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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-11

Hardware ana buaIulng supplies.
LIME, CALCIUM. PLASTER AND
CONGRATULATIONS and Georgia lime in
fair demand and sell at SOC a BARREL spe-
cial calcined plaster, $1.5n per barrcl; hair.
40i5c. Rosedale cement. $l.20a1 Is car
load lots, special: Portland cement, re-
tail. 50. 25 carload tots, s2.O0G2.20.
p LUMBER, h. o. b. VESSEL SAVAN-
NAH-Mnimum yard sizes. $i4.00d15.00:
car stills, sl6.O0Q16.50; difficult sizes. $3.50
(D25.00; ship stock, SIS 5093O. 90; sawn ties
81. t0Q13.0O hewn ties. 3SQ3G
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-11
MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
Country and Northern Produce.

POULTRY-The market is steady. Quo
tations: Half-grown, 35q50c per pair;
three-quarters grown, $4,000 per pair:
full-grown fowls (hens). 65d70c per pair;
ROSTERS, 40c per pair; turkeys. H.25G250
per pair; geese, 75cQ$1.O0 per pair: ducks.
50GJ65c per pair.
EGGS-The market is steady at lie.
BUTTER-The tone of the market Is
steady. Quotations.: Extra diaries zoe;
extra Elglns, &c.
CHEESE-Market firm; fancy full
cream cheese. 71kQ10c for 25-pound aver
age.
oNIoNS-Bermuda. 500 crate; Egyptian
Q12 pd SACK, 1925.
PAR5NiPS AND CARROTS-Parsnips.
&. 5O0l3 90; carrots, 50. O002 rs per barrel.
PEAS-Black-eyed, $1.S5Q2.00 per bushel.
POTATOES-Northern, old. sacks, sl.T
@1sO
Early Vegetables.
IRISH PoTATOES-New, No. /, 800
per barrel; No. 2. $2.Oo@2.5O; culls. $1,000
$50
SNAP BEANS-Round, s1.25q1.75 crate;
fiat, sl25@1.5O; wax, $1.25Gl.50.
CUCUMBERS-Per crate, S2.00a3.00.
EGG PLANT-Half barrel crates, $50
PEAS-English, 25q50c crate.
SOUASH-Dull at 81. cool rs per crate.
CABBAGE-Per barrel crate. $25013.O0.
STRAWBERRIES-Lo stock, 10Q15o
per quart: Florida stock. 5Q10c.
Breadstuffs, Hay and Grain.
FLOUR-Market easy; patent. si25;
straight "a LOO; fancy, 1885, family $40.
MEAL,-Pearl, per barrel, $3.50; per sack,
$40; city meal per sack. boited. s1.121zQD
lis; water ground. $1.12i1Q115; city grist.
sacks, 81 .17k pearl grist. Hudnuts'. per
barrel, s2.75; per sack, $l.25; sundry
brands, 1.20 sack.
CORN-Market easy; white. job lots,
Gle; carload lots. SOC: mixed corn. none.
OAT6-No 2 mixed, carload, 35936c; job
lots. 37a3Sc; white. 36c. carload; 38c. job
lots; white. clipped. go to AZ pounds). $50
&c
BRAN-Job lots. 81 CO., carload lots, Soc.
HAY-Market strong; Western. job lots,
500: carload lots. Csc.
Bacon, Hams ana Lara.
BACON-Marlet higher and advancing;
smoked clear sides. 9hc: dry sailed clear
sides, SIC; bellies, SAC: sugar-cured hams.
121kQ13Ac.
HAMS-Sugar cured. 121kd13Hc
LARD-Marl1et firm; pure. tierces.
SIC; 50-pound tins, SIC; compound, In
tierces. nc; 50-pound tins. TIC.
sugar ana Coffee.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-05-11

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SAVANNAH,
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
CARD TRICK.
That BewiIdered Man Who Saw II
Describes t.

New York Tribune@t-I saw a man
do trick with cards once said God
frey Ashton, of Atlanta, Ga, at the |
Gi1sey House, which, although he as |
sured me was wholly a trick and that |
there was no second sight or mind !
| reading connected with it, has always |
rested in an unexplained condition in
my mind. There were four of at
| supper, and the man in question sent
/ for pack of cards, and, handing them
| to the man next him, told him to select
| a card in his mind; not to take it from
| the pack, but to tell the other two men
| what card it was He was then to
| shuttle the pack and pass it to the
other two men, who were each to thor
| Oughly shuttle it, The last man was
then to place it on the floor. In the
meantime large napkin had been
tightly bound over the magician's eyes
| and his dress coat hung over his face
. with the tails tied under his chin, so
that his head was to all intents and
purposes in a bag He, by his direc-
: ton, was led to the pack of cards and
2 his hand placed upon it, He then pro-
ceeded to scatter the cards about until
they covered a rough circle of three or
four feet in diameter. He called for a
| knife, and, bringing it sharply down,
drove it through and affixed one of the
scattered cards Removing his head
gear he asked what card my friend
had chosen. The answer being the ten
of diamonds, he turned the knife to-
ward us, and there, sure enough, was
the ten of diamonds tranSf1xed upon
the point. He swore it was trick, but
for the life of me I cannot see how il
was done. None of was in cOl1u
sion with him I am sure the cards
were not fake pack, and am equally
certain that he was blindfoIded tina
it was wholly impossible for him t.
see. Yet he accomplished it exactl!
as tell you. Pray, how did he man
age to do it?''
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
CROMWELL AS = cAvALRYMAN
a Leader rs Daring the Dreaded
Rupert.

a Leader as Daring the Dreaded
Rupert.
At Winceby or Horncastie fight (Oct-
Ia, 1643), as soon the men had
knowledge of the enenIy'S coming they
were very full of joy and resolution,
thinking it a great mercy that they
should now fight with him and on they
went, singing their psalms. Cromwell
in the van, says the Century. The
royalist dragons gave him first vol
ley, as he fell with brave resolution
upon them, and then at half pistol
shot a second, and his horse was killed
under him. But he took a soldiers
horse and promptly mounting again,
rejoined the charge, which was SO
home-given, and performed with SO
much admirable courage and reSOlu-
ton, that the enemy stood not an
other, but were driven back on their
own body 1t was clear that a new
cavalry leader had arisen in England,
| as daring as the dreaded Rupert, but
with a GOODNESS in the red blaze of bat
/ tie, a piercing eye for the shifts and
/ changes in the fortunes of the day,
above all with a power of welding his
| pha1anx with combined steadineSs
| and mobility, such as the fiery prince
| never had. Whether Rupert or Oliver
| was first to change cavalry tactics is
| among experSs, matter of dispute The
older way had been to fire volley be
| fore the charge. The front rank dis
charged its pistols, then opened RICH
and left, and the second rank took it.
place, and so down to the fifth. TheI
came the onset with swords and tn
butt-ends of the firearms. The new
| plan was to substitute the tactics o
the shock; for the horses to keep clos
together, knee to knee, to face the en-
envy trent to front and either to re
ceive the hostile charge in steady
strong cohesion or else in the same &C
: hesion to bear down on the foe, swor
in hand and not to fire either piStc
or carbine until they had broke
| through
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01

when his eye fell upon the stranger
sitting on the bench He paused and
staggered, then gripped at the air. and
fell senseless in the dock
When at last he was brought round
he stood up, and. pointing to the
stranger. gasped for s-eath and tried
to speak
What is it. my MANI said the
Judge STEADY yourself L ask again,
have you anything to say in your de-
fense?'
.Oh, your honor" said the prisoner
at last. Il am saved-saved at the last
moment. I have already said that
was in Brisbane at the time of the
robbery, and there is the man who
can prove it,
All eyes followed the direction of his
finger and rested upon the stranger.
who started, looked confused. then
irritated and finally bewildered, as IL
he fancied the prisoner must be mad
eff that gentleman will answer my
| questions resumed the prisoner. L
| think 1 shall be able to prove to every
| one that 1 was in Brisbane at the time
| 1 said
The stranger shifted in his seat
| nervous1y, and at last said in tones Oh
| annoyance and expostulation:
| your honor, I've never to my knoWi-
edge set eyes on the prisoner BEFORE
| and L don't see how I can fix up his
! innocence. Besides, I guess I d1dn
| come here to be questioned by every
son of a gun that holds up mai
coach beg your pardon, your honor
but you'll allow the annoyance IS con
siderable, anyhow
His honor admitted it was, Blu
straightway appealed to the stranger
!, better feelings on behalf of the pr1s
oner until he was somewhat mollihe
. and remarked: WAL, if he thinks 1t
straight wire. he can start in. and II
answer his questions 1 don't min
taking him up that
? The stranger was then sworn, an
t as he stood in the witness box tn
5 prisoner addressed him:
i Sir he said. do you remember o
5 the Sd of July man running afte
e your hat in the street in Brisbane, an
g bringing it back to you on the paw
= ment?''
3 81 can't say that I do replied II
e stranger, after little thought; no,
1 can't fetch it,
It do you not remember his sayiI
| that he was out of work and his thr
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
GENERATION OF DOLLS.
Played with Only Once a Year

Played with Only Once a Year I'm
Japan.
The most important festival of the
year in the calendar of the Japanese
small girl is known as the dolls
FEAST says the Boston Herald 1t
may be a surprise to young Americans
to know that Japanese children may
not play with all their toys at all
times. Indeed, in the old families there
are families of dolls, hereditary pos
sessions which are kept in the fire.
at the rear of the Japanese dwelling
In the go-down are stored the family
treasures, anything too valuable to
risk the chances of fire. Family dolls
form part of the collection. DOllieS that
once belonged to mother, aunt, grand
mother or even great-grandmOther
are unpacked from the go-down year
after year on the dolls festival, to BIS
ready for the girls feast. 1t is easy to
understand why dolls last from gen
Grafton to generation in Japan. If
they are only played with once year
the danger of breakage is 1esSened to
| the minimum. These dolls are an OBJ
| ject lesson in costume, and are dressed
| with strict regard to historical accu-
| racy. The emperor and empress, prime
| minister. cabinet officer, dancers sol
| diers daimio Cor noble), servants, plain
| citizens and even foreigners are care
| fully dressed in appropriate costume
| The daimo doll is stifiy dressed. Its
| black hair is arranged under =. conica
| cap tied under it's chin. Rich brocades
| stiff with silver and gold thread form
part of the splendid costume Grea
pains are expended in making the
dolls festival a success
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01

the prisoner was formally acquitted
Finally, turning toward the stranger
the Judge remarked: In the interest
of justice, thank you, sir; your pres
ence here today is one of those remark
able dispensations of providence which
are seldom met with
That night the acquitted prisoner,t the
American gentleman and his servant
rode through the bush in a jov1al
frame of mind For reasons best
known to themselves, they wished to
put as great a distance possible be-
tween the township and themselves
before morning, and as they went they
planned how they should hold up the
mail a second time at no very distant
date. But it was the last time the
trick was played successfully in thai
neighborhood, for the distinguishes
| American decamped without paying
| his hotel bill; moreover, Viscoun'
ThurItEn never arrived, and a rat
/ was subsequently sme1t and seen float
| ing in the air of the neighborhood o
! the courthouse rat which had grow
| considerably beyond the bud stage
| Chicago Times-Hera1d-
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
DISPENSATION.

At sunset in little town in Queens
land the proprietor of the best hotel
t6e place could boast of was surprised,
not to say hattered, to see a gentle
man, gold-headed as to his cane, and
evidently rich and influential, to judge
from his servant and luggage, al1ght
from the coach with all the appear
ance of one who was going to stay
week in the place He was distinctly
an American, with a tWinkling gray
eye, a long aquiline nose, clean
shaver upper. lip and small goatee.
which he smoothed meditative1y as he
stood like long Il eyed Colossus OF
Rhodes, in trousering of a very broad
check pattern, surveying the pride of
~ proprietor's heart. namely, the ho-
tel
Il guess it's not unlike my stables
In Connecticut he said presently, as
the proprietor came down to meet
him
You must have fine stables. then. .
was the reply. offered gently, in the
hope of turning away not the great
man himself, but only his wrath.
We have. sir; our stable yards are
considerable And I say it in praise
OF your shanty that it reminds me OF
my stables in Connecticut I suppose
you can give US a loose box for week
maybe2''
The landlord recognized the free and
easy American with plenty of money
Artne kind OF man VINO was never SO"
to give offense because he was master
of the situation by reason of the al
mighty dollar; he recognized the col
onel'' and the general the man whC
travels as he lists the wide world over
and gets ready respect and deferenc
from everybody.
Certainly he replied; for weel
or much longer as you like
well, 1 guess 1 only want to sta
a week. You see, I arranged to wal
here for ViscOunt Thurlton, who
going to join me next Thursday, an
then we're going to the new digging
just to reckon things up a bit to Sc
whether the place is worth wor61n
on a large scale as we do it in Amer
lea But 1 say, boss, this place
real dull after Brisbane; isn't thel
any theater or place of amusement?
reckon 1 shall die of dizziness rigl
here
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
Bride. Chosen by TrousseauE

A strange custom prevails among
Roumanian peasants When a young
girl is of manageable age, all her
trousseau (Which has been carefully
woven spun and embroidered by her
mother and herseIF) is placed in a
painted wooden box When a young
man thinks of asking to be allowed to
pay his attentions to the girl, he is at
liberty first to open the box. which is
always placed conveniently at hand,
and examine the trouSseau, says the
Philadelphia Inquirer If the sutton Is
satisfied with the quality and quantity
of the dowry, he makes a formal APP
plication for the girls hand; but if, on
the contrary. the trOuSSeau does not
please him, he is quite at liberty to re-
tire.
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01

children were starving? And then can
you recall giving him a sovereign and
saying. Here's shilling for your
The stranger was silent, as If he
wished to remember the occurrence;
but presently he shook his head and
said: NO. it's no USE
STAY cried the prisoner again, in
a voice of terrible tension, for it was
his last chance, DO you remember.
before giving the sovereign, that the
man told you that he had fought in
the Crimean war and could show
wounds-that he had helped his coun-
| try but his country would not help
him? Yes you must remember his
! showing you the scars-one at the
back at the head, another on his right
! breast
The stranger interrupted him with a
| sudden exclamation: Il do. dol The
scar on your breast is a long one-a
saber cut Your honor. I remember
meeting this man! 1 must apologize;
his life was in my hands. and nearly
let him fall through He is the mar
/ saw in Brisbane"
There was a perfect sensation IL
court as the prisoner steadied himseI
and wiped the cold moisture from hi
brow
/ Can you remember the date OF
which this happened?'' asked the pros
!. ecuting counsel
i returned: but 1 know this-it wa
o three days after the Carlisle Castle al
o rived at Sydney, If it's possible to I'M
L out what date that was
The newspapers of the first wee
e in July were then consulted, and it Wa
l. found that the Carlisle Castle arrive
l. at Sydney on June so, so that thr'
ID days afterward brought IT to the exa
N date required.
K Again there was applause In court
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
THE LYRE BIRD
How ne Can Initiate the
Feathered Sonxsters.
other


The ground is hidden beneath q
mass Of jungle grass, sword grass and
fern all bowed under weight of mois-
ture, and this forest is dreary, damp
and cold, says the National Review 1t
is hilly country and you hear the notes
Of the different birds echoing and de-
eeiving you. They are all high, piping
sounds. gave now and then when a
thud-thud like a thunderboit seems to
strike the earth. 1t is a frightened wal
aroo or wallaby who is leaping, paus-
ing to listen, and leaping on again
over the green coating OF the earth
| Now you have Tyre bird before YOU
| Doubtless he is not more than twenty
yards ahead for the sound seems to
/ rise under cover of your gun, which,
| with very nervous hands, you are hold
| ing before YOU But that bird is sas-
cally ventriloquist. knowing how to
pitch his voice and send it in any
| direction Never mind-he is singing.
| move toward him. Take heed OK
| your surroundings and to the weight
| of your football Should you fall foul
Of some rambling vine or put down
your foot too quickly, the Tyre bird
will gather up his music and his tail
and you will hear him no more You
must stand still death. and wait.
! if needs be, half hour for his second
| performance When he is well on with
it you may go on, too, for his own ex-
element and the sound of his own
voice will kill out all other sounds,
and he will not hear you stealing on
him. He is disporting himself on a
| mound of vegetable mold five or six
feet in diameter, which he has earthed
up. Around him are long grasses and
| ferns, through which he has made
5 holes into which he can dart at Will
to elude his enemies. Above is one
| clear branch on to which he will leap
, | when instinct tells him he is safe from
2 harm. Here he will perch and plume
e himself previous to winging his flight
1 to some other play or feeding ground
d By avoiding every obstacle and paus
A ing breathleSs1y whenever the busf
!, singer lowers his note you have man
A aged to steal almost upon him There
L. see his beautiful tail. bowling peacock
b like over that mass of nOdding grass a
5 it's owner courteSies to the ground an
chatterS and calls and shriekS as
- he were addressing multitude on tn
"a ground before him. He is only initial
60 ing a tribe of black cockatOoS (yo
"a would swear there were at least fort
30 | voices in chorus). Now he is rivalin
90 | half a dozen bellbirdS, and the mex
n | instant there is lOng-drawn SMACK
n | ing sound which you may put down q
l. the music of a falling branch or tn
n call of the t.whip-cracker'' Ca tres
ia elm ber).
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01

The landlord, already under the dis
tinguished patronage OF Vlscoune
Thurlton, became oily, almost greasy.
in his manner He explained that
4bere was no troupe at the theater at
present, and that the only excitement
was the trial of man who was sup
posed to be concerned in a daring
coach robbery committed some httle
time before in the neighborhood
sAht That would be interesting.
see that Stuck up the coach. did
hep
wen. they say he did, but he him
self swears that he is innocent, and
that he was in Brisbane at the time
the coach was stopped. If you would
care to hear the trial, sir, l can get
you seat easily
II guess I'll take you up returned
the stranger, and it was agreed that
the proprietor should escort the great
man to the court house on the NOR
row, and by his influence secure him
good seat, just to enable him to while
away the time until Niscount ThurltoI
came along
It so happened however. that wher
they arrived the body OF the court wa:
full so that the distinguished looking
American was accommodated with
seat on the bench, where he not oni!
had a good view of the proceedings
tuts was seen and known by everyon
as the friend of Viscount Thurlton, an
a wealthy American who was going [
buy the new digging township I
work it, as an ordinary man n1sA
work potato patch
The prisoner was standing in tn
dock with his eyes cast down lister
ing in despair to the conclusive eV
dence against him. Presently he raise
his eyes at some direct question ITO
the Judge, and was about to spes
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
DON'T KICK
This Is an Awful Climate, But Tn
Are Others Much Worse.

This Is an Awful Climate. But There
Are Others Much Worse.
If you are not satisfied with this
snappy weather just pocket your
clothes and go to some neighboring
planet. You can choose from the fol-
lowing kinds of weather: You will be-
scorched on Mercury by a burning sun
seven times hotter than the tropics
You will not freeze on Neptune, with
900 times our winters cold. You will
be shriveled with everlasting drought
on the moon, and drenched, perhaps,
with storms something like our own
on Mars. You would find on Jupiter
scorching soil and terrific storms OF
scalding rama rain perhaps of liquid
metals instead OF water Nowhere
would you find green hills If you
wanted holly you would have to put up
with red leaves; On Jupiter the shrink
ing that makes mountains and valleys
has hardly commenced, and you would
find vast hot level plains and scalding
lakes and seas On Mars, If you weigh
on earth 40 pounds, you would weigh
only 20, and could skip lightly and
merrily on it's surface; on Jupiter your
weight would have increased to $50
pounds and on the sun your legs
would be crushed under your own
weight of two TONS
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
Little NutrItive Value.

The carrot, parsnip. turnip. beet and
radish have little nutritive value, be-
ing mostly water They cannot De
said to be important articles OF diet,
but for change and variety they nave
some value. They are also very use1ui
in making vegetable soups me use
of celery is extending rapidly, ana
when properly grown furnishes a de-
ucious relish and considerable nutr1-
ment. 1t has some reputation as an
antidote for rheumatism. but other
Appealing fruits are doubt equaliS
useful Tt has also a reputation 1or
promoting sleep.
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
The Use of the Mirror.

Two Irish reserve men who went
into a hatter'S to buy a hat, were de-
lighted with the sample shown them,
inside the crown in which was insert
ed a looking glass What is the glass
for?'' asked Pat Mike, impatient at
the display of such ignorance, exclaim-
ed: What for Why, for the man
who buys it to see how IT fits him
Spare Moments
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01

The Bank of England employs about
HOO men. and has salary list, in
Guiding pensions, of abos G300. 900 per
annum The governors and directors
of the bank divide between them 6 TO-
500 per a1tuum OF this, the governor
and his deputy receive G3.500 be-
tween them. and the directors 6 500
each
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
Pol-oning from overcoats.

Poisoning from overcoats is an I'M
expected danger, bEt no less than six
ty cases have been reported among the
street cleaners of Birmingham On be-
ing wet. the cloth. in the dyeing of
which chloride of zinc had been used,
gave on a poisonous vapor, producing
painful swelling of hands and arHaa.
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01

From the Chicago News Johnny
Mamma sea water isn't good to drink.
is it2" Mamma-.No. dear Johnny
latter a period of profound cogitati0a)
Mamma, what 90 the whales
drinks''
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01
From Rad to Worse.

From the Chicago News: Weeks
.I understand your baby las been very
sick Is the worst over?" MeekS-
..I'rn afraid not His health is all
right, but we haven. named him yet
The Globe-republican., 1900-02-01

The three years of William Mck1n-
lev followed, with an improvement in
business and industrial conditions al
most at the outset. which has grown
with the months until the country is
new enjoying period of unprece-
dented pros perity. The following is
the record of failures for three years
of the Nc Kinley administration. ex-
cept that the month of December is