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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
LAKES FAR ABOVE SEA LEVEL.
mysterIOus bodies of Water Found
Far Up In the CordIIIeras.

'NAi AAp boStDH journal
From crucero Alto. the highest town in
the world the Southern Railroad OF Peru
drops into the Lagunillas, or lake region
of the Cordilleras where, IA, $50 feet above
the sea, is group OF large lakes OF very
cold pure water without inlet or outlet
They receive The drainage Of the surround
ing hills and conceal It somewhere, but
there Is no visible means of its escape
fringe Of the ice forms around the edges
OF the lakes every night the year round.
yet they contain an excellent variety of
fish called the pejerray, which is caught
near the shore and sold at Puma and in
othe neighboring towns. The two largest
lake, Sarachocha and Cachipascana, with
several smaller ones in the same neighbour
hood, are owned by the family OF Mr.
Romania OF Arequipa. who has just been
elected President Of Peru. He owns inn
mense tracts OF land in this locality with
thousands of sheep, cattle. lamas alpacas
and vicunas. which are herded upon II.
A curious phenomena about the lakes Is
that they keep at the same level all the
time, regardless Of dry and rainy seasons.
No amount of rain will make any differ
ence with their depth. which. however In
the center Is unknown And this adds TO
the awe and mystery with which they are
regarded by the Indians. There are no
boats upon the lakes, except a few small
basas, or RATS, made of bundles OF straw,
which keep very close to the shore for
fear Of being drawn INTO the whirlpools
that are said TO exist In the center
There is some foundation for this fear,
for only two or three years ago a bafsa
containing five men disappeared in The
darkness and was never heard Of again.
OF course IL may have tipped over and its
occupants have been paralyzed by the cod
wa er in an ordinary way, but their bodies
were never discovered, nor did the halsa
ever float to shore. Therefore the people
think the whole parry was lured into a
maelstrom and swallowed up by the mys-
FERROUS waters.
The whirlpool near the center Of Lake
Popo, which receives the waters OF Lake
Tiucaca is well known, and hundreds OF
men have lost their lives by ven,urlng too
near It. Boats that are drawn into the
current are whirled swiftly around a few
times and then disappear. For the pro
Bolivia has anchored lot Of buoys in
Like Fopo end boatmen who observe them
are in no danger. There is supposed to be
an underground outflow from all Of these
lakes. 1t IL claimed that articles which
have been thrown into their waters have
afterward been picked up on the seaco1st
near Africa and careful observers say that
on the beach in frat locality are frequent
" found cornstalks, reeds and other de-
bris which do not grow on the coast, but
are found in great abundance among the
interior lakes
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
VARlC0CELE

ing his great TANKS with his tail. l re-
member wondering at that supreme mo-
ment whether the popular superstition
that on the end of his tail lion has
claw or sharp point wherewith to goad
himself on to the attack could have any
groundwork of fact.
now gave up all hope of an easy shot,
and feeling that further delay was impos-
sible, as he might deliver his charge at
any moment, l sat down, and resting my
elbows on my knees, fired twice a ( his
head through the bush at a distance of
about sixty yards. These shots failed to
kill, and, uttering hoarse growls, the lion
edged round the bush, facing me and keep
ing low upon the ground. l reloaded
quickly and, standing upright so as to
clear the grass, fired my right barrel
downward at his head The lion imme-
diately rose to his feet and charged down
upon me at fun speed, running swift and
low. Only my left barrel remained, and,
covering his chest with the sights of my
rifle as he neared me, l pulled the trig-
ger, when he was a few yards distant.
Exactly what the lion did no man viii
ever know, unless the natives saw. AS
stepped hastily to one side, reloading, 1
was struck by shower of stones and
half blinded by a cloud Of sand and dust.
The lion must have passed close by me,
and swung abruptly round under cover
of the smoke.
When the dust cleared away saw the
lion under the bush again-the same old
bush. He had delivered his charge, and
it had failed. 1t was sick and sorry
beast, and evidently Disconnected and
wounded unto death. 1 now had an easy
side shot into his shoulder, and quickly
put two bullets through his heart. l had
seen one of the grandest sights of Africa
the charge upon ones self Of the wild
African lion, practically carried home-a
charge that few have sustained and yet
come off unframed. One can have too
much of a good thing, and the sight is
not one that I should desire to see fire.
uuently
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
SENATORIAL PERaUIsITEs.
Queer Things Bought by Senator's ut |
Public EXPENSE.

From the New York Mail and Express
Washington, Dec Alt cost the country
81, O11.96 to run the United States Sem
ate for the year ending last July. This
included, of course, the salaries of the
senators, the salaries Of the clerks mes
sengers, private secretaries, capitol police
on the Senate side. mileage and other ex-
penses. including the contingent fund. Sec
rotary Cox of the Senate has Just made
his annual report showing how this money
was expended. Some interesting items ap-
pear. Each senator is allowed a certain
amount for stationery and newspapers II
he desires he may draw the allowance in
cash. The secretary's report shows that
there has been a great falling off in read
ing among the senators, for a large num-
Der preferred to take cash. Ex-senator
Cannon of Utah stands first in this re
spect. He took SS4.25 in cash from his al
lowance. Senator Hoar comes next, hav-
ing received $70.32 in cash.
1t costs SIS, 900 to report the Senate pro-
ceedings and over 5000 went for the pur-
chase of furniture, while $1,000 more was
paid to repair IL, and over 81, 500 to clean
it. 1t cost $1,000 10 keep the Senate horses
and wagons, and $10,3979O for newspapers
and stationery. During the year the Vice
Presidents room was reiitted in the most
handsome STYLE the rug on the floor cost
ing over $3.50, while the hall clock cost 5000
The lace curtains cost $780, and the antique
desk $500 The sofas and chairs cost $3.50
The most expensive thing in the room,
however, is a silver inkstand, which cost
$1,000 and the deskpad on which 1t stands
cost 81. During the blizzard of last Feb
ruary 1t cost S25 to clean the snow off the
Senate roof, and over 500 for carriages to
send the senators home during the storm
Fuel cost $l49S5.47 and ice averaged
about 1925 per month. The senators SEEM
ed very fond of lemons for during ono
week in June SIG was paid for thrty-twO
boxes of this fruit Another item of inter-
est is Sl3764 for 2,510 pounds of sugar
while 1l6 cases of lithia water cost S725. 2s
IL is explained that during the hot months
the senators drink lemonade instead Of
water The report contains page after page
of items for kilograms sent by senator's
The dispatches sent by Senator Quay oc-
cupy nearly four pages, and strange as It
may seem, nearly all of them went to AL
tooua, and were sent on one day. March
IS, 1899 The senators seemed to be very
fond of drugs, for thousands of quinne
pills were bought at various times Soda
mint tablets, bromo- settler, cough drops
one drachm of altar of roses and one
quart of castor oil are also noted. Former
by there was a sig item for snuff, and a
snuff box was kept in the Senate for the
use of the older senators. This year snuff
seems to have been little used, for only one
purchase on this account appears. Gross
after gross of penknives and dozen after
dozen Of scissors and scrapbooks were also
purchased for the use Of the senators.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
SOURCES OF COSTLY FURs.
Alaskan Islands That Produce Skins
Worth as Much as 800 Each.

From the Tacoma Ledger
C. r. Isham, United States commission
err of Unga Island, Alaska, while at Ia
coma, on his way to Washington. recent
ly said of the district he administers:
"Unga Island is the great center of the
sea otter and fox skin industries and Writ
ually all the inhabitants are engaged in
hunting one or both of these. The catch
Is important. though the number of an
imals is not large. For instance, this year
the eleven islands of the Shumagin group,
including Unga, produced from the sur
rounding waters thirty-four sea offers.
The value of these skins is 500 each. Be
sides this the islands are producing blue
and black fox skins in large numbers.
One island alone had produced up to the
time 1 left ninety skins, worth $40 each,
or $500
"Other islands are also producing stead
lily. The black foxes were planted orig
inally in Unga, Sanak, Belofsky and other
islands by the Russian-American Fur
Company to augment the scare supply left
after the company's men had been long
trapping on the islands. After the United
States had had the country for some years
our government leased the eleven islands
to different traders and Aleut chiefs for
the purpose of raising blue foxes. The
islands were well stocked with the blue
variety, and these have been crossed with
the black in many cases, and an unusual
iy fine fur resulted.
This year the natives of Belofsky ISL
and caught seventeen sea offers, enough
to carry the whole village of $50 people
through the winter in good shape. The In
dams go forth on the sea in their bidarkas
and shoot the offers with their shotguns
as rule In some case they use nets but
shocking them in the usual way. These OF
ter skins are the best found in any mar
ket in the world.
Il am going to Washington now to try
to get the government to erect boar3
houses on the islands for the use of In
dams in drying salmon and also desire
TO get a medical dispensary and doctor
for the Indians. Diseases of different kinds
have broken out among them. Substantial
ly the Aleuts need, besides this, only -four,
tea and ammunition, and these supplies
they can buy of the traders from their Of
ter and fox skin catch. There are plenty
of Goldfish, eggs of wild fowl, and some
game, in addition to the salmon, as a gem
eral thing, but once in a while there is a
hard year, and the Indians have to live on
roots and herbs"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
NOT ONE CENT ron TRIBUTE.
The Famous Phrase Not Uttered by
Charles COteswOrth Pinckney.

Letter to the Charleston Is. c. News. f,
In the query column OF your issue of
the 18th, J. #. G. inquiries about the au-
thorship of the expression, millions for
defense, but not cent for tribute and
the reply is Charles cotesworth Pinck-
ney.
In letter Of the late Hon. Alfred Huger,
bearing date Nov. %, 1871, he has this to
say regarding that very matter: II have
frequently heard Gen. Pinckney, known as
t.a confidential friend of Washington
speak of the events of the revolution and
1 often dined with the two brothers, Gen.
Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and Gan.
Thomas Pinckney, at the Mutton Chop
Club end elsewhere), which met at Sally
Seymour's, in Tradd street, every alter
nate Wednesday This was the last assoc
citation l remember of the old Federal
party
ION one occasion my lamented friend,
Thomas S. Grimke, addressing himself 10
Cen. Charles CotesWorth Pinckney, asked
permission to put a question to him. The
old General replied, Certainly, sir Gen
eral' said Grimke, we would like 10 know
IL the French Directory ever actually pro-
posed anything like tribute from the
United States to you when ministers? They
did, sir, he answered. The question was,
What will the United States pay for GER
tain political purposes, etcY What was
your answer, GeneraI?' asked Grimke. Not
a sixpence, sir answered Gen. Pinckney.
Did you say nothing else General? Not
a word, SIR Grimke: Was there nothing
about millions for defense, but not a cent
for tribute? Gen. Pinckney: never used
any such expression, sir. Mr.. Robert Good
low Harper did at a public meeting;
never didp Did you ever correct the re-
port Of Mr.. Harper's speech, General?'
No, sir. The Nation adopted the express
sion, and 1 always thought there would
have been more ostentation In denying
than in submitting to the report The Ma
ton adopted itY"
"Grimke told me that he intended track
ing the question, for he regarded the re-
ported answer as a 'gasconde,' and in no
way Indicative Of the English educated
gentleman, as both the Pinckneys were.
after Gen. Pinckney's death the cpl
taph I'm ST. MichaePs Church was written
by Fraser, and the reply OF millions for
defense, but not cent for tribute, Is in
serted / demonstrated with Fraser, as he
was present when Gen. Pinchney emphat-
ically denied e. Fraser said he inserted
1t for The same reason Gen. Pinckney
himself gave for not making the denial
public, viz, that the Nation had adopted
the expression though he had never Is
sued g. / thought Fraser wrong, ana told
him So and think now ds7i) that Il was
great error. The error VIII 20 down 10
posterty, but the truth may remain I'M
known"
This. II seems 20 me. should forever set
tie the question Of the authorship OF milk
ions for defense" ETC.. AZ well nS what
Gen. Pinckney really did ray % the propo-
sltion made ny tie Frepcii Director if
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
Charms ana witchcrnft.
From Popular Science Monthly,


The Malay is firm believer in the eff
cacy of charms. He wears amulets. places
written words of magic in houses. and
sports a tigers claw as a preventive Of
disease. If he is specially primitive and
backwoodsy, when he enters a forest he
says: go to the right, all my enemies and
assailantsl May you not look upon me
let me walk alone!' To allay a storm he
says: 1.-THE elephants collect, they waIlow
across the sea; go to the right, go to the
left, break the tempest" When about
to begin an elephant hunt, according to
Thompson he uses this charm: "The ele-
plant trumpets, he walows across the
lake. The pot boils the pan boils across
the point Go to the left, go to the right.
spirit of grandfather (the elephanO; I
loose the fingers upon the bowstring"
The Malay believes in witches and witch
craft. There is the bottle imp. the Po-
long, which feeds on its owners blood till
the time comes for 1t to take possession
of an enemy. Then there is a horrid thing.
the Penangalan, which possesses women.
Frequently Il leaves it's rightfuI abode 20
fly away at night to feed on blood, tax
ing the form Of the head and intestines of
the person It inhabited, In which shape Il
wanders around
Such beliefs may perhaps have their
origin i'm metempsychosis. which 10 other
ways has some foothold among the COM
mon people. For instance elephants and
tigers are believed sometimes 10 be hu-
man souls in disguise, and so the Malay
addresses them as grandfather 70 al
lay their wrath and avoid direct reference
20 them. Crocodiles also are often re-
Rarded as sacred, and special charms are
used in fishing for them One SUCH Civ
en- by Maxwell, Is as follows: 20 Dang
sari lotus flower, receive what I SEMI
thee. II thous recelyest Il not may Thy
N1E UITIY
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
now THE WOUNDED ACT.
They Reflect Their Nationaftfes Ii
Their suTcrings.
From the London LILO.

FROM the London l1td0eE.
Cape Town, Nov. S.-The conduct Of tzs
wounded men of various nationaiitieA was
worth studying.
A sandy-haired. scuare-headed Germans
with lance wound through the muscles
above the knee Joint, we brought in noWl=
ing and shlvering. He kicked up Such u
row that a man In the Gordons Win hik
arm In a sling threatened to brain bin
with an empty beer bottle.
The German was then lifted off the tn
bic upon which he had been placed aEs
put into a corner out Of the way OF the ex-
aspernted Scotchman.
In contrast to the cowardly Tcuton was
a Gordon Highlander, who swofe with d
very strong Dundee accent He had his
wrist shattered with a Manser bullet.
which had passed on and possibly Killed
somebody else.
on the field dressing being removed
the blood spurted out Of the wounded arm
like a garden spray which caused tho
gallant Dundonian 70 calculate Ma Godfs
After getting his wound attended to be
Immediately tackled a plateful of bread
and jam, saying apolosetically, II he'na'
had onything tae eat the day."
Among the wounded who arrived at
Cape Town, Oct. 81, by the Jelunga was
a noncom OF the Gordon Highlanders who
was struck In the right shoulder by a
MauSer bullet at Eland&laagte. The mis-
sile pierced through flesh and bone as IL
they had been tissue paper. But the man
says all he felt was sensation OF numb
ness IN the arm.
Knowing he was hit. he took his rife in
Is left hand and flung II as far down the
hill as he could, so that In the worst
event It should not be taken by the
Beers.
But In a few minutes the nunbness de-
parted. our gallant non-con, went down,
picked up his rifle and fired several mora
rounds before he almost collapsed from
loss Of blood.
Other wounded ON board the Jelunga
spoke of the Mauser bullet as causing only
a sharp prick when 1t passed through arm
or leg.
The wound It makes at entry and exit Is
90 tiny that a lead pencil could not be-
used as a probe. The "paralyzlng shock
credited TO the small bore missile does not
seem 70 be borne out by experience.
OF the 1928 wounded az Glencoe ana
Elandslaagfe, brought around to Cape
Town and sent to WynbeFs, only threo
had to be carried of the JcIunaa ia cots,
all the rest suffering from wounds In
head, arms, or body. walked 20 the train.
A Dublin fuAller WAS reuaoslng forage
from the old camp al Glencoe when a 81
came from tRe HQfrs fott{-f,fleltffY "a
entered 4 III tit1e tfitt most plafano
ifndsaipH end 10 matrimony bat
Inner memory recalls nnmherlcfs os-
pes. through fhis probation. IRON ip-
lnalhA wodiock.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17

CHARGE OF THE LION.
Sb Ooting the King or Beasts at n
Few Yards Distance.
From the Royal Magazine.


After we had gone fifteen miles, wind
ing in and out among the mimosa bushes
the two horsemen pointed overhead to the
blazing zone, and 1 saw hundreds of vul-
lures flying at an immense altitude. Dis
mounting and advancing alone on foot
with my rife, 1 soon caught sight of the
dead camel The lion was crouching be-
hind it. and appeared almost exactly of
the same color as his prey. l was within
eighty or ninety yards when the lion
sprang out toward we and remained fer
some moments motionless in a defiant at
titude, his forepaws extended, his head
near the ground but his back arched
Surprising he might be coming for me 1
reserved my fire-besides, the distance
was too great for an absolutely certain
shot-so that 1 might give him my two
barrels at close quarters as he was charg-
ing down at me- After that I knew must
trust to luck, as 1 had no second rifle or
gunbearer, and should have no time to re-
load.
After we had thus regarded each other
for some seconds the lion turned slowly
and numbered heavily away 1 was sor-
nv since he had not charged, that / had
not fred and sent bullet screaming aft
or him through the bushes, as better late
than never. / was soon in the saddle
and away upon his tracks at gallop, ac-
companied by the mountain guides The
lion soon stopped under small mimosa
bush. crouching and glazing at us with
waving tail as we rode round. l then
annroached on foot. The brute was now
syaying his tail and body from side to
side with much energy, and clearly upon
the point of charging down to kill me.
AS / walked round to get flank shot
;nto his shoulder. the lion moved so as to
face me. keeping his body invisible, and
rendering a chance shot very hazardous,
the brain being the only vital part TO aim
for. II one Of the horsemen had only ven
tured near, or If the Hons attention could
have been distracted for moment toward
another foe, he might have turned and
given me my opportunity of fatally Grip
ming him. The only issue was now The
death OF the lion, or Of myself, or both.
which It was 10 be depended on the ae-
curacy Of my aim and the GOODNESS OF
hand and eve Every instant that beast.
like a huge cat after a bird, was working
himself uD for the inevitable charge, lasn-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
Will be the feature OF Ihis rdtVihe otVAe.
!. s I Ems.
Final Clearing Sale
Of 1000 Fine Dolls
at HALF PRICE.
Sill KS
at Very Low Prices.
FURS and JACKIE rs
Regardless of Value.
SUITS, SKIRTS,
PETTIC0ATS and WAISTS
At POSITIVE REDUCTION.
THE STORE
Is at Your Service;
and No Effort viii
Be Spared 10 Make
Shopping Pleasant Here.
ALL ARE WELCOME
Mail Orders Filled with Care and Dspa...
!: FcKSTEIM q m
GUSTAvE ECKSTEIN & co. ]

Of the people must become willing and an~
tive helpers" he said, and In equally true
words he showed how largely the preven-
ton Of suffering and the preservation Of
health are within the reach of the working
classes In our great towns, if they Will
only cultivate temperance and cleanliness.
III this connection we are grathed 10 OBJ
serve the action Of the New York health
board In distributing among the people a
simple language various easy methods 70
be observed for the prevention OF disease.
the spread OF epidemics and some soun&
9dvice generally in regard to heaIthful ilv~
ing. This Is practical service for the pub
lie good, and IL will undoubtedly be sun<
cessful TO material degree in q fuftne4
decrease OF the mortality rates nv
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
MAGAZINES FOR BACHELORS.
Two Young Chicago Society Women
Take Pity on the "Discnrded sex.0
49,, A. NJ VII Wa

From the New York World
Chicago, Dec. IA magazine for bach
elors and the encouragement OF bachelor
hood will be started here by two promI-
nent young society women on the South
Miss Page Waller Sampson.
"Our magazine will be devoted exclu-
sively TO the interests OF the discarded
SEX" said Mrs Egbert. IT have observed
there we're many publications to hep wo-
men, but not one to aid the bachelor and
to make his path easier. We will print
fashions for men, give channg-dish les
sons, write Of men about town, give aug-
gestions for christenings, tell of the duties
of men to their typewriters, inform them
how 10 keep clean on $40 q week, and we
will devote a department to types of fair
men,
''Wil you really attempt to discourage
nnatrimony2" was asked.
well" said Mrs. Egbert, I'VE shall ap-
prove Of bachelorhood. In that state men
are more picturesque and more Interest,"
ing. They are also worth writing about
and worth writing for"
Miss Sampson said she had Joined with
Mrs. Egbert In the undertaking because
she thought Il was a commendable field
and that there was demand for tho pub
lication.
bachelors are really charming creaf-
lures !" said Miss Sampson "and why
shouldn't we write for themg They are
the high types Of the unappreciatcd sex.
and they have been neglected BY the mag
azine-malsers. We viii Try 70 earn thelr
support OF the publication BY making l,fs
easier for Them. ......
I'VE wl.l pls.R'lsemhaflte are coming
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
POLITE LETTERS IN CHINA.
Unch0nGinE Rules for Paper, Ink
and Modes of Expression.
From The New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
Three hundred rules Of ceremony and
5000 rules of behavior govern weu-bred
Chinaman's conduct. The former he learns
from the LII Ki'' or Book OF Rights" an
Indispensable classic the latter from an
II Ki' or 'Decorum Ritual"
No stationer anxious to introduce novel;
ties would succeed In China, where the
Il XII dictates the proper sizes, shapes
and eolors of all writing paper and envel-
opes. 1t also gives directions as to the
terms in which letters should be couched.
the kind of ink to be used, and among six
styles Of characters declares the "Kial
Shu' or pattern style, alone admissible for
correspondence.
The while, scarlet-striped envelope, suit
able for ordinary occasions, opens at the
top, and measures about six inches in
length by three in width. Its address is
read down, not across, and from right TO
left. Then the order in whish we direct
a letter is reversed, and the family name
precedes the given one. Such an address
as: