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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-07
THE UNLUCKIEsT MAN.
Couldn't Even Get the Black Ball in
"a Suicide Club.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
You see that young fellow over there
with the gray hair and the stopped should
ers. That's the most unlucky man in the
world. We used TO play the races a little,
but we never tried to find out about form
and weight and jockeys, or pay any atten-
ton to tips or anything like that. We
simply hung back till Jerry, that's his
name Jerry Miller, placed his bet, and
then we bet the other way. After a while
we got to giving him a rake off, but wien
these contributions got to be enough more
than Jerry's own venture, 10 make him a
neat little income, he won a small bet and
threw US all down, so we We're afraid TO
trust him any more That's just how I'M
lucky he was. Same way in everything.
If he tackled a business deal it went I'M
der, no matter how much of a cinch it
looked TO be. Why, he was one of six
young fellows in the running for one of
those popular girls, reigning belle, and
all that, but he got her. After while he
got discouraged and joined suicide club,
but he couldn't get the black ball TO save
him. Once at the drawing, when ali thir-
teen were present, he was the last man,
and the twelve preceding him had all
drawn white balls. lie thought he was
lucky for once, but when he pulled out the
last ball with a chuckle il was found that
by some error the black one had not been
put in.
THAT soured him completely, so he re-
signed from the club and determined to
commit suicide on his own account But
the hoodOo followed him even there. He
jumped in the river and a policeman pulled
him out and arrested him, and served him
right. Any man who would try TO commit
suicide by jumping in the Ohio ought to be
arrested He might choke 10 death, but he
couldn't drown.
He took poison, but the druggist who
sold it to him made a mistake and gave
him system tonic. He cut his throat, but
the doctors got him and performed 'he
most remarka ble operation of the year He
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-07

side, sir" reported the quartermaster on
watch to the officer of the deck. -Four
side boys" sang out the latter, and the
boatswain's mate piped the side as the
German consul came over the gangway
He was escorted to the cabin, and the in
terrupted sports went on. The prizes
were awarded and the Christmas spread
duly enjoyed at the various tables, and
nowhere more than at the table of the
master at arms mess, of which the first
sergeant was a member Permission to
smoke was granted, and the first ser
geant had just lighted his pipe when the
messenger of the watch came to him and
said: 1.-The officer of the deck wants to
see you, sergeant" Dropping his pipe he
went aft to the mainmast where he was
surprised to find awaiting him not only
the officer of the deck, but the captain and
a civilian. who proved TO be the German
consul.
Sergeant" said the captain, this gem
tleman has something to say to you" and
while this well drilled marine stood at at
tention the consul said: Baron Won Schra-
der 1 bring you a Christmas gift The
first sergeant did not forget he was a SOL
der and, although his face expressed the
utmost surprise, he saluted and said inter-
negatively, Yes, sir?' your father, the
old baron. and your elder brother" con-
tinued the consul have both been dead
for six months, and we have been all this
time trying to find you-a difficult task,
since, as it proves, you enlisted under an
assumed name. However, we have accom-
piished our task, and 1t gives me much
pleasure to hand you these papers, which
prove your right to the title and the estate
of your late father"
The first sergeant took the papers me-
chanically, but stood at attention, soldier
sthI.
Now, sergeant" said the captain, "of
course you will want your discharge How
much longer have you to server"
-Four months. sir" answered Baron Won
Schrader, the first sergeant.
We'll I think 1t can be arranged, said
the captain, land, now that you are so
great gentleman" he added smilingly.
"of course you will not care to take your
place among the crew"
The first sergeant hesitated, then saluted
and said: Sir, l do not think ] am a
greater gentleman now than I-have been.
and if this matter can be kept fronT<the
crew. sir. / would rather serve out my
enlistment"
The captain thought moment and then
said: very well, sergeant, you may go
forward"
And serve out his enlistment he did, re-
fusing this strangely offered Christmas
gift and no one forward was whit the
wiser. nor did they learn that their ser
geant was a baron untl he had put aside
with honor the uniform of Uncle Sam and
entered into his new estate in his Rhenish
home.
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shot himself, but the bullet made a nice,
clean hole through him and simply laid
him up in the hospital for a month He
went to Cuba and Marshall got in front of
him just in time to stop the only bullet
that came near him in the whole "trip. And
the yellow fever passed him scornfully by.
while a diet of two months old bareback,
quarter rations only made him fat He
came home and tried to drink himself to
death, but he only got a Cyrano nose. He
tied himself to a railroad track, and a
bridge two miles west broke down under
the express train that would have finished
him. He locked himself in his bathroom
and got in the tub to die, but just as he
turned on the tap the water pipe in The
cellar burst.
FINALLY he did have a streak of luck
He fell down a well, and drowned in two
feet of water They got him out and work
ed over him for an hour, but it was no
use He was stone dead Just as they gave
him up, though a wagon drove up and an
excited man with straggling whiskers
hauled out long box like coffin and an
nounced that by means of his patent cleo
trical ozone respirator and circulation re-
storer he could bring the man back.
80 they put poor Jerry in the box and
the man put a funnel over his mouth and
nose, hitched half dozen electrical con-
tact pads to him, slammed the lid shut
and turned a crank. In about five minutes
Jerry began TO struggle to get out, and
when the delighted inventor opened the lid
10 lei Jerry out and receive his overflow
ing gratitude he was surprised to receive
a smash from the maddest man in Gin
cinnati. But the inventor turned in and
licked him.
Jerry is broken spirited now He is
going TO make one more attempt. His life
insurance runs out the LIST of January, and
he is not going TO renew it for a week.
But he hasn't much hopes. And if that
doesn't Kill him he is going to try 10 want
to live"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-07
THE FORMIDABLE.
Largest British Battleship Bears
Out Her Name.

From the London Standard.
The Formidable is an improved Majes-
tic" and ten feet longer than the pres
ent flagship of the channel squadron, her
dimensions being: Length between per-
pendiculars. 400 feet; length over all, 4S0
feet; beam. rs feet The Majestic has a
disbursement of 1890 tons; that of the
Formidable will be 5000. The latter will
nave mean draueht of % feet inches.
The addition to the displacement of the
Formidable. as compared with other mod
ern battleships, will secure material ad-
vantages both with regard to armor, arm
ament. speed, coal endurance, and, it is
confidently anticipated, sea-keepins quail
tics. The Formidables protective armor
is arranged on similar lines TO that of the
Campus. which, though launched al Ports
mouth in October. 1897, will not be ready
for her steam trials until the spring of
next wear. This interference with the
modern policy of getting ships of war out
Of hand as rapidly as possible is due TO
The DELAYS consequent upon The engineer
ing striso) on the part OF contractors in
oornpletionsund delivery of machinery ar
NOR. etc. The side armor of the Formula
bic is thicker than that OF the Canopusi
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-07
REFUSED A BARONETCY.
Sergeant in the Marines Who Want
ed 10 Remain IncOgnitO.
From the Cincinnati Enquirer.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
All sorts and conditions of men 20 to
make up the enlisted PERSONAL of a man
of-war and, as rule, nothing is known
of the ante-naval history of most of the
memo -warsmen, who come from every
walk of life. 1t is not surprising, there
fore that now aud then bit of romance
is revealed when the history of some of
these lads of the sea is made known by
accident
But perhaps the most romantic incident
of them all was that OF the first Sergeant
of marines upon one Of our ships in East
ern waters, who, under remarkable circum-
stances, came TO be offered an unusual
Christmas gift. which he would not ac-
cept. This first sergeant was the ideal
soldier. German by birth evidently. neat.
trim, an excellent disciplinarian, and
favorte with the men, who, however. were
never familiar with him. There was
something about the sergeant that made
il impossible for his comrades to treat
him appantly, as seafaring men usually
do each other.
The cruise was drawing 10 a close. and
the ship was lying in a tropical port on
Christmas day, with a broiling sun over
head and sea of glass about her. Christ
mas trees rose above the mastheads. and
bunting declSed the vessel fore and aft
while the men beneath the awnings on
the cold-white deck were enjoying their
Christmas sports OF athletic games. with
the first sergeant as referee. A Christ
mas dinner laid on tables on the forward
deck awaited the ending Of the sports, and
300 jolly faces watched the fun and made
bets upon the results.
The German consul is coming along
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-07
GOLD DUST DRINKS AND TIPS.
Bars at Dawson City Have Scales In
stead of Cash Registers.
From the Spokane Chronicle.

+
At present there are three variety thea
ters in Dawson City. One Of these is Of
the better class. and would compare not
unfavorably with those of Spokane. Tive
other two are low dives of the foulest
description. The best theater is a high,
2-story frame structure, although the
entrance to 1t is through one-story log
house. This entrance building is used as
barroom, bars extending along both sides
OF II. The drinks at these bars are sold at
the rate Of 50 cents each, or three for 81.
At this price they are not only sold at
the bar. but also by the walters on the
first floor of the theater The payment
for drinks is almost entirely In gold dust,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-07
-"Mr zangwil," SAYS The Bookmon,

--"Mr Zangwnl," says The Bookrhan,
"was passing up Fifth avenue one Sunday
afternoon recently. and his striking APP
pearance made him the cynosure of many
ewes. II seemed to us that there could be
no installing his identity. But imagine
our amusement upon overhearing the in
formation conveyed by a self-comp.acent
looking young woman to her companion.
Who was evidently curious, but bafled
why. dear, don't you know, said the
knowing one, its a Filipino. r."
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Unsurpassed cabin accommodations All
the comforts of a modern hotel. Electric
lights. Unexcelled table. Tickets include
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Passenger Fares From Savannah
TO NEW YoRK-Cabin $50: Excursion.
S2 intermediate, SIS. Excursion. SA;
Steerage. 5000.
TO BOsTON-cabin. s22; Excursion. sSs;
Intermediate. $l7; Excursion. SIS: Steer
age. $11.75.
The express steamships of this line are
appointed to sail from Savannah. Central
CSOth) meridian time. as follows:
SAVANNAH To NEW YonK-
TALLAHASSEE, Capt Askins. sATUR-
DAY. Jan. 7. 2;sO p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett,
MONDAY. Jan Q, 4:3O p. M.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt Burg.
TUESDAY. Jan. 10. $50 p. m.
KANSAS CITY. Capt Fisher. THURS
DAY, Jan. Il. $50 p m.
NACoOCHEE. Capt. smith. SATURDAY.
jan A. p. m.
TALLAHASSEE. Capt. Askins, MON
DAY, Jan. 16. 3 p. m.
CITY OF AUGUSTA. Capt. Daggett,
y LOLA Jan IL S.oO p.
CITY OF BIRMINGHAM. Capt. Burg.
THURSDAY. Jan. 10. 12 m.
KANSAS CITY, Capt Fisher. sATUR-
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NACoOCHEE. Capt. Smith MONDAY, .
Jan. %, p. m.
TALLAHASSEE Capt, Askins, TUES
DAY, Jan. "A. 8 p. m.
SAVANNAH TO BOSTON.
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CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt Lewis, TUES
DAY, Jan. 10, a. m.
GATE CITY. Capt. Googins. FRIDAY.
Jan. 10, a. m.
CITY OF MACON. Capt. Savage. TUES
DAY, Jan. II, 8 a. m.
CHATTAHOOCHEE. Capt. Lewis. FRI
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GATE CITY, Capt. GoogIns, TUESDAY,
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at p. m.
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Ocean Steamship Co.
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For BIuffton AMI Beaufort, S. C.

steamer loretta will leave wharf foot OF
Abercorn (Ethefs WHARF street al Q D.
m for Bluffton daily except Sunday and
thursday Wednesdays trip extended to
beaufort, leaving Bluffton Thursdays at
3 a. m. Returning same day.
, 1899-02-02

Some people talk much nonsense
about men, especially about single
Now here, for instance, is Mrs. Lille
Devereaux Blake talking of taxing
single men for the support of single
women. She cannot be serious, though
her words wer not reported jokingly.
If taxing bachelors would make them
seek marriage, women would be the
first to cry out for deliverence from men
actuated by such motives. Most eli
gible bachelors already support in whole
or in part one or more women relatives.
Few single men, we venture to say,
can be found who do not have de-
pendent upon them a mother or a sist-
er or a spinster aunt-not infrequently
all three and more.-Exchange.
, 1899-02-02
WOMAN'S CLUB OFFICERS.

All department meetings are held
at Mrs. j. w. T. Gray's, corner Sixth
and Grand Avenue. Executive meet
ings occur on the first Tuesday even
ing of each month at the court house.
The General club meetings are held
on the last Saturday of each month at
the club headquarters. At this meeting
the members are entertained by a pro-
gram given by n Of the departments.
President-Mrs. Wilhelmina Brown.
First Vice President-Mrs. Mary
Preston.
Second Vice President-Mrs. Emma
Knight.
Third Vice President-Mrs. Nellie
Corthell.
Fourth Vice President-Mrs. Emma
Symons.
Recording Secretary-Mrs. Anna
Spafford.
Corresponding Secretary-Miss June
E. Downey.
Treasurer-Mrs. Harriet Balch.
Assistant Treasurer-Miss Nellie
Johnson.
Board of Directors-Mrs. Nettie
Harris, Mrs. Mary Be1lamy, Mrs. Han
nah Durlacher, Mrs. Fannie Manasse,
Mrs. Elizabeth 1ngham.
DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS.
SOCIAL SCIENCE. Meets second
and fourth Wednesdays, from $3.50 to 5.
Mrs. Nettie Harris, Chairman.
Miss Adelaide Brown, Secretary.
MOTHERS. Meets second and fourth
Mondays from 2:3O to 4.
Mrs. Annie Arnold, Chairman.
Mrs. Maud Buffum, Secretary.
HISTORY AND LITERATURE.
Meets first and third Saturdays from
3 to 4:30.
Mrs. Anna DeLario, Chairman.
Mrs. Kate Holmes, Secretary.
ART. Meets first and third Thurs
days, from 1880 to . p. m.
Mrs. Emma Knight, Chairman.
Mrs. Eleanor Fox, Secretary.
DOMESTIC SCIENCE. Meets first
and third Saturdays. from 1880 to 4.
Mrs. Fannie Manasse, Chairman.
Mrs. Lucy H~odgeman, Secretary.
HEALTH. Meets second and fourth
Tuesdays, from 2:3O to 4 p. m.
Mrs. AIDA Ulen, Chairman.
Mrs. Cora Brees, Secretary.
MUSIC. Meets first and third Tues
days, from 1880 to 9 p. m.
Miss Winant, Chairman.
Mrs. May Baird Campbell. Secretary
CURRENT EVENTS. Meets second
and fourth Wednesdays at 2 p. m.
Mrs Jennie Land, Chairman.
Mr.. Hattie Dsmig. Secretary.
, 1899-02-02

ttors are not astir, with the exception
of a doctor-the journalists travelling
companion-and to him the girl CON
fdes a letter for her %suitor, accepting
him, and giving him her address in
; Cairo.
EARLY and late she watches for him
day after day, with a sinking heart,
she makes some excuses to herself for
his nonappearance. At last the moment
arrives when she and her party must
leave Cairo. Then only does she realize
her lovers faithlessness and awake to
the knowledge that on his part it was
merely a firtation-one way of killing
time, an incident of his visit to Egypt,
already with a smile and a shrug dis
missed from his memory"
Scott rose to his feet.
"Not so, Victor. 1t is an incident he
will never forget. L see you under
stand. Where is Miss Cartwright liv.
ing?"
But, Scott, you don't mean to say
that
"Listen! My friend, DR.. Hines, was
brought back to the hotel that morning
dead-drowned. You will readily see
that the horror of the catastrophe and
all it involved banished the Memphis
from my mind for the time being. Aft.
erward, when among the kindly fare
wells of some of Anice's fellow passen-
gers | found no word from herself, ]
came to the conclusion that she thought
silence kinder than the only answer she
felt able to give. To think ones happi-
ness should depend on such a chance"
Miss Cartright's position must have
undergone a material change. She has
no literary talent and evidently no ex.
perience. This is a desperate effort to
earn money"
1T is three years ago. In that time
what may not have happened? Give me
her address, Victor"
Three seventy-three Superior street.
Good luck to your"
The woman who answered his ring
and his inquiry for Miss Cartright re-
garded him inquisitively.
why, yes. she's in, but 1 guess she
won't see you. She's packing to leave"
"Take her this card"
He glanced c%uriously around the
room into which he had been ushered.
1t was difficult to imagine Anice in the
midst of such surroundings-Anice,
whom he had last seen in a dazzling
white gown, with his gift, a cluster of
Luxor roses, fastened in her belt.
And then the door opened, and the
two the first chapter of whose love
story had ended SO strangely-were face
to face once more
"Anice, learned today for the first
time of the letter you sent me by DR..
Hines. Lanrow. the editor of The Rec
ord, is a friend of mine"
The color flashed into the girls face.
He knew, then-you had told him
about me?"
Not until now. He admired your
story, and i'll relating it to me made
several things clear. DR.. Hines was
brought back to the hotel that morning
drowned, the Nile kept your secret
jealousy, and II have always believed
You wished your silence to convey the
refusal you had not the heart to write.
Anice, tell me what that letter at the
bottom of the Nile contained:"
"Only your address in Cairo, and
but you know"
1.-The purport-yes. Yet satisfy me
with the words, Anice. l have surely
waited long enough to hear them"
They were only two," she said as
she raised her face to meet his kiss.
"They were just, Yes, john Lon.
don Forget Me-Not.
, 1899-02-02
LOST.

The river shadows wonder where
He went before the break of day.
The pine tree saw his flashing hair
Go over Ault, they say.
The river meadows dream upon
The old, fresh laughter of his lips
The crying brant say he has gone
Far questing with great ships.
The Nashwaak asks the lonely snipe
How o o they think he xili return.
"Perhaps todayl' But now the ripe
Wild island cherries burn
And he has not come back at all.
And now the spring is here again
The yellow hammers" lift and call,
Low flies the meadow hen.
The pine trees question everything
That day or night or noon goes by
The eagle in his sky faring,
The darting dragon fly.
The seasons and the river bars-
Yet nothing seems to know just where
He went. One says = Behind the stars
saw his lashins~ sir"
The pine trees think he will return.
They count the days; they count tn,
years.
The winters pass; the ummers burn:
The Aprils melt in tears.
Theodore Roberts in Time and the Hour.
, 1899-02-02

Colonel Alexander Gardner, in his
volume entitled Soldier and Traveller, -
says that during a stay in Asia he was
once suspected of being a Russian spy.
This was an accusation of great con
sequence, as Russians We're very unpop-
ular at the time. hut the traveller was
PROSTATE with fever and almost indif.
ferent as to what might befall him.
Application was made to the khan of
khiva, and in a great state of anxiety
as to the Traveller identity he deputed
three learned men who had travelled
over half tho world to examine him.
This was the abstruse and terrific ex-
animation with which they were salts.
fed:
What are you?' asked they.
IAN American" was the answer.
Still they were suspicious, and one
man. a very enlightened scholar, offered
as a browning test this deep and con-
elusive geographical question:
Gould you go by land from America
to England"
mo, was the prompt reply, and tb
questioner, as much delighted ut his
own superior learning as at the trav-
eler's integrity, declared that he was
convinced. This was an American in
deed.
Mrs. S. "A. Fackler, editor of the Mi
canopy (Fla.) Hustler, with his wife
and children, suffered terribly from La
Grippe. One Minute Cough Cure was
the only remedy that helped them. 1t
acted quickly. Thousands Of others
use this remedy as a specific for La
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Frank II. Eggleston.
, 1899-02-02

La Grippe IS again epidemic. Every
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Agricultural Journal and Advertiser,
Eden, Mo-, says: mo one will be dis
appointed in using One Minute Cough
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quick to act. F. H. E~gglsston.
, 1899-02-02
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, 1899-02-02

LARAMIE LODGE NO. 3, A. F. and
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, 1899-02-02

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