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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
ON THE RANGES AT SEA GIRT.
PRACTICE STILL HANDICAPPED BY
HEAVY WINDS.

Battey Made the Rest Score at 200
Yards-Fetzer Led at 600 Yards,
While Constantine Made the High
est Aggregate ScOre-It Was a Re-
hearsaI of the Hilton Trophy
Match-BOys Did Good Shooting All
Around.
Sea Grit n. j., Sept 1.-The third days
practice on The rife range was generally
Satisfactory to the team captain.
The wind has been blowing from the
northeast again, and varied in velocity
from about twelve miles an hour during
the afternoon. As the 20O-yard firing was
done in the heavy wind, good scores at
this range were scarce.
The Hilton Trophy match was rehearsed
ana the grand aggregate Of scores by all
the Savannah men was thirty points bet
ter than the same men made on Tuesday.
The best score at 200 yards was thirty
two, made by Battey. Cam and Brown
made thirty-one each at this range. Kone-
mann and Quantock led a 500 yards, each
one being credited with thirty-four in a
maximum of thirty-five points Austin
and F. c. Wilson scored thirty-three each.
Fetzer led a GOO yards, with thirty-two,
ard Constantine secured a place with
thirty-one points
The highest aggregate al the three
ranges was made by Constantine, who
scored ninety-three points, the highest
possible being 105. Mercer is in second
place, with ninety-one.
The record of Wednesdays shooting is
a 8 follows:
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
THE FLEUR-DE-LIs.
A Popular Symbolic Decoration fer
Four Thousand Years.


From Harper's Bazaar.
For 1900 years the ieur-de-lis has been
popular symbolic decoration. 1t appears
on the heads Of the most ancient Egyptian
sphnXes aGa It was used by the early
Persians and Assyriaa kings upon scep-
ters and crowns as an ornament symbolic
of fruitfumess. honor and royalty Solo
mon. in building the house Of the forest Of
Lebanon and the house of Pharaoh's
daughter sent 10 Tyre for Hiram, the
Widows son. who was "nlled with wisdom
and understanding and cunning TO work
all things In brass" and he made two
Chapters of molten brass to set upon the
tops of the pillars, and upon the tops
OF the pillars was lily work" And he
made molten sea to contain 1900 baths,
"and the brim thereof was wrought like
the brim of a cup with flowers of lilies"
This was 500 years before Christ
according to the legend, In 491 A. D., an
angel appeared to Clovis, the first Chris
tian King of France. and bestowed upon
him fiuer-de-lis From this time II was
considered as the emblem of royalty in
France, to which country is due les pres
ervatlon until modern times.
The heurs-de-lis have been found In the
Abbaye de Saint German des Pres and on
Several portraits of Charles lie Chauve ex-
list showing him with heur-de-lis In his
crown. In 12 Lothaire for the first time
used a seal with a scepter surmounted by
a feur-de-ls. Hugh Capet and all his sue
cessors wore them, and he was but one OF
fifty successive monarchs who used the lis
in France, where, though different races
succeeded one another in the country's
rule, it remained the royal emblem for
over 100 years. 1t was not until 1i79
however that the arms of France were
first formally mentioned French Kings
returning from The Crusades brought with
them eastern customs; tournaments were
introduced In Europe, and coats OF arms
were adopted In imitation of Arabs and
Perslans. Then Louis le Jeune, arranging
for the conservation of his son. Philippe
Auguste at Rheims, ordered that his gar
ments be covered with ieurs-de-lis, and
after this the King wore them without
number.
All ecleslastic and secular institutions
Of royal foundation received the fiuer-de-
lis into their coats OF arms. They were
introduced as ornaments for the apparatus
In all military games; they were sprinkled
over the flags and standard of the army,
they surmounted the helmets of princes
and decorated their armor and coats of
mail: they trimmed the heads and TANKS
OF horses In the tournament. In the days
of Louis XIV, XIV and XVI all the royal
ornaments, carpets, windows, the Kings
hangings, carpets, windows. the Kings
prie-dieu, his throne, his oratory, the pull
pit and the pontihcal robes of the high
priest the vestments Of the deacon and
archdeacon, the bench of the peers and
the standards of the grand dukes, all were
strewn with f1eur-de-lls embroidered or
wrought In gold. With the Queen and her
ladies ii was the same.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
FARMERS INSTITUTE.
Ware County Has One Organized and
Ready for business.

Ware County Has One Organized and
Ready for Business.
waycross, Ga, Sept. lit was a source
of regret 10 the people here that Mr.. II.
c. Jordan. of Atlanta, who was booked
for an agricultural address at the court
house. could not make his speech, owing
to a very severe cold he had contracted.
He explained to those present. however,
the practical working of the institutes, and
the Ware County Farmers Institute was
formally organized.
The following officers were elected: Dr.
j. NJ. Spencer president; b. J Smith
vice president; d. J. Blackburn, secretary.
Twenty-eight or thirty names were en-
rolled. j. r. Mcdonald, J. S. Sharp and
J.. F.. W. Smith were appointed
a committee 10 draft a constitution and by
laws
The next meeting of the institute Will be
held on Saturday. Sept. l6, at 10 a. m. Dr.
j. T.. W. Smith was appointed TO address
the meeting on The Planting Of Oats and
Other Sman Grain and Mr.. II. f. Jefords
on the Harvesting and Sowing of Sweet
Potatoes"
A vote of thanks was rendered Hon. c.
H. Jordan for his kindness in visiting our
county and addressing the meeting.
]. l.. Wolfe was appointed vice president
of the Rickly district.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
The PONIES Garden.

From the London. Pail Mall Gazette.
The lonely Pontiff-lonely in the sense
that very few members of his family and
generation are left, and that he has never
been given to "favorites" now enjoyed
ing what is 10 him the "lifegiving'
months of the year-that is. the summer
when he lives entirely IN the Vatican gar
dens, except at night Every step In these
lovely gardens recalls some interesting
epoch in the history Of the Wears OF
Christ-their patronage Of the arts, their
struggles with the world. their banish-
ments, their returns to the Eternal City,
their triumphs, and so on. OF course,
permission to enter is most difficult to OBJ
tain, but to the few so honored 1t seems
like breathing a better and purer air.
In them we come unexpectedly on cir
cular pavilion. painted internally in fresco.
with birds nesting among trailing vines
and flowers; and here Il is that the aged
Pope rests In the course OF his daily tour
Of the gardens, and where coffee is serv-
ed TO him, while he converses with some
guest. In one well-sheltered angle Of the
old walls, IN a little paddock, may be seen
feeding the Persian gazelles, which were
a jubilee present. Descending the gardens
on the city side is a great cascade Of pur-
est water. which is now used to create
horse power for the Vatican electric light,
while lower down It gushes out again over
piled-up rocks. with a pleasant sound.
Sheltered by trees. rises a very elegant
garden temple, with seats arranged for
conversation, built by Plus ~, to whom
Rome owes 50 much establishment.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
SUGGESTS MANY REFORMS.
6t N. Fitzhugh Lee Makes Recon-
mendatiOns as to Cuba.

Washington, Sept. lin report re-
ceived at the war department from Gen.
Fitzhugh Lee commanding the provinces
of Havana and Pinar del Rio, that officer
makes a number of recommendations for
reform for the betterment of the inhabit-
ants.
Among these are that an early census OF
the island be taken; that the question of
suffrage be considered in all its aspects,
and a decision reached regarding the same;
that modern system of Jurisprudence. as
far as it can be made applicable, be gen
orally introduced, SO that elective Off
GERS belonging 10 it can be
voted for al the general elections; that
general election be ordered for a presi-
dent or chief magistrate, vice president
ana congress, or legislature to consist
OF Two branches, and all other officers of
republic, as we'll as municipal elections
in the various municipalities. that the
United States shall keep a strict supervis-
ion of the affairs of Cuba until
q republican form of government
has been adopted by the peo-
pie; that the island shall still
be garrisoned by the troops of the United
States in order 10 protect the lives and
property of citizens of the United States
and those of other foreign countries re-
siding in Cuba, preserve peace, suppress
disorder, and maintain the supremacy of
civil law whenever and wherever neces-
sary and that the future of the Cuban re-
public shall be vested in the people and
their representatives so far as it relates
to the question of an American protector
ate or annexation TO the United States,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02

Waycross, Ga, Sept. 1.-The Junior Ep-
worth League of Trinity Church gave a
delightful open air picnic on the vacant
lot adjoining Capt. r. p. Birds resi-
dence yesterday afternoon.
The committee who has the matter Of
the lyceum in hand is meeting with fiat
tering success.
A protracted meeting will begin at Du-
pont on Sept. II.
The Gaskin Spring camp meeting will
open Sept IL.
Geo O.. Turner has raised some of the
finest corn in this section. He has sew
eral stalks about sixteen feet long which
he will exhibit at the approaching fair.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02

Fire In "A Kansas city Packing House
This Morning.

Kansas City Mo, Sept. 2.-Fire broke
out at l o'clock this morning in the big
plant of the Jacob Dold Packing Com
pany. which covers several acres of ground
on the West river bottoms, between Ninth
street and the Missouri river.
The fire started I'm the fertilizing depo IT.
mont burned through the engine room.
and at 1870 O'Clock, was burning In chs
lard room and the main plant. The entire
plant is threatened.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02

Tallahassee, Fla. Sept. Letters patent
we're to-day granted for the Incorporation
Of the Woodlawn Cemetery Association, at
jacksonville. with $4,000 capital.
The Florida Naval Stores and Commits
sion Company Of Jacksonville has increas-
ed its capital stock et $4,000
The Punta Gorda Ice and Power Compa-
nv has increased its capital stock to $500.
Mrs. ]. W. McCord has taken charge OF
the Constantine House
The vessels stranded at Carrabelle by the
recent storm were sold at public outcry to-
day.
The Mobile Steamship Company, whose
vessels ply between Mobile and Tampa,
will have a steamer to touch at Carrabelle
every wednesday in future. The Seaboard
ia now at Carrabelle with a large cargo Of
miscellaneous goods.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
Died of Fever.

Waycross, Ca, Sept. 1.-Mr. Lemuei 3.
Taylor, a farmer living near Beach, in
Ware county. is having many troubles.
First. he was down himself with fever for
FIVE weeks, then three Of his children were
stricken down at one time. One of them.
Lcmuel Artie, aged 49, died day or two
ago This was followed by the death of
his little babe. Two Of his children are
still lying quite sick. and his wife Is also
in very feeble condition
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
MEXICAN TROOPS INADEQUATE.
Reported They Are Too Few to Deal
with the Yaquis.

FL Paso. Tex. Sept John McNaugh-
ton, a newspaper correspondent, represent
ing a Chicago paper, and who has been in
the heart of the Yaqui country, reached
here to-day. He reports that the Mexican
troops in the field are totally inadequate
to cope with the hostiles, and that Gen.
Torres withdrew his command from the
Jungle through necessity, as his soldiers
were thoroughly exhausted, from the eff
fects of the intense heat and forced
marches.
The troops are in a pitiable condition,
many of them having lost their shoes and
nearly all their clothing in the woods. The
general hopes for reinforcements by Oct.
/. when he wll again take the field
McNaughton says that the conditions
existing In the Yaqui valley and adjacent
hills have not been exaggerated.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
schooner Parker Pulled on.

Lewes, Del, Sept. 1.-The schooner VIM
7. Parker, with a cargo of lumber from
Boggs Inlet, n. c., for New York which
stranded last Sunday night on Round
Shosl Point off Cape Henopen, was to-
day pulled of by the wrecking tug North
America. Tae Parker afterwards capsiz-
Cd and was towed inside the breakwater.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
ANOTHER FATAL EXPLOSION.
Three Killed and Four Fatally In
iured at COpemish, Mich.

Manistee Mich. Sept 1.-The boiler in
Chapman and Sargents bowl factory at
Copemsh thirty miles north of here, ex-
ploded this afternoon, killing three men
and fatally injuring four others. The
dead are:
Charles Handy, George Estabrook and
Perry Melafont.
The fatally injured are: oliver Sanders,
Rorbert Peterson, Charles Taylor and
Howard Ketchum.
George Rice was severely but not fat
ally scalded.
The building was totally wrecked, de-
bris being scattered for eighty rods
around. Water was Immediately thrown
on the ruins.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
Dewey rund Gets 81, 900.

Washington, Sept. Limited States
Treasurer Roberts has received a contri-
button Of 1900 from the New York Jour
nal for the Dewey home fund, and 100
from Marcus DAILY q Co., Anaconda, Da-
lzota
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
Lnnnching Cd the shubrIeI..

Richmond, Va, Sept. "Wednesday,
Oct IS, has been decided upon as the day
for launching the "Shubrck," the first
of the torpedo boats building here az the
Trigg ship yard, and Miss shubrick has
been Invited 10 christen the boat,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02

THE citizens Of Spokane. Wash, are
raising funds for the erection Of monu-
ment 10 John Robert Monaghan, who was
killed in Samoa during the attack upon
the British and American marines by the
followers of Mataafa. Monaghan was
wei liked in Spokane. where he lived,
and 5000 has already been subscribed
toward the monument.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02

When the match score was completed,
second round of seven shots per man was
fired at six hundred yards, F. c. Wilson
making the high score, thirty-three points
On account of slight indisposition, Phil
pot and Ballard did not shoot for record
"Wednesday.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
HEAVY RAINS IN PORTO RICO.
Ponce People Leaving Houses for
the Public Building.

Ponce, Sept. 1.--Heavy rains have caused
an unusual freshet and the people fright
ened on account Of the recent hurricane,
are leaving their houses and are being
auartered in the public building The SOL
diers. police and firemen work ali night
The fords are impossible, but no further
damage has been done.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02
~or,vealop NotionaI Theater.

Christana. Sept. 1.-The Norwegian Ma
tional theater was opened this evening in
the presence Of King oscar of Norway,
and Sweden, and a brilliant audience.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-09-02

Gen. Hippolyte sebert retired, of the
marine artillery, preceded his testimony,
by saying he did not think he ought to
withhold the evidence he was able to give,
as he felt it would contribute to the cor,
rection of a judicial error Tbe general
then criticised the bordereau from a pro-
fegsional standpoint. pointing out that the
writer must have been a low classed man,
negotiating directly with cor
respondent on whose doles he was
dependent. He said he was probably an
officer, but certainly not an artillery ON
GER adding that this was proved by the
employment Of expressions an artillery
man could not have used.
The witness gave number of instances
showing the dense ignorance displayed in
gunnery technicalitles by the writer Of the
bordereau, and, amid great silence. Gen
Sebert declared that his study Of the case
had led him to the conviction that the Dor
dereau could not have been written by an
artillery officer nor by an officer belonging
10 a special arm Of the service who had
passed through the polytechnic school
(ExcitemenD.
Gen. sebert referred to the satisfaction
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-12-28
Everybody's Magazine for January.

The conductors of Everybody's Maya.
zine are evidently endeavoring to give
their readers bountiful ten cents
worth. The contents for the January
number includs seven complete short
stories, eight special articles on subjects
OF current interest or profitable instruc-
tion, little poetry, a little fun, a curl.
osity page in photographs, some book.
buying hints and a hundred and thirty.
two illustrations.
The first story, "The Twenty-seventh
Letter of the Alphabet" )" is breezy tale
by Lucy Cleveland 1t has a mystery.
what is the twenty-seventh letter of the
alphabet? The story is left unfinished
and the editor offers you hundred dol
lars for final paragraph that shall com.
plete it and explain the problem.
An interesting account of the new
East River Bridge, now building, is civ.
en- in "The Greatest Bridge on Earth"
Those who lived through the Civil War
land many who have been born since it
was over will be interested in the ac.
count, from an officer of the Secret Ser.
vice, on "How the Northw was Saved"
The stories are all of the interesting.
bright, vigorous sort, that grip your at,
tention instantly and hold it to the end:
such stories as verybody's Magazine is
making specially Of.
Not the least interesting psge in the
book is that in the advertising section.
whereon the editor tells US what Every
bodys Magazine is TO contain during
1900 If he gives all be says he will, Il
will be big dollars worth.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-12-28
PULSE.
December %, 1899

hCCChOCf ~, lCJo
There will be box supper at Hsr.
wood Saturday night, December 80. All
are cordially invited to come and enjoy
the evening.
Born-To W. O. Daggy and wife De-
cember %, girl.
Clarence Pulse and Ed CLANCY are
home from Lebanon, where they have
been attending college.
Miss Alma CLANCY was visiting Mrs.
Lila Hawk Thursday.
Clate Roads and family, of Buford,
spent Sunday with Jim Brown and fam.
lily.
Joe Brown is home from Butler coun-
ty, where he spent the year as a farm
hand.
Errett Smith, who has been in Illinois
for the last year, is spending few days
with friends at Sugartree Ridge.
A. @. Duvsll spent several days last
week with friends at Sugartree Ridge.
Rev. Jrckson will commence a pro.
tracted meeting here Monday night, jan
uary g.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-12-28
Hardens the Heart.

A little girl, in writing an acco unit of
an address she had heard on the lhys-
lcal effects of alcohol, wrote that: "Ai-
cohol hardens the heart" We may smile
at the misappre hension of the child as
to what the lecturer had taught, but
there is no doubt that she wrote a moral
II not physical truth when she said
alcohol hardens the heart" There is
not another agent that more effectually
hardens the hearts of men and women
who In sober moments are tender and
loving parents than indulgence in aico-
holic liquors.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-12-28

good feature) met the generals fear
lessly and gravely, but he said moth
ing.
The chief suddenly held out his
hand.
you've got grill" he said. 81 very
much hope they won't shoot you"
"Gawd!" muttered Col Willis, of
the Fightieth. That's the chap the
Seventh call the 'Duffer of the Regi-
ment.'"
The chief turned sharp around.
"Do they?" said he. well. I may
tell you that that's u chap I'm proud
to have in the service" and with that
he turned to his papers and became
absorbed in their perusal.
Across the bare brown veldt a soil
tary horseman made his way. "Rath-
err n good horse" he had said, which
was hardly doing the animal Justice
It was the fleetest in the regiment
and had won many a race before
young Lasceles had bought it.
Inside his coat lay the dispatches,
which, did they ever reach their desti-
nation, would save the lives of hun
dreds of his fellow-soldiers.
That thought spurred him on when
half-tempted to draw rein for moment
from the exhaustion resulting from the
sheer strain and tension of that long.
lone ride.
The way seemed endless, the time an
eternity, but at last he knew he must
be near his destination.
Just then an agonizing pain in his
head, another near his head. where a
bullet grazed his ear and sent the warm
blood over his face, turned him sick and
faint.
Every moment he seemed more and
more to lose control over his limbs, but
he clutched his horses name with one
hand and guided it with the other.
pulled himself together with a supreme
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1899-12-28
BELL.
December 25, 1899.


A happy New Year to you all.
Belfast had quite crowd in town
yesterday.
Miss Pell Bergman, who has been Wis
iting friends at Hamilton, returned yes
terday
Mrs. Nancy Williamson has returned
from Rainsboro where she has been Wis
iting her sister
E. G. Walters, of Kingston, Campaign
county, and Miss Clara Cundy, of this
place, were married in the M. E. Church
on Christmas night by the brides father,
Rev. Cundy Long before the hour ar.
rived the house was tileo to the utmost.
The church was handsomely decorated
as the couple marched down the aisle to
the strains of the wedding march men,
delssohn. Their attendants were the
brides brother and sister, Will and Miss
Jessie Cundy. The couple met under a
large bell where they we're pronounced
husband and wife. Your correspond
ent extends congratulations to the hap
py couple.
A. w. Milburn and family attended
birthday dinner XMAS at the home of
Mrs. M. j. Cummings given in honor of
her son, Farris.
W.. Trump and wife, of Pisgah,
called on friends here Christmas.
Miss Lizzie Miller, of Hillsboro, is Wis.,
iting her cousin, Mrs. Frank Kelley.
Samuel Kelley and sister, of Winches
ter, ate Christmas turkey with their sis
ter, Mrs. Joseph Swonger.
Frank Tener and family of Winches-
ter, ate Christmas turkey with his par.
ents.
Rev. Cundy closed revival meeting
at Prospect last week with the church
being much revived and eleven acces-
sions.
Joel Wolf, of Leesburg, was here
Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs Butterfeld, of Vienna,
Butler county, attended the wedding of
the latter's sister, Miss Clara Cundy.
The music furnished by the band at
the Christmas entertainment was excel
lent.