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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

ten. This heavy piece, weighing, with its
carriage almost eight tons, requiring
string of thirtytwo straining oxen with
perhaps a hundred men hauling at the
drags to move it, The broad-tired wheels
sink deep into the sand, while the Kaffir
drivers. welding their long whips, ''yap"
at the heels of the oxen like a pack of
dogs.
Adaptability of the Jack Tars.
For long time the naval brigade was
uuartered at the old ruined hotel south of
the Modder river. The officers slept in
the billiard room, or what was left of it,
since only the western wing had been
spared from total destruction. There is
one thing noticeable in the naval camp
the lack of tents-for the admiralty has
not provided the landing force with any
such luxury, but the sailors have adapted
themselves to prevailing circumstances.
Their camp is composed of little hGts of
corrugated iron roofing, sheet iron or emp
ty boxes, but in those kennels the sailor
seems to live content. He has more adap-
liability than the general run of the Tom
miles, many of whom come fresh from
the factory towns or the crowded city of
London, and require six months season.
ing before they are capable of looking out
for themselves.
But one can not help wondering whether
the sailor does not long for a sight of the
blue water and the clear sweep of holy
stoned decks. Here he has had to. forego
his proverbial cleanliness. II is impossi-
BILE to keep clean during The dry season in
the veldt. The wind raises clouds of PEN
etrating dust that gets into the food and
the coffee, that tinges the complexion and
at times seems to flavor the whole atmos-
phere. In the English navy there is what
is known as the beard regulation. Men
have either TO be clean shaver or have full
boards; it is safe to say that not one man
in twenty of the landed forces has seen
razor since they came up country. Even
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

when little chaps are sent to bed,
An seek the land of Sleepyhead;
When mother tucks the blankets tight,
An leaves 'em comfy for the night
They dream-if half the tales are true.
IAN wondrous sight an scenes they
view.
They scalp the !1njun on the plains,
Or ride in magic railroad trains;
An sometimes Nightmares come to scare,
With drefful claws and eyes that glare;
But things like those l never see
For dreams don't ever come to mel
Dad says most folks have troubles now,
But mines a bad one. he'll allow;
It's but a little fellows due.
To sometimes have a dream or two:
An cause l sleep so sound o. nights,
Dad scarcely thinks l get my rights.
An then he'll tell bout dreams he had,
When he, too, was a little tad
One night he saw ship sail by
Next day before the sun was high,
His brother John came home from seaD
wish such dreams would visit me.
There's Tommy Jones can't fall asleep,
But visions through his curtains creep;
An all the books he reads by day.
Come back by night to frisk an play.
q think it must be mighty nice.
To get your stories over twiceD
Tho Tommy says it gives him pain,
Cause villains come to life again;
An sometimes, spite of all his sins,
In Tommy's dream the villain wnsl
But what care / how bad they'd be
If dreams like those would come to me?
There's Jimmy Brown dreams lovely
things
A pirate chief, his flag he filings,
His coal black flag. before the breeze,
An dyes with gore the raging seas;
Or on TREMENDOUS elerphunts
inn oil nj oh nm ha
Or boards the wizard in his lair,
An rescues girls imprisoned there;
+ wouldn't even mind fright,
II only / could dream some night;
But Tommy Jones an Jimmy Brown,
An all the other boys In town,
May each one dream enough for three
Not even nightmares come to mel
Now mother says must not sigh,
Cause dreams are coming by-an'-by
My lad, says she, when you are gray
An think of boyhoods bye gone day,
These tiny griefs an joys will seem,
But shadows of some tender dream.
An meantime, as you older grow,
A thousand dreams shall come an gor
thousand dreams-that means. per-
haps.
They save 'em up for little chaps.
l dearly hope they'll hear my plea
For dreams don't ever come to met
Gerald Brennan.
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THE MORNING NEWS SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1S 1900

shrouded by a few bushes 1t is as invis-
IDLE as If it were on a disappearing car
riage. Although every morning for
number of years at Modder, shells were
thrown at the stin kopje, some tive
miles away, that sheltered the Beers be-
hind their benches and stone sconces.
they could not locate the source of fire.
During the battle of Magersfontein the
huge shells whirred over heads of the re-
serves and the fighting line, bursting with
the roaring explosion that is now so well
known, lifting tons of rock and debris
high into the air. and drifting away in a
cloud of greenish smoke. The actual eff
feet of lyddite shell is still unknown at
this writing, but from Boer sources it has
been ascertained that the destruction
brought by it is terrific.
One of the prisoners Is said to have
stated that lyddite shell practically de-
stroyed whole commando" killing or
wounding over sixty men. AT the battle
of Dec. II Jack was well behind the line
and was used only in the capacity of a
heavy artillery man, but at Belmont and
Grasspan he was in the van and advanced
to the attack with his short knife bayonet
on his rifle. Many of the men from II.
NJ. S. Davis and Philomel were buried be-
side the Highlanders after the battle.
But such eighteenth century charges
have been proved too costly. They are
almost useless against concentrated rife
fire, and to ask soldiers or sailors to go
forward against the invisible sharpshooter
is cruel madness and nothing less. 1t
took the English generals some time to
find this out, but they learned a great
lesson at Modder and Magersfontein.
The big gun, Joe Chamberlain" Is a
sight that once seen will never be forgot
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II was Tommy Atkins all over to do
ms He has a sentimental streak in him
'ha' crops out in odd intervals, and yet
At times a strange Indifference once
over with the ceremony. and he seems to
'o'set-funerals one day and football the
IeAt He sings no martial songs. If he
slVEs al all il is the Home and Mother
Jug: As general rule. he has been kept
10 BUSY during the day. and he is too
Urea at night But he is generally cheer
.ul, with an unthinlllug cheerfuluess that
',rNons not the morrow or the cost.
me english soldier depends absolutely
.pon mis- officers; without them he is lost
Aud now, since the Boer Workmanship
'us compelled the English officers to dress
rNactly like the men, with all signs of
5 ranh removed, some strange things have
FeNer-strickcn on the Battlefield.
,, AZ Modder river Capt Earle had just
oii,' ms company lie had been with It
bs I'VE days. Most of the time he had
ho..iHl with fever and on the day of the
rn.tie mad risen from a sick bed. The
N.Y. Ivy OF his company did not know
H. i'N py sight and he could call few OF
men by name His brother command
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Moral Financial support.
From the New York Press.


When MIR. ]. Pierpont Morgan wants to
give moral financial support TO new en-
terprise he does not allow himself to be
elected a director or trustee, but has a
place in the board made for one of his
numerous partners. Mr.. Charles III. Coster
is usually the man, and when you see his
name in a directorate it is a safe bet that
the influence of No. 20 Broad street Is
cast in favor of the company. Mr.. Coster
is a director or trustee in no less than
forty-five companies. The Morgan prac-
tice is followed by most of the big finan-
ciers.
Only one man in the United States is a
director in more companies than Mr..
Coster, and that is Senator Chauncey M,
Depew, who, in his own interest and that
of the Vanderbilt family. has say in the
affairs of seventy-six corporations. If he
gets his $40 from each at the monthly
meetings, his annual income from this
source alone is over 5000.
Willie K Vanderbilt stands shoulder to
shoulder with Mr.. Coster, being a direc-
tor or trustee in 40 companies The New
York Central people seem fond of direc-
torates. H Walter Webb has So compan-
les on his shoulders, Samuel r. Galloway
q, Il V. Rossiter Is, Charles c. Clarke
35. Frederick w. Vanderbilt 80. James
Stilman is n director in 26 companies,
William C. Whitney in A. George Gould
III ~, GtOWhTu CDuJu III ~ EuWln IOulu
in 16, Samuel Sloan in 30, John b. Gar
rett in 81, James II. Dill in %, George +.
Baker in 49, William A. Nash in rs, J.
Pierpont Morgan In "a, d. O. Mills in %,
Daniel Lamont in y, Tony Broday In
81, August Belmont in q, Coils Pacific
Huntington in 10. .
John Dawson Rockefeller, the richest
man In The United States, is a director in
only three companies. His brother Will
liam draws a monthly stipend from IL.
Frank from 6, John D., Jr., from and
William r. from l. The Rockefellers,
however. are represented in scores of
companies by their Standard oil crowd,
including John d. Archbold, II. M. Flag
Ter, II. II. Rogers, l.. d. Clarke, C. M.
Pratt Frank @. Barstow. W. II. Tilford,
Paul Babcock. w. T. Wardwel and A.
M McGregor
Uncle Russell Sage is a director in only
twenty-five companies, some of which pay
only s. a meeting. He always has a
piece or two of directors gold in his pock-
ct, and by pinching might manage to sub
sist on his earnings. He is putting his
youthful protege, Frank Gould, in a few
companies, tie boy already having been
elected a director in six. George Wander
bilt has so little use for the commercial
affairs of life that all his business energy
is expended in the promotion of a soil
tary food company.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

should be vanished with picture varnish.
This should be applied with a bristle
brush. Pour little varnlsh on the pic
ture and spread IL quickly, being careful
not to go over the same place twice.
Sometimes the varnlsh will Green" but
by breathing on the canvas and then fol-
lowing quickly with the brush, IL can be
made to adhere The picture should be
In case the canvas has become loose
on the stretcher it should be res;retched
by person who understands the ham
ling of canvas, as this requires a profess
sional hand.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18
A GUNNER,s STORY.
Daring and Deadly Work Trying to
Rescue Longs Cannon mt CoIenso.

From the London Leader.
Bombardier Stephenson of the Sixty
sixth Battery has sent to his relatives at
Manchester an account Of the attempt to
save the guns at Colenso. The following
are extracts: when / tell you / was the
only man of gun detachment and three
drivers (making twelve men altogethe) TO
return safe out of that hell fire, you will
wonder why and how l got through IL.
The range was 1900 yards, and our
gunners and officers worked at those guns
as IL on parade. Then the enemy's artil-
lery opened fire. / was the lead driver of
No. 5 Gun, and we were right in the CEN
ter of the two batteries, and there we stood
facing the guns, exposed TO all that fire
for nearly three hours 1t was after we
had lost half of our drivers and horses
that we found a donga, exactly 1000 yards
from the enemys position; we unlocked
the horses we had left, and every man, as
cool as q cucumber, walked his horse into
this donga. We had to leave several
horses on the bank, and they were In
stantly shot dead. II was while doing this
that / nearly lost my life."
Continuing the story, Stephenson says:
t"while we were In this donga Gen. Butler
galloped up and told us to try and save
the guns at all costs He was as cool as
ever. IT was just at that moment my CEN
ter driver got shot IN the nead. When one
got shot II left myself and the wheel driver
with six horses, and we had TO go and face
death to try and capture our gun. l I'M
hooked the center horses, and we started
Off at a mad gallop with four horses in
the timber, and just as we were about
sixty yards from the guns, both of my
horses were shot dead under me. and the
wheel driver was shot In the leg. .
/ crawled from under my rider and con-
eidered what l should do I wanted to
get to the guns. as / had got so far but
had two dead horses, and they were
hooked to the other two. While 1 lay try
ing to get the horses unlocked became
aware that my wheel driver was shot.
''Thens" concludes the gallant gunner,
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Il cut the harness away from the dead
horses and freed the other two. Just as
l was going to mount these other horses
the rider got shot. l had one live horse
left, which was hooked TO a timber. and IL
was behind those horses and Timber
lay for three and half hours Another
team of four horses started off at a mad
gallop to try TO reach the guns. but the
horses ran straight into my dead horses
and would not move an inch. / told the
two drivers to crawl up against me for
more protection. Up comes a trumpeter
with two horses TO try and reach the ma
Jor, but he was shot in the ankle and fell
from his saddle. He also crawled up to
where | lay; that made three of us unin-
jured and two wounded. The wheel dri-
Yer. who came up with me and was shot
In the leg, got shot again through the left
cheek, and died Immediately" At last
these heroes made a run for It, and after
many escapes, safely reached camp.
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STAFF FOR FERTILIZERS.
Covering of Omaha Exposition
Buildings to he UtiIixed.

From the Omaha (Neb) Bee
The only building on the grand court of
the exposition remaining to give the Wis
itor to the grounds faint idea of the
architectural beauty which characterized
the Trans Mississippi and the Greater
American Exposition 10 the one that shell
tered the government exhibit, and the
work of demolishing that has begun.
When the company completes the work
Of tearing down the buildings and has the
lumber material either sold or shipped TO
Chicago, attention will be devoted to the
staff which covered the buildings and gave
them the appearance of marble. This ma
terial has been carefully collected. The
average mind can comprehend that lumber
once used still has an intrinsic value, but
for what purpose the broken and crum-
bling staff can be utilized has been "a
subject of conjecture TO the curious, whose
interrogations We're answered by the work
men with the words, THE boss tells us
TO gather up this stun because it's going
to be used for some thing"
What are we going to do with the staff?
We are going to use 1t, to be sure" says
The manager. The value of the exposi-
ton property to us was greatly increased
by reason of the staff. We shall convert
this staff into a fertilizer, valuable for
the staff from the buildings at the Chi
cago Worlds Fair which we bought, into
this fertilizer, and not only sold it easily,
but also had the satisfaction of knowing
II was most valuable for the purposes in
tended
1--WE have a special process for the con-
version of staff into fertllzing material.
The solution necessary to the production
of fertilizer is composed of e-third staff
The other ingredients the public might be
interested in knowing, but you'll excuse
me for not telling what they are In or
der TO produce fertilizer we will have to
operate mill, designed and furnished with
machinery for its manufacture. We may
be able to secure a suitable building here.
If not we shall build one ourselves. This
mill We shall probably have In operation
about April /, and to turn all the staff we
have into fertilizers will take about a
years time. We expect to employ from
rs to 100 men in this mill"
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they stood about looking at him with re-
spect He had been a fighting man--they
were fighting men. So they picked him
up and laid him out under the shade of
an apple tree while they dug his grave. No
one knew who he was and probably no
one among his friends would ever know
how he died. 1t was hard to guess his
age even, He may have been .3o-he may
have been As. The soldiers dug his grave
and they placed a cross, very roughly
made. but still cross, at the head; and
one of them took great pains to print the
following legend on it in blue pencil:
Unknown Boer,
Died Fighting Nov. Is. Peace"
Then, not content they gathered some
bits of white limestone and lined out the
borders of the mound.
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frame and lay ii on a large table, face up
ward. Have a bowl of tepid water and a
good sized sponge in readiness. Peal a
large white potato and cut IL in. half.
Then. with the sponge and water, 40
carefully over the entire surface of the
picture. In case it is badly cracked, as
so many old paintings are, let the sponge
be fairly dry for, If the water should
ooze under the paint it might crack more.
Now take the potato and with the smooth
side go over the entire surface while it
is wet. Do not scrub hard, as that Is apt
to stretch the canvas and necessitate its
being taken off the stretcher. The potato
should move in a circular motion. which
should be kept up until the canvas is in
a lather. The dirt will soon begin to soften
and make the lather quite black. Keep
rubbing until all the spots and stains dis
appear. and then wash carefully and very
thoroughly with tepid water and the
sponge.
Unless the dirt has been vanished In,
a picture will usually readily respond to
this treatment, but in case it will not, the
following method is almost sure TO give
the desired result.
Double a heavy blanket twice. and sprin-
kle ii with alcohol then turn the picture
in it's frame, face downward over ii. The
fumes of the alcohol will soon begin to
rise and loosen the dirt: 1t will also clarity
tne NdrnlSn ana give IL tDe appearance OIL
having been just applied The picture
should be kept over the alcohol until all
the spots have disappeared from its sur
face and left it fresh and bright in color
The portrait should then be sponged with
tepid water and placed where il win dry
slowly. Never use any soap on an oil
painting IL may remove the dirt but
the chemicals in 1t are sure to do damage,
though the immediate result may be very
pleasing. Many good picture has been
ruined by soap and a scrubbng brush.
After a picture has been cleaned 1t
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-18

they have been trained from boyhood as
landing parties as well as for shlpboard
life, and they are a combination of rifle
men and artillery.
Ii must be humiliating to the British
but the Beers apparently know of every
thing that goes on inside the British lines
Spies must be everywhere present.
The Englishman who fights for pay must
appear to be a strange study to the IA
natical farmers. A man who can recover
so quickly from a big battle and severe
losses as to be kicking a football about
or playing cricket before the week is over
must puzzle the men who pass holidays
in prayer and the rest of the time in
preparation.
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ran forward toward the trenches calling
on the men TO follow. They followed,
but huddled down over him and stopped
him when they had gained his side, for
it was madness to attempt to charge on
that open ground. And now the Cap
tain went into wild deirium. He was
brought in when evening fell, still suffer
ing, and did not regain mis- mind for hours
The battle was crowded with dramatic in
cfdeTlts. One wounded Highlander refus-
ed to be carried to the rear, declaring that
crack in the leg doesn't prevent a lad
from shooting" and so lay out in the
broiling sun until he had exhausted his
ammunition and the evening shadows
brought on lull in the firing. But many
a man who laid out all those hours fired
at nothing at all but a row of trees and
never saw a Boer. Well may the Dutch
Africanders thank their early training
and the long-range repeating rifle They
have invented new style of fighting that
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ed a company of the Guards. When day.
light came the English found themselves
lying on an open plain swept by a con-
centrated rifle fire Capt. Earles company
was in the center where the longest
trenches were. He felt the fever growing
on him, but he struggled against it; ne
fought off the approaching delirium with
all his might escould hear his men ask
ing one another who he was.
He. is our new captain said a ser
geant. 81
Two or three times. almost out of his
head, he had risen to his feet and they
had pulled MIN down. Alfat once rider
less horse galloped across the field to the
rear. The Captain looked at it aud knew
it in an instant. 1t was his brothers.
Looking back he could see some soldiers
lifting up body.
Perhaps it was the fever or the ague
that stirred him. Rising to his feet he
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some OF the officers. usually the pink of
neatness, have cheek and chin covered
with an unkempt stubble.
One of the things that impresses itself
upon the observer is the youthfulness of
most of the fighting forces. But this is
bound to be so with those first ia the
field. owing to Eng1and's system OF main
tanning her reserve. AS the latter are call
ed into active service the men will be
older and will have had more experience
men VINO have served through the from
tier wars in India, or fought along the
Nile. The sailors, even the non-commis-
Stoned officers, are all very young. but
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Copyright. 1900, by James Barnes.)

NOUPyIISIIt' 15VV Uy JdIIIes bdIHts'J
After the Modder river fight, a Boer who
would never fight again lay in the corner
of the garden with is rifle, Martin Hen.
=. poked through a crevice in the stones
and still resting as he had fired it. A
bloody bandage was about his left arm,
showing where he had been wounded ear
~ in the day and there was a big hole in
his forehead. He wore a homemade
bandolin of canvas, half filled with car
tridges and his pockets We're weighted
with ammunition The wall in front was
spattered with blotches of lead, and the
garden behind Uttered with shrapnel
He had probably stayed there long after
the others had left, holding his post to the
bitter end When the soldiers found him
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TO CLEAN OLD PORTRAITS.
Use n Raw Irish Potato, Tepid Water,
n Sponge and Care in HANDLING.

If people knew what an easy task it
is to clean portraits and oil paintings
they would never let them hang, black
and colorless, on their walls. In nine
cases out of ten pictures painted by the
last generation of artists owned by pri-
vate collectors or individuals, have al
most entirely lost their beauty by being
coated with dirt and smoke. Either of the
following methods can be used by any
careful person without fear of injury to
the picture, and in many cases can restore
its surface to its original freshness and
brilliancy of color.
AS this is the simplest method, 1t Is well
to try it first Take the picture from its
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neither Tommy or his generals hav
learned to comprehend.
Jack Ashore I'm Khaki.

neither Tommy or his generals have yet
learned to comprehend.
Jack Ashore I'm Khaki.
The South African veldt is essentially
Khaki country. with hills and plains
and at times the sky Of the same prevail
ing yellow brown. We have Jack ashore
in khaki also. If it were not for his
broad brlmmed, dust colored hat and
short canvas leggins, at little distance
he might be taken for an ordinary
TOMMY" All of his nauticality so 10
speak, is lost under the severity of this
uniform. Some of the line regiments wear
distinguishing badges on their helmets,
but II takes only a few weeks to reduce
the field service clothing to its much soil
ed and often slept in appearance, and the
broad brimmed hat and an occasional
sea-faring expression is all that distin-
guishes the blue jacket from the red
coat.
Jack is as proud of his big gun as a
boy of his first bicycle, and, after the
custom of the sea, as you may have read,
has given his pet a name. Joe Chamber
lain" Is scrawled in large letters on the
long yellow barrel. Like everything else,
the big gun is dressed in khaki war paint
and at a short distance 1t fades into a
distant hillside. On the veldt, when