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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

Woman as duellist is not a nineteenth
century development, as might be in
ferred from her representation on the
stage with foils or from Bayard's cele-
brated picture. "Une Affaire d'Honneur. -
Col. Wilcox tells story of the famous
and beautiful Ninon dEnclos, who stung
by a slight to her good name, donned
manly attire and publicly slapped the
face of the young noble who had affront-
ed her. There was not the slightest sus-
piciOn that this most deadly insult had
been dealt by a woman's hand. So swords
were drawn and crossed on the spot, and
after a few rapid tac-a-tac passes had
been exchanged, Ninon, a consummate
swordswoman, made fresh boutonniere
in the gay satin doublet of her opponent
and gave him a sharp wound in the shoul-
der.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

1t is said that the oldest man now living
is a Viennese. Although, says the New
York Tribune. he asserts that he is 113
wears old, he is entirely strong and
healthy. and entertains his friends with
old-time hospitality. His recollection of
important events are clear and most in
teresting. He can remember the period
of the French revolution, though he was
but a little child. He was a man of mid
die age when Queen Victoria was crown
ed. He says the secret of his preser-
walton of vitality and interest in life is
that he never worried and never grieved
over the inevitable, and always enjoyed
sound sleep
Another extremely aged person Is a
woman, a resident of Monterey, Cal, who
saws she was born in Scotland on Nov. 20,
1889. Many people think she is even older
than this would make her. She is Mrs.
Maria Foster, and as the wife of a sea
CAPTAIN she has visited nearly every part
of the known world. She went to Cali
fornia in 1916, and has lived there ever
since. She tells story of a remarkable
rain that deluged the county about 1852,
when for forty days one continuous storm
ragged. Her husband died in 1870, and she
soon became an inmate of the poorhOuse.
In her girlhood she was a maid to titled
women, of whose behavior, as a class, she
has always expressed great contempt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

Dona Maria Louisa lingo, known as the
heroine of Punta Bravo, has arrived at
Barcelona, her native place. If her story
be true. she is certainly deserving of pity
as one of the most afflicted victims of
SPANS futile struggle in Cuba She was
living on a tobacco plantation with her
husband and two sons, when the insurg-
ent leader Banderas and his men appear
ed on the scene. a melee ensued, and all
the males We're shot. bona lingo was
offered her life If she would cry viva
Cuba librer' but she boldly replied viva
Espana" whereupon Banderns struck her
She flew at him and plucked out one of
his eyes. Then his followers fell upon
her, cut off her ears to get her ieweled
pendants, wrenched off a finger for the
rings she wore, struck her on the head
with a saber, pierced her with fifteen
wounds and left her for dead. She was,
however picked up on their retreat, taken
to a hospital and gradually recovered,
though she is still terrible wreck.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

The discussion started at the close of a
voman's club meeting. Why The women
who stopped to talk with one another in
the ante-room should have plunged, unan-
irnousIy. into conversation about fatigue
and methods of resting, only one who had
heard the papers of the afternoon would
thoroughly understand. The first PROPOSE
ton. SAYS the New York Sun, was that
me women of to-day get more tired than
their grandmothers did. One old lady flied
a demurrer in favor of the pioneer women
hnt azslim young woman with a French
gown. and a lorgnon smiled in a superior
way.
faAh. they did manual labor, cooked and
scrubbed and served, and all that but that
isn't what makes a woman most. II is the
nervous strain that is killing us. There
was no such drain upon the domestic wo-
men of pioneer days
"Nell. midnight raids and scalplng bees
rim bv the Indians, and wildcats in the
woodsbeds. and rattlesnakes on the door
steps must have been trifie trying TO the
nerves." suggested the old lady satirically
The owner of the iorgnon waved 1t airily
con Dhysical dangers isn't hard to face"
she said with an air of being quite ready
70 deal with savages and wildcats, but
tbe intending demands upon our time and
strength the ceaseless struggle to rise TO
intellectual and spiritual nights, and, at
the same time, solve the problems of daily
life"
'sThey didn't have to stand club papers,
If that's what you mean" said the Old lady
recklessly, and every one looked cautious
" around the room in shocked silence
Then they hastily dropped the pioneer
mothers who had called forth such heresy
and compared notes as TO ways of resting
one transcendental soul declared that she
has mastered the problems Of the philoso-
nhv of rest. and that no matter how tired
She might be she could be completely re-
freshed by half an hour of quiet solitude
you must relax. Body, mind and soul
must be relieved of tension. Lie down
relax every muscle, put every thought out
of YOUR mind. You can learn 10 do II by
practice, aud five minutes Of such rest is
worth two hours of the usual unscientihc
thing"
The women had al heard the recipe bo-
fore. Nest mad tried it with Indifferent
success.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

To take effect oct. 2. 1898.
II. c. BENAGH, supt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

woman who prided herself on the superb
dinners she gave and the perfect appoint
ment of her table. Il happened that nv
mother was the guest of honor, and so,
OF course, everything was served to her
nrst. Suddenly, and without the slightest
warning, just as she was in the midst of
an animated conversation, the Hveried
servant thrust something under her nose
Which she said afterward looked more like
a lot OF dried apples on a stick than any
thing else she could think of, and she
hadn't the remotest idea what to do with
them-but there was no time for thought
full elaboration, and acting on the general
wise theory that it is better TO take too
little of a thing than too much, she care
fully and with no end of trouble, plucked
off one and placed it on her plate. Then
with unspeakable horror she watched the
other guests camly take the whole as
sortment-suck and all. Her bunch of
dried apples was chicken livers en- bro
chette."
A funny royal marriage, says the Boston
Herald, is soon to take place between Prin-
cess Mary of Hanover and the reigning
Duke Of SaXe-Altenberg, and the foreign
gossips are making themselves merry
thereat, because the Duke is twice a wild
over and %, while the Princess is a sweet
splnster of 40, with snow-white hair. 1t
is, however, a much better match than
half of the alliances which furnish so
much scandal for royal courts and pal
aces 1t is understood that Princess Mary
has long loved her future but he was fore
ed to wed elsewhere for state reasons,
and now, after long waiting, she is TO be
rewarded with his hand and a heart as
fresh as his % years admit But the Duke
IS handsome, vigorous man, and the
marriage is looked on by his subjects with
satisfaction and hope. They hate the
Dukes only brother and heir presumptVe
a blase creature, who stays in bed weeks
at time, merely because, as he declares,
there is nothing worth getting up for"
The Kaiser is much disguised at the idea
of one of his great enemies wedding so near
his sacred throne, for the court at Berlin
cannot ignore the Saxe-Altenbergs, and it
will be a thorn TO have Princess of Han
over and the sister of the Duke of Cum
berland directly under the imperial nose
on grand state occasions, when the old
Duke must be seen as one of the reign
ing Princes of Germany.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-29

1t is recorded in one of the old histories
OF Newcastle that "a certyne gentleman
of large estaytes' rode "thirty-and-three
miles beyond the Tyne to prove this Won
derful story" 1t is further related that
Sir j. Bowers adopted ten of the sons.
and three other LANDED gentlemen" took
ten each. The remaining members Of the
extraordinary family were brought up by
the parents.
LANDED gentlemen" says Woman's
Life, of London, ARE not now so fond of
SOLICITING boys. All their time is required
for collecting rents"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-12


one or these heavy naval guns had wrecked a
heavy 4o-pounder on the Boer side the same
officer said he did not believe that this effect
would have been produced unless the shell hal
struck either the gun itself or the carriage or
exploded in the ground Immediately under tho
carriage. Any Of these hits would be remark
able, he thought though not by any means bee
yond belief in the high state OF perfection to
which the art Of sunucry has been brought IN
recent times
This lyddite explosive. which has so sudd My
and so sanguinarily burst upon the notice of
the general public is one Of the four principal
chemical compounds that have been discovered
within the last ten or twelve years for the pro-
motion of peace and good viii among civilized
nations The others are melinite. emmcnsite.
and thorite Melirite is the pet of French ar
tillerists. Emncusite which may be roughly
described as a mixture Of pciic acid and nitric
acid. was discovered in ISIS by Or. stephen II
Emmcns. Of Ncw-York Thorite is the invrn-
tion Of Or. TuttIe, Of Seattle Wash. and is now
being tried at Sandy Hook. with view TO its
possible adoption 10y The United states Ordnance
Department. Precisely for this reason. it is i'm
possible for any one not in the confidence of tn"
Government or of Dr. futile himself TO learn
anything about its conn Csition. The Ordnance
Department" said an officer at Army Head
quarters, is very strict in guarding the secrets
Of an inventor who submits his invention for its
approval" This Of course, is only fair TO tn
inventor in any case. and should Tho eXplo ,iv"
be adopted for use its composition would be- a
secret of serious importance TO the efficiency
OF the Nations military services.
What appears to Dee understood however.
about ,horite. is that like the other latest
ties" it is modification Of what is called
German cunpowder." the general makeup Of
which is not as is commonly supposed any
thing like junction or any preparation "f nitro
glycerine but an affair of sugar and prussiate
Of potassium or of preparations OF tannin. nut
gals. cream II tartar ard some oXidizing
agent"
As to the lyddite which has proved itself such
an effective agent OF destruction here again
nothing can be said further than what is writ
ten in the textbooks on explosives The British
military authorities are just as secretive in their
governments at Sheerness. Woolwich and on the
Plunstead Marshes Is the United states at
Sandy Hook Rut the books say that iyddIte Is
some six or seven times powerful a. gun
powler and in its composition akin To meiinite.
being picric acid compound Of potassium and
ammonium The picrc acid in question, other
wise called carbazouc acid. is a substance which
crystallizes in the form Of yeliowish flakes ana
gives a brown solution. 1t is formed by the
action Of nitric on carboic acid.
This acid itself is not by any means Of modern
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-12

origin having heon discovtred in 17SS. Int until
recently it was chiefly employed in the peaceful
capacity Of a dye for textile fabrics and the
equally peaceful though not quite harmless. ca
pacity " an adulterating agent in beer In its
latter use it has had the recommendation Of an
intensely bitter taste. which the inexperienced
and the thirsty might easily mistake for the
flavor Of hops and 50 picrc acid may have been
the undoing II many a good tall fellow" long
before it was called upon To- help make an ex-
plcsiye
one 81 the chief recommendations Of lyddite
for practical use in war is the comparative safe
~ with which it can boz handled To explode at
all It must be acted upon 10y detonator. and
a powerful enc at that The discovery Of the
explosive properties II picric acid is said to have
been made accidentally when a quantity Of it
being melted IT, FIRE at some dye works at
Manchester. England. flowed into some loose
u,harge and produced violent explosion. Thu
origin Of the name is not to Toe found in any Of
the works in which the history and character Of
the substance are treated.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-11-12
MODERN EXPLOSIVES.

a International agreements about methods
=, v,,,.,sl killing and WOuudnC have been
-.oyta+ puzzled by recent dispatches from
-. scat q way in South Africa. in which it
49,, hon stated that General Joubert sent
,,-,,sl protest Co Sir George White against the
-..o, m. r.v-f5nglcd 'lyddite" as a filling for
.-,l,si,s ny tuas The natural question is.
Usv should .yddue Doe barred in civilized war
fare.
This question was put To two prominent mem
80 ~ ~. United States Ordnance Depart
,s,, tn. first answered. Probably because
,,.,srar raa,..-t has none and the British have
,i.,tv". and the second simply said that he
had no idea ~ what grounds the protest could
have been made The aim Of all these inter
rational understandings" said the latter Of
hose Two officers. us to prevent the infection of
,npeccssary pain. Explosive bullets for use in
snail arms a-. forbidden because they laccrate
he bodies of the wounded cruelty and needless
70 In the same way one form of the dunn dunn
bullet has been put on the forbidden list though
another form. which only Increases The virtual
ralib-e " the weapon-that is gives 10 a OBJ
raljb-e lure. the effect If .4o-calibre-ls al
,,ve1 Hg, .r ,a. matter of artillery fire there
isna limitation as 10 the character or force OF
the eyr-.. ,s- used for filing shells
But" 70 Hts urged. they say 'Ha' d. 'i'
hattI- ~ o.allrmau. where these lyddite shells
we're us many of the MahdIs men were killed
BY suf..4t..u"
In The oI.u a-rc Pooh"
The eX,er, further pointed 'u' 'na' '''e'e Wa
,oth.ns .u the laws Of war or the comfy "l
rations 90 prevent people killing ;heir enemies
by suaoraron i that should happen to be the
most effective means Within reach
There must ue something however. al the
bottom ~ mat "suro-au.u' story when mas
survived ir.Ia the h4nH2 Gays NArh 'he f"s
.sh papers "vr" fun .i N.'.''i,' ''C,"iS 0'e'
Fuzzy w u1-S ana ms ''' '.' ""' s"''
Use 20 the notion that TINS explosive "'"ue d
Eapor which either poisoned OF asphY d'eu
So, me % be- satisfactorily explained b! an o.
le-r CORN cred with The United states " ar De
partmert Who was ~ Ne"-l"rk last week
II you could explode twenty or thIrN Oh 'n'Sc
shells close together al 'ne same 'iie' ."e'''
dare say. l''sr w 'He '"eA nv nay
staining al lA-' Si'o' anu ~
killed " 'L-l 'e sun"ca'eu' eve" III NV W, -
bIt WIN '"r '"''' do - '''''. -.
ing Of the successive ROUNDS the caroo"'' '>iG'
which IS POISONOUS. ana Ihe Ca' D'i'.'
which asih> N'al's' "ouio ~ 5,l
pen air In an IA.I''-u Si'a'e -
.srent
What ,hr correspondent ''.."S ~
pose 'y aSphyNla'Ion' OF sun 80
e1ect ~ me Sh'cA Ifodu'eu ~ ''i, .,-o
Iloslon OF such mass. IN p'1'eS 20
por fellows would be l0uhu N''"ou'
" brus' after the ac"o"' "' SPo'S -.a3
a2d eXi ."a"1' ana 'h,h ]. "ou'1 .rI a..
mat 'h' h"' ul7I "l sum- 1'-,-' ~ 90 do
1@rf' -'''' w '"e" "'i9
~'.'"a NJ war '''IeSi' ..o
II is not seHeIa"y Ui"''S'0ou 10
nendous c'ncusSlon OF the a''ho9p"'i' -
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-15
SHELTERS SHUTDOWN
THE STRIKE IS NOW ON.
Managers Reject Ultimntum of Their Em-
ployes-Many Mines to BE Closed ct
Once.

Denver, July 14.-The 5000 en-
plOyes of the smelters in Denver, Lead
vile and Pueblo will strike at noon
to-day. This Is the result of an ulti-
matum submitted by the smelter en-
ployes yesterday and its rejection by
the managers of the smelter trust. The
Republican this morning says:
Withing forty-eight hours, 1t is pre-
dicted that two-thirds of the miners at
Leadville will be discharged.
All shipments of ore and fuel to the
smelters have been ordered stopped.
As result many coal mines are pre-
pairing to reduce their production.
Some will close and hundreds of men
will be thrown out of work.
The low grade metalliferous mines of
the San Juan country already have
been forced to cease operations by the
strike at the Durango smelter.
The same conditions forced upon the
mines at Aspen and Ourny and many
other parts of the state, by the strike
in the smelters, may result In similar
blow to business. Almost every indus
try in the state is more or less af-
fected.
the American Smelling and Refining
drawn by noon to-day.
The smelter employees have insisted
on their Interpretation of the eight
hour law, and have rejected the offers
of the smelter owners to continue at
their present rate of wages until the
constitutionality of the law shall have
been tested by the Supreme Court.
The justices of this court intimated
to committee of smelter managers
yesterday that any test of the law
must be begun in Il lower court and
then appealed to the court of last re-
sort.
The State Board of Arbitration
stands ready to act and an appeal
may be made to it,
The district attorneys assistant. Mr..
Prescott, met representatives of the
smelters and of the union yesterday
and discussed the action to be taken
by his office regarding the eight-hour
law.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-15
The French Cabinet Resigns.

Paris, June 12.-The Cabinet has re-
signed.
President Loubet accepted the resig.
nations of the Cabinet ministers. but
requested them to remain in their Of
fees until their successors are chosen.
1t Is presumed NJ. Loubet will sum-
mon the presidents of the chambers
tomorrow in order to consult with
them ON the formation of n new Cab
met. On leaving the Chamber. NJ. Du-
puy observed TO Il group of deputies, In
the lobby:
I'VE hand over the business to luck
Ter. but not to more courageous men"
Socialists and Radicals alike are dis
satisfied with what they have consld.
cred the contradictory attitude of the
Dupuy Cabinet in the Dreyfus affair.
The Modcraies hope TO secure the re-
turn of NJ. Mellne to- power. The Revo-
lutionarles, Natlonnllsts and nntl-Sem-
ties hope, in their opposition to NJ.
Dupuy. to find n more tolerant man In
his successor. U.rFNn ArHI
: This Is the explanation of to-day's
voting. resulting in the downfall of The
Cabinet. The supporters of the govern
ment numbered only 173. recruited for
the most part from the ranks of the
Radicals. .n ,
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-15
BIG TRIAL OPENS.
Occur D'Alene Riots to BE Investigated
Now.

Wallace. Idaho, June 12.-The trials
OF some 300 prisoners who are charged
with completely in the riots at Ward.
ner April 10Th, when the Bunker Hill
and Sullivan mill was blown up with
dynamite by mob of 1000 miners
ana TWO men were shot and killed, be.
gan to-day in the State District Court
Judge Stewart presiding.
In all about 500 miners were arrested
charged with completely in the riot. but
more than half of these have been re.
leased. Among those arrested were
Sheriff james ID. Young of Shoshone
county and County Commissioners
Boyle and Stimson. The case of the
officials charged with aiding and abet.
ting the riot was called in court to-day
in the form of impeachment proceed
ings.
The state was represented by Attor.
ney General Hays and Attorneys Bo-
rah and Forney, and the defense by
Colonel Patrick Reddy and Messrs.
Jones and Morphy.
Jones presented and argued motion
to quash and strike from the records
the accusations against the defendants,
claiming that the citation to appear had
been issued in an illegal and irregular
manner. The prosecution asked for
time to prepare Il counter-argument.
This afternoon Judge Stewart grant
ed the motion to quash the information
against the county commissioners,
Boyle and Stimson. holding that Judge
Mayhem had no right TO issue cta-
tion to appear while holding court in
chambers. The prosecution then with
drew the Information against Sheriff
Young. New informations were filed
In both cases. The defense then en-
deavored to have Young reinstatcd as
sheriff, but the court would not hear
the matter.
The trials of the miners will begin
as soon as the cases of the county Off
clals are disposed of.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-15
An ovation for Prcs:sent Loubct.

Paris. June 11.-PresIdent Joubet
has had his revenge for last Sundays
outrage at Auteuil. '+i-al 20,
When he drove to Longchnmps to-
day to attend the Grand Prix. he was
the hero of great popular demon
stration. expressing ltself'in one form
or another along the whole route from
the Elysee palace to the race course.
He remained only n quarter OF an
bour. Just long enough to witness the
race, and having congratulated the
owner Of the winner, returned to tho
Elysec. where he arrived at 4 o'clock
without special incident.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-15
New Richmond. Wisconsin. tn Ruins.

New' Richmond. Wis. June 13.-
Eully 100 corpses, twice as many
mangled people. forty acres of piles of
bricks. shivrred planks. scattered
hcrps OF household goods. dead horses
through which the wind had driven
sharp spllnters of board, smolderlu5
fires where, houses stood but yestcr.
day. and In the midst OF II all shiverod
trees. bare of leaves ns ever they were
In the middle of winter and almost
stripped bare of bark until they re-.
sembled ghosts of what they had been
twenty hours ago. -
This is what the storm yesterday
wrought In thc-slpce of three minutes
upon the town OF New l,iohmoud
There may hnve been cyclones which
rreated greater devnstntium some that
have inflicted lnrFer loss of lie, but
1t was only bccnl-c there was more
material for destruction.
Gilpin observer., 1899-06-15
CASUALTIES AT MAN,L...
One Colorado Man Dies and Several Have
Been Wounded.

Been Wounded.
Washington, d. c., June 12.-Gen.
Otis has notified the war department
Of the following deaths since the last
weekly report from wounds in action
May 20:
June 9LClifford H. Bowser, first
sergeant, Company X, First Colorado.
Carl A. Carlson, private, II, Twenty
second Infantry.
June 5-Melvin p. Daily, private,
G, Fourth Cavalry.
June S-Robert e Miles, private, C,
Fourth Cavalry.
Patrick Branigan, private, C, Fourth
Cavalry.
June 3-John A. Saxton. private, NJ,
First Montana. typhoid fever.
George A. King, private, l., Seven
teenth Infantry, meningitis.
Frank l.. Garrison, l, Seventeenth
Infantry, cholera morbus.
Ralph A. Odell, private, Second Or
egon, dysentery.
June 4-Oscar A. Finnigar, private,
A, Utah Artillery, incinerative colitis.
]. ]. Chloe, private, Second Oregon.
drowned.
First Washington, Dune 6-Private
Carl NJ. Thorgensen.
First North Dakota, June 9-Private
John II. Killian.
Thirteenth Minnesota, June ION,
Private Thomas Healey.
WOunded:
First Colorado:
June 1O-Lieut. Col. Cassius NJ. Mo-
ses. forearm, moderate.
b, Sergeant George NJ. La Shell. ell.
bow, moderate
Privates Bert E. Young, patella,
moderate.
Francis ]. Henry, arm severe.
ID. Asa Marrill, cheek, severe.
Thomas Rylott, thigh. slight.
Frank Duvall, leg, severe.
Harry Macklem, head moderate.
Denver, June 12.-The news Of
the death of Sergeant Clifford w.
Bowser. of Company X, First
Colorado volunteers, from wounds re-
ceived in battle was received in Den.
yer last night. When last heard from
Sergeant Bowser was recovering from
wound received in his left arm
while scouting near Manila on May 1.
A letter from Sergeant Bowser dated
May and received in Denver last
week, said he was out of danger and
was doing well, and that the wound
amounted to little more than a
scratch. Last night the news of his
death came as shock.