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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

city house will display a brace of fine
privet or prettify blooming hawthorne
bushes in green tubs, while pots on the
stone newell posts of rough green pottery
ore filed with dwarf cedars and at the
bases of these scarlet geraniums bloom.
In the lower windows handsomely tiled
window boxes of geraniums and green
vines are set, and such an exterior decora-
ton costs the owner good $50 or SIS. In
the autumn laurel trees in tubs replace
the privet until there is danger of a heavy
frost, which the laurel does not often
weather and then comes a couple of four
or six sided box pyramids or handsomely
shaped steeple-p pointed yews, and the Win
dow boxes are cleared and replanted with
little pines and sturdy spruce and cedar,
we'll bedded and draped with the richest
English ivy. The result of all this Is to
take away In no small degree from the
stony hardness and monotony of our close
set serident streets, and against the new
houses of cream brick, gray stone and
white marble, built so faithfully after the
French architecture, the display of green
cry Is delightful and the consequences have
opened new avenues of richess to the
florists. M A
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

the northern and southern axes around
which our globe spins and of still greater
importance, the two magnetic poles; the
positive and negative points of the earth
at which the terrestrial and atmospheric
electricity interchange currents. Though
these poles are in momentary use, the
regions in which they are located are the
only parts of the world of which we know
nothing. As the maps of the earth's sur
face are being spread, the blank spaces
at the poles are nlsre and more encroach-
Ell upon. but the poles still remain far
beyond the border lands SO many efforts
have been made within the past few years
TO reach the one pole of greatest popular
interest-the North Pole and so many
failures have fallen to the lot of these pole
seekers that ii is time to ask as l have
been asked dahl, rs the pole attalnable?'
This question, however, l wish to change
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

upon anything within reach. Some of
those in the gulf measure as much as Il
feet across the body, their arms stretch
ing out, infinitely it seems, to their prey
They do not attack men as a rule, but
there hav been many fierce combats
when an unfortunate fisherman happened
to hook one. An ichthyologist has only
lately made a study of small octopus
three feet in diameter. 1t was placed in
a tank and the scientist put in one nm
ger Immediately one of the eight great
feelers came toward it, followed by the
Others. These feelcrs, armed with power
full suckers, attached themselves firmly to
the mans finger and hand, and made no
further movement until he tried to with
draw it, But then they held all the tight
err. and the little mouth spouted forth it's
inky fluid to a distance of two feet At
last he released his hand with an effort
and tried to touch the body of the octo-
pus. As he did so it changed colors in
rapid succession, passing from red to
black. from black to yellow, and then
seemed to be all covered with black spots.
Another octopus of the same size was
placed in the tank, and then was bat
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
COST OF FOX HUNTING.
Expensive Establishments in Great
Britain and ireland.
From Forest and Stream.

From Forest and Stream.
Some of the fox-hunting statistics will
give a partial idea of the magnitude of
the sport in Great Britain at the present
day OF staghounds there are in England
4S7 couples, and of these the Devon and
Somerset Hunt have fifty couples, the
greatest number used by one hunt. The
master of them is the Earl of Coventry.
To ireland Ill are credited, while Scotland
has none
In foxhounds the greatest numerical
strength appears, there being 6,2l5 couples
owned by The different hunts in England
and of these the Blacknore Vale Hunt
leads in the number owned, ninety cou-
pies being credited to 1t. Scotland has rel
atively the Insignificant number of 1865
couples, ffty-seven of which belong to the
hunt of the Duke of Buccleugh. ireland
has S95 couples, the Meath Hunt owning
the greatest number of couples-sixty-
four.
Harriers are also strong in numbers, but
they vary a great deal in size and "sor-
tiness." as a general resemblance in type
and breed characteristics is termed. They
are classified as Stud Book, cross-bred,
pure, modern Welsh, mixed and old Eng
fish barriers, and dwarf foxhounds and
Southern Cross, barriers with foxhound
eros $. barriers and beagle cross. black ana
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

pertinent. Most explorers of to-day pre-
fer the good old reliable sealing vessels.
In foods there have been many so-called
scientific concoctions, giving the greatest
amount of nutrition with the least possi-
bic weight; some of these are aids, but
have yet to find the man who would not
prefer fish, seal and bear meat to the
finest canned stuffs. The stomach does
not take kindly for a prolonged period to
laboratory mixtures. AS with the food and
the ship so with the equipment. Most of
the new inventions have been miserable
failures. The aluminium and copper boats
and sedges, and the improved clothing,
and a hundred boosted novelties, if the
truth be admitted have been mistakes.
All the successes which have been OBJ
tanned have been with outfits based upon
first principles in polar exploration. Only
the old methods and simple foods have
been of lasting value.
There Is Only One Way.
The man who succeeds in reaching the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

back again on schedule time, without ac-
cideut. then We may experiment with them
in Polar work. but not until then. Bal
looms are good enough to go to heaven
in as we have learned by Andree's ex-
perience; they go up well enough, but they
don't come down satisfactorily
The talk Of modern inventions, of i'm
proved and condensed foods, Of a thou
sand boasts of latter day advantages for
this kind of exploration, are based upon
An imperfect knowledge of the subject
The only new thing Of note in polar work
which has offered a promise of success
IS the construction of the Fran" with
oping sides TO tilt her out of the line of
ce pressure, but even this is still an eX
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
DOOR sToOP GARDENING.
City Houses Are Greatly Benutified
by the Winter window Boxes.

New York, Feb 2.-Investments ranging
all the way from ten to three hundred dol
lars are now cheerfully made by the
wealthy city residents for the purpose of
decorating the exterior of their home with
ornamental greenery. This fashion comes
directly to US from Italy and France
where, since time immemorial. it has been
the custom to embower the entrances of
the great stone palaces and hotels of
Rome, Paris, etc, in shrubbery, clipped
and grown and potted in big tubs for the
special purpose of threshold embelish-
ment. Now that rich Americans are be-
ginning TO have decidedly impressive city
palaces of their own, and that enormous
expense is being lavished on the bronze
and plate glass front door stoops, gar
dening has suddenly grown into very
taken for granted feature of complete
house furnishing.
English ivy, Italian laurel, privet dwarf
cedar Canadian spruce, English yew or
hawthorne and Dutch box are some of
the most popular and servicea BILE shrubs
for doorstep portieres and not TO have AT
least a couple of some one of these ever
greens just inside the glass storm doors
or outside on the stone landing of the
street steps is to fall in arrears to ones
duty toward fashion.
MOp-neaUeu 1tdllan iauTel trees are the
most expensive choice. in this kind of YER
dure, for a good healthy pair cost all the
way from fifty to two hundred and fifty
dollars. Fine specimens of English yew
come next in estimat ton, while a richly
leafed and quaintly-shaped pair of Dutch
box bushes are wonderfully ornamental,
sturdy and valuable. PLAIN green painted
boxes or tubs give the proper foothold to
any one of these species of evergreen
though now .the bric-a-brac dealers, keen
to seize a freshly-opened opportunity for
trade. are importing from Italy, France
and England time-mellowed but beauti-
fully-chiseled old marble vases that glor-
flied once splendid eighteenth century gar
dens, and in these the Weather residents
put their outdoor plants.
Early in the spring the smarty kept
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

North Pole must be one who, by habit
and occupation, has given the greatest
possible care to the minor details of daily
life and work. one who is certain to
make sure Of big things, but negects lit
tie ones will quickly fail in his effort.
one who secures a big stock of clothing
ana food, but who forgets shoestrings
and matches will soon come to grief All
our experience i'm the past proves this.
poles, and this way is the plain old
fashioned way OF walking TO it, 1t is a
path full Of obstacles, hardshps and diff
hcult, logged work, with no pleasures ex-
cept those which are mingled with thou
sand little incidents as the elements OF
nature and the failings Of man are over
come.
If we must walk to the pole, and that.
as l believe, is positively the only way
We must abandon all our costly and cum
bersome machinery. we must leave our
high perch of modern flight. we must come
out of balloons and go back to Mother
Earth and 10 the habits of her aborigines
( to get our schooling. If we take our
lessons from nature the necessary equip.
ment for a Polar walk must be simple in
conception. In final adaptation and ad-
justment to the changing conditions OF
frigid travelling. however It viii be very
, complex with little details. The ship
must be pushed TO the limit OF navigation
At this point permanent headquarters and
an inexhaustible base OF supplies must
be established. Caches or way stations
must be advanced poleward as far as
possible. Now all is ready for the great
life battle the attack upon the pole.
Everything depends upon this final
march, hence every detail connected with
1t Is Of the utmost Importance. II an
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

tan and Old Southern, barriers and small
foXhounds, the extreme variation In hight
of the packs enumerated being from six
teen to twenty-eight inches. OF this very
variable lot, classed as barriers, England
has 2,025 couples, Scotland the small num-
Der of siXty-seven couples, and ireland
has S91 couples. AS to beagles they SEEM
ingly are out of favor in Ireland and Scot
land, no packs being credited to those
countries, though England has of them
746 couples.
Thus the list gives the large total Of
II 1902 couples of all kinds of hounds used
in packs. and affords data from which
to gain an idea of the magnitude of the
fox-hunting interests which are main
tanned by the sportsmen of Great Brit
ain. These packs are hunted from two 10
four days a week in proper season, as
general rule, and this in turn necessitates
the maintenance of large stables of horses
to properly mount the master, huntsmen
and whips of the various packs. Ere
quently, when hunting, one or two horses
are held in reserve for them. Many such
stables have from fifty to 100 horses
A notable feature of the sport is the sus-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

in conformity 10 modern needs and in
Justice to the less thought of, but more
important, other poles what are the
possibilities of reaching the four poles2"
The northern geographical pole, by its
nearness to us and by the records Of his
toric effort, deserves first attention. The
popular idea that all Arctic expeditions
have the North Pole as their ultimate
destination Is erroneous. only the eNpe-
ditions Of Mares belong, hansen. Jack
son. Andrae, Wellmau, Luigi, and the last
venture of Lieut. Pedry have aimed to
mount the pivot Al except Lieut.. Peary
and Prince Luigi have returned with plenty
Of experience and with scientific results
OF value. but without the pole The pub
lie waued the pole and nothing short of
1t. People viii hail the man whose foot
has been on the exact SPOT. but they viii
condemn all efforts short of that. The
hero worshipers are ready. but how is the
hero to be made? BY what route can he
climb the ladder Of polar fame, and what
are the obstacles in his way?
No Royal Road 10 the Pole.
The chimeric hopes of an open Polar sea,
or any other easy road to the pole, must
now be abandoned The drift Of Nansen's
ship, the Fran, and the destruction Of
the ships Of belong and Wellman have
removed the possibility Of gaining a high
latitude with safety or the certainty OF
results by the drifting OF a ship In the
Dack-ice. The submarine boats and the
ice-crushers, of which so much is said at
present, are entirely impossible, owing to
the inability of carrying sufficient coal
AS TO balloons they are stin too much OF
an experiment. When we can so man.
age balloons or flying machines that we
can san from New York to Chicago and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

Copyright, 1900, by Frederick a. Cook.
New York, Feb 2.-There was time in
frigid lore when we wrote only of The
Pole" aud everybody understood us as
referring to the North Pole But we have
discovered that the North Pole has rivals.
There are not less than four beyond the
horizon of ambitious explorers to-day; four
important poles used every hour of the
day and every day of the year by navi-
gators and land surveyors and other men.
upon whom millions of lives and heap
of fortunes depend.
These are the two geographical poles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

tie royal The sixteen arms writhed and
twisted, the water was stained black by
the elected fluid. and it was a thrilling
sight to behold the entangled feeers,
wrapped around each others bodies. At
ter a little the weaker of the two with
drew his arms, the other releases him,
and the beaten monster drew himself into
a corner to nurse his wounds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

impossible TO dress him
for three years. HIS
head and body were a
mass Of sores, and his
eyesight also became
affected. No treatment
was spare d that we
thought would relieve
him, but he grew worse
until his condition was
indeed pitiable. | had.
almost despaired of his
ever being cured, when
by the advice of a friend
we gave him S. 5. S.
(Swift's Specific. \ de
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

South Magnetic Pole These positions are
from 100 to 500 miles apart If we draw
a circle 500 miles in diameter on the East
ern end of the great continental mass
known as WITHSTAND 1t would be possible
to say the South Magnetic Pole is some
where within this, but no more definite
point could be fixed. Reaching and To-
eating this pole is entirely practicable.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
Scrofu1a, a Vile
Inheritance.

Scrofula is the most obstinate OF blood
troubles, and is often the result of an
inherited faint in the blood. S. s. S.
is the only remedy which goes deep
enough to reach Scrofula; it forces out
every trace of the disease, and cures
the worst cases.
My son, Charlie, was afflicted from infancy
with scrofula. and he suffered so that II was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

DR.. Cooks qualifications to write authori-
tativey upon polar exploration, IT should
be explained that the Antarctic voyage in
the ''Belgica' was not Dr. Cooks first ex
perience in polar explorations. He went
with the first Peary expedition to North
Greenland in 1912; he went in the schoon-
er yacht "Zeta" for a summer trip to
West Greenland in 1893; and he was in
charge of the miranda" expedition in
1894
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
MAY YET walk TO the POLE
SAYS DR.. F. A. COOK.
New Ideas About Exploration III Frigid
Regions Put Forth by the Famous
Antarctic Traveller.


b, Drinn e Pnc
-Andrae
Is m
in Poles, All of which
should BE
should BE Ou ed md
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

cIded lmprOVement was the RESULT and atter
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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

For real blood troubles it is a waste
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skill. SWift's Specific.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04
STUDYING A SMALL OCTOPUS.

A Battle in a Tank between Two Lit
ing.
a plague of the octopus is reported at
Ostend, and the age-famous oyster beds
of that resort are in serious danger This
visitation is unusual for the octopus is
usually found in the Gulf of Mexico, along
the coast of Southern California or in
Alaskan waters.
He is the most grewsome of fishes, with
his huge writing arms ready to seize
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-02-04

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The man who succeeds in reaching the
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-15
is AGAINST EXPANSION.
Samuel ShiTely. Late of Twentieth Kan
sas. Talks of Philippines

Paola. Kan. Feb 7.-SamueI J
Shively. one Of the first of the Psolsi
boys TO enlist when volunteers We're
called for 10 90 To the Philippines
and who served with distinction i'll
company 1. Twe0ti-rb Kan-a~. and
was with the famous regiment Ia all
/ it, fluctuations and triumph~. has
/ been delivering a series of lectures on
the Philippines and his experiences in
| that country. His lectures are we'll
received Before enlisting Mr. Shiyelv
was a lawyer and had served this
county a. county attorney. He i an
orator OF more than ordinary power
and force In his lectures. prior TO
last night Mr. Shively. beinga strong
republican. has carefully avoided the
question OF acquiring the islands by
the United States. His continued
silence on this question alarmed the
republicans, who wanted that he
whoop il up loud and long for expan-
sion and the administration. Last
night at Somerset toa crowded house
Mr. Shivelv for the first time publicly
de Jared his convictions on expansion
and what he said Is to-day the sub
jet OF general talk. and be i regard
ed "a poison by the ring who expected
him To fall in with them.
In his lecture Mr. Shivelv declared
strongly against conquest, acquision
and retention. both from constitu-
tiOnal and commercial point of view;
that from his experience in Luzon and
his knowledge of the people he knows
they are capable of self government;
that 60 per cent of the people can
read and write; that it will require |
standing army of 10000 to 10000 |
to hold the country, and that neither |
from a moral or constitutional view |
is the theory of the administration |
right and just. and that the boosted |
commercial gain would be more
han lost i'll the expense OF govern
nent. His lecture was an eye opener.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1900-02-15
Order of Publication.
STATE OF MISSOURI
County of Bates ..

STATE OF MISSOURI
County of Bates.
In the circuit court of Bates county. Missouri
Missouri at the relation and to the use of r.
owen, ex-officio collector OF the revenue of
Bates county, in the state Of Missouri nIain-
TN, vs.. L Unknown heirs Of Stephen Decker
defendants. 49,
Civil action for delinquent taxes.
Now at this day comes the plaintiff by her at
torney before the undersigned clerk OF the cir
cut court OF Bates county in the state of
missouri, in vacation and files her petition and
afhdaFlt, stating among other things that the
in the subject matter of this petition Whose
names the plaintiff cannot insert herein because
their names are unknown TO the plaintiff and
reiator; tnaf they own the land described below
in fee and acquired their title through steiner
Decker whose heirs they are. Whereupon il is
ordered by the clerk in vacation that the de-
PENDANTS be notified by pu bIcation that plaintiff
has commenced a suit against them in this court
by petition and afidavif the object and general
nature of which is TO enforce the iien 81 ~
state of Missouri for the deIinauent taxa ofthe
year Is.ss amounting IN the aggregate 10 the
sum OF -, together with interest, costs com
missions and fees upon the following described
tracts Of land situated in Bates county, Mis-
sour, to-wit:
Lot four "a in block eight - In Polly 4
HUM : addition TO the city Of Butler, and tEat
unless the said defendant be and appear al tn
) une term Of this court 10 be begun and holden
IN the city OF Butler, Bates county Mfsso1rI
on the frst Tuesday after tn. second Mopdsv in
June, 1870, and on before the third dsv
thereof If the term shall SO long coutinne ga
If not then before the end Of said term 80
plead to sad petition according 10 law the 49,
shall De taken g. confessed and judgrnent 80
dered according to the prayer of said T,etftiC.
and the above descri bed real estate sold n -
isfy the same.
And il is further ordered By the clerk .for.
said that q copy hereof be published IN rEs
BUTLER WEEKLY TISE=, 3 weekly Dewzrsrz~
printed and published in Bates eourtv- "
sourf. for four weeks EuccessiFeIy the Last IN
serEo1 = be at least fifteen DAYS before r.
1rss day Of the next June term Of said con =
A true copy OF The record Witness
IsEALI my hand ss clerk aforesaid with tn
seal OF sad court hereunto aHxad
Done 81 once IL Butler this the 18th dav az
annarT, 1915. J. P THTRNAS
LAX Circuit Clerk