately took umbrage and presentiy
there was a bet. The tailor removed ms
coat and vest and while being measured
lost his little fortune, the third pal tax
ing IL from the pocket and substtuths
a wad of paper of similar proportions. Inc
first thing the victim did when he put ON
the garment again was to feel for MS
treasure. It.seemd to be there, and he ac-
cepted the invitation of the pals to go
across the street to imblbe. They treated
him with the stolen cash and when things
got well warmed up quietly disappeared
one after the other
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
JOHN BULL BANKRUPT.
The British Government Was Once
Unable to Pay Its Debts.
From the London Mail.

LnaOle ray us OtUtss
From the London Mail.
"John Bull bankrupt sounds strange to-
day, and the chancellor can afford to smile
at the idea as he reckons up the nation s
balance sheet for 1899: but it was not all
ways so. Once, indeed--on this very day
1O2 years ago-the Bank of England viz
tually declared the British government
bankrupt! v~
1t came about in this way: Five years
before the eighteenth century closed
France declared war against Great Brit
ain and Holland, and there was a great
drain on the gold of the country. The
most anxious man in Britain was Pitt,
the minister of finance, whose resources
were strained to the utmost.
For months Pitt had only obtained ac-
commodatlon from the Bank of England
by bringing about great and constant pres
sure to bear upon that institution, bur
when the "Old Lady of Threadneedle
street" took it into her head to threaten
England with bankruptcy.
A year or two before the bank had re-
fused the paper of a private banking firm
and compelled 1t thereby TO stop payment
the next day for a million sterling, and
in the universal sensation and confusion
which overwhelmed the financial world
hundred country banks suspended pay
ment. Then the government stepped in
and saved the situation.
But now the government itself was in
peril. The treasury had sent bills to the
bank for payment amounting TO over $780,
900, and there not being sufficient gold in
the country, the bank resolved on a coup
d'etat to save the situation.
The court of chartered moneychanger5
met in Threadneedle street, and resolved
that the bills should not be discharged un-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

Representative Elect Frank C. Wach-
ter of Baltimore lives, when at home, in
the old family colonial residence on Column
bia avenue. where Washington once made
his home.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

Senator Elect Quaries of Wisconsin Is
one of the truest sportsmen In the Nor n
west. He has been able to handle gun
since he was 10 years old. He is also one OF
the most persistent of men.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-02-10

Mrs. Sarah Simpson owned a small
four roOmed house hear her residence,
which she rented. Three of the
room were occupied and early in the
week some tramps broke into the
fourth room aud camped there. 1t
took the combined efforts Of Cons.
table Hardin and his gun to drive
them out. Tuesday nitht some men
aunt to the door OF one OF the occu-
pied rooms and wanted to get in, but
were driven away. They were heard
breaking in the ungccupied room
Some time afterward the occupant of
the room were up and found the build
ing on fire. He rushed ot5 and found
that the fire had started in the empty
room and he had barely time TO wake
the people III the other rooms and get
them out, They were unable TO get
out all their belongings. 1t Is sup
posed that the tramps who were
driven out came back and set the
building on ire. The person who had
tried 10 get in the occupied room, and
afterwards broke into the empty room
had disappeared before the IRE was
discovered. 1t was bad enough u set
the building aGre, but IL was fiendish
not TO give the alarm and attempt to
save the people sleeping In the burn
Ing building.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-02-10

DESERT LAND, NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
~ OF Publication, LIZ States Land Of
fec. Las Cruces. ". MyH ry q, 1899,
Notice Il hereby given David H.. " right
Of LordSburg, New Mexico, filed notice OF
intention 10 make proof on his desert-land
claim No. S62. for the ST 4 NEiz Sec. & Il. IL
s. II. Is West N. NJ. Mer. before u. s. Court
Commissioner. ut LOrdsburR n. NJ. oil Thurs
day the 9th day of March 1879.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
the complete irrigation and of
said land: James NJ, Harper of Bedrock n,
NJ. J. o. Tonsy of Gold Hin n. NJ. j. l.. Ruth
hand of Alhambra n. N. MS, Hin of hodr0ck
N. A.
Emil SoliqBac.
Register.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-02-10
An Fonest n Odlslns for La Grippe.

dao5ss W. Watt Of South Gardiner,
Me-, says: II have had the worst
cough. cold, chill and grip and have
taken lots OF trash Of no account but
profit to the vendor. Chamberlain's
cough remedy is the only thing that
has done any good whatever. / have
used one so cent bottle and the chills,
cold and grip have all left me. l con-
gratulate the manufacturers OF an
honest medicine" For sale by the
EaEes0et z mercantile Company.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-02-10

There wasa very sever storm all
through the Rocky Mountain country
the latter part Of last week, and
LOrdsburg got a portion OF the cold
weather Monday, aud IL was cold.
About an inch OF snow fell Sunday
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-02-10
WOMEN'S
SECRETS.

There Is one man in the United States
who has perhaps heard more women's
secrets than any other ma or woman In
the county. These secrets are not Sc
crets ofguilto OF shame, but the secrets Of
suffering, and they have been conhdedI
ito DIR. K. v. Pierce In the hope and ex-
pectation Of advice and help. That few
OF these have been disappointed
in their expectations is proved by the
fact that n~inety-eight per cent. Of all
women treated by DIR. Pierce have beeni
absolutely and altogether cured. Such a
record would be remarkable If the cases.
treated were numbered by hundreds
only. But when that record applies to.
the treatment Of more than haif-a-mi1-
lion women, in a practice of over thirty
years, it IS phenomenal, and entities DR..
Pierce to the gratitude accorded him by
women, and the honor paid him by the
profession as the first Of specialists in.
the treatment of women's diseases.
Every sick oma may consult DR..
Pierce by letter, absolutely without
charge. Every woman's letter which
contains her secret remains her secret.
It Is readtin private, answered in private,
and its contents guarded as a sacred CON
hdcnce. That no third party should enter
into this secret, all replies are mailed,
sealed in perfectly plain envelopes, with
out any printing OF advertising whatever,
upon them. Write without fear as with
out fee, to DR.. r. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-02-10

time prescribed by law. with the Regis
ter Of the u. S. Land Once at Las
Cruces, New Mexico, they will be
barred.
EMIL SOLIGNAC,
Register.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-02-10

Mr.. and Mrs. j, G.. Hopkins and
Judge Egan came down eTeu Clifton
Monday, and took the evening train
for Phoenix, where they have gone TO
see what kind OF animals make up the
Arizona legislature.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-02-10

Both the flyer and regular passenger
train we're tied up here for part OF
the night while a track was being
built around the San Simon wreck.
Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1899-02-10

Dave Clark, master mechanic OF the
Arizona s. Nov Mexico railway com-
pany, was In the city Monday, en-
route from Clifton to Denver, for a
short visit.
Gilpin observer., 1899-01-19
How LnnInu,s Pnnr Live.

The committee appointed by the
County Council of London to investi-
gate the housing of the poor has made
some astonishing discoveries which
account in a large measure for the in
crease of crime, vice and poverty in
that great city. In Lambeth parish,
just across the Thames from West
minister abbey and the houses Of Par
lament, under the very shadow of the
palace of the archbishop of Canter-
bury, from whose towers every roof
in the parish can be seen, Is found n
condition Of life more deplorable than
exists anywhere else in the world.
The census of the tenement houses
shows that in Lambeth parish 11,759
persons live three to room. The fig
ures show 2,409 persons live on an
average over three and under four to
a room, 5000 persons live four to n
room, 522 persons live over four and
under five to Il room, 2,O75 persons
live five to room, 143 persons live
over five and under six to n room, SIG
persons live six TO room, 24S persons
live from seven to eleven to a room.
my wife gave me a pocketbook with n
nickel In it, What was that for?" $50
1 could get down to the bank"
Gilpin observer., 1899-01-19
Bondsmen fer OmcInIa.

The postoffice department now re-
quires its bonded officers to furnish
bonds from security or insurance COM
panies instead of individuals. The
bond of any such company will be ac-
cepted after it has submitted its books
and investments to an examination by
agents of the attorney generals office
and received his sanction, and there
are now five on the list. A sixth com
pany will probably be added in few
days. Such bonds are preferred to in
dividual securities because they are
always paid without question. Any
security company refusing to make
good loss or defalcation on the part
of an official whose honesty it has in
sured is crossed off the list, its other
bonds are cancelled and it can do no
more business with the government;
and boycott by the government is
equivalent to ruin. On the other hand.
individual bOndsmen never pay with
out being compelled to by the courts,
and even then it is always difficult and
often impossible to collect the judg-
mentS.
Gilpin observer., 1899-01-19
TWO GRATEFUL WOMEN
Restored to Health by Lydia q.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
"c.n Do MY own Work.
Mrs. PATRICK DANEHY,

Mrs. PATRICK DANEHY,
West Winsted, Conn, writes:
"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM:-It is with
pleasure that 1 write to you of the
benefit have derived from using your
wonderful Vegetable Compound. Twas
very ill, suffered with female weak
ness and displacement of the womb.
"Icould tsleepat night, had to walk
the floor, l suffered SO with pain in my
side and small of my back. Was trou-
bled with bloating, and at times would
faint away; had terrible pain in my
heart, a bad taste in my mouth all the
time and would vomit; but now, thanks
to Mrs. Pinkham and her Vegetable
Compound, feel well and sleep well,
can do my work without feeling tired;
do not bloat or have any trouble
whatever.
II sincerely thank you for the good
advice you gave me and for what your
medicine has done for me-"
Gilpin observer., 1899-01-19
OUGHT TO VISIT THE WEST.
senator Hoar and Others Know Little of
Its People or Conditions.

Its People or Conditions.
Senator HOar of Massachusetts has
one great weakness which is common
to men of his location and habits of
lire. His horizon Is bounded by the
Allegheny mountains. He has never
been west Of Chicago, and has seldom
strayed as far away from home ms
BuHalo or Pittsburg. He knows no
more of western life and methods and
progress than If he lived in the center
or England and whenever western
people differ from him in sentiment he
charitably believes it Is because they
nave not had his advantages of asso-
ciatlon with the faculty of Harvard
college, anG other wise and learned
men In Boston. If all the people of the
earth could enjoy moral and intellec-
tual contact with "the better senti-
Inent OF Massachusetts that has been
ms Dlrthright, Mr.. Hoar would be very
thankful, but having been deprived of
that blessed privilege they cannot diff
Ter from him in opinion without being
entirely wrong. Mr.. Hoar inherited
thls Keeling from Charles Sumner.
IL may surprise the readers of the
Record to learn that so good n man ms
the secretary of the navy and so good
man as the secretary of the interior
nave never been in the West. Mr.. Bliss
went to Omaha with the President
last october and learned great many
Things. Secretary Long has not even
had that advantage, and had never
Deen south of the Potomac river until
he accompanied the President on his
recent journey to Georgia. 1t would be
to the public welfare if Congress
should make an appropriation to send
Mr. Hoar and other New England
statesmen on tour of observation
through the central and western states.
1t would add immensely to their use
fulness and modify many of their
views.-Chicago Record.
Gilpin observer., 1899-01-19
"Cannot Praise 1t Enough.
Miss GERTIE DuNKIN,

Miss GERTIE DUNKIN,
Franklin, Neb., writes:
81 suffered for some time with pain
full and irregular menstruation, falling
of the womb and pain in the back. 1
tried physicians, but found no relief.
"Iwas at last persuaded to try Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and cannot praise it enough for what
it has done for me. feel like a new
person, and would not part with your
medicine. l have recommended it to
several of my friends"
Gilpin observer., 1899-01-19
STATE o, OHIO, CITY OF TOLEDO, 9.

LUCAS COUNTY,
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior partner OF the firm of F. ]. Cheney & Co.,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for
each and every case OF Catnrrh that cannot be
cured by the use OF Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 9th day of December, A. D. 1885
(SEAL) A. w. GLEASON,
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
Of the system Send for testimonials. free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, u
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
Gilpin observer., 1899-01-19

dLnning me for money on Christmas
day" We'll, If you had the Christmas
spirit you would pay me-