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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12

Itch. Mrs. Max Wolff, Mrs. A. A. So,omons,
Mrs S. Herman, Mrs. Bigley, Mrs E. Mi
mis- Mrs. Wortsman, Miss Hardrich and
Miss Boley.
Mrs. Julian B. johnson is among the
Savannah Daughters of the Confederacy
who were present in Richmond during the
past week.
Mrs. T. B. Chisholm and Master Muir
doch Chisholm are spending a week or two
in New York.
The marriage of Mr.. Robert B. Hubert
and Miss Josephine Hodges will take place
at the First Baptist Church Wednesday,
at noon.
Mr. and Mrs Emile Newman gave a box
party at the theater Wednesday evening.
Miss Ellie Bloodworth, who has return
ed from Denver, Coll has as her guest,
Miss Bukely Brown Of Denver.
Mrs. A. w. Harmon is among the Sa-
vannahians who is present at the Way
cross Fair.
Mrs. d. r.. Thomas and Miss Jennie
Thomas have arrived from New York.
where they have been spending several
weeks.
Mrs. William c. Fripp and Miss Ida
Fripp are at home again, after visit to
friends in Atlanta.
Miss Genevieve Heffernan has returned
from attending the Waycross Fair.
Mrs. e. A. Cults has returned home
A masquerade BAH was gwen at Yonge's
Hall Wednesday evening by the South
Side Social Club, and an amusing and
ENJOYABLE evening spent by the members
of the club. The costumes were very sue
cessful and pretty, and added to the
brightness of the bail room. Among those
present were Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Myers,
Mr.. and Mrs Samuel Paneter, Mr.. and
ha
Daisy Elkins Maud and Bessie Evans,
Gertrude Myers, Katie McKenna, Annie
and Olea Bingham, Cora Rymes, Edna
Morris, Nora Smith, Bessie jenkins, Alice
Saul Bertha Wichamp, Rosa Donoghue,
Archie Lee and the Messrs O'Nein. Henne-
mann, cullen, Reilly, Lockwood Mock
Kline Jenkins, Baker, Saunders, Cox,
Thorpe Wilson, Ash, Patterson, Myers,
Long, Harper and Hicks.
Miss Antonica Usina entertained a num-
Der of friends Wednesday evening in an in
formal and delightful manner. Several
novel games were introduced. and the re-
freshments were equally original AmonS
those present were the Misses May and
Ress Stothart Nellie Oppenheimer, Ber-
tina Nelson, Emmie Barnwen, Annie May
Sloat. Halle White and Messrs. Clarence
Dusenbury, Frank Sloat, A. r. Adamson
F. b. Ivey. w. f. Mccall, Eldon Roses
seau. Robert Ingraham, w. L. Stothart,
G. G. Rogers and Davis White.
Rev and Mrs. David McConaughy Gill
bert announce the marriage of their
daughter. Katharine. to Mr.. Robert Muir
doch Rutherford. on Thursday evening,
Nov. 10, at $50 O'Clock, at Zion Lutheran
Church. Harrisburg, Pa DR.. Gil
bert was pastor of the Lutheran
Church in Savannah at one time and the
family has many warm friends here.
Miss Sadie Ellis will leave on Inc Kan
sas City tomorrow for New London,
Conn, TO spend the winter with her
brother.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12
PACK TRAINS.
Led by Bell Mare-Mules Follow
with Blind Confidence.

Led by Bell Mare-Mules Follow
with Blind Confidence.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
In the government service" said an ex-
soldier, 1.-THE pack trains are led by
bell mare and the NUDES learn to follow
her with a blind confidence that is as
tonishing After the surrender of Santiago
the army of occupation had several pack
trains that were kept in big corral near
the camp. One day Gen. Breckenridge came
to visit Gen. Shafter, who at that time
had shifted his headquarters to point
near San Juan Hill, and how to provide
him with a saddle animal was a serious
question The climate of South Cuba had
proven very hard on our horses and they
were nearly all dead or disabled. In tact,
the only respectable looking beast we
could scrape up was a bell mare belonging
to one of the trains, and the order was
accordingly given TO saddle her up The
general mounted and was riding away to-
ward headquarters when suddenly a most
hideous and unearthly tumult broke loose
from the corral. The mules had caught
sight of their leader and were frantically
endeavoring to get out and follow, each
one braying at the top of his lungs ana
every bray in a different key. 1t was the
most horrible row ever heard in the prov
ince since the bombardment of MORO Cas-
tie, and for the time being 1t looked as
if the crazy mules were going 10 tear down
the stockade Gen. Breckenridge was
startled and refined up to investigate, but
meanwhile a dozen packers had jumped
into the corral and went to work on the
brutes with clubs, trying to get them run
ming around in a circle so as to distract
their attention. At fast they succeeded. and
the general fortunately disappeared down
the road before The drove came TO a stand
still again He would have cut unique
figure II he had ridden up to Skaters tent
leading a solemn cavalcade of 81 govern
ment mules, and that is exactly what
would have happened had it not been for
the presence of mind of the packers.
"A pack mule that has seen service gets
very cunning" continued the eX-soldier.
Il remember we had one old fellow who
had been in the army for twelve or fif-
teen years, and he knew as much as most
of the men. He was occasionally used az
a leader and was very fond of the job,
because in that case he had no load to
carry. To see him maneuvering TO get to
the front was very comical The regula-
ton pack weighs 200 pounds, and the mules
soon learn to size it up to nicely, refus-
ing to carry anything more. For that rea-
son they are blindfolded while being load
ed. otherwise they would be continually
looking around to see whether the pack
was inside the limit On one occasion we
received a coffin to be sent to Siboney, and
the old mule I referred to was selected to
carry 1t. The coffin weighed only twenty
five pounds, but the mule must have con-
cluded from its size that it weighed a
ton and he Immediately began to groan
in the most pitiful manner, exactly like
human being. When the coffin was put
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12

Edmunds and Beck, and it, too, was about
whiskey. II seems that they were clash
ing on the saloon clause of the District
Of Columbia Appropriation Bill. Beck was
for a liberal policy and much opposed to
closing the saloons at as early an hour as
was provided in the bill. Edmunds said
something about the Senator from Ken
lucky and late hours and housing at the
nappy." Quick as a flash Beck interpo-
lateji-"And never behind the door, either"
1t was center shot, for every Senator
knew Father Edmunds had a private jug,
reserved for himself and "Old Roman"
Thurman.
That was strange companionship-
Thurman and Edmunds. They we're agreed
on no political question. They were great
lawyers. one was a Vermonter; the other
a VrRinian. Thurman was many years
the older. There seemed to be nothing in
common between them. And yet they
were inseparable. Thurman had said in
a speech in the Senate that Edmunds was
about the most ignorant man in New Eng
land and Edmunds had attempted to show
that Thurman was rather ignorant him
self 1t was a good-humored debate and
the two went OFF arm in arm when it was
concluded and Vest remarked: There is
another quart of Monongahela ruined"
But to return to Billy Mason He is a
capital stump orator, and in 1895 the Re-
pubicans of Iowa sent for him 10 help
them out. The Democrats had William J.
Bryan in the field. and after each had
made few speeches the Democrats chal-
lenged the Republicans TO a joint debate
between the two. The challenge was ac-
cepted and they met at Cedar Rapids, or
Clinton, or some other point in the state
and they had an immense audience. Ma
son spoke first and the Republicans were
delighted with him Bryan answered in
nj SDaArh q
know so well. Mason had a quarter of
an hour left of his time.
Mason said something like this: MY
fellow citizens I am going to assert in
your presence the law denunciatory Of
counterfeiting. If an individual were to
get together 4121s grains of standard silver
and coin it into a dollar like that lex
hibiting a silver dollar the government
would apprehend him. indict him, try
him and convict him for the crime. Is not
that so, Mr.. Bryan%'
Bryan rose and smilingly said, That
is true
Mason then asked Bryan if he was in
favor of the government opening its mints
to individuals for the free coinage of 4l21s
grains of standard silver into legal tender
dollars.
why, certainly" said Mr.. Bryan; why
do you askY
Mason retorteds II just wanted to find
out whether you were in favor of the re-
peal of the statutes denoucing counter
feitlng as a felony. That is ALL"
Now Bryan has about as much concep-
ton of joke as one of CromwelIs stern
est "Irousides" had, and the next day he
spent an hour of his speech in serious ar
gument that he favored the laws prohib-
iting cOunterfeiting.
No wonder Iowa went Republican in
1895
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12
EASY GOOD. EASY BAD.
Discovers "A Difference.

after twenty years of coffee drinking
and a good portion of the time suffering
from severe headaches and nervousness,
I finally walked up to the fact that the
coffee was the cause Of the trouble
II was led to accuse coffee Of being
the cause of the difficulty by reading
about Postum Food Coffee. Since using
Postum | have been singularly free from
any OF the ailments mentioned.
easy to make bad. The difference is In
the boiling l send you herewith a list
of friends ] know would be benefited by
leaving off coffee and using Postum Food
Coffee. Kindly send them information
on the subject" G. H. l.. Nelson, Prln-
cipal School No. ?, Greenfield, Mo.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12

on his back he pretended to stagger and
sagged down as if he was carrying a ten
inch gun. AT the same time he turned his
head and looked at me with a mournful
expression that was as easily read as so
much print. Good heavens! he seemed TO
say are you going to allow me to be
crushed by this enormous BURDEN We
were all shrieklng with laughter and tried
to make him take his place in line. but
not an inch would he bulge. Finally he
deliberately rolled over and knocked the
coffin off That settled it. We let the old
rascal take the bell, and I could almost
hear him chuckling as it was looped
around his neck. Another mule was then
blindfolded, and took on the coffin without
trouble"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12
JAMES PAYN's UNKNOWN.
Device by Which an Amateur Writ
err Deceived the Novelist.

From the Youths Companion.
ION several occasions" once remarked
the late James Payn, novelist and maya
zine writer, 81 had some very bright
sketches of country life from a young
sportsman, who, although he was mostly
on horseback, seemed to have eyes about
him for other things than horses and
hounds. Then he sent me a short story Of
military life, little erring, as was to be
expected in youngster, upon the side OF
fastness-too much cigar smoking and too
many brandies and sodas-but very graph
ic and entertaining. AS my people were
mostly military it interested me more,
perhaps, than it would have done and It
interested them-which it was rather diff
cult for any story teller to do-and thereby
proved its genuine character.
Il was rather pleased when the young
fellow wrote that he was coming up 10
town to see me, and I made him an ap-
pontment for that purpose. At the hour
arranged for I was annoyed by my con-
fidental clerk bringing in a card with
Miss Norman on ii, said, I do not know
this lady, and you are well aware that
do not see people who have not an intro
duction'
She is very ladylike, sir he answered
and pretty.
1T was a wrong remark for him TO
ed that good looks were a passport when
should be reserved for true merit, but
said / could give her two minutes
Accordingly she was ushered into the
hall of audience, an apartment, by the
way on the third floor, and always IN a
state OF litter. She was comely enough,
but / at once explained to her that my
time was precious and that l had maze
an appointment for that very hour. You
will show Mr.. Marchmont up when ne
comes at once added to the clerk Win
significance.
g But I am Mr.. Marchmont,' said the
lady.
You might have knocked me down Wit1
feather Nothing she had written had
given me the least hint of her being OF Ihe
fair sex; nay, what would TO my mind nave
done away with all suspicion, had en-
tertained any. was that she had always
taken my alterations in her sketches win
the greatest good nature. AS rule II you
venture to hint that this or that falls sholt
of excellence in a lady's contribution she
Is surprised and by no means pleased Any
other fault she could have imagined IN hei
composition, but-you must excuse her re-
marking-the paragraph in question Wa'
written with particular care, and II -
cised the whole article would be spoiled
Miss Norton had acquiesced In every sus.
gestion. and never demonstrated, even a.
a deletion."
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12

"A London daily, having canvassed the
votes of Its readers to decide who in their
opinion were the most popular or rather
the best men in their respective profess
sions. publishes the following result: The
best living poet is decided to be Algernon
Swinburne; the best novelist Rudyard
Kipling; painter, G. f. Watts; actor, Sir
Henry Irving; preacher, the Bishop Of
Ripon; soldier Lord Roberts, Judge, Lord
Russell, Of Kilowen; statesman, the Mar
quis of Salisbury; dramatist, A. w. Pin
ero; cricketer DR.. w. G. erase; football
London.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12

Prof. George 7. Ladd, formerly of
Yale, but who now occupies the chair of
philosophy in the University of Tokyo.
Japan, has one of the most magnificent
houses in the Japanese capital a retinue
OF servants, a corps of managers for his
estate and a company of private attend
ants. II is said to be Prof. Ladd's inten-
ton 10 induce japanese students 90 go to
study.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-11-12

-"Charley, dear" said young Mrs
Torkins. why don't you converse? What
have you been reading about2" 1.-THE pro-
posed partition Of the Samoan Islands"
We'll. / think a partition is a splendid
idea. If they can't agree they ought to
build one, and each keep on his own side"
Washington Star.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03
DELAWARE SENATORSHIP.
Republicans Divided and a Demo-
crat May Succeed Senator Gray.


DOVER, Del, Jan. 2-The Dover leg
isiature will convene at noon tomorrow,
and among the most important matters
that will be taken up by that body will
be the selection Of a United States SEN
ator to succeed George Gray. The leg
islature is Republican, and it is believ-
ed the next senator will be of that DO
ntical faith, providing the exciting BIT
ter feeling in the ranks of the party
can be heeled. j. Edward Addicks. the
leader Of one faction, known as the
Union Republicans" has announced
his candidacy for the position, and is
being bitterly opposed by the ..regu-
lars" or anti-Addicks wing of the par
ty. An effort was made tonight to
bring the factions together in caucus
for the organization of the senate and
house. This, however, was Intellectual
the regulars" of the house refusing
absolutely to go into caucus owing to
the absence of Representatives Pilling
and Conway, who are sick, and because
the call was not signed by majority
of the Republican members Of fhe
house. Both factions held separate
conferences. and the Addicks faction
decided to favor Representative Clark.
The refusal to go into caucus will
throw the contest into the housa TO-
morrow.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03
ARCHDUKE AROUSED.
LordIy Officials Compelled to Exhib
1T Courtesy to Peasant.

LordIy OhctaIs Compelled to Exhib-
1T Courtesy to Peasant.
From the London Daily News.
An amusing incident has occurred at
Trieste. A peasant presented a parcel for
dispatch to an official in the central postofice
OF that town, and was roughly told it could
not be received, it was improperly done
up. The peasant inquired how it ought to
be done up, and the official sharply replied
that 1t was not his business to tell him. Here
gentleman interviewed on the peasants be-
half, but was told by the official that II he
had any fault to find he had better complain
to the superintendent. The gentleman did so,
but was told that postal olficials could not
be expected to teach the public, and that if
he was not satisfied he had better complain
to the director. The gentleman hereupon
pulled out card and said:
Il have no time to go to the director.
request you to go to him yourself and tell
him that order him to come here instantly
and himself instruct this man how to make
up this parcel
The superintendent looked at the card and
trembled when he read the name of the Arch
duke Louis Salvador The director lost no
time In coming. He stormed at the superin-
tendent, who in turn stormed at the official
and all three nearly fell over each other in
their zeal to show the peasant how to DO up
his parcel. A more carefully made up pack
age probably never passed through the Aus
trian postofflce. The incident however, has
pers approve Of the archdukes intervention
but some pertinently ask whether he had any
right to order" the director to do anything
The champions of the constitution are exer-
cised, but after all the important thing 10
that the peasant got his parcel of.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03
CUBANs lNsIsTENT.
VIII Not Surrender Their Arms I'm
til Paid.

HAVANA, Jan. 2.-The continuance
of the Cubans in arms is the most puz-
zling question connected with the ad-
ministration of the island. The nego-
tiations for the payment of the soldiers
are to be conducted from Washington,
so as to relieve Gen. Brooke of this diff
ficulty. For the present the Cuban
commanders are holding their men
closely together and under discipline.
Gen. Davis. military governor of the
department of Pinar del Rio, has gone
into the matter fully with Gen. Mario
Menocal and other Cuban commanders.
They say that they expect the United
States to pay them, and that they will
not disband until they get an answer.
The majority of military observers
here seem to think that probably the
easiest way out is to make the pay
ment, taking a mortgage on the rev.
enues of Cuba in the form of bonds.
There are probably $4,000 men able to
work. but now sponging on their coun-
try. If paid off on condition that their
arms are surrendered they would have
no excuse for not working.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03
JOHNSON WON 1T.
He Skated Two Miles In GOA at Lex
fngtOn Park.

Over 1000 people were present at Lexing-
ton ice rink yesterday afternoon to witness
the fancy skating exhibition given by Miss
Minnie Cummings, OF Minneapolis. and ].
Bruce. Miss Cummings gave clever per-
formance. She is very quick and her curves
and vines were at once difflceuH and yet
gracefully done.
The two-mie amateur handicap race
brought out fourteen starters, Louis johnson.
OF st. Paul, starting from scratch. Sud
heimer had been marked for scratch and Per-
kins for twenty-yards, but both refused to
skate because Perkins was not allowed TO
START from scratch also. In the first half
mile. johnson had made UP his sixty yards
on Rudde. OF Chicago, and the pair soon
caught Larson, OF Dakota. At the mile the
crowd was pretty well punched. Johnson
made the first mile in 3.01 and the two miles
in S:o4. winning. Rudde. of Chicago. was
second and Kyittum, of Minneapolis, third.
John Nilsson gave AN exhibition OF trick and
acrobadc skating, one of hds best fetes being
a long jump over five arm chairs.
Next Sunday John S. Johnson will endeavor
to break the half-mile record.
There will be special attractions Tuesday
and Thursday evenings and Sunday after
noon. Music will be in attendance The
Laurel and CAPITAL City Cycle clubs, and all
uninformed carnival clubs and ladies are ex-
tended a cardial invitation for next Thurs
day evening.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03
Go South This Winter.

For the present winter season the J,ou,a-
Vile Nashville Railroad Company has i'm
proved Its already nearly perfect through
ana elegant day coaches from Cincinnati
LOUISVILLE. st. Louis and Chicago. to MohiIa'
!,,e, new orleans and the Gulf Coast, Thomas.
Palm Beach and other points In Florida. Per.
iect connection will be made with steamer
lines for Cuba. Porto Rico, Nassau and West
indian ports. Tourist and home-seekers' ex-
cursion tickets on sale at low rates. Writ.
c. Atmore. general passenger gent Lcuis.
vills. KY. for particulars.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. Jan. 2-The Western
Eisteddfod, Welsh festival which is national
in character, closed a successful meeting at
the Pabst theater tonight. comprising three
sessions, the feature of which was a grand
choral competition In which choruses of
Milwaukee, Oshkosh and Racine took part,
the first and second prizes being $500 and S100
respectively. First honors were carried off
by the Orpheus Choral union, of Milwaukee
J. H. Williams, conductor; the Racine chorus
led by Louis Evans, taking second prize.
The next etsteddfod will be held in Chicago
on Jan. l. 1900.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03
On Amort's bowling Alley.

The following scores were made at Amort
Bros Central bowling alley last week:
Acme Club-Warnick, 166; Fatel 1855; Toft-
EN-, $50; Mattack 1S1; Bulena, 121; Uhler, 1866;
Nolan, 90; Heinlein, SO.
Broadway-La 212; J. Neff, f7s; Hunts
man, 216; Marsh. 174; DR.. Murphy, 179; Peter
son, 159; Punderson, 1856.
Capitol 165; Bueger, 1859; Gesen-
heimer, 204; Hammer, IFS; Painter 202.
Enterprise -Confar, III; Oertel, 124; Drewry
159; Andres, 154; Geisenheynor, 16; Doerty,
60; Kraniger LOT; Masterman 221; Kimball,
1884, Ide, 206 Dumber, 202; Dellar, IT,.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03
DECLARED A DRAW.
twenty Round Bout Between
Matthews and ZeiuIer.

tthc"s ana Ee1&ler.
NEW YORK, Jan. 2-The Greenwood
Athletic club, of Brooklyn, held boxing show
which began at 3 O'Clock this afternoon and
the house was uncomfortably crowded.
Inc star event was a twenty-round bout
At catch weights between Owen Zeigler of
Fnllaoelphia and Matty Matthews, of this
CITY, both welterweights, with good records
They fought the twenty rounds hard and
last, each displaying a great deal of science
ana good Judgment. From the opening round
neither let his opponent have an idle momsnt
and before five rounds had gone by each
mans, face was well marked up For fifteen
rounds Matthews had a slight lead, and al
though Zeigler did most of the leading. Mat
fys counters on the wind were very effective
Zelgler got home some heavy lots on the
local mans face and swung both hands tn
the lace stopping Matthews, Matthews. how
ever, always had left uppercut or a swing
ready WREN zeigler came within reach, and the
latter musa have been in grand shape to
Withstand such hard punishment on the
stomach Toward the close of the fight
zeigler was the stronger but once. In the
seventeenth round, Matthews caught him
with a left hook on the jaw, which forced the
Philadelphian to his knees. Zeigler was very
strong in the last round, but Sam Austin, the
referee, could not decide on either man as a
winner and declared the bout a draw. The
decision was a popular one.
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03

SPAIN WAS FAIRLY TREATED

Speaker Conveyed Little Informa-
tiOn Beyond That Fact and That
the Task Was Not So Difficult as
Has Been Generally Presumed
CIeverly Avoided Discussion of
Probable Policy In the Far East.
CANTON, o., Jan. 2.-Judge William
R. Day, president of the peace commits
sion at Paris, and late secretary of
state, received a welcome home this
evening which took the form Of a ban
quet at the Burnett house, given by the
Stark County Bar association.
Hon. w. w. Lynch, who was Judge
Days law partner in their younger
days, but who now devotes his time
principally to railroad arrangements,
was master of ceremonies. Judge
George r. Baldwin, one of the oldest
practitioners at the local bar and a
very intimate friend of the guest Of
honor, delivered the welcoming address
to which Judge Day responded
Judge Day paid high tribute to the
legal fraternity of Stark county, clos
The Saint Paul globe., 1899-01-03
CLEAR PLEXION
Soft, White Hands,
uxurianf Hair

Are found in the perfect action of the pores
produced by CUTIcuRA SOAP, a sure pre-
ventive OF pimples, blackheads, red, rough,
and oily skin, red, rough hands with shape
less nails, dry, thin. and falling hair, and
simple baby blemishes, because a sure
preventive of Inflammation and clogping
OF the PORES