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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28

afther home Intherferin'? Haghl
not him. He wouldn't interfere with
mouse, 7 do believe. It's the gay heart,
an the light wan, he has God bliss him"
And So Alexander said. moving closer
up to Nancy, and looking into her blue
eyes sympathe tically. and so you are feel
ing long and lonesome after homer
'Ach, not much-not muchH' she said,
in tone which. interpreted, meant-"A
great deal"
Well, now, Nancy. my dear" and he
laid a hand gently on her shoulder
Nancy, my dear, we must do our best
to be kind to you and keep the feeling of
long away from you"
Nancy was touched by the feeling ex-
preston Of such real sympathy. She cast
down her eyes as she said
I'm sure l must be forever obliged to
ye, sir, for yer good-heartedness to the
stranger"
My dear Nancy" here he sat him on
the edge of the churn and looked across
into Nancy's pretty face, don't say
stranger You're not to fee! strange here.
You're not to make strange with anyone
except, of course, the villain, Tommy;
by all means, you must make strange with
that fellow. You must observe mothers
good advice regarding him But you are
not to feel strange with me, for instance"
and he laid a hand affectionateiy on Nan
cvs head
I'm forever obliged" Nancy said, in
the thankfulness of her heart.
For, you know, Nancy he continued,
loosely wagging forefinger at her, II
shouldn't like a young girl with such
beautiful head of hair" here he stroked
it, "and such eyes" and he sazed into
their depths. ito feel strange with me"
A puzzled look overspread Nancy's
countenance.
And" Alexander went on. 81 should
certainly not like such Inns to tell it to
me-" He wound this up by a playful at
tempt TO chuck Nancy under the chin.
Nancy, slipping back, drew herself up in
an attitude of Indignation.
What he said, surprised And the
pose of a Greek goddess by all that's
beautiful He stepped toward her in ad-
miration, and attempted to lay his arm
around her waist
Instantly Nancys little hand shot up
more rapidly than he could have been
prepared for, and with the back of it she
drew him a sounding smack along the
mouth. which stopped him in mingled
amazement and pain.
When he got his breath again: well,
upon my solemn word, you fiery Nancy,
your sweet lips must soothe what your
wicked hand has made smart and he
made a dash at her.
But Nancy, clutching at butter spade
struck out, and hit him a sounding rap
sqarely on the nose, making blood squirt
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28
A WINTER WEATHER CONGRESS

The annual Congress of Winter Weather
met in the park on a crisp moonlight even
ing last week. Not an element was
lacking for the insurance of the most sue
cessful transaction of business, able
speeches were made and a number of
clever papers ana a fine programme OF
music wound up the proceedings, AMP
ng-and-an-Aager-Ai was the first del
egate to arrive, promptly followed by the
Northern Light Next came the Winter
Before the War. the Coolest Christmas,
the Day of the Blizzard tne Infant Frost
ana the Icicle. Sir Absolute Cod, arm
in-arm with his dreamy friend the Arc
lie Silence, got a round of applause as he
took his seat and heads were uncovered
when the venerable Weather himself APP
peared, escorted by his private secretary,
the Thermometer. Then came the Sleigh
bells, accompanied by a merry little host,
said to be the Observation-Disclosures, and fin
ally arrived the queen of the gathering.
the Crystalline Delight.
The Theater Frosts arrival was greeted
by a hattering silence, even the Soet
stopped beating time to a sentimental aria
about dead hopes and lost opportunities
that the North Wind was executing with
variations on an old keyhole. At this
moment the Bitter Cold ceased his I'M
pleasant habit of cracking his knuckles
10 regard with interest a weird creature
that the Glare Ice was observing atten-
lively, and to whom the Glacier was Civ
ing a freezing not as if he knew him.
Who on earth is that ridiculous dele
gate?' chartered the Icy Mist of his next
neighbor. Cant belong here"
"Ah, he does" whined the bitter Cold
HE is the Eternal Shows. The reporter
over there on the platform, who is putting
down cold facts for the signal service bu-
reau can tell you all about him He is
the Weather's right-hand man. His bust
ness is TO hold up the mails, delay milk
trains and block railways generally. He
builds artistic snowdrifts and keeps the
mountains capped. He spends his sum-
mers roosting on the highest peaks of The
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28

and bringing the gallant Alexander to
dead stop.
He clapped both hands to his nose.
Nancy who could not help smiling through
her Indignation. still stood at bay watch
ing the brave fellow nurse his nose. And
at that instant Mrs Nelson's voice was
heard Just without the door, crying back
TO the kitchen maid directions about din
ner. Alexander threw up his hands in
alarm
Nancy, upon my soul. I'm undoner'
Rapidly his eye ran around the dairy, but
few hiding places were there. His glance
fell upon the big churn. He whisked off
the lid and jumped in. Ere his head dis
appeared he paused, while he whispered:
Nancy, Nancy, I'm your friend from
this day-if you say nothing" Then the
head disappeared and the lid was pulled
down to it's position within the churn.
Poor Nancy was swayed between indig
nation amazement and laughter at the
ludicrous denouement-and it is more
than probable laughter, and right hearty
laughter, would have claimed her had
not Mrs Nelson then come sailing in.
"Wen little girl, are you standing idle?
Why aren't you at work? Don't COM
rnence to nope, thinking of home now"
and Mrs. Nelson fused around the dairy.
you know that's not what I'm paying
you extravagant wages for. Besides, you
were never quarter so well at home away
In those WHO mountains, DIS what you are
here, with plenty to eat, and not too much
TO do-only, you must always keep your
hands going. What are you working at
now? What? And you haven't finished
with the churn yet? o, dear! What are
servant girls useful for now except to
get in ones way? Have you given it the
second scaiding yet? No? What's this to
do? What's this to do? Is the kettle boil
ed? Here, stand out of my wayl Old wo-
man as 1 am I'm as good as half a dozen
of the sort of girls going nowadays. Out
of my wayl out of my way! And pray
observe how I scald churn-for I'll ven
ture nv word you have to be taught IT,
Paughl Deary me, it's roasting! and Mrs
Nelson, letting go the kettle she had es-
saved TO lift, now protected her hand with
her APRON and bore off to the churn the
steaming and Kissing kettle.
she rested IT on the rim Of the churn.
''Now. observe, my girl-What? DO you
think il is only for your amusement |
do this. that you stand grinning? Nancy
drew as long a face as she could assume
"Observe, you first pass the water round
the edges of the lid-this way, and"
"Ol Oh OH Dlli!"
An unearthly yell assembled from out
the bowels of the churn, the lid shot up
I'm the face OF the screaming Mrs Nell
son. a dripDing human head dashed after.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28

1 have the comfort and consolation of
possessing my own wise, good Alexander
! ehlHA II would be quite broken long ago
cEo"' you nave got your warning dear
Nancy dropped naughty courtesy And
nina you keep that boy at arms length
Io., dramatically, I'll not tolerate nv
SCI ant girls counting with my son"
NoHCy TOSSED her head again, and flash
Gu look al Mrs. Nelson She felt ~,
she would like to deliver herself If a 49,
OF o., her mind, but poor Nancy likewise felt
mat II she spoke She would saw son,atbirer
hot ana nasty, for which She would csr'
AMY De sorry atterward. So wisely sh.
restrained herself. A hot blush oversbread
!leI cHeeks' she thanked her mistress biz
'e ny ana Whsked from her presence.
Helgho" Nancy sighed &C bo
scrubbed big plunge churn in rho dair,,
later on the same day.
Ilelsho! was echoed back, as from a
breast weighted with trouble.
Nancy, startled, looked up and bebol
rdAsn, dashing fellow seated on one of
I IN milk crooks which stood on the ta,le
had given her. "' Tic
tlelo' Nancy! he said when he could
Nancy had been more than half-inclined
TO lauSn at first, his countenance was 30
humorous, and his manner so catcbino
put sne remembered Mrs Nelson's WAR
ing, so She replied taruy:
Indeed an my name comes glib r.
We, DOESN'T it, or not?"
by George, it does. Seems to me likes
fifty years" '''2'
Wen, the quicker yet get rid O. that
notion the better. Who are We. or what
are ye' or what's yer business here?"
mats right, now. l like that. Nancy
Ihats coming plank down to business ~
once Wen, I'm Tommy I'm a harm
scarum good-for-nothiug' cat least. 50 tha
Ola woman says, and she should know.
and my business here is to court you.''
Nancy flung the churn scrubber al him
by way of reply to his audacitv. and
tommy caught it deity. He dismounted
from his position, and approaching Nan
cy returned the brush with a mock how
then turned to her the back of his bent
head, saying:
perhaps you would like to ease your
distressed mind by Furnishing Tommy"
Nancy, without any delay, drew him
across the head a smart whack of the
brush, causing him to jump up with a
yell, and execute a good imitation of an
Indian war-danCe around herself and the
churn rubbing aud scratching the hack ~
his head the while.
That's for Yer imperence," Nancy said
when he quieted
20, you duck? Shouldn't l like to he
thrashed every day ever I'd rise by lust
such vision as your sweet self"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28

A gunner of the Seventy-hfth Battery,
r. #. A, writing 20 his mother at Leices-
ter from Modder river, says he has mad
half a dozen narrow escapes, and at Mod
der river his entire battery was nearly
cut up. THE infantry had advanced to
within 500 or COO yards Of the Boer trenches
and they were drawing very heavy fire
on to them the order came for the ar
tillery to go In close to the support of
them. When we started to advance, ana
got over the hill, oh. crikeyl you should
have heard the bullets coming for us,
Well. we trotted quite 1000 yards and
then we caught It. 1t was ping ping!
pingl all around us, horses and men drop
ping dead and wounded everywhere.
"Our gun was just going right-about
wheel, to take the horses into position,
when bangl a shell came, and bullets by
the hundred. Our leading driver got shot
through the stomach, and one of his horses
was shot, and when going down dead the
two center horses fell on top of them, and
me wheel horses went on top OF the lot.
Well, the wheel driver got up and I'M
hooked his horses and galloped away by
himself, and while he was doing that he
had bullet through the helmet. l had
to stand close to the muzzle of the gun
while they fired IT, and the force of the
shell coming out of the gun knocked me
backward. ] then got damned between
the gun wheel and the timber wheel, near
ly smashing my ribs. After that I was
serving ammunition TO the gun, and / got
bullet deep in my leg A little while
after that / got one through my water
bottle, and then l got another crossw wise
at me. 1t went through my coat and
Just scratched my chest. When they
brought ammunition wagons down, I was
was unlocking the horses. a bullet took
a button off and killed the horse l was
standing against, and 90 finish up with
had one through my coat and sleeve. The
horses got all the guns away except my
gun. The horses that came to mine got
frightened, and as soon as they got to
the gun again the wheel driver was shot.
gunner got up in his place. and we linn
bered up and galloped away mile under
the heaviest rifle fire anybody was ever
under"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28

ed in the drama, In poetry. and in fiction
and the newspapers.
I'VE now have the great pleasure and
privilege of meeting the Weather person.
ally"
The guest of honor rose smiling and
spoke as follows
"Gentlemen-I am happy to meet the
Snowflakes, Icicles and other devoted and
Industrious members of the Midwinter
Congress You VIII find me an Indifferent
talker. though l have the reputation In
Chicago of being windy. II is true, fis-
ure In boolSs-chiefly the Almanac
THE earth and are twins! l am day
younger than the Light, and few days
older than Adam. When Adam and Eve
took the lease of Eden / had been there
three or four days. regulating the morn
ing dews, the evening zephyrs and the
rainbow!
You often hear of Fair Weather Beau
uful Weather. Divine Weather These
are my charming daughters. I am sorry
TO say that my sons are a tough lot Their
Christian names, Bad, Hard. Muddy.
Nasty. Bitter and Windy, you may be IA
mliar with.
Truly, l am much talked about. but
| usually in the way of censurel | bear rha
Atlas burden of the blame Of centuries
have been too warm for some too cold for
Others. too wet, too dry. too calm, too
boisterous
Little of my time has been idle. I have
crowned the hills with snow, flied the
valley with rain and made the crops grow
since men were put on the earth-and I
have my reward After I have helped 10
give them their daily bread for 5000 years
they blame me! / am content
1T is the fate of benafctors to be re-
warded with ingratitude." Cheers greeted
this speech
Resolutions were passed. deprecating the
indiscriminate criticism Of the Weather
| and unanimously voting the Crystalline
! Delight the belle of the congress. Al a
| late hour the whole assemblage was frog
| en- out and adjourned sine die
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28
A THIEF IN TIE NIGHT.
How Catarrh RObs Its Victims of Health an life.

cstarrh Is the most insidious Of
diseases. Ifueglected, II invariably
reaches the bronchial tubes and
fnngs, rendering them weak aud
susceptible to consumption.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28

Rockies, and in winter he gives most of
his time and attention to delaying traffic.
They say he is at work now on a magnifi-
cent scheme for stealing trolley cars and
automobiles and baking snowplows."
Just then everybody's attention was at
tracted by discussion among a number
of delegates as TO the rival pretensions in
record breaking temperature of Sir ABB
solute Cold and Zero The Coolest Day
Ever Knew and the Celebrated Winter OF
1852, the Eternal Shows and Mr.. Shivers
were growing frigid by degrees when the
Thermometer rushed to the rescue.
"Sir Absolute Cold must not be auto
cratic" he insisted my old friend Zero
really makes no pretensions, but he spent
a winter in Florida some years ago and
so impressed himself on everybody and
everything that his visit has not been Tor
gotten yet, and he is inclined to feel
trlhe proud of his influence. As matter
of fact, Sir Absolute Cold IL far belo~
Zero, even if his fame does not reach much
beyond polar and scientific circles
"Where do you come FROM" suddenly
said the Northern Light to A-Nipping
an-Eag er-Air, when the row was over.
From the Rialto, / am travelling this
season with Richard Mansfield Sometimes
Miss Julia Arthur gives me a chance MT
her thealer. Pray, whence have you blown
in.
"Oh, I am doing stunts in Warmers
operas this winter Keeps me pretty
busy, too. An easy job and good salary.
and the two dramatic characters intro
duced Sir Absolute Cold 10 the Theater
Frost. These delegates quickly became
comrades.
You are the only one I ever met" re-
marked Sir A. c., whom can look upon
as my peer.
gard YOU as a warm friend" said the
L. So tA rnraa-
ceedings a delegate tumbled pell nell into
their midst. No one knew who he was
until the Shrewd Air suggested the Fall
ing Temperature, who had been standing
too near the edge of the Weather Bureau.
Somebody passed the ice pitcher and in
iuries proving slight the sufferer was
oulck1y restored and the congress was
called to order by the North Wind VINO
vas elected chairman. An Arctic Silence
was appointed sergeant-at-arms with or
doris TO nip any disorderly members pres
ent
The Congress opened with music. The
sleighbells gave an improvisation, fol-
owed by a nocturne from the Tintinuab-
ulations Then the Christmas Chimes
played a pretty melody and the Winter
Noonbeams and Snowhakes executed a
charming ballet. In spite OF few Kisses
and protests the North Wind insisted on
Hhistling a little thing OF his own first
through a keyhole and then repeating the
composition on a bit Of old telephone
wire.
The Congress somewhat recovered from
this setback by listening to a glittering
speech from the Icicle on Snow Crystals
and Zero followed by a bright talk on the
Aurora Borealis. who, having been obig-
ed TO leave early, owing to an engagement
at the opera for the third act Of Die Wal
kure, left his thanks at the compliment
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The Theatre-Trost Is Introduced.

toe foregoing paper and rapt attention
was given to the Frost's brochure on
Decorative Art, Novel Designs in Win
dow Pane Frescoes, etc
The Blizzard was persuaded temporarily
to assume the duties of the Arctic Silence,
who made an address on the North Pole.
He created no little sensation by saying
he knew where the Pole was, but had thus
far succeeded in keeping 1t from the
newspapers. whereupon the Russian Win
ter got up excitedly to say that he had a
paper on the Pole, but the North Wind
roared him to order by saying
"Your paper is on the Pole In Poland.
We know all about him. This is another
pole, not so warm as yours"
Mr.. Jack frost rose to a point of order
He understood there was a Theater Frost
in the house He would ask the honorable
chairman If a Theater Frost was eligible
to a seat in the Congress.
A Nipping- and an EaRer-Air said that
in his long dramatic experience, and he
had been playing in Shakespeare three
centuries, Theater Frost was the cold
est kind Of a chill. If the Theater Frost
was not eligible to a seat in a Congress
of Winter Weather, then Sir Absolute
Cold had no right there, and Zero ought
to go home"
The Cold House spoke feelingly of tho
Theater Frost as his colleague. He in
dorsed ali that A-Nipper-and AN Eager
Air had asserted, and asked the Arctic
Silence to say a word for the Theater
Frost.
The Arctic Silence gravely said: II take
off my hat to the Theater Frostr'
Then Sir Absolute Cold created a SEN
saton by saying. Il consider the Theater
Frost more deadly chill than l ami
All the delegates arose when the An
Client Weather, 5000 years old. solemniy
entered the Congress. leaning on the arm
of the Thermometer. his private seCTe-
tary.
1t is hard to describe the Weather. His
dubious nose was the color of red light
ming. His head was frosty; his beard
snowy. His eyes were a steel blue, when
not dimmed with mist. His cheeks were
as rosy as the sunrise His voice had
the roll Of thunder. Gales seemed to nf-
feet his vocal chords. for in gales he was
always hoarse
He wore a gay autumn-sunset waist
coat, an Aurora Borealis necktie, coat
as gray as a November sky and a pair
Of twilight trousers. In manner. he was
sunshny and somber; frigid and threaten
ing one moment, thawing and genial the
next. In fact as regards hearing and
appearance he was one Of me most I'M
certain and indefinite personages in the
world.
The presentation was gracefully made
In the following terms:
II have the great honor to introduce 10
you the father OF our congress- who Is
the Dr. Samuel Johnson Of Natural Phe-
nornena. He Is accompanied by his friend
and biographer, the Thermometer, who is
the Boswell Of the Weather!
"Our houored chief has been the subject
Of more conversation than any other in
habltant Of this planet Pr sidents are
not mentioned so often as he for his
sighted moods are described and celebrat-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-28

'Tn throth,' said Nancy, eff We provoke
me to go practisin my wrist on We again
ven may be find it's little of the vision
about it-or, at least it's the sort OF vision
that laives blisthers behind it.
NANCY, avourneen, it's l knows that'
for already there's blister on my heart
the size O. your shoe-the size o my own
shoe, l mean
.Be off. 1 say, or III rise them the SIZE
a. YOUR head-an' that's big enough-on
the ribs of We. Be off, l tell ye!
AN [ can't go, tell ye!' accothpailIeu
nv such a travesty on an ogle that Nancy
was compelled to laugh.
Of wasn't enough for yer mother 70
warn me against We, 1 suppose, ana ten m
the sort of villain We Neie' "iiN ~
We do be up to. a.. o..+ .ir,e
Won find my mother preaching agalLio NJ
cour+in' I wish you'd just only ASH ne,
o ol,tat Nv If she never did it herself, ana
did She get the man sent down from neaN-
on in a hand basket of morning
"Cn ask her yourself ye rascal Aren
We every bit as big an as usS d
do the business ,,,-.r,
.1eosnne for the common nuisance ye
49,, And by means of very vigorous
assault on him with the scruoDIlB u ~
Nancy whacked him out OF the uooi' "'-
slammed it in his face ,- ho was
Ae she got at her work again ne
sending parting salute through the AeS
hole: ,, tn, eone-gone TO
,a+cb together. as best l can, tne sim
p prse Of a smashed heart. WIN uia,
cr,,eI brush of yours you've maze N ,.,.o
srnail nieces of It. II can geu 1t - III
snv sort Of presentable order y ~, Us ,hen
FOR another coort tomorrow III 'Ns'''
adieu! nth ver' Nancy
shouted. 49,. arc she went
on smilingly, soliloquizing as she 1eon.
"a "a nmrtv boy. throth! an small VIZ 30
a. vor own mother had TO wal" 80 ~
oaeirst We. If We come 90 Keep me ii t,la
1,torl, me mora, I'm afeerd II lsn NJ
v Wi in brush III be usin' on We. 40
ri he afther takin' to ye SOM r,ake
.briae weighuer-somethin that
,e larn yer place an keep Il coo
"tIe,s been interfering with you S9N'
the rascal that he IS. loo, ,yho sur-
II was Alexander, the bashful, VIM -, ga
nrised Nancy this time. only NanoS S,d nor
tthat though solemn enough ne dlu In in
look ouite so bashful as ne ma" N0''S
his mothers presence. .Sot
"Ha. ha, haw Nancy laugneu, tin, a
ne Of Interference. only just er9ch ~, a.,
ioise TO keep me from teeiH4 ''''-
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NANCY HANNIGAN'S SUITORS.
Nv seumas MacManus.

-..rriqht. 1900, by seumas MacManus.)
.Ilor Of IN Chimney Corners" "Drol-
IT'S of Donegal" etc.
n-,,cv Hannigan was the one daughter
mas and Nelly Hannigan. Nancy, as
.rs rev up. developed such an attractive
-..aarance that she was dubbed The
- of Dhrimore." Ere yet Nancy was
+,,ra she had to go the way of the
.,, women (and young men, too) of
roneeal seaboard-she had to go over
fountains to hire with the Scotch
tors who owned the big, rich farms
+,a valley of the Finn. Nancy, being
fs,ch tender years, so inexperienced of
49, world. and, still worse, possessing the
,a..Htv of exceptional beauty, Seumas
"a Nellie we're loath to let her go. But
otto little fishing and little filling,
t+ gave an occasional knock at Seu-
- door. as at the doors of his neigh
hor.-so, perforce, poor Nancy must face
the world.
Uub a very large store of advice and
,rarrfns u the only commodities her moth
sr could afford 10 be liberal with very
email store of clothes done up in a red
l.ndkerchie0 and her fathers and moth
sr,s blessing Nancy took the road with
,ba other poor boys and girls just before
he SIM began to rub the mists off his
owes and peep up over the shoulder of
parnesmore mountain on a Friday morn
irs and trudged Sc miles before bedtime,
and stood the Rabble market in Strabane
rext day waiting for some one to come
and hire her.
several big rough farmers and some
rourher farmers wives, had come up and
viewed Nancy at every angle of obserVa-
rion. quizzed, questioned and cross-ques-
toned her putting her through the cate
cbisn of her abilities and then priced her
anl baggled with terrifying to beat her
doVn five shillings in the half-year's
wage-and quilted her. giving their opin-
i'm that she was too delicate for girls
work in the Laigan (Which included
wrestling with tubs and pots of boiled
roots. feeding cows and pigs, milking,
churuing and butter rnaking) Finally, an
imposing old lady of generous girth and
EVIDENTLY of higher social status than the
farmers wife, came up, and, raising her
giasses. viewed Nancy calmly and critic
ally. and then trotted her through the
usual catechism. Mrs. Nelson. it turned