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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-26

BUY THE WINNER HEATER AND
the Economist cook stove; guaranteed In
every respect c. p. Miller agent, 2g7
Broughton, west.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-26

MILLER WANTS YOUR TRADE AND
will do anything honorable to get It; you
need Miller's furniture and carpets; be
just to yourself and call on him. c. r.
Miller, agent 3O7 Broughton. west.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-26

CASH BUYERS WILL FIND sPE-
cial attractions IN my mammoth stock of
furniture and carpets my goods are
money savers. c, L. Miller, agent, o07
Broughton west.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-26

EMPLOYMENT WANTED.

YOUNG MAN DESIRES POSITION AS
clerk or collector; honest and willing to
work. Address Box 10, this office.
WANTED, POSITION AS DRIVER OF
carriage or as waiter. 656 Liberty, east
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-26

WEDDING GIFTS MY STOCK is
well supplied with many choice and ele-
giant articles, suitable for wedding
gifts" come and see them. C. r. Miller
agent 207 Broughton, west
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-26

CRATES, BLOWERS. AND ASH PANS
always on hand; when your tin roof or
stove needs repairing, call and see me.
+. II. Herman 10 West State street
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
CONAN DOYLE TO THE RESCUE,
The Anglo Irishman Defends, the War
Office.

In letter to the London press,
Conan Doyle, the novelist, defends the
war office from adverse criticism.
due credit" he urges, Fought to be
given to the war office for its striking
successes in the mobilization and dis
patch OF so large lorce to such dis
lance in so short time. All foreign
authorities agree that this was re-
markable achievement See how divi-
sion after division is being formed and
dispatched, and yet how often we have
been told that these divisions of re-
serves were non-existent. Surely here,
also, the war office has scored.
"In the matter OF guns l am assured
by expert officers that our field artillery
is still the best in Europe. Certainly,
i'll this campaign, it has silenced all field
guns brought against it.
I'm the exceptional circumstances OF
guns OF position being trundled about
the country and used to outrange field
artillery, the most we could fairly ask is
that Our authorities should at once
adapt themselves to these novel condi-
tons. This was quickly done by the
use of naval guns on the spot and by
the dispatch OF siege guns from home
Gas to mounted infantry, this whole
campaign is now thing destined per-
llaps to revolutionize warfare, and we
can simply meet conditions as they
arise. The large mounted force now on
it's way is a sign OF how adaptive and
elastic we are.
The real fact is we are fighting
against tough lot OF men, whom We
shall certainly wear down in the long
run. but who will give us many hard
knocks which we must bear in manly
silence, without any shrieks OF nous
sommcs trabis.'
LET there be reckoning at the enc
for whoever has done less than his
best"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
/ No Entangling Alliance.

I'VE are now at peace with Eng
land and there is a great deal of gush
ing over our Anglo-American alliance
says Mayor Harrison of Chicago. eth
people say that blood is thicker than
water, and they apprehend that ne
trouble can come with England. Tha
is all foolishness. We are OF differ
ent blood than the English. We are
not Anglo-Saxons. We are mixed
race, made up of the cream of the ma
tons OF Europe, and composed OF
Americans and all sorts OF foreigners,
including Germans, Scandinavians and
others who have no friendship with
England. l believe that the English
will be Our friends just as long as it
pays them to be So I am not in favor
OF entangling alliances in peace or war.
| think Uncle Sam should stand alone.
lie is able to take care Of himself, and
he should stick to his own field, which
is this hemisphere
Il do not think we want any prop
erty SO far away as the Philippines. I
believe that America is big enough for
all our energies. 1t is by far the best
part OF the earth's surface, and we
should be satisfied with it. AS to the
Philippines, I can't see why we want
them. The population they have now
is thicker than that of Illinois, and it
will cost lis enormously to hold them
l see no reason why the Filipinos
should not be allowed to rule them
selves. Admiral Dewey says they are
superior to the Cubans, and we propose
to let them govern themselves"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
LIFE ON ST. HELENA.
Inhabitants of the Island Happy and,
C0ntented and Crime Almost
Unknown.

Few people ever think of St. Helena
except as rock in the sea on which Ma
poleon lived awhile miserably and then
more miserably died. That the great
est of anti-climaXes was not the end of
the little islands history is hard to real
ize, possibly because poet or romancer
would have made it the end, and con-
tinuation is therefore more or less I'M
natural and absurd. Be that as it may,
st. Helena has remained the abiding
place of ordinary human beings who
concern themselves very little about the
colossal ghost generally supposed to be
the islands only inhabitant, and the re-
port to the English government just
made by their governor shows that they
have joys and sorrows exactly like those
OF the folks dwelling in places less
tragically famous. For instance, the
revenues of the island last year were
e9,152, decidedly comfortable sum,
but alas! the expenditures amounted
to 6 12,349, and that is an excess of out
go not comfortable at all. The govern
or says, however, that the bad balance
was due to some extraordinary drains
upon the islands resources, and that
he anticipates substantial surplus for
the current year. A recent increase Of
the garrison and extensive improve
ments now making by the colonial and
imperial authorities assure the imme-
date prosperity of the islanders.
st. Helena has no public debt, but is
paying off by small annual installments
a Notwithstanding grant of 6 5000
made by parliament in 1871. The inn
ports, chiefly foodstuffs and building
materials, amounted last year to &c.,
9s5, and the exports, almost wholly po-
tatoes, to e4,391. Lacemaking has been
introduced among the girls Of the is
land with great success, and the gov
ernor is experimenting with the manu-
facture of brick and tile. The whalers
have now entirely deserted st. Helena,
the few ships engaged in that industry
keeping far to the north or south. The
total population of the island is 4,543.
The governor hopes that winter vis-
itors from England may be tempted by
the salubrity of the climate to try st.
Helena, which is superior, he says, in.
some respects to that of Madeira and
the Canary islands. He says the peo-
pie as whole compare favorably with
the English agricultural population;
with few exceptions all can read and
write, and the language is spoken with.
greater purity than in many districts
at home. AS rule, the people are hap
py and contented, with little crime
among them and much kindness in help.
ing each other. Strangers are greatly
impressed with the general civility
shown to them by old and young.-N.
Y, Times.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
TELLS OF BRITISH CRUELTIEs.
Philip Kock Says Wounded Beers We're
Robbed.

Philip Kock, adjutant to the late
Gen. Kocll, of the Boer army, swears
that after the battle of Elandslaagte he
found General Kock wounded and en-
tirely naked. He said that British SOL
diers had robbed him of his clothing
a we'll as his va1uables. In an affidavit
he continues:
There were others robbed besides
General Kock on that battlefield. The
dead were not spared. l saw the re-
mains OF Assistant Commandant Boden-
stein, Landrost of Krugersdorp. He
had received bullet in his left breast,
which pierced his heart. He had been
robbed OF his telescope, his rings had
been taken from his fingers, and all his
money was gone.
From the body of William Preto-
rius, revenue collector at Johannesburg,
were taken all his money and his ring
from off his finger.
From Servaas de Wet, wounded. a
ring and his money were taken.
81. A. Lepeltakkeeft was wounded by
lancer. He threw his gun down, and,
holding up his hand, surrendered as
prisoner. He was ordered to march
'vorwaerts' and took a turn to the left.
He did not do this quickly enough for
the English officer, who shot him in
the back.
Con the battlefield were found heaps
of dum-dum bullets. 1t is with these
barbarous instruments that the English
wish to destroy our nation.
'As far as I can see, our burghers
can expect no Christian and civilized
treatment from the English. So far,
their treatment of us has been of ma
ture should be ashamed to apply to a
Kafir.
Our generals and officers are not
respected and our ordinary burghers
are treated with contempt"
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
PERCENTAGE IN GAMBLING.
Will Always Break the
Small Players.

I'm all gambling games," said an old
time sport, there is a percentage in
favor of the house, Anybody, except
born fool, knows that man couldn't
afford to equip an establishment, hire
help, pay rent, and defray all the hun
dred and one incidental expenses un-
less he derived profit that was based
on some fixed principle and not depend
ent on mere luck or chance.
Just where the profit comes in, how
ever, is something that very few peo-
pie understand. Most of them imagine
it is derived from some slight advan-
tage in the arrangement of the game,
such as the zero numbers in roulette
or the splits in faro, but they are very
much mistaken. 1t really depends on a
principle that applies to all games alike,
and might be termed the percentage of
capital
"Strange as it may seem, could take
capital of $1,000 and begin pitching
nickels, in which the chances are per-
fectly even, letting the players guess
either way they wanted to, and would
make steady profit, day in and day
out. The secret is this: The average
player has only limited amount of
money, and n slight run of bad luck
wipes him out. He is obliged to quit,
and somebody else takes his place,
while the house keeps right on through
good luck and bad, continually swell
ing its reserve with the cash of the
broken players. To simplify the mat.
ter, suppose have 100 pennies and you
have one, and we begin matching. One
loss breaks you, but can stand 100
losses before having to quit. You may
have squirt of luck at the start, but
in the long run am morally certain to
wipe you out. That principle of the
percentage of capital is at the bottom
of the profits of every gaming house in
the world, from Monaco to Long
! Branch."-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
QUEER TALE OF ARCTIC SEAS.
A Ship That Had Been Icebound for
Fifty Years Drifts Into the
HarbOr of COrvO.

One of the most curious finds ever
made from the sea was that which came
to the Azores in 1858. The island of
Corvo was then in possession of two
beach-combers, runaway English sail
ors. There came drifting into little
harbor one morning craft which had
evidently been frozen in the ice for
lifetime, and had lately been released.
1t had come down from Davis strait,
and was an ancient and battered hulk
without masts, bnlwarks, or name. The
craft had been brig, and she was Rus
sian. Her matches were on and her
cabin doors fast, and the hulk was buoy
ant. She had come out of the belly of
an iceberg. She had little cargo, and
that consisted of skins and furs in prime
condition. No papers were found in
her cabin, but it was figured that she
was sealer or trader, carrying crew
of ten or twelve, and that she had been
provisioned for year. The flour found
aboard tasted like chalk, but the beef
was perhaps better than the day it was
put on board. She had been abandoned
when frozen in, and the dark color of
the woodwork and the growth of moss
proved that she had drifted for years.
Then she got fast in the ice, and be-
came part of berg.
The date of letter found in her fore
castle showed that she had been aban-
doned nearly half a century before.
The hulk drifted on to sandy beach,
and the combers went to work on her.
They got out the furs, which brought
them $4,000, hoisted out couple of bar
rels of beef, and then set fire to the
wreck, and little remained of her when
the story leaked out. That the hulk
had come down from the far north was
proved only few weeks later by the
log of an English merchantmen. She
reported passing great iceberg to the
northwest Of the Azores, and of seeing
curious object Embedded in it so feet
above the surface of the water. This
object was believed to be whale, but it
was probably the hull of the brig. Get
ting down into the warm seas, the berg
fell to pieces, and that queer old relic
found herself afloat again.-N. Y. Sun.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
The Confessional.

A well-known Jesuit scholar, Rev. R.
f. Clarke, S. J., comes to the defence Of
the confessional in the North American
Review. He contends that it has mani
fold advantages to the individual and to
society and has its source in funda-
mental need. He says:
The natural origin and fountain head
OF confession is to be found in an in
stinct OF human nature, which leads us
to communicate to others any strong
emotion present to the soul, any power
iul influence engendering in us Joy OF
sorrow, hope or fear, self-approbation
or self-reproach. II some counter mo-
tive render concealment necessary, the
suppression will be painful to US and
will aggravate our suffering, where the
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
ROB SIBERIA OF TERRoRs.
Reforms Proposed in the Russian
Penal Code with Decreased Num-
Der of Exiles.

The proposed reform concerning the
Siberian exile system is one which il
will take some time to put into force
To do away completely with the exile
system cat one fell swoop" seems i'm.
practicable, if not absolutely impos.
sible. From what learn it is proposed
to abolish the punishment of exile first,
for certain categories of prisoners, I'm.
til sufficient penal stations have been
established in European Russia for all
classes of convicts, political or other.
wise. In the meantime the government
is taking energetic measures to do away
with the great curse of the law-abiding
subjects of the car in Siberia by draw,
ing a distinction between them and the
convicts who have broken their parole.
The latter form permanent bands of
thieves and murderers, which are the
terror of the natives and colonists in
certain provinces of Asiatic Russia.
According to recent official information
on this subject there are between sO,-
900 and 10000 of these exiles who have
broken their parole.
This question of penal reform is now
in the hands of an imperial commission
appointed for the purpose. The num-
Der of these imperial commissions in
Russia is great, over 200 of them being
at work just now. AS rule, they hold
meetings and deliberate for several
years without coming to any definite
conclusion. It is to be hoped that the
commission just appointed to deter
mine what punishment is to take the
place of exile to Siberia will be an ex-
ception to this rule, especially since
there are few noteworthy exceptions
to the general rule. Thus, for instance,
special committee, appointed for the
purpose of revising the rules and regu-
lations of the judiciary in Russia, has
just come to the end of it's labors after
being at work for over five years, dur
ing which time 500 seances were held.
From what is known of the conclusions
reached by the commission a radical
transformation of the entire code of
common law has been decided upon.
These proposals will be submitted to
the council of the empire next Janu.
airy for approval.-N. Y. Times.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

There are many muscles in the hui
man body control of which has been
lost through ages of disuse.
The longest tree in the world lies
broken and petrifed at the end of a
defile in northwestern Nevada. It is
said to be 666 feet long.
The Gersoppa falls, on the Sharavatti
river, in south Kanara, India, are larger
and more magnificent than Niagara.
The water makes a clear drop of $50
] feet.
The United States has more mer-
chant vessels than Great Britain. She
has 22,7O5 vessels of 4,749,73s tons,
while Great Britain has 20,6O1, of g.
953,171 tons.
When you have blood upon your
hands, first wash them in pure wa
ter. Using soap at first is mistake,
as soapy water does not dissolve blood
rapidly. Clear water and nail brush
should come first, soap next.
Many clocks with weights and wheels
were in use in England during Chau-
GERS time, and most of the monasteries
of the fourteenth century possessed
clocks, though these were used to show
the astronomical movements, as we'll
as the passage of hours. Throughout
the fifteenth century clocks were made
mostly by ar1norers and blacksmiths,
as they were constructed of iron and
steel.
The aggregate national debt of Eu-
rope exceeds $4,000, 100000, according
to consular information procured by
the state department, and officially
published. The exact figures for each
country are given as follows: England,
$3,323, 800; France, $6,24s,5s6,O 1000;
Germany, $2,447,349,s3o; Russia, $4,-
59,437,0oo; AustriaHungary, $2,574,-
37s,5oo; Italy, $2,4s2, ,s12; Spain, ST.
79s, sso,799.
To thread needle hold it with the
ring and little fingers Of the left hand,
instead of with the thumb and fore
finger, as is the usual way. This meth
cd, according to DR.. Joseph M. Jack
son, leaves the thumb and forefinger
free to grasp the smallest bit of silk
or other suture material as it passes
through the eye and pull it to safe
distance on the other side. This does
away with the slipping back, so COM
mon in the old way of changing hands,
and incidentally decreases profanity,
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
BATTLE OF THE BOYNE
LOST Through the CowardiceI Of King
James.

William III, king OF England and
stakeholder OF Holland (Wiliam Henry
OF Nassau, prince Of Orangc), who
was born at The Hague, Nov. q, 1850,
was the son OF William II, prince OF
Orange, and the Princess Mary Of Eng
land, eldest daughter OF Charles l. The
house OF Orange had long sought to
obtain supreme power in Holland but
the death of William II eight days be-
fore the birth Of his son had put stop
to his projects for the establishment OF
despotsm over the republic and threw
the power into the hands OF the oppo-
site party. During the infancy of Will
liam, Jan de Witt, grand pensionary.
governed the republic. When Holland
was attacked by France and England in
1872, however, the Prince OF Orange
was appointed captain and admiral gen
eral OF the united provinces. In the
long and severe conflict which ensued
the allies were at first successful, but
the ability OF William as general and
still more as diplomat detached Eng
land from the alliance and brought her
over to the Dutch side, which led to
peace in 1878.
In November, 1917, William married
his cousin Mary, eldest daughter OF
James, duke OF York, heir presumptive
to the British throne. Williams life
long policy was to lessen the power Of
France, which, under Louis XIV, had
increased to such proportions as to
alarm Europe. He consequently en-
deavored to sever the relations between
England and France. When James as
cended the English throne in 1856, he
was determined upon restoring the
Catholic faith in Britain and establish
ing universal religious liberation, and
Holland became the place OF refuge for
thousands Of those Englishmen who
were opposed to the Catholic king S
policy. The dissatisfaction OF the Prot
estants, who formed the bulk OF the
English people and who refused to
agree to any plan for the granting OF
federation to Catholics, having reached
its height, the Prince OF Orange, who
was regarded throughout Europe as
the champion OF Protestanisin, was on
June 80, 1888, invited by number Of
English statesmen to enter England
with an army.
William assembled large fleet and
an army OF 5000 and landed at Tor
bay, Nov. 5, 1888. Soon the whole
country was on his side, and James
thought it expedient to fec to France
A convention OF the states OF the realm
of England in February, 1850, called
William and Mary to the throne. Scot
land acknowledged Williams suprem-
acy, but Ireland prepared to fight tor
the cause OF the rightful sovereign
Hither James came with large forces
and money from France, and very soo'
the whole island declared for him. On
May 7, 1859, England joined the coali-
ton which William, as stakeholder Of
Holland, had formed with Austria
Spain and other states against France
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1900-01-06
sANllelakllnlIiI1e1
regular army, is "gentlemen's regi-

WN@sa
regular army, is "gentlemen's regi-
ment, differed by members of the
smart set" When it is sent forth for
the sport OF the man-hunt it is led by
"scions" of the "6rst families" by men
OF title, birth, high breeding-the "chi-
valry' OF Britain, says the New York
World.
On the retreat from Glencoe the Brit
ish, in greatly superior force, came
upon small Boer detachment a,
Glands Laagte and put it to flight.
Several squadrons of the Fifth Ian
GERS, about three hundred in all, were
sent i'll pursuit and overlook and Sur.
rounded about ninety OF the Beers. The
Beers threw away their arms, and, be-
ing unable to speak the language, fell
upon their knees i'll supplicating atti-
tudes, indicating that they surrendered
But the Fifth Lancers, with its high
bred sporting instincts, was not to be
cheated. The officers called out "Show
them no mercy!' and until darkness. in
tcriercd, to quote an officer whose let
ter appeared in the London Times
most excellent ig-sticking ensucd for
about ten minutes, the bag being abou;
sixty"
Pig sticking!" THE bag!" Clearly
sporting event OF the very highes:
type!
They begged for mercy'-the "pigs''
but the gentlemen and their heaters
in drove home the lances through,
rheir backs and bowels" Sixty out o.
ninety went into ''the bag"
These British gentlemen and the men
who must obey, and, so far as may be.
pattern after them, are in South Africa
according to the statements OF the Brit
lsh government, for the cause OF prog
ress and liberty and civilization. Ye,
when they write OF battle in this holy
cause they describe massacre and cali
it most excellent pig sticking.