davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
A PerIIous Nap.

Bradford Torrey, in the Atlantic.
A little way up the valley we come to
an ancient mill and a BRIDGES new bridge
it is now, but I remember an old one, and
a fright that I once had upon it, says
Bradford Torrey in the February Atlantic
With a fellow itinerant-a learned man.
whose life was valuable-I stopped here
to rest of a summer noon, and my COM
panion, with an eye to shady comfort,
clambered over the edge of the bridge and
out upon joist which projected over the
stream. There he sat down with his back
against pillar and his legs stretched be-
fore him on the joist He has a theory,
concerning which 1 have heard him dis
course more than once-something in his
own, attitude suggesting the theme-and
when man, after walking, puts his feet
up" he is acting not merely upon nat
ural impulse, but in accordance with a
sound physiological principle; and in ac-
cordance with that principle he was act
Ing now, as well as the circumstances of
the case would permit. We chartered
awhile; then he fell silent; and after a
time turned my head, and saw him clean
gone in a doze. The seat was barely wide
enough to hold him. What if he should
move in his sleep, or start up suddenly
on being awakened? looked at the rocks
below and shivered. / dared not disturb
him, and could only sit in a kind of stupid
terror and wait for him to open his eyes.
Happily his nap did not last long, and
came to a quiet termination; so that the
cause of science suffered no loss that day;
but I can never go by the place without
thinking of what might have happened.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
AN EASY TEST,

II you are suffering from Kidney or
BLADDER disease, the doctor asks. "rCo ,,o,,
desire 10 urinate often, and are Won con,
peiied TO get up frequently DURING The
hlsht! Does your back pain you9 Doas
your urine stain linen? Is there a saaJ5
ing pam in passing it, and is il diGicrIt
10 noio the urine back? If so. your Kid
heys or Bladder are diseased. " -N'N-
Try putting some of your urine II, =
glass tumbler, let It stand twentv'sonr
hours. If there is a sediment or -
cloudy, milky appearance, your Kidneys
Dr. David Kennedy's Favorlte T2ar,oa,.
VIII surely relieve and cure owe, ~
most distressing cases of these dreed Az
cases and no physician can prescribe US,
medicine that equals 1t for disease 80 ~, a
kidneys, Liver Bladder and Blood ph e,ie
inatlsm. Dyspepsia and Chronic Consti,,a
non IL Will promptly correct the bad 20
iects OF beer and whisky All ding stora-
sell il for 81 a bottle. s'Oies
ny sending your address to tbe ~
DaVid Kennedy Corporation. Rondout n
i,' ana mentioning the Morning News
tIlaI Doetle, together with pamphlet of
valuable medical advice, will be SEM vo,,
Ifee postpaid by mail Our readers can
depend upon the genuineness Of this M.
ersl offer '''iS iiO-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
DR.. HOWARD
Tells His Experience with Coffee.

Tells His Experience With Coffee.
am pleased to add my help to your
campaign of instruction on the subject of
coffee drinking For ten or twelve years
1 have been a severe sufferer from that
cause.
l gradually abandoned everything from
time to time that thought produced the
extreme nervousness from which suffer
ed, and all of my very frequent calls on
my fellow physicians resulted in no bene-
fit until I was advised to do without cof-
fee.
MY condition at that time was such that
I was certain that / had heart disease
in one of it's worst forms Many a night
l have retired not expecting to live TO see
morning. The action was so feeble and
slow that 1t would run as low as 3S to 40
and never so. unless 1 was taking severe
exercise or using some stimulant.
NV experience in examining patients who
presented themselves for operations under
an anestheuc led me to continually COM
pare my condition with theirs, and life
was made very miserable for me by such
comparisons.
1 also suffered from a constant muscu-
lar contraction of the fleshy portion of the
left hand technical description of which
l will not undertake in this letter. but I
could not get rid of the trouble
These conditions, with a constantly sour
stomach. a feeling of extreme faintness
about an hour before regular meal time.
and a sallow complexion gives you a gem
eral idea of the shape l was in Just before
1 discontinued the use of coffee. 1t was
very hard to give up coffee, but / was
compelled to do So and for while used
water and milk Then I tried a so-called
ereal coffee, which / have since learned
is made partly of coffee and partly Of
Drowned grains, and is sold as an imita-
ton Of your Postum This did not work
SO went back TO the water and milk un-
I'll about a year ago. 1 got hold of Pos
tum-the genuine. Since then I have had
one cup and sometimes two every morn
ing. and frequently for dinner at night
NV health was never better than IL is
now. no nervousness nor muscular con-
traction. no heart trouble or sour storo-
ach, and the pulse running from 20 to "a
AT the time | was suffering from the
effects of coffee l made application for
some life insurance and was rejected ON
account Of the action of my heart. 10
show what the abstinence of coffee ma
the drinking OF Postum will do. ana ba
done for me, will say that in March LAST
/ was examined for life insurance and
passed a most excellent examination TJsv
ing gone through the very disagreeabro
experience and been relievd from IN tror
BILE it is but natural that 1 should feeI a
Willingness to assist you all ! can in vour
work for / do not believe one person IN
ten has a realizing sense of the damage
to the nervous system caused by the con-
sumption of coffee.
ar. C. w. Howard, WATERFOWL, ~ Y.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15

sicians of every school prescribe Paine 3
celery compound in preference to any
other remedy?
Because il has prolonged the lives of
thousands of sufferers; it has made their
sick patients well.
The best test that can be applied to
Paine's celery Compound is to use 1t.
II one is run down." feels without en-
erSy, lTeless, useless, fretful, take this
great remedy, and note the change.
In its peculiar ability to at once invig-
crate the body, to make new blood and 10
regulate the nerves, lies the great value of
Paine's celery compound in all wasting
diseases and disorders of the kidneys,
liver and stomach.
A neglected complaint, though Slight at
the beginning, may through neglect cause
lifetime of misery The ringing in the
ears, the backache or the general debility
unless the body is braced up again, may
teach one by bitter experience that dis
ease can creep through very small holes.
Paine's celery compound stimulates the
kidneys, improves the appetite and diges-
ton, drives out any scrofulous tendency
in the blood, and actively encourages the
nutrition of the nerves and organs with
the result that the Whole body takes on
flesh and color-the surest indication of
improved health.
It makes people well!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
FROM THE MAGAZINES.
Remnants wntchtower story.
Prince Kropotkin in the Atlantic.

Prince Kropotkin in the Atlantic
When KEENAN, came to London from his
Journey to Siberia, he managed to find out
Stepniak, Chaykovsky myself, and an
other Russian refugee, says Prince Kro-
potl1in in the February Atlantic. We saw
him for the first time, and having no ex-
cess OF confidence in enterprising English
man who had previously undertaken 10
learn all about the Siberian prisons with
out even learning word of Russian. we
began TO cross-examine KEENAN,. To orr
establishment he not only spoke excellent
RUSSIAN, but he knew everything worth
knowing about Siberia. Between us four
we had been acquainted with a greater
proportion of all political exies in Siberia
and we besieged KEENAN, with Questions.
Where is So and So? Is he married? Is he
happy in his marriage? Does he still keep
fresh In spirit?" 1t was soon evident that
kennan knew all about every one of them.
When the questioning was over. and we
Were preparing to leave, asked, do YOU
know, Mr.. KEENAN,, If they have built a
watchtower for the fire brigade at Chita?"
Stepnlak looked al me as if to reproach me-
Tor abusing Remnants good viii. KEENAN,
however began to laugh and soon toined
him; amidst our hearty laughter we Toss
ed each other questions and answere.
'WhyA do you know about that?" AND
you 100 BulitY" Yes, double esti-
mates? and so on, till at last stepniak in
terfered, and in his most severely good
natured way objected: Tel us ar Least
what you are laughing about" Where
upon KEENAN, told the story of that watch
tower. The Chita people wanted to buiId
a watchtower, and collected the money
Tor It; but their estimates had to be sent TO
St Petersburg. So they went to the min
lstry OF the interior; but when thew came
back two years later duly approved an ~,
prices for timber and work had gone IN
IN the rising young town. This was in 1850
While was at Chita. New estimates were
made and sent to St. Petersburg. and the
story was repeated for full twentv-five
years, till at last the Chita people, dosing
patlehce, put IN their estimate price nearly
Inmates were solemnly considered ar 81
Petersburg, and approved. This Is how
Chita got it's watchtower.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
Old Servants at the white House.
Washington Letter to the San Francisco
Bulleun.

Washington Letter to the San Francisco
Bulletin
The White House has some aged ser
wants. one of the doorkeepers in the ex-
ecutive mansion was appointed to his place
by Lincoln. He has been reappointed by
every President, and he is there to-day
bent in form, but alert of mentality, and
willing to tell all about the good old days.
Jerry" the aged colored porter in the
white house has been there since the days
of Lincoln. Jerry is spiritualist
and he tells visitors, with profound solem-
nifty, that he converses daily, or rather
nightly, with the spirits of Lincoln. Grant
and Garfield. 'Dey has toe cum back
hyar. chile" says Jerry, toe fin out how
tings done gwan, an l tells um. chile. deed
/ does" Another old employe of the
White House is Simmons, the colored mes
senger to Secretary Porter Grant an
pointed him, and he remained at his post
until the days of President Harrison. Har
rison did not like Simmons, so he had him
transferred to the treasury building.
dignity and haul boxes around in the
basement When Cleveland came back
for his second term he missed Simmons.
and gave him back his old place. ''Tbev
can't fire me now" says Simmons. "rhese
var big men want me var. and var Use
gwan stay. How you 'spect he gemmen
O de press get long without me? How,
they get long dats what / want know
on de gemmen, o. de press is great gem
men,"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15

chicago, H., Dec. L, lS98.-Gentlemen:
It gives me pleasure to certify to the good
effects from Paine's celery compound for
my patients in1general debility and liver
complaints.
Andrew L. Lundgren. NJ. D.
Why do the ablest physicians in America
openly prescribe, use and recommend
Paine's celery compound?
First, because Paines celery compound
is not a patent medicine. 1t is not the
discovery of some quack doctor of whom
his profession never heard; it is not con-
coction put up by some man who first in
vented name, and then adopted a prepa-
ration to fit it; and il is not a secret rem
edy.
But it is, first, the result of the life
long stuoy of the greatest physician Amer
lea has produced, man whose reputa-
ton was world wide years before he had
ever arrived at This wonderful formula;
a man who has received the highest de-
grees from the best colleges, who was az
the time of his great discovery a profess
sor at Dartmouth and a lecturer in other
universities, a scholar and member OF
a family which has Fnadeits mark in every
department of public life in America
Prof. Edward F. Phelps NJ. D., LII. d.
Why do progressive and intelligent phy-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
A Strange Beast.
From Lippincott's.

Yes there it was at last. Along the
bank on the opposite side of the stream
something was moving. Its movement.
were leisurely, almost slow. 1t was no.
so very large-not larger than a fair1,,
large wild pig, though 1t was certaini1,
not pig. 1t looked strange and weir1
and unnatural What was the reason
The chief thing seemed to be its color t.
was black-so densely absolutely. intense.
ly black that it seemed TO me al The NJ
ment as If L had never seen anything real
ly black before. What could II be? 7 baa
lived all my life on the neiehboriny Co.
tinent of Australia, and had seen ora
hunted most of the wild animals there
had chased kangaroos on horsebhcls ana
stalked them on foot. 1 had shot waJIa-
Dies and bandicoots by the score and
more than once when / couldn't heIn q
1 had killen an iguana. l had shot nativo
bears, and once in Northern Queensland
had even killed a large python. But what
was this? 1 had never seen or even Fan
cied a creature like 1t. What could n be9
Whatever it was it didn't hurry Itself
Slowly and deliberately it came down the
bank to the stream, and could see il,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15

derstood and nodded.I pulled her out full,
and the old engine gave a jump and then
bumped herself down the mountain. 1t
was a good three miles 10 the throw-off
switch, which was a blind sidin' put in
to catch runaway cars by turnin' them off
into the woods. If we could get there
quick enough and get the switch unlocked
and turned, if the oil tanks would take
the sidin' at that terrific speed, instead of
keepin' right on and If the express didn't
crash into us from behind. we would have
a good chance to pull through, but If any
of these ifs failed, we'd go up in mix
ture of cars, helpin' engine, express trains,
explodin' oil tanks and Dustin boilers, COW
cred with glory and blazin' coal oil"
pleasant prospect wasn't it?
"Wen. our old engine didn't run, she
flew. and back of us came that wild train,
a real hell on wheels. I've often thought
since what a great procession we made
chasin down the hill that night After
decidin' what to do. I turned my back on
the running cars and faced down. I had
20 for the sake of my nerves, as well as
TO see where we were goin'. Only once
looked back, and that was when We were
about a quarter of a mile above the
switch. I wanted to see where they were.
They were only about a mile away, and
gainin' fresh speed every second.
Z" You jump and throw the switch,
Pete yelled to the fireman, and then
run for your life; I'm goin' to stick to
the engine!
HE nodded. Pete wasn't much for talk.
7 begun to cit nervous then, for it SEEM
ed impossible 10 carry out our plan with
them cars 80 close and comm so wicked.
Pete crawled out on the tank and dropped
fair and square on his feet with key in
hand as we passed the switch. He turn
ed 1t and run.
ct brought the engine to a staudstill two
or three telegraph poles below. Might as
well see it through right here 1 thought.
IF they take the switch I'm all right, and
If they don't I've got no chance anyway
against the express, and so 1 waited de-
Velopments.
Great Jupiter. what a sight that was
as them oil tanks came tearing down the
track uckety-split. A man don't want to
be up against such job twice.
''Zip. the first car struck the switch.
sT3iu you're a goner' thinks 1; she's COM
in straight on But I was wrong, for
lust like a twistin' snake che runaway
train curved around onto that sidin' and
shot into the woods. The blind track end
ed a few yards away from deep gully,
hut when the cars got to the bumper they
never stopped They went right on, slap
dash over the bank. and piled up in the
hollow. A moment later came an explos-
ion and another and another. The tanks
were Dustin.
Long before the express was due we
had the old engine snug away on the sid
in When / looked at my watch found
that the whole thing from the time them
burning cars appeared to the time they
disappeared as sudden as they came was
exactly four minutes. But as / said be-
fore. them four minutes near drove the Off
the road
The engineer knocked the dead ashes
out of his pipe and clambered into his cab
as No. came around the curve.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15

dimly in the shadow-a blacker spot in
the darkness-stoop and drink. It seemed
to be a long time about it. but it moved
at last 1t was coming across. 1 watched
it as 1t waded slowly and deliberately
through the water and climbed the bank
on my side Of the stream. Then IL stood
still, and it seemed to stare up at me as
l sat in the moonlight. BY this time the
mooushine was falling fun upon me, and
felt certain he was looking at me with
a strange questioning gaze. Suddenly he
raised his head and repeated the cry l
had heard before. Now that I saw him,
felt that it was exactly the cry 1 should
have expected from him-so strange, so
weird, so savage.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
AT CATHEDRAL CHAPEL.

Midday Wedding of MIR. Hogan and
Miss Adair.
Mr. Frank J. Hogan and Miss Mary Ce-
cile Adair were married at the Cathedral
chapel on Liberty street yesterday at /
O'Clock. The ceremony was performed by
Rev. b. J. Kieiey. Only the immediate
families of the bridal couple were pres
ent. There were no attendants
Mr. and Mrs. Hogan left for Washing
ton Immediately after the ceremony and
will spend a week in the East They will
be at home to their friends at No. IS Hull
street. east, after March l.
Both of the young people are well known
and popular, and have the wishes of num-
erous friends for continued happiness in
their new life.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
REQUIRED TO GIVE BOND.

Owen TraVers' Case to Come I'm
Again This Morning.
Owen Travers, against whom a charge
of selling liquor on Sunday, Feb. 5, has
been pending for over a week, appeared
in Police Court yesterday morning. A
continuance was granted on account of
the illness of Mr.. Travers' attorney, Mr.
r. L. Coldiug. MIR. Travers was required
TO give $3.50 bond for his appearance in
court this morning, before the Recorder
would permit his departure from the court
ROOM
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
To-DAY'S WEATHER FORECAST.

Forecast for Savannah. and vicinity I'M
til midnight, Feb. 49, Increasing
cloudiness and warmer.
Washington Forecast for Wednesday:
For Georgia: Increasing cloudiness;
probably rain in extreme southwest por-
tion warmer; fresh east winds
For Eastern Florida: Increasing cloudl-
ness; probably rain on the Atlantic coast; ;
warmer; brisk east winds.
For Western Florida: Cloudy; probably
rain; warmer; brisk northeast winds.
For South Carolina: Fair, followed by
increasing cloudiness; warmer; fresh east
winds.
General conditions: The weather on the
Atlantic coast from Wilmington to Bos-
ton is clear, the winds throughout that
section being west or northwest. On the
South Atlantic coast increasing cloudiness
is noted. Rain is falling on the Gulf coast
from New Orleans to Galveston, and In
the interior of Texas. Snow is falling in
the lake region, while cloudy weather pre-
walls in the Upper Mississippi valley. In
the Ohio valley clear weather prevails.
The cold wave has practically disappear
ed, although from Jacksonville along the
Atlantic coast to Boston it ranges from
"a degrees at tie former place to IS de-
grees at the latter. In the interior of the
country, embracing the central river val
leys and the Northwest, the temperature
IS noted by a general rise.
Yesterdays Weather at Savannah
Maximum temperature, 8 p. m..S1 degrees
Minimum temperature, 6 a. m. 10 degrees
Mean temperature ................2O degrees
Normal temperature ...........,. SO degrees
Deficiency of temperature ...... SO degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
rep. L OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. "a degrees
Accumulated deficiency since
Jan. 1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .98 degrees
ttdlHIdH ........s....s ...s...ss.... w men
Excess since Feb. 70 inches
Excess since Jan. 1 .y.............1.94 inches
River Report.-The hight of the Savan-
nah river at Augusta at a. M, 18th me-
ridian time, yesterday, was 1872 feet, a
fall of 0.6 foot during the preceding TWEEN
ty-four hours.
Observations taken Feb. IA, 1899, s D. M,
18th meridian time, at the same moment
of time, at all stations, for the Morning
News:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
Mcguire reported Dying.

1t was reported at 2 o'clock this morning
that James Mcguire who was shot in a
row in Yamacraw some weeks ago, and
was seriously wounded, was dying. A
messenger was sent TO DR.. Dunn that the
man was not expected to live.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
CruIsed for the Missing Boats.

Capt. Avery reported that the two tugs.
the Cynthia and the McCauley, had cruised
in the neighborhood OF the wreck for sew
eral hours without seeing any sign of the
missing men. The William Lawrence he
reported 10 be complete wreck, the vessel
being broken in half and only the smoke
stack and a portion Of the hun showing
out of the water.
The McCauley arrived at $3.50 o'clock
with nothing additional to report.
No effort viii be spared to rescue Capt
Willis and his men if they are still alive
The Cynthia No. 2 VIII leave for the
wreck at an early hour this morning and
Agent Carolan will follow shortly after
with the Cambria with the intention of
cruising along the coast In the neighbor-
hood of Port Royal sound and searching
for the missing men or any evidences of
their fate.
The Lawrence was the Oldest steamship
running out of Savannah, having been
built in 1869 She had made O4O voyages.
the greater number between this port and
Baltimore She had large cargo of gen
eral merchandise aboard which is est-
mated in a general way to be worth about
$4,000 The company does not insure its
cargoes. this being the shippers lookout
and ii is not certain if the vessel were in
sured.
The Lawrence met her fate in the same
neighborhood as the CITY of Savannah of
the Ocean Steamship Line which was run
ashore on Hunting Island during the Au-
gust storm of 1898.
Misfortunes never come singly. The
Morning News dispatches of to-day con-
tain an account Of the wreck of the
steamer Texas of the Merchants and Min
ers' Line. in Chesapeake bay, off the
mouth of the Rappahannock river. Satur-
day night. The company thus lost two
vessels by shipwreck in one day.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
worth weight Its in COld'


HOxBAN. T. r. Oct p, 1887.
DIR. RADWAY & CO. New York:
Gentlemen-I send inclosed NJ. O.. for
which you viii please send me one dozen
Railways Ready Relief and one dozen
Railways Pills. Your Ready Relief IS
considered herea5outs TO be worth its
weight in gold. This is why I am induced
TO handle t. / have handled - Oil for
some time. but I consider the r. r. r. far
superior 20 this. as II gives better salts
faction J. NJ ALEXANDER
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
WATER DEMAND COMMITTEES

Both stations Kept Running at Fuu
Capacity.
Inc water department furnished another
H'oo'OO gallons of water 10 consumes
yesterday Both stations we're kent RIM
ming at fun capacity all day. ana v,,
pi0OaOiy De Kept going for several days
TO come There was a pressure in tno
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15

Mrs. O'Brien.-Have yez amy ancis-
tors, Mrs. Kelly?
Mrs Kelly-And phwat's ANCESTORS
Mrs. O'Brien?
Mrs. O'Brien-Why, people you've
shprung from.
Mrs. mpressively)-Lishten to
me. Mrs. OBrien-I come from the royal
shtock av Donahues thot shpring from
nobody-they ehpring at thim.-Puck
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15

mains of forty-hve pounds to the square
inch.
1t cannot yet be told how many pipes
have burst as a result of the freeze Su-
perintendent. Lotion stated that there had
been a few complaints, but the amount
of damage cannot be told, probably, until
the people begin TO engage plumbers
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-15
LOSS OF THE LAWRENCE.
(contInued from EIghth Page.l

however. The Merchants and Miners
flag had been taken from the shpwrecked
vessel and displayed at half-mast as in
dicating disaster.