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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07

roe at noon on May %, 1865, at which
time Hon. Charles A. Dana, then assist
ant secretary of war, issued the following
Instructions as "by order Of the Secre-
tary of War" to Gen. Miles, "BreVet NAL
Cen Miles is hereby authorized ana III
rected TO place manacles and letters upon
the hands and feet Of Jefferson DAVIS ana
Clement C. Clay whenever he may hlnk
ii advisable in order TO render their I'M
prisonment more secure Now, II Is a
matter of history that ii was as lmpossl-
bic for either Davis or Clay to escape as
IL would have been for the man III ehe
moon" TO nave come down too soon ana
fed them out of "a red-hot spoon unpe-
known to the sentnels. Mr. Davis had
two armed guards in his casemate all the
time. and two in the ante-room win a
commissioned officer always there, While
at night a lamp in his room was kept
burning. So much for his close quar-
ters.
Outside the casemate there were INES
of guards. sentinels, etc, almost without
number, making his escape In any direc-
tiou-even If he succeeded in getting out
of the casemate where five armed men
were constantly on guard over him-ah
utter impossibility. Additional security OF
no kind was therefore, advisable ana
yet. the very next day, May IS, Gen,
Miles, on his own responsibility. "direc'ed
|
course. as Miles says the prisoner prop
erlv resented this cruel treatment winch
he violently resisted, but became more
nuiet afterward." Thanks to the supposed
cruel-hearted Secretary of War stanton,
this indignity and unnecessary precauuon
did not last long, for on May Is stanton
telegraphed Miles as follows Please re-
port whether irons have or have not been
placed on jefferson Davis If they have
been when was it done, and for what
reason. and remove them" Now, mark
the final order-"remove them No wait
ing to know why they were put on, or
whether the better security OF the prls-
oner demanded them-but they are Or
dered removed a once.
Considering the fact that four armed sol
diers and a commissioned officer with
light burning in his casemate all night
STOOD immediate guard over Mr.. DAVIS me
renlv of Gen. Miles to Secretary Stanton
is very Thin" indeed II have the honor
10 state, in reply to your dspatch' ne
teoeraphs. that when jeff Davis was
FIRST confined in the casemate the inner
doors werd light wooden ones WITHOUT
locks. directed anklets to be put upon
his ankles which would not Interfere win
| Me waking. but would prevent ms run
| ming. should he endeavor TO escape. N
| Inc meantime / have changed the WOODEN
doors for grated ones with locks ana we
| anklets have been removed nv iu0 -.
ex-President Davis running away rom ol,
tortress Monroe without "anhets," guaio-
ed as he was inside and outside the case
mate. Is 100 preposterous 10 De ooi9 ~
! cred for n moment, and no amount - a.
! gument or explanation can justly ne
ss,,,ttjng os shackles upon the feet OF
beingess political prisoner OF distinc'lon'
se TSe SUBSEQUENT conduct Of Cen Miles,
clearly Indicated that he was bitter at
heart against ex-President DAVIS anu 81. m
| clined to show him no taVor uni ,..Iorts,,
PEELED to 90 so by superlO4
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freedom of the fort was also commended,
and a suggestion made that by extend
ing the prisoners parole from guard
mounting TO guard mounting instead Of
from sunrise to sunset, the Objectionable
sentinel and night lamp, the only present
grounds of complaint would be removed.
The visit and report of Surgeon General
Barnes was clear vindication of Surgeon
Cooper, and justified the growing belief
that Gen. Miles was inhicting unneces-
sary pains and penalties" upon Mr. Da-
Wis If Capt. Tip" Harrison is looking for
justification for his recent act in remov-
ing Gen. Miles picture, he will find plenty
of it not only in the "anklets" complained
of, but in the persistent manner in which
Cen Miles daily, perhaps, repudiated the
reports CT the army surgeon, who was de-
tailed to attend Mr.. Davis, who, as a pris-
oner Of war, helpless and alone, was at
least entitled to the protection and care
guaranteed by the rules of civilized war
fare. Sidney Herbert.
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MILES, HATRED OF DAVIS.
OFFICIAL RECORD OF THE TREAT
MENT OF THE CONFEDERACY's
PRESIDENT.

Why Capt. ''Tip" Harrison of Atlanta
Cuts Gen. Miles Picture out of Cal
endars-He Rescnts the way Gen.
Miles Treated jefferson Davis.
Some Lengthy Interesting Facts
From OmciaI Sources.
Pine Crest Villa, Maitland, Fla, Jan. 6.
To people who do not know Capt. Tip
Harrison of the controllers office in the
state capitol at Atlanta, Ca, the report
mat he has cut Gen. Miles picture out of
Inc military and naval calendars sent to
mat office will appear like the rumor of
another Southern outrage" To those
VINO know him, however, it win be evil
cent that he had some good cause for his
acnon Capt Harrison is a most genial,
"aIm-hearted. generous fellow, and has
uohe much extra, unpaid-for-work, during
MS many years service in the executive
ana other departments in the capitol. For
many years he had full charge of the pen
zion business, and to him hundreds OF
p0of old Confederate soldiers, and widows
ana orphans of dead soldiers, were in
ueoted to him for needed relief that came
o"'y through his extra, unpaid-for-work
IN The thorough investigation of apparent
doubtful cases. A Confederate veteran
N-'nseif' he has ever. proved, as public
'HeiaI or private citizen, the warm and
S'eadiast friend of the old soldiers and
we widows and orphans of their fallen
comrades.
I"s is the character of the man whose
Aaired' Of Gen. Miles caused him 10 cut
guy The Generals picture from the
NA'ehdaCs in the Controller Gem
J'o' Office. When asked why he
IT, he simply replied; 1t was
,Nduse OF my hatred for Miles His
+.'uIe' or that of any other man who
rHl Davis in shackles, cannot hang in
'DE ONCE where / work" But some read
OF this statement via contend that
en- Miles has denied that he did this,
II ne did, 1t was in compliance with
DD,,uuefs from his superior officers. II Gen.
N'les ever made any such statements as
port SAID he did at one time, he falsiied
eIe othcial records Of the war department
" washington. No order from any Of
.llaL ever made It obligatory upon him
use shackles in any manner upon Mr..
DaVls, His first order as well as the
Iona, of this character. was not man
I,H'Pry but permissible in case Gen. Mics
yougnt such an extreme measure neces-
sfly 70 make the escape of the prisoner
= o'n the fort impossible The whole mat
~. was left to the discretion Of Gen Miles,,
"lo seemed readily to favor the idea.
r. resident Jefferson Davis was taken
'' inc steamer Clyde 60 Fortress Mon
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he was drunk on a certain occasion he
will try TO wriggle out OF II, but the In
dian Will come out with a yes II he
was. On one occasion a lawyer asked a
squaw If she understood the nature OF
her obligation In giving testimony. She
answered that she had taken a strong
WORD 10 tell the truth and she would do
so. She was asked 90 define the diffsr-
ence between the truth and lie, where-
upon she said: The truth is the trulh
and lie is lie; they are different and
you can't make them alike
you will remember that some six
years ago an Indian named Plenty
Horses was being tried in Sioux Falls
for the murder of Col. Casey of tho
United States army. One of the wits
nesses brought in by the government was
American Horse. There had been Mes
sieh craze among the Indians and re-
ligious phase had been injected into tho
trial.
I'm the examination of American Horse
ne was asked what he knew about re-
ligion. There stood near by a small
table which the witness drew near
him He placed his finger on the
center of the table and drew cir
Gle about it, saying, This is what
the red man knows about religion;'
then he drew a larger circle saying that
the white man knew that much more
Moving his finger around the outside
or the larger circle, he said: Beyond
this the red man knows as much about
the coming of a Messiah as the white
man."
Judge shiras says the Indian makes a
good juror, in which capacity he may sit
after relinquishing tribal relations ard
complying with government severalty
walls lie says, too that he has come in
contact with some good Indian lawyers
Il think, said he, there Is a mistaken
idea about the red having haa
orally mistreated by the government
The facts show that they are the richest
people per capita in the whole country.
The trouble Is that they have a poor
idea of the value of money, and spend IL
recklessy. Indians viii walk clear
across one state into another to draw
their annuties and in twenty-four hours
after getting the money they win have
gambled every cent OF It away befose
they will leave the vicinity and then walk
back home to do the same thing over on
the next pay day.
at Is astonishing TO see the methods
adopted by an intelligent red man to geb
away with his money Among other
things he has a weakness for a certain
kind OF amusement known as the Merry
Go Round" Recently one of these cons
Germs got permission to set up one of their
machines on a reservation within my cir
suit. The bucks would gather about the
continuance and to the tune OF steam
turned organ would ride the whole blessed
day. They spent all the money they had
and pawned different articles 20 get more
for the same amusement.
During the last few years the women
took great craze for wearing these blue
bathing suits. trimmed IN white braid.
The traders are said to have disposed OF
large quantity of this toggery, the
squaws wearing them an the time until
worn out, when they would buy another
suit"
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palm; they steal everything they can find.
tThe Filipino children greatly Interested
Mrs. Schwchtenberg. Their faces are so
Tensive and sad they seem to have no
fun, and never play with toys, In marked
contrast to the Japanese children, who
have every sort of toy and are the hap
pest beings in the world. The only di-
version of the Filipinos is cock-fghting.
Their chief vice, so far as she knew, was
stealing for Aguinaldo. A servant would
be scrupulously honest until one day he
would be missing, and it would be found
that he had taken what money he could
find to the insurgent headquarters. Later
he might return TO the city, but not TO his
former place. The servants are often en-
ergetic. but as "A whole unreliable. If they
grow tired or the day becomes too warm
or they want a fish to eat, they drop any
sort of work they are doing, and seek a
cool place or go fishing.
Mrs Schwlchtenberg visit to San Pc
dro Macati while battle was on proved
one OF the most interesting of her expert
ences. She told her coachman to drive
there and he refused, saying that his
friends were there and would force him
to fight against the Americans, which he
did not wish TO do. An American soldier
finally compelled him to obey, but the
poor fellow was almost terror-stricken all
the way. Her object in going was to take
some boxes to the Nebraska volunteers
sent by their friends. She was conveyed
TO the trenches and allowed TO watch the
firing, and even to fire a musket herself.
The experience was exciting, and grew
too much go as the bullets kept dropping
all around so she was soon glad to obey
the order to return to her carriage and
tell her delighted driver to take her home.
Mrs. schwichtenberg arrived in Manila
I'm March, and returned two weeks ago.
She regards the ecclesiastical conditions
in Hawaii as the model toward which we
should strive for the people Of the Phil
ippfuoa
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INDIAN CHARACTERISTICS.
TrustwOrthines as Witnesses ana
Ignorance Of the Value OF Money.


Special Correspondence Of the Chicago
Record.
Des Moines, Ia.-"Indians make good
witnesses and they stick closer to facts
than white people,"
This statement was made the other
evening by Judge o. p. Shras of the
United States District Court of Northern
Iowa. He speaks from his experience in
trying many cases In which Indians were
either concerned or appeared as witt
nesses He was appointed during the
administration OF Chester A. Arthur and
since has been continually holding court
in his own district and within the Eighth
United States Judicial district, which
comprises thirteen states and three ter
rltores. This federal district, leaving out
the state of Kentucky is larger than all
the territory east Of the Mississippi river.
Speaking of his interesting experience
In coming in contact with the Indians in
court, he says the red man or woman Is
generally accurate. His observation was
general. He says: ASK white man II
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tricked off with plaits ruffles and EN-
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Muslin and Cambria Night Gowns, 10
styles-high and V necks. Some trimmed
with embroidery some with torchon; 69c.
Muslin and Cambria Night Gowns; u
styles; high neck-plalts in cluster and
embroidery, or sailor collar, embroidery
trimmed and finished with ribbon, 75c.
Muslin and Cambria Night Gowns; Is
styles-high neck or square neck, or high
back and V front. Various,y trimmed
with embroidery or plaits or hemstitching
or with lace. Sometimes in combination;
$1O0
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-01-16
a FIve-Ierretl Prog.

A fve-legged frog has come all the
way from Connecticut aud taken mp
his abode in tho New York Aquarium.
He did not hop here, even frog with
FIVE legs could not do that, but trav-
eled i'm n box with some wet moss to
keep him cool When he was trans.
ferred to n tank he uttered a grateful
ohirrup aud binked his goldeu.rimmed
eyes.
At first glance this newcomer seems
to carry his extra leg go gracefully
that the beholdcr is tempted to think
that all frogs ought TO have three front
legs Closer examination, however.
shows that the middle leg is really an
e1crCscencs from one Of the others,
and is not Of much service TO It's pro-
prietor He does not use 10 in swim
ming or hopping, but it imparts q GER
tain dignity to mis- aspect.-New York
World
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London,a Intest Cnstnrn-

The very latest fad of London s
swell set is to receive and part with
guests upon the staircase. The social
customs of London usually find their
way westward sooner or later. There
is very high social authority for the
new fashion. tits already many years
since the host and hostess met or
parted with their guests on the steps
of their homes, and since that time
this social function has been performed
in the Railways, at the doorway of the
parlor or in the parlor. The fashion
able set of London would now, how
ever, consider this mark Of scant hos.
pitality.
The new rules are very e1acting.
The host and hostess should take up
position about one-third the way up
the flight. The host must stand on
the outer side next the banister, while
the hostess takes up position on the
step below him toward the wall.
Guests on entering the house first pass
through the hall, where an attendant
relieves them of their wraps. Before
/ entering the rooms or greeting anyone
they ascend the staircase to be re-
! Gsiyed. After this ceremony the
guests retire to the foot of the stairs,
and the function proceeds in the usual
manner. Baltimore News.
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Where People Live on Chestnu,..

The chestnut is one of the staple
articles of diet in Italy, and when the
chestnuts are ripe in that country the
children of the poorer classes have an
annual vacation, that they may assist
in the extensive nut gathering which
takes place at that time Think of it
six months of nut gatheringl It is
not all fun, though, to the little Ital-
ians, for, although whole families
leave their homes and camp in the
mountains in regular gypsy style,
they work every day, and the children
have to do their share. At this sea-
son the woods are full of children,
each one wearing a canvas bag tied
about the waist, iuto which he throws
the nuts he gathers. Afterward the
nuts are spread out on the floors of
small wooden huts built for the pur-
pose and kept warm and dry with
fires. Later the chestnuts are taken
to the mill and ground into -four, out
OF which the women make poleuta or
porridge, and the delicious little
cakes. called npcci
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WHOLE NO. S53.
WINGS OF THE HONEY BEE.
Ono of Natures Wonderful Contrivancei
Seen Under tho Microscopr.


The New York Microscopical So.
ciety recently gave its twentieth an.
nual exhibition at its rooms at Ga
Madison avenue. There were about
forty exhibits. John Aspinwall, Pres.
ident OF the society, exhibited, besides
other things, the honey bees wing.
showing the booklets by means of
which the lower of the two wings OF
the bee is joined to the upper wing in
flying, thus making them practically a
single wing. The upper of the two
wings is about half an inch in length,
the lower little shorter. The wings
come together where they are joined
to the body; they are otherwise separ-
ate. When the bee goes into its hive
it folds its wings together, one leaf
over the other, so that they will take
up less room. When it goes abroad
it spreads its wings and couples them
together with the hooks
When looked at under the micro
scope the upper edge of the lower
wing is seen to be re-enforced as
though it had au extra plate or ribs,
stretched along there, and to this rib,
spaced apart at regular intervals,
though they are all contained within
a total space of little more than a
quarter of an inch, there are attached
nineteen or twenty tiny, bony hooks.
There is a little thickening at the base
of each hook, where nature has
strengthened it, and one is inclined
to regard the hooks as inset separate
ly and to look for the rivets where
with they were secured to the plate or
rib from which they spring.
The lower edge of the upper wing,
as looked at under the microscope, is
seen to be curled up into n Aange or
trough. When the bee comes out Of
the hive it hooks the hooks on the up
per edge of the lower wing into that
flange or trough at the lower edge of
the upper wing, and so makes the two
wings practically one.
William j.. Damon exhibited the
boring apparatus of the teredo (teredo
navalis) commonly known as the ship
worm, though it is really mollusk.
The specimen exhibited was about
three-sixteenths of an inch in diam
eter. The teredo's borer is of bony
hardness and convex in form at the
end. Upon this rounded face and
covering it, and so small as to be quite
invisible to the eye, though plainly
enough seen under the microscope,
there are set close together continuous
rows Of sharp, file-like, double edged
teeth, twenty thousand or more of
them within this small space Back
of the convex end of the borer, upon
its sides, there are other file-like cut-
ting surfaces that might serve to ream
out and smooth the hole bored with
the many-toothed convex end. After
seeing its boring apparatus as thus
exhibited, one no longer wonders at
the teredo's great destructiveness.
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Cramp Kept Quiet.

While the foreign delegates 10 the
international Congress were making a
tour of inspection of Cramps ship.
yard, one Of the British delegates, no.
ticing a small, unobtrusive gentleman
al the steamboat landing after all Of
the party had started for the works,
stepped up to the man, who was ap-
parently too modest 90 push himself
forward, and said. 'You seem 60
have been overlooked. II you do not
mind, / will show you through the
yards" Thanks" said the small
man; Edo you know the works?"
ooh, I am we'll enough acquainted
around here 90 pilot you through.
"All right, said the little man, with
mischievous twinkle in his eyes, 81
will accept your kind offer
They sauutered toward the crowd,
and had scarcely reached the party
when the younger Mr.. Cramp rished
up TO them, and addressing the mod
est stranger, said. Father, I want
TO iStroduce you Co Sir Andrew Clarke.
Of Australia; Sir Andrew, Mr.. Cramp,
President Of the Cramp Shipbuildine
Company The English delegate in.
stanuy boarded the steamer and was
not seen again until the Peerless land
ed at the Arch street wharf on the re.
turn trp.-Philadelphia Record.
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PUMPKIN PIE.

In the spring tho eaters fancy
Lightly turns to rhubarb pie,
But "a very modest portion
Otth stun will satisfy.
Then he feels an inward longing
For some pastry that will please,
And impatiently he's glnnclng
At the green fruit on the trees.
By and by the cherries ripen
And are made ingredients
or pie whose fne appearance
Is attracting compliments.
But although he likes Il better
Than the one OF rhubarb made,
Still that long-ielt want he's noting
And it cannot be allaYed.
Soon the berries are arriving
And TO them he promptly turns
with hope that they will furnish
Pie for which his palate yearns.
But they make the crust so soggy
That with them he's soon displeRsed,
And the appetite for pastry
is remaining unappensed.
Then the summer brings the peaches,
And some ripened apples, too,
And the fragrant huckleberries
In their shining coats OF blue.
Though he's finding them much richer
Than their predecessors. still
He Is mournfully declaring
That they fail to flll the bill.
But at last, when days are cooler,
He is fully satisfied
BY the good, old-fashioned pumpkin
Is that long-felt want supplied.
For an extra slice he's calling,
Then another he will try,
And In perfect bliss he's feastlng
On the homemade pumpkin pie.
-PlttsburG Chronicle Telegraph.
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Twins are subjects Of eternal inter-
est to most persons, and while % is
common 20 find them almost alike I'm
appearance, that's by no means q rule.
frequently twins are as unlike in
looks a. IN personality. one type Of
the paterual, the other Of the mater
nal family. Interesting as twins are
to grown-up folk. they are the subject
Of unceasing wonder 10 the little ones
when they follow the tradition Of twins
and are as like as two peas.
us this you or you2" asked a three
year-oid girl Of an older child who has
q twin sister. And the question was
difficult to answer.
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IA DInInmntlc Rn...

Lord Cromer's readiness ofresource
in Egypt is now a by.word; and one
further example OF it is being told
The Young Egyptian party, which IA
vors the French rather than the Eng
fish, had determined to make a hostile
demonstration while Lord Cromer was
entering the Opera. This plot
his ears. Thereupon he invited the
French agent 70 share rs carriage and
his box; this was accepted. with the
result that the hostile crowd was ludi-
crously nonplussed.