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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
On n Day Of Humiliation.
From the Spectator.


Let MS take in England the crisis, not
with nagan stoicism, but with Christian
fortitude and resignation. But do not let
MS in our desire to show frat we are still
God-fearing people-whch undoubtedly
we are. and of which we need no ostenta-
tous and public prOof-rush into an act
that can only bring misunderstanding and
misconstruction 1t is reported that before
several of the battles the Beers nave been
engaged in singing hymns and in public
PRAYER We do not doubt 1t, nor do we fail
to be touched by the news. But are we TO
suppose that because in our camp there
were no such public signs of devotion God
went, unregarded, unpraised, and uniIn-
plored? Assuredly it was not so. Just as
among the Beers many soldiers Joined In
he prayers and hymns purely convention
ally and without any touch of spiritual
feeling, and in fact needed not, 50 there
were doubtless plenty among our men
who were entirely untouched by solemn
thought. But also among our men there
were-we are as well assured of 1t as if
we had been there-plenty of soldiers who
sought God in their hearts. Were these
men less true to Him than If they had
barred their souls before the whole army?
Each army. and race obeyed its own spir-
itual instincts. If,then, we do not try to
initiate the customs of another epoch and
engage in a great pageant of public prayer
and fasting, We are not therefore to be
counted as Indifferent or careless. Let the
ma ton seek the aid and mercy of God
quietly and unostentatiously. and let ii not
attempt to revert to the fashion of a for
mer age-good for that age, but not good
for us.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27

From Chambers Journal.


This faculty was strikingly manifested
when. in the position of leader of the
House Mr. Gladstone had to write fire.
quent letters 10 the Queen giving his i'm
pressions as TO pubic business. These
letters he often wrote while sitting on the
treasury bench after the dinner hour, and
they sometimes appeared TO tax even his
mental resources. He wrote them in A
small and not very legible hand, and their
composition occupied a considerable time.
Sometimes he would pause for a few min
utes before finishing a half-written lette-
and would occasionally delete a word or
two after reading what ne had already
written. In no duty did he seem 10 take
such care and keen Observers often re-.
marked that he could more easily deliver
a long speech than write a letter to her
majesty While his mind was apparently
absorbed in this work, M was at the same
time listening TO Tie speeches which were
being delivered. as was evidenced by the
fact that he often jumped up to correct an
oral statement or 10 explain some point in
regard TO the subject under discussion.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27

Senator Daniel was called to testify IN
military courtmartial yesterday as an
expert in matters of honor, says the WASH
ington correspondence of the Chicago Rec
ord. Capt. Robert Shufeldt of the army
is accused of conduct unbecoming a gen
tleman." One of the specifications is that
he violated his oath, failed to fulfill his
promises, and was sguilty of falsehood and
other dishonorable acts. Senator Daniel
is a hgh-bred type of the Southern gen.
tleman, of stainless character and great
popularity. The defendant therefore se-
lected him to testify as an expert on NOR
ais and ethics. The evidence was quite
novel. Mr. Daniel discussed the conduct
of gentlemen from an ethical rather than
a legal point of view. He declared that a
man of honor could be justiged in violat-
ing his oath and ignoring his promises I'M
der circumstances over which he had 10
control. He said that people often found
1t impossible to comply with obligations
incurred under conditions entirely differ
ent from those in which they We're placed
when the time for fulfillment arrived,
and therefore il was not perjury or dis
honorable if a gentleman was compelled
to yield to physical influences and sur
roundings. "If we make promises" said
the Senator, with the best OF intentions
of carrying them out, and find it impos-
sible to do so. we cannot be accused OF
dishonesty. If such a failure is to be re-
garded as perjury and dishonorable con-
duct, there is not a man living VINO would
not be perjured and lose his standing as
a gentleman. Even a soldier is justified in
disobeying orders under certain condt-
tons"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
From Chambers, Journal.

A party of Publishers are ready TO set
out from the little Island of Nanomaga
the smallest but most thickly popula ted
OF the Ellice group The night must be
MINDLESS and moonless abe latter condi-
ton being absolutely indispensable, al
though, cur.ously enough, the fish will
take the hook on an ordinary starlight
night Time after time have l tried my
luck with either growing or a waning
moon, much to the amusement of the ma
tives, and never once did get palu, al
though other mountaineering fish bit
freely enough, notably a monstrous species
OF seanerch called n la-heu
The tackle used by the natives is made
of cocoanut sinnet four or eight-stranded
of great strength, and capable of holding
a hfteen-foot shark should one of these
prowlers seize the bait. The hook is made
or wood-ln fact. the same as is used for
shark fshng-about one inch and a half
in diameter fourteen inches in the shank,
with natural curve, the barb, or IA Their
that which answers the purpose of barb,
being supplied by "A small piece dashed
horizontally across the top Of the end of
The curve These peculiar wooden hooks
are grown; the roots of tree called ngua,
whose wood is of great toughness are
watched when they protrude from bank
and trained into the desired shape; speci-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
B. II. LEVY & BRO.


of following underground sinks is shown
by the mound builders earthworks
thrown up at various points where the
river sinks away. Some of these mounds
are the finest found north of the Ohio
river.
OF the surface tributaries to Lost river
the most remarkable is known as Stamper
creek, which gushes forth from the side
of a bluff near Miersburg. 1t has a
rampant little current which carries every
thing with it to a sink hole mile distant.
No one knows exactly where 1t comes
out, but some claim IL makes it's appear
ance at Spring mills, six miles south. Here
Lick creek bursts out of the base of the
hill, just in the rear of the mill Farther
down stream Lick creek sinks from view,
and then comes up and flows to New Pros
pect, where it empties into Lost river.
There are several other surface feeders
which are quite as freakish. Near them
are found caverns through which subter-
ranean streams flow. They are filled with
eyeless fish and water animals. In some
the streams have a swift current, and
are evidently part of the Lost river sys-
tenn. At certain points in the county the
surface has caved in, and shows Lost river
running underground to the depth of a
hundred feet. How the water is again
elevated to the surface is not known The
passageways are through white rock, worn
smooth and white by the water.
Those who have made a study of the
subterranean streams of Indiana and Ken
lucky have advanced the theory that away
below the surface of Indiana-in al least
the southern portion-there is second
airy great system of waterways and SUB
terranean rivers. Some biologists of note
have concurred in this theory 1t is known
that such streams do exist in the extreme
southern section Wyandotte and other
caves owe their origin TO these streams.
Three years ago a subterraneau stream
was found running under Rush county,
almost seventy miles northeast. The wa
ter can be heard roaring through the pas
sageways, and at times the course seems
to be overtaxed. 1t evidently flows a great
distance from the northeast, and proba
bly, has it's source in the St Lawrence riv-
er system. AT English a flood resulted in
the discovery of another lost river. A new
cavern was opened by the waters in Craw-
ford county.
The attractiveness of Lost river and its
tributaries is enhanced greatly by the
weird, wild scenery of Orange county.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
Vortex Motion in the Atmosphere.
From the National Review.

Vortex motion in the atmosphere,
though seldom obtrusvely patent in Eng
land. must certainly be reckoned with,
AVID all ascending currents, from whatso-
ever cause, appear of this nature. Dust
whirls in Spring, and twisting columns
of dry leaves or hay in summer and au-
tumn, are evidences of the existence or
such upward currents. But the aeronaut
can detect them on a larger scale, and
penetrating sometimes far aloft This is
only what might be expected from statis-
ties relating to such phenomena where
they occur in greater earnest in other
paris of the globe.
1t is classical history how dust showers
have arisen on the west coast of Africa
and descended again on vessels far out on
the Atlantic; how Scotland has been WIS.,
tied by a storm of pumice debris which
was supposed to have had its origin in
VesuVius; how showers of fish or of frogs
have descended from the sky, having been
swept into lofty regions entangled in the
bosom of a windwhirl sufficient to bear
them whittier it listed. The dust of kra-
katao, committed to the lofty winds by
the force of it's own eruption in 1888, ira
veled over the globe in outward courses
almost without limit before settling to
earth weeks or months or, possibly, years
afterWard.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
From the spectato

There have been many royal authors,
and we wish sometimes there were yet
another, a Prince of pure blood and of
really great house to tell us meaner folk
bow Princes really feel about the ETH
quette which environ them. They seem
so suffocating yet they can hardly be
really detested by those who obey Them
or they would not have survived as they
have done so many changes in the ways
of men. One or two etiquettes have died
out, probably because they wearied cour-
tiers, who took advantage of changes of
dynasty or the like silently to leave OF
obeying them; but enough remain TO make
of Princes caste separate in habits
from mankind. No sovereign is now serv-
ed. we imagine, on Bonded knee, nor
does any one on whom a Kings glance
falls think it incumbent on him, as Cecil
did. at once to kneel but enough are left
to make life very tiresome. 1t must be
a horrid bore to a King never to be able
to move without attendance, or to chat
easily, or to enter or leave room without
exciting a commotion. Legend declares
that Lord William Bentinck, finding the
first OF these etiquettes in full force when
he took up his Indian viceroyalty threat
ened to resign Unless it could be abol-
ished and was relieved to find that he
was absolute enough, provided he wrote
the order, even TO be able to alter an ETH
uuette.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27

FROM AI1DlDcI journal
1t is not alone on questions of handwrit-
ing that handwriting experts are called
upon 90 testify. Thumb impressions,
around which Mark Twain in "Puddin'
head Wilson built his ingenious story,
have sometimes formed the basis of very
convincing testimony. Conan Doyle said
that Carvalho's deductions in the case of
the robbery of $3.50 from package of
the American Express Company, for
nicely of reasoning and extraordinary CO.
incidence eclipsed anything any one ever
dared put into fiction.
In 1894, Asa Guy Quincy was tried on
the charge of stealing a large sum of
money from the express company. 1t was
proved that Quincy had opened the safe
where the package had been placed, taken
1t our and deposited it in another safe. 1t
was found thar a large sum was missing.
The evidence was purely circumstantial.
The envelope containing the money bore
upon IT, however, thumb impression. Mr..
Carvalho testified that the impressions on
the envelope and several impressions of
Gurney's thumb corresponded exactly, and
contended that there were no two thumbs
in the world alike. But such evidence
was too subtle for the rural jury which
tried the case, and the prisoner was ac-
Quilted 1t is TO be recorded as a tribute
to the accuracy of Carvalho's testimony
that Quincy soon after confessed.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
Lyddite Shells.
from Chambers Journal

Although all good people have a horror
of war and the terrible tale of misery
which 1t drags in its train, there Is a GER
cain amount of fascination about it be-
cause of is picturesque and intensely dra-
matte accompaniments One cannot, for
instance, read without absorbing interest
OF the work of our Naval Brigade and
their awfully destructive lyddite shells,
which, by the way. take their name from
Lydd. on the Kentish coast where the ex-
plosive is made and tested. Although the
4.7-inch gun used by the Naval Brigade
has a projectie weighing forty-five pounds.
this includes the five and a half pounds
charge Of cordite which expels it; the
weight Of the lyddite In its head, which
breaks the shell into death-dealing frag-
ments, being only ten pounds. The entire
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27

Vance Thompson in the Criterion
1t was o'clock Sarah had said: We
nez me voir." Eli, bien, l come to see
with no thought of completing Caesars
allitera ton. A gross. red butler showed
me to the library. A sumptuous study
far too scholarly for any woman, even
though she be a legend. A thousand books
ranged In erudite order. Old editions of
Racine, rare bindings of the poets and
everywhere engraving and Reps,
side by side!-and bibelots. Near the fire
place a table numbered with letters and
kilograms, for Sarah has just returned
from her famous "tournee' over Europe
Suddenly-in an adjoining room-laugh-
ter a child's cries, cooling words of ten
derness-"Adieu, petite maman-reviens
vite,"--and the doors part and Sarah
comes in--oh, so young and bright, with
such pretty graces and hair so gold, that
| can but stammer a complimentary Mon
Dieur' q should have said Ma Deesse!D
She wore a white silk peignoir and her
yellow hair was riotous her face as rosy
and laughing, as blithe and sweet as
when 1t smiled on Jean Richepin, quar-
ter of century ago. After four months
of transforming over Europe, it was Won
derful!
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
DON'T STEP ON ARAT
To XIII Him. Don't Feed Roacbes N,

bedbugs on the so-called exterminatinp
powders, which don't even make the bugs
sick. w hen you want TO rid your house
not do II in the easiest, surest, cleanest
ana cheapest way-by using Stearns EIecs
pied in cracks and crevices or spread on
a piece of cheese, and no bad odors can
arise from its use, as il entirely con
and die outside the house; If they can
not get out inside OF two days the Paste
consumes and dries up all OF the rat but
Ing left to smell. Stearn Electric Paste
has been made for over 20 years Thous-
used It during that time and we have new.
er had one single complaint. For sale M
all druggists 25c a box. If your druggist
send you box. Stearns' Electric Paste
Co., Chicago, Ill.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
From the Cornhill Magazine

From the .COrnnlI Magazine.
"Our ministers" said NJ. Du Plessls.
'have very simple and yet forcible way
of explaining the nature of the difference
between us ond those who are not of US.
There is they say, a kingdom of light and
a kingdom of darkness. In the one God
rules. in the other Satan. Gods people
have light and walk in the light those
that are not OF them have their minds
darkened by sin"
DO you" ! said, 'mean to infer that
your Church is the only source of light in
this country"
Keep cool" he exclaimed. waving his
large hand before my face; this is a
painful subject we are handling. Truth
stings I know. There is no doubt in my
mind that my Church is the only light
bearer between the Naal and the Croco>
die"
Suppose the strangers whom this
country harbors should join your Church,
would they be incorporated into the Peo-
pie OF God?" / ventured to ask.
THAT is an unheard-of thing" he re-
piled THE gulf is so wide have
never known such thing to occur"
but why should the gulf exist al all?'
said l. pursuing the inquiry. Men are all
alike before Cod are they not? Is there no
possibility of the different elements fusing
into one great naton2'
There may be politically" he replied
Win great readiness. Men may i've side
by side and behave as members of one
community; but what can you expect of a
union which must forever remain a super
f1cial one?"
But why so, Mr. Du Plessis?" I said
pressingly. THAT is exactly the point l
do not understand"
The understanding is not mine to give"
said he with positive solemnty. THE Sc
cret of Gods choice none shall reveal"
My astonishment, which had been stead
lily Increasing, had now reached its climax
I thought it absurd to continue the con-
versation Here was an individual. coarse.
uncouth, repulsive, "a type one would
never associate with anything lofty or
ideehstic. living in surroundings which.
barring the abundance of free air and
heavens sunshine, were little short of de-
grading, and yet imbued with the idea as
firmly rooted as revoltingly arrogant that
he and his kind were the elect of Cod
and the objects of heavens tenderest care.
And from all l could learn, the ministers
were responsible for this mad delusion.
How could this fellow himself be made
answerable for his notions of things and
conditions? There was no reason why he
should.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27

Elizabeth the era of great wars and of
wonderful progress in the arts and
sciences; but as the nineteenth century
eliminates behold the age or iron ard
steam and electricity, telegraphs. sewing
machines, telephones, automobiles; an age
which IS devoted 10 material development.
to the accumulation of wealth, and to the
upbuilding of vast enterprises and which
halls the ADVENT of the uncrovned king OF
commerce, the consolidation of great cor
porate interests. High-water mark in our
commercial and industrial life has been
attained, ard to that fact the vast enum.
Grafton 70 be taken next year will add its
testimony. The work of the twelfth
census will mark the industrial growth of
the nation and be another mile post in It's
marvellous history.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
FROM THE MAGAZINES.
Soldiers on stills.
From the Pail Mall Gazette.

FROM the ran Mail Gazette.
At the present time, when the whole
world is eagerly watching the progress
of the war in South Africa, and the rela-
tive value of the various arms is being
not only considered by experts but dis
cussed daily among all classes of the pub
lie, a novel contrivance for getting over
the ground quickly is being actually test
ed by the French infantry. Non-commis-
stoned officers and men of the Thirty
fourth Infantry Regiment have been
practieing in the "Landes" on stills, with,
it is said, excellent results They were
able to move at a great pace and to lay
a military telegraph line more rapidly
than can be done by soldiers similarly
employed on horseback. The ease with
which they covered the ground with giant
strid $, planting the posts and fitting the
wires, has excited considerable comment
on this side of the channel while the
wish is expressed that this ingenious idea
should prove to be of use to an army in
the field in various ways. The soldiers on
stills, selected from the regiment sta
toned at Monte de Marson, raced along
the hanks Of the Adour as quickly as
way. There was no difficulty when the
men had acquired the art Of walking six
feet above the ground. and they were
able TO do the work in a very efficient
manner, to the great satisfaction of those
who had initiated this original idea.
The peasant sheOherds of the "Landes''
rave made use of high stills for ages past
when following their fiocks over the vast
sandy wastes, covered with morass and
marsh lands, which are characteristic of
this region. In these dreary solitudes, Of
ten patched with short grass and heath
or. have watched the weird figures skim
ming over the ground On their lanky
wooden legs, and resembling at dis
lance huge cranes or pelicans. They stand
frequently more than six feet from the
ground, and from long habit can walk
freely, while retaining the freedam of
their hands for other purposes. Having
practiced the use of these stills myself
for a short time, l can speak from some
little experience. The foot rests on a pro-
lection of the staff, which is also firmly
strapped to the wearer S leg. and with
little pains any one can master the mi
tial difficulty of balance.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
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THE LOST RIVER OF INDIANA.
A Stream That Flows for Long Dis
tances Underground.
From the Indianapolis Press.


From the Indianapolis Press.
The famous Lost river runs its strange
course through the northern and eastern
sections of Orange county, Indiana. The
river gushes from a bluff in Washington
county, with a strong current which car
ries everything before it. Il runs in well
defined banks for several miles, and then
disappears. Near orleans it sinks into a
great hole, from which the river gained
its secondary name, the River Styx. The
sink is black and unfathomable and even
in the dryest season has never been ex-
plored, although 1t has been ascertaned
that the descent is gradual and about $50
feet. Several miles from the first sink the
stream comes forth from the side of a
hill, and. after running on the surface a
mile or more, again sinks. By sawdust
and wooden ball tests 1t has been ascer-
tanned that another stream, which rushes
from the side of a bluff, eight
miles distant in altogether an
other section of the country, is a contln-
uation of Lost river This disappears in
another sink, runs through an under
ground passage a mile or more in length,
and finally empties into White river.
1t is claimed the subterranean streams
do not follow a single channel. but that
the entire section is honeycombed by a
complex system of mains and leads.
Lost river was evidently a surface
stream thousands of years ago. There is
a wel-dehned, deep rockbed leading from
sink hole to sink, and in freshet seas IN,
when the volume of water becomes too
great for the subterTanean passageways
to carry. the overflow follows the old
river bed and joins the subterranean
streams at the rises" The old surface
course is overgrown with trees and brlars
and some Of these Indicate that the sur
face course has not been used for centu-
ries. Another evidence of its long habit
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27
Dublin Car Drivers.
From the cornhiIl Magazine

Not one at all acquainted with our
shores can be unacquainted with our cars
or their drivers, whose ready wit is pro-
verbal man driven home by one OF
these on very wet night wished to give
him something to keep the cold out. Find
ing nothing at hand but liqueur stand
with its tiny glasses, he poured out one,
saying, you'll think none the worse OF
mis- because il was made by the holy
monks" The carmau drained the glass.
God bless the holy monks" he said; its
themselves that can make good liquor, but
the man that blew that glass was very
short of breath"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-27

PHI Robinson in Contemporary Review
When the chafiinch asks for cobweb she
sees that she gets IL. She is not to lie put
off with trash And while her ladyship
turns over its samples. the spinner Of the
stuff crouches itself out of sight pretend
ind 1t belongs to the corner, is. in fact.
part Of the corner, its extreme angle, and
not a pottle-bodied edible spider.
nor Is the custom soon suited to her
mind." Some threads are too dusty,
some have been in stock too long. what
she wants, and means 20 have too, "even
AZ she turns the whole shop over for il, 3"