Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-03
4 Rosror rn1ron has been asking his sub.

A BOSTON EDITOR has been asking his sub
scribers to tell him something about old clocks.
Here are some Of the answers he received: Z.
c. Moody. of York, Me-, has in his possession
a clock brought from England in 1923, and
with the date 1920 and the makers name on
the dial; "H.," of Alfred. Me-, has time
niece made in Hull, England. in 100: y. II.
W." of NOrridgewOck, Me-. has one maze In
Bristol, England. in 1894, and people IN q
dozen other New England towns nave CLOCKS
used in Pilgrim days and still keeping time.
THE old, old story that woman cannot keep
a secret viii no longer be believed IN st. LOUIS,
for curious instance to the contrary has just
come to light Samuel Wilde, coal miner,
intrusted all his saved earnings to his wife Tor
safe keeping. About week ago MS Wlie tooh
sick. and continued to grow worse untn she
died, few days ago. All efforts 70 nave heT
state where the money was were unaValAng,
and She died with the secret known only 10
herself. The last time the money was count
ed it amounted to nearly $500, ana thougf the
family, since the WOmans death, nave sea- en-
ed Thoroughly for the treasure, it has not yet
been discovered.
NJ. GRARD, director Of the Paris Municipal
Laboratory. say that the chemical knowledge
applied to the connection of spurious foods
and drinks is of a very high order, and would
suffice to make the fortunes of the adulIefat-
ors dozen times over if applied IN an honest
eaDacitv. The matter which seems 10 nave
aroused him of late is a peculiarly ingenious
thing in gOoseberry jelly. 1t appears Inat tlie
article is made entirely of seaweed. Inc COL
oring matter is fuchsine and the naVor Is gwen
by a compound of acetic ether, tartarlc aelu,
aldehyde and unanthlc. Inspectors oIteh
recognize it from the fact that it IS "a little
more elegant than the genuine article"
A STRANGE CASE of somnambulism occurred
on the Rock Island passenger train just before
it reached Joliet, H., on Saturday night
! Mrs. Mealey Simmons was travelling from
1 Fairbury, Neb.. with her two daughters.
/ They were occupying a berth in the sleeping
/ car when. about midnight, the lady awoke
/ and missed little Grace, aged years. me
frightened mother aroused all the passengers,
/ but a careful search failed TO reveal the NIUE
/ one. The grief-stricken woman was DeWdu-
/ ing the fate of the lost child when the cOhuuc-
/ tor entered with the waif, the latter crying
1 pitifully. He had found her in the third car
/ ahead, in her night dress, and when ne spoke
/ the child did not heed him until he touched
/ her arm. Oracle then gazed about IN aston
/ ishment as if awaking from deep sleep. she
! had found her way through the coaches Whlle
! the train was running at hlgn speed
A PRISONER in the State prison in Califor-
mia tells the San Francisco CAL that money
will buv whatever the convicts may want,
and that whisky selling is lucrative trade in
the prison He adds: 1.-The men who have
been convicted Of the highest crimes are
always the most popular over there among
the prisoners, and the officials, too, and II they
/ have coin as well, there's no end OF favor
shown 'em. just take BLACK Bart as a sam
pie. He sticks up stage coaches single-hand-
1 ed. You newspaper gents give him whole
columns for a send-o or He blows his own
trumpet, and struts around as swell high
| wayman. The prisoners at san quentin look
| at him with wish that they'd gone in for the
same big game, and the officers Of the prison
| gather him in as a pet lamb, and appoint him
! right off at the start as head man OF the laun-
| dry where he gets lots of plcklngs, where he
sits around in private office and has his
meals cooked by his own Chinaman-One OF
| the prisoners, of cOurse-on his private stove"