Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-08-31
THE SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, AUGUST 81

house, Covent Garden, has been mixture OF
opera in Italian and opera in German, and II |
the former has failed to arouse the interest |
exhibited in its regard in days of yore, IL is |
certain that the latter has met with even q |
more unkindlv fate. The Germans have sung |
to thin and unappreciative audiences, ana II |
is not likely that the experiment VIII be re-
peated.
MAN who has been working in the har-
vest fields at Solaro, California, has created
considerable stir among the cats and people
Of Fairfield, and he is under arrest onthe sup
position that he is crazy. Every cat he could
lay hands on he would take to some secluded
spot, cut its tail and legs off. and then rip out
its liver. He offered IS each for black cats,
and 81 80 each for other varieties. When ar
rested and searched S54 was found in MS
pockets, besides large number of cats claws,
legs, ears, Flyers, etc.
AT the wedding breakfast in England re-
Gently one of the bridesmaids expressed wish
to see that mystic document, a wedding Ii
cense, which she had never beheld. The re-
quest occasioned fearful discovery. The
clergyman had quite forgotten to ask for the
license; the bridegroom had left it to his 'best
man to procure it, and this the best man"
was no legal marriage at all. The weddl
party broke up in dismay. and the ceremony
was performed again the next day.
The wedding Of Sam Hing, a wealthy
Chinese merchant of FL PasO, Texas, and
respectable Creole girl named Miss Louisa
Sidonia Vogue was quietly performed by
Justice of the Peace Monday night at the resi-
dence OF the brides parents in New Orleans.
The young lady is really beautiful and accom-
pllshed, with an unblemished reputation. She
was neatly attired, and the happy husband
was dressed in black broadcloth suit. His
long plat OF hair was carefully colled and
placed on the top Of his head, Mr.. Hing has
been in business at Ell Paso for some time. He
furnishes supplies and labor on the Texas
Pacific Road at that end. He has amassed
quite a large sum Of money which he and his
wife hope to enjoy.
FLORENCE, the actor, got little fun out Of
the anti Jewish crusade at the summer hotel.
His jOvial face has Irish lines in it, but no
hneament that could be construed as Jewish.
He had read about the situation, and it came
into his mind as he walked up to the registry.
He wrote tn the book IS. Isaacs, New York"
The clerk looked at the signature in sudden
alarm. and then gazed earnestly into the
comedians visage. SIS that your name, sir?"
ne stammered, quite thrown of his usual
steady balance. dot ish my NAME yes" was
the reply, in excellent dialect. "I-socks-
Solomon I-sOcks." ''Then l am sorry to say
that we can't give you a ROOM" At this point
the bystanders laughed, and the actors joke
was duly noted for publication.
THE largest two hotels at Saratoga would
be crowded by other persons than guests dur
ing the hours Of music and dancing were not
restrictive measures adopted. The houses
cannot be thrown open to all Corners, as at small
resorts, with no other rule than that those
who enter shall be well dressed. Therefore
dOOrtenders put the question, Are you
guest% to all corners whose faces they do not
recall as belonging to boarders. But the au-
dacious and expert belle from 81 boarding
house does not let resentment serve to exclude
her from the most coveted privileges Of the IS
establishment. When the sentry challenges
her, she removes ali expression from the rest
of her pretty face and concentrates IN her
eyes the greatest amount of scorn she can
command Then she turns her eyes fixedly
on the hireling, murmurs certainly, SIR"
and moves smoothly, unhesitaungly, slowly
past him. He knows that she lies, but what
can he do about it?
THE Voudoos of Louisiana-those negroes
who still make the eve Of st. John an orgy Of
weird incantatiOn-were recently viewed at
the funeral of a negress, one Of the Queens Of
VoudOO. In a shanty she lay in fantastic
garb. On her head was a garland of bay
leaves, while about her neck a dead snake was
tWined. The titful light from bunch Of re-
sinOus pine cast a smoky glare over a hundred
negroes, who, with joined hands, sat en- the
ground and swayed their bodies bach and
forth to the RHYTHM of a monotonous dmning
song, ever and anon letting out an unetrthly
scream. Then came march by tOrchlght to
the grave. The torches were dashed 10 the
ground, and the dance above described was
repeated with such vigOr this time that before
it ended many of the dancers had fallen to
the earth from sheer exhaustion. Then the
clothes of the dead woman were thrown into
the grave, one garment at a time, some of
them being torn in two before being cast in.
"SCIENCE" gives some curious figures with
regard to the membership of the American
Association for the Advancement of Science.
OF the 2,01l members more than one-third
come from New York (349) and Massachusetts,
(34l) cOnjOined. Ohio has 20S, the District of
Columbia l29, Canada l20 and Pennsylvania
III. No other State has more than 100 mem
bers. New York (153), Boston (142), Cncin-
natl ana W Washington leach 800 are the cities
which furnish most members, while PhiAdel-
phia on is distanced by Montreal az. The
scientific showing of Montreal and of Min
} neapOlis 1917 is explained by the fact that the
last meetings of the association were hdd in
those two cities. There is no doubt that the
membership of Pennsy vania generally, and
of Philadelphia in particular, will greatlt in
crease this autumn, and it is to be hoped that
large proportion of those who join in order
to participate in the privileges of the coming
meetings viii become permanent members.
DIR. ALBERT DAY publishes an article on
medical deluslors; giving as a notable iu-
stance of these the wonderful cures which
were effected in the New England States dur
ing the last year of the past century by what
were known as the Perkins metallic points.
1t seems that a certain Dr. Perkins, OF Plain
field, Conn, made and patented metallic
tractors. One part was composed OF steel,
and the other Of some metallic compound.
The operation Of cure consisted in uniting the
large ends, and then drawing the sharp points
over the diseased parts. Letters are given
from number Of professional men and prom-
nent merchants, testifying to the miraculous
effect produced. The lame walked, the rheu-
matte were relieved of their pains, inflamma-
lions of all kinds Immediately subsidized, and
even confirmed cases of cancer yielded imme-
dlately under the magical pressure of the
Perkins tractors. The inventor was not, how
count, for he died in the height of his fame in
1897. His son took out a patent for the trac-
tors in Englad. There, too, the success at the
outset was astonishing, and the younger Or.
Perkins quickly made $4,000.