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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
SOUND PICTURES.
And How IL Make beautiful Ones
with "a Little sand.

with Little sand.
New York. Dec. 30-To take a picture
of your voice Il is orIy necessary to tie
sheet of thin. strong paper over the
farng end OF an old tin horn. Hold the
horn with the sheet of paper upward.
Take little pinch of mud sand and place
il in the center OF the paper Then hold
the horn vertically above your face and
sing a note into the lower end of the IN
strumeut DO not blow, but sing Che note
Now lower the horn carefully and look
at the sand You wiz Ind that the vi
brauons of your voice have scattered she
sand into "A beautiful sound picture. Every
note m the musical scale wiz produce "A
different picture. SO you may produce
great variety of them. Some of these pic
lures look like pausies, roses ana other
flowers. some took like snakes and others
like flying birds; in fact, there is no limit
10 the variation The pictures of the
notes Of musical instruments are made
10y holding the horn as near es~~aessible
to them.
As stated above, sand may be used. but
lycopodium powder viii produce even bet
ter effects. The lycopodium pictures may
be fixed by first dissolvng the powder
in alcohol and then placing a drop OF the
fluid on the paper But YOU must be quick
about ii. The alcohol evaporates in a few
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
WHAT OUR PRESIDENTS COST.
A Good Round Sum of Money Yearly,
but Less Than other Nations Pay.

A Good Round Sum of Money Yearly.
Hut Less Than other Nations Pay.
Washington, Dec 30.-Presidents come
high, but we have got to have
them" II costs US $lll.s65 a year for a
chief executive. His salary is $4,000 and
found" as our Western neighbors say
The Presidents finding is rather compre-
hensive, covering about every possible re-
qurement Of a family. His private Sec
rotary, the clerks, doorkeepers, messen-
gers and steward, and three other ser
wants cost us 1898 a year. Then there
is a contingent fund of 5000 a year which
the President may use according to his
discretion.
In furniture and repairs to the White
House, the sum OF $4,000 more. TO be used
by the direction of the President Is pro-
vided by the nation ana rs always ex-
pended. For fuel alone $500 is allowed:
and for necessary rGy,airs 30 the green
house there Is $1,000.
Altogether the presidential finding an
nually amounts to the snug sum of $64 $50,
nearly $4,000 a year more than his salary.
The two aggregate $114.S65. This IS an
imposing aggregate, but it Is small COM
pared with other Presidents. The Presi-
dent of the French republic receives as
salary $4,000 a year, 1872, $50 for contin-
gent purposes and a handsome house, rent
free. So, we get our President rather
cheaply after all
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
a Dogs STRATEGY.
a Good Bone Trick That Proved Sus-
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cessfuI.
Don may be less active than in his
youth" said the owner of an old shep-
herd dog, but his intelligence is by no
means on the decline He has been very
much annoyed Of late by the conduct of
neighbours dog that is too lazy TO bury
bones for its own consumption, but great
ly enjoys unearthing the treasures of
others. When Don had been cheated OUT
of several Of his boarded stores in this
way, he evidently medtated over the mat
ter until bright idea came to him One
day. after dinner when the neighbors
dog was out of the way, Don began to dig
a hole not far from where ] sat watch
ing him. | noticed that he dug the hole
unusually deep, and in il he deposited a
large and highly desirable bone. Then
he covered it well over with earth disap-
peared for a moment, and came trotung
back with small bone which had seen
its best days, but was still good enough
in Don's opinion for a thief This bone
he laid on the earth which hid the big one,
and scraped the earth over il with elab-
crate care. was enough interested in
this clever ruse 10 watch results. and had
the satisfaction Of seeing that it was en-
tirely successful Early the next morn
ing the thief seized what he thought an
opportune moment. dug up the worthless
bone and seampered away; while later ia
the day Don reaped the reward Of his
wisdom, as he sat munching and crunch
ing the big juicy bone at his leisure"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-01
THE FIRST FOOTER.
1t Is Great Luck II Your First Visitor
on New Years Morning lis a Man.

1t Is Great Luck II Your First Visitor
ON New Years Morning liz "A Man.
On New Years day il is essential for
good fortune that the FIRST footer." or the
first stranger to enter your door and wish
you "IIappy New Year" should be fair
haired and blue-eyed.
First-footing IS one of the Oldest Of the
many quaint English customs.
Among other superstitions connected
with this custom, a man Is preferred as a
first-footer, and a woman is to be avoid
ed. The one who enters should bear a
piece OF coal. piece of iron and a bottle
Of wine. To each man Of the household he
gives a glass, and TO each woman kiss
Sweetened ale or egg-hip is the pre-
scribod beverage for the drinking Of
heaiths on New Years. IN Scotland the
housewife takes care, before retiring the
last night Of the year, TO spread the ashes
smoothly on the hearth. If, in The morning
the print Of a foot can be detected with
the toe pointing toward the door It Is
thought to foretell death in The family
during the year; but If the toe points in
an opposite direction there win be a mar
riage soon.
A bowl Of spiced ale in which were roast
ed apples, toast and sugar, was carried
round from house TO house New Years eve
by the NiHage HalNeils, VINO sang songs
and wished every one "A Happy New
Year" The loving cup Of present times is
a relic Of Ibis ancient and sim observed
English custom.
The Puritans objected TO New Years
gifts as a heathenish custom. but it was
quite as unversaf as Christmas gifts.
Carrying branches Of evergreens hung
with apples, oranges and gayly colored
ribbons, the children viii stu parade the
streets Of some old English towns. "agga-
moving" as 1t is called, from The words Of
the ditty they sing:
Were come to give you warning
us New Years Day a-mornlng,
with a hey and q how.
And an augan aguanow
The oasis., 1899-10-21

joseph Si,rkturd. lI"dgson, Me, healed sore running for seventeen years and cured his piles nf long stand ing hy using D-Witt's Witch Hazel Salve. Ii cures all skin diseases. L. w. Mix x Cn.
The oasis., 1899-10-21
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Oumeut work cii group ui CifihlS 'e- w Equator hil This Is regarded ID Jerume = a prosperity item or no small significance.
 Graham Bulletin: With smeitei in operation at Saiford, anoi her nn' proposed for Solomouvillc, and mil sites located at Ash Peak, we otgiu tt'. wonder whether this Is farming ur miuing community.
 Mulaye Miner: Foster 5. Dennis aud Peter Catfrey cane in from Layne Springs last Wednesday on business. They have been doing little work on the Furtunatis mine, north extension of the old Cincinnati, aud have tUuhd good ore.
 Yuma Sun: Col. T. W. Brooks re- turned yesterday from a tip to the Putholes aud Laguna mining cistricC> where he Is interested in tue ueve.op- meut of d number of promising coppei claims. The work so far has oeeu very satisfactory and the colonel Is sanguiue of success
 Mohave Miner: Tom Brobant, Frauk Bird, Ike Hunt, Burt Dryden and Al GIodfelty have opentd up q fine body of ore on the Alexauuer miniug claim, in Paymaster basin. The ore gives an average result of 4t ounces of gold and thirty ounces sll.er to the ton. Several tons of this grade of ore are now on the dump.
 Mohaye Miner: Suffer and Rosco are getting surprising prospects ot gold in their camp across the valle, from White Hills. Every outcrop oi quartz shows gold in free state. Tue boys are developing one of the good looking veins of the camp Charles Melcalfe of Kingman, is interested with them.
 Phoenix Enterprise: J. A. Cum mings uf the McCabe mine, was in the city today, ell route fur Bisoee. MT Cummings says the McCdbe, owned by McCrum & Wells, is the best lai ! out mine in the territory A depth of 600 feet has been reached and aSuuJ six miles Of drifts have been run. The ore body is large and runs well iii gold aud copper.
 Arizona Gazette: Mir J. II. Tibbits, M. E., of San Francisco, Cal, Is in Arizona for the purpose of making a thorough examination of the proper ties of the Arizona. Montana k East arn Smelling & Development Co.,. which company is operating the smelter at the old Boggs mine in the Big Bug district, and have extensive interests also in Montana and Wash ingtOn.
 Graham Bulletin: The mining in dustry of Graham county was never more prosperous. The activity is con Aned to no certain locality or district hut new work is beginning in all sec sions. At Clifton, Moreuci, Lone Lone Star, Black Rock, Clark, tht Coalields, Mount Turnbull, Ast Peak and at the Grand Reef districts more work has been done this yea than ever betore aud with better re suits.
 Citizen: The Oxide Copper Co. which recently purchased the group o miues in the Silver Bell mining dis trict for s5 ,OOO, ,OOOo, as stated in tn, deed, have filed articles of incorpora tion with the secretary of the terri tory at Phoenix. The incorporator are Cnas. II. Dickey, Chas. D. Bur rage aud Edward C.. Story, and tn
 principal place of business Is given a Tucson. The amount of the capita
The oasis., 1899-10-21

FOR SALE AT A bAkGAIN-Two 3O ton copper furnaces complete. con si>ting of one 30.II. P. boiler, two l2- II. F. engines, one No. 4 Baker blow CTS, one Nn. Cameron pump, enc 1xIO Blake crusher, nne pair lO-ton Howe platform scales, une Or'iings' assay balanre, one Rockers analytical balance pulp scales, assay material and fixtures. All of the ahnve k com plete, ni nndern constructf'n aud in good condition. Also d new 80 ton silver lead furnace. not set up. All located adjacent to railroad. h. luire or
 GARDINER, woRTnEN X Goss,
 Tucson. Ariz
The oasis., 1899-10-21

Yuma Sun: The coming winter will be busy season along the Colo rado river in northern Yuma county. R. J. Dyas, who recently acquired a group of tifty-siy claims near Blll Williams Foik, is now working a force of thirty men deyclol ing his property. The result So far has been very satisfactory and if the leads con tInue a short lime enough pay rock will be in sight to warrant the ersc- tion of a reduction plant. F. :. Blas- del, who iS operating in E n Ire Flat, also has a large force of men at work and k receiving encuuiagemeut with every foot nf depth at'ained.
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

Lost soon superseded all the others. and,
incredible as it may sound, before 1 had
completed my fifth year I had read 1t
through, arguments and all, twice"
In my ninth year" Mr.. Bullen con-
tinues, came a calamity that swept me
like a drifting ship out Of the peaceful
haven of my aunt's home. Education,
love and sympathy all disappeared In
their place came hunger, blows, severe
exhausting labor from in the morning
till II at night, and an atmosphere OF vile
language. At last, when 1 was In my
twelfth year, after an experience OF life
In London that would sound incredible II
it were detailed, escaped to sea as cabin
boy In an old tub of bark bound to
Demarara-"
From this followed ten or twelve years
of almost constant seafaring, marked for
the most part by nothing but hardships
and dangers. At 22, with an all but
empty purse and nothing better in pros
pect than life before the mast, he mar
ried a girl just turned IS. He was soon,
of necessity, at sea again, before the
mast in a schooner bound for Nova SEQ
tia" Finally. the life became per
fectly intoerable to him, and he decided
to find employment on land. But things
got so bad says he. that we laid out
our last half sovereign on food for the
baby. and began to starve. Credit we
had none, or friends or relatives worth
a row of pins to us.
I'm the midst of this came an offer of
a berth ashore, as a computer in public
office-a sort of junior clerk, at $40 a
week Great heavens! l thought 1 was
RothschIld. l took 1t gratefully, and said
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

r HAVE just received rom a friend in
London some passages of autobiogra-
ply lately communicated to him by
Frank T. Bullen, the author of 1.-The
l. Cruise of the Cachalot," which so
many readers are now pronouncing
the most enthralling narrative of true
sea adventure that has ever come into
their hands. These passages indicate
that. if anybody wants to repeat Mr.. Bull
lens literary achievement In kind as well
as in measure, he will have to begin early
in life; for Mr.. Bullen's own career was
one unbroken succession of unusual ex-
periences from the moment of his birth
down to about his twenty-fifth year,
since when it has had rather more nor
NAL course.
II was born in London in 1857 he says,
my father being a journeyman stone
mason. My mother l never knew for
while L was an infant my parents sep
arated, leaving me, their only child, to
the mercy of my fathers sister, poor
dressmaker who never married. To her
tender care l am indebted for seven
happy years"
OF his life with this aunt he adds: "Her
usual bedtime was at / a m. mine was
at p. m.; so as | slept with her and she
lay soundly sleeping till 9. the bright
summer mornings were almost intermin-
ably long to me. But happily there stood
on the narrow mantelpiece q few books
a Bible, a cookery book somebody's ad-
vice to young servants, book of common
prayer and Paradise Lost And when
became able to read l used to climb
cautiously over the head of the bed get a
book and steal, back again. Paradise
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semi-tropic regions, five men in masks
walked in upon a faro game at Deming,
New Mexico. While four of the masked
men covered the eleven gamblers and
kept their hands away above their heads.
the tallest Of the masked men gave his
whole attention to the cashier of the lay
out. That official reached for his pistol,
but he was too slow. He was shot in the
face and he dropped forward on the green
table. The robbers were gone in twink
ling.
Three murders were added in 1898 to the
catalogue Of crimes attributed to the no
torious band. One was the shooting Of a
passenger on the stage from Tombstone
to Grant Springs, in Arizona, when that
vehicle was held UP, and the passengers
piled their watches, purses and other
valuables in heap for the use Of the
bandits. Another murder was that of a
swttchman for the Atlantic and Pacific
Railroad Company at Navajo, because,
probably, he was suspected of having
recognized the gang and OF having plans
for telling his suspicious to the Sheriff.
The Santa Fe west-bound overland was
held up by the gang west of Gallup last
June. The express messenger was shot,
the safe was dynamited, and a sack of
gold and currency was secured. Sheriff
Lawrence and twenty carefully picked
men chased the gang for two weeks.
Heavy rains fell. and not the faintest
clew remained for trailing the outlaws
across hundreds Of miles Of sunbaked
soil In an uninhabite3 region. The gen
eral merchandise store Of the Phelps Min
ing Company at Hueneme, In Yavapai
County, Ariz, was robbed one day last
November while two employees there were
at dinner, and the two other men IN the
store were bound and gagged, but only a
few dollars were had.
This gang is well acquainted with a
large section of country to the southwest
of here and there are few men in that
section that will openly and single-handed
do anything against them. In posse 1t
is different. A number Of the men are
their friends and help them with food.
horses and information.
Others are living on exposed ranches,
where the robbers can come In, II they
are revengeful, and kill the man who has
helped an officer, or they can kill stock
and run off horses. The gang is often
seen by cowboys and men living on
ranches, and to them the robbers have
told their versions of their experiences.
The last Congress overhauled the law
regarding the emoluments of United
States Marshals, and now II a Marshal
sends out a man to make an arrest and
the deputy does not get the man he goes
after the Government will not pay him
anything. Under the provisions of this
law it was impossible for United States
Marshal Hall to get men to take the trail
Even a Deputy Marshal wants to know
that he will be paid for his time from
when he starts on a trail until he is
killed He objects more to working for
nothing than he does to getting killed.
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were kept looking at very close range into
the muzzles of cooked revolvers. In ten
minutes, perhaps. some $1400 in coin was
taken, for there is not the convenience of
bank deposits in frontier settlements.
Then the storekeepers were bound and
gagged. One of them, John A. Bishop, re-
sisted, and in the scrimmage was stabbed
to death The bandits bound the other
men tighter, and Fastening out, were
soon on their broncos outside. Before
any of the men in the store could get
loose and give the alarm the bandits were
miles away on the alkali desert. where no
one but a few poor starved Hualapi In
dians live IN a territory of about 700
square miles.
The Sheriff had no sooner set out to
seek the bandits than the information
came that the office force of the Resolute
Mining Company, fifty miles over toward
Ash Fork. had been held up, bound and
gagged by the same gang on the day pre-
vfous to the robbery and murder at King
man. Some thirty ounces of gold and
coin to the amount of 500 had been stolen
from the safe.
In the latter part of the following
month BLACK Jake" and his gang robbed
the bank at the rich cattle and mining
town Of Nogales Ariz. 1t was a very
bold deed Three entered the bank. One
covered the president who was outside
the railing; another stepped to the win
dow and called the teller who was sitting
at some distance, and ordered him to hold
up his hands. The teller promptly obeyed
and started to walk to the window, but
was stopped before he could get there.
The third man went down to the end Of
the railing to get behind it and at the
cash. At the end he saw an open door
leading into q room where several men
were planning an irrigation scheme. He
promptly held them up. Each man was
thus busy holding some person with his
six-shooter, and there was no ono left to
shovel the money into the bag.
Realizing that something must be done
to change the combination, the man who
had the irrigation convention at bay
promptly shut the door on It. The slam
ming Of the door attracted the attention
Of the gentleman at the teller's window,
and he turned to see what the trouble
was. The instant the robber turned the
teller made jump for his window, under
meath which, on a shelf, reposed the bank
siX-shooter, which he grabbed and began
shooting.
over 100 shots were fired inside of three
minutes. Every man who could get gun
and a horse took the trail. A skirmish
ensued among the rocks In the Las
Animas Canyon. BLACK Jake lost his
horse, but got the one ridden by the
Sheriff of Pima County, and escaped into
Sonora Mexico.
Three months passed and the Arizona
people began to hope and then to think
that the Black Jake band had decided to
remain permanently in the republic of
Mexico. Late one night in January, 1897,
when the air was little chilly in the
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information Doctor have not had the least temptation swpe
o O
Intellectual ideals substituted
in
the lines he had result
phenomenally susceptible
durable by this
disobedenoe habits
that scientific will shortly be made with
duous melancho nohomana
insanity IN general
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The Santa Fe Railroad Company has
had four different sets of cowboys and
plains detectives each employed for a
month at q time in pursuing BLACK
Jake" and his gang on dozen different
clews. Marshals of Arizona and New
Mexico have been equally vigilant, and
have been active in sending sagacious
peace officers of the plains to catch the
bandits. and the United States troops
have ga1loped here and there along the
frontier in vain quests of BLACK Jake"
and his followers. A reward of $4,000 Is
offered Jointly by the Executives of the
Territories for the capture of BLACK
Jake" dead or alive, and even now a score
or two Of men are searching over the
Wild, dreary and untnhabited mountain
chain which stands on the border between
Mexico and the United States, in the hope
OF earning the tempting reward offered
for the taking Of the outlaws.
Tho rise of tho notorious gang dates
from tho early days of August, 1896.
''Black Jake Is the frontier name for a
former United States scout named Jacob
Emmons. He enlisted in the military SER
vice at Fort Whipple, = near Prescott,
Ariz. after he had been cowboy in the
Territories for eleven years. He came
originally from the vicinity of Vineland,
N. j., and the cowboys and his comrades
at the garrison say he had an unusual
education.
But he was a born tough. He shot and
killed a barkeeper at Williams, Ariz,
when he was but 90 and narrowly es-
capped hanging. AS scout he was q fall
ure, because no one had confidence in
him. He was left $500 by a New Jersey
relative in 1898. and when he got out Of
the service he spent all the money in a
month in Phoenix and Yuma Then he
drifted down to Sonora, Mexico, and the
few people who remembered him thought
he was probably dead down there until
the news came that he was the head Of a
reckless band of bandits who were after
gold coin at the sacrifice of any life that
baffled their efforts.
On or about August g. 1896 several men
employed in the general merchandise
store of the Hualapi Mining Company two
miles north of kingman. Ariz., were
reused from their MONDAY siestas behind
the counters one hot, bistering day, by
four cowboys who walked in and asked
to see some saddles. One of the store
men started to go upstairs to show the
strangers his stock of saddles. The others
were too warm and sleepy to move, but
the moment they saw each Of the suppos-
ed purchasers whip out two long, muir
derous revolvers at full cock they were
instantly very much awake.
When each of the store men looked into
the muzzle of pistol as if into the mouth
of a railroad tunnel, he knew that he and
his store companions were in the hands of
bandits While one bandit, a tall, dark
complexioned fellow. with deep-set eyes
and mammoth tattooed stars on his hands,
went about the store seeking money and
transportable valuables, the store men
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

Sunday Call.
New institution
found practices prejudcial
4 dnora health
be of
misdreced inteli
ana inhaling exhb
nicotine deprive gradually
iNAH"e A'io1' teNN0oN ~ N-NO
e 5yPnosm the through
eai trouble
le Inc eWads of honesty, devotion
up at ambitious
trey One subject
thief years old who developed z
steal
that would
In
the of other
look
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

BY H4N0SN IMMORTALITY
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Is The PRICE SETON THIS nAN6HEAD|| |$5000|
For Three Years The Gang De5pe0doe5 Has Gone n5ed Four
Sets Of (oNboB and Detectives Have So Far Failed TO
Run Them Down.

4" HH man who secures the body,
dead or alive, of numbering ban
dit known as BLACK Jake along
the frontier of the Southwest Will
i get $4,000 cash and earn the thanks
" many people and corporations In
the Territories of New Mexico and Arr
zona.
For two years and half a band OF out
laws known as the BLACK Jake" gang has
robbed, marauded and murdered at inter-
walls of few months in widely separated
and different parts of these Southwestern
Territories. The Southern Pacific Rail-
road Company has brought its most ex-
pert bandit catchers to this region from
Texas, California and the Territories. and
has spent Q good-stzed fortune In txying
to lay hold Of the eutiaUk
The San Francisco call., 1899-06-04

The rarest pocket handkerchief in the
world is possessed by Queen Margaret of
Italy. 1t is of lace, is estimated to be
worth $2s, 800. and took twenty years to
weave. The handkerchief is so light that
1t Is scarcely felt II placed on the hand,
and so small that it Is kept in a little gold
case less than an inch in diameter.