The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-08-08
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county, Virginia of woman, sick unto death,
whose hair was cut short during her illness,
and when it grew again was almost white, so
the hair cut off most obligingly turned white,
too, and as aSwitch still ornaments It's owner s
head.
WHAT is termed "a startling departure in the
line of horse trading" is reported from Fall
River where a citizen who has a mare for sale
states frankly that her disposition is so sour
that she hates herself. and that he would recon-
mend the creature to nobody unaccustomed TO
horses.
LORD LEvEsoN swallowed a half crown piece
at Christmas while engaged in an amateur con-
jurng performance, and it is still in his
stomach. When his father told an inquirer
about his S health, that he had gained
eleven pounds since the accident, "Ah," said
the other, that makes Ell Is. Cd
THE AMOUNT of patent medicines received at
Gen. Sheridan's cottage at Nonquitt, from we'll
meaning admirers would, it is said, fill small
apothecary shop The doctors, also, were
deluged with advice by mail about the treat
ment the patient needs. 1t came from all over
the country, like the patent medicines.
NINE YEARS AGO Mrs Manning of Paris Ill.,,
vowed that if her married a certain young
lady who was Objectionable to her she would
go to bed and stay there until she died The
marriage took place, and the mother, true to
her resolution, never left her bed until last
week, when she was borne to her coffin.
ARTHUR T. LYMAN, the treasurer of the Low
ell manufacturing company, and of the Had
ley thread company, says: Il very much regret
that the republican party, with whom | have
acted from its beginning, has, for political sue
cess, taken position which consider hostile in
its practical effects to the protected industries
of Massachusetts. ="
INTERESTING EXPERIMENTS are being made at
Toulon with military balloons. The problem
to be solved is whether a captive balloon can be
usefuliy employed on board ship as q means of
ascertalning the presence of an enemy at a
long distance telephone is connected with
the balloon, so that the observer can commun-
cate with those on the ship.
CARL TERRY, a cattleman was ''held up by
footpads in Kansas City, the other evening and
robbed of $35, after being drugged, as he says
| by his aSSailants. He was found the next
morning lying in ditch in a stupefied condi-
| ton. with his head bruised. Terry had check
for S545 so on his person at the time he encoun-
tered the footpads, but it was overlooked by the
| latter.
THE latest Jersey swindle is that of the man
| who advertised for two young men to pose
| for artist" and required each applicant for
the position to send 25 cents for ''Seven photo
| graphs of the positions he must practice" 1t
is almost needless to say that the pictures never
| came, and that two or three hundred young
men have had rude shock to their confidence
| in mankind
MAN made mad by seasickness is such
| novelty that the case of Michael Walter, who
crossed the Atlantic in the steamer Servia is
worth telling about He was taken violently i'll
| on the voyage and finally became deranged.
His conduct was so singular that he was locked
| up for safe keeping until the steamers arrival
| at New York. Now he is bit better, but he is
still in care of doctor.
PHILADELPHIA is said to be more overcrowdsd
with lawyers than any city in the country
This state of affairs resulted in the judges a
few weeks ago raising the course of study for
students from two TO three years 1t Is Thought
this will raise the standard of excellence and
diminish the annual crop of attorneys. Since
Jan. l, 1875, the orphans court In PHILADELPHIA
has sworn in 200 new lawyers
AN ASSESSORS CANVASS gives the population
Of Fall River, Mass as 63.715, against 81, 941
last year, an apparent decrease of 226 in the
year. This is considered surprising, because
the figures for last year showed an increase of
nearly 5000 over 1885, when the population was
names were put on the lists last year to increase
the number Of voters. and an investigation may
follow.
AFTER a lieutenant on board an English
guardship applied to his captain for leave to 90
on shore and was refused, he asked for reasons
OF refusal, and expostulated IF l ask for
leave and you refuse it without giving any rea-
son, shall walk about the deck with stigma
on my back" by George, sir, cried the cap.
TAIN 'ff catch you walking up and down her
uniform on your back I'll have you tried by
court martial"
The London Hospital remarks that Will
alcohol does not seem to have produced any
racial deterioration in white races or rather III
the lndo-Germanic family, it acts differently
upon Aslatic and dark races Alcohol in any
quantity seems to set most Asiatics-the Jews
are an eXception-on fire, to produce an ire
sistible craving for more, and to compel them
to go on drinking until they are sunk in a
nj intnvfOQtinn NAV g.
exhilaration of partial inebriety, but the condi-
ton of dead drunkenness is to them delight
full. Hence liquor exertS a baneful influence
upon them.
miss ELLA BAKER, youngest daughter of Mr.
T. Baker, of the Inner Temple and Kingscote,
Nottingham, was stung under the eye by bee
in the garden few days ago." says a CORES
pendent of the Pal Mall Gazette i'She treated
the matter lightly, and suffered no pain after
the customary simple antidote had been ap-
piled, saying that she had been stung before
the swelling would run its course and go down
again, ard she confined to be quite cheerful
down to $50 O'Clock on July IA, when she fell
asleep on the sofa. At 9:15 O'Clock she suddenly
woke up in convulsive fit, and died from syn
cope within minute. Miss Baker, who was 20
years of age, was the author of 'Bertram de
Drummont' and other tales for young people;
also stories from Old History The Sow
ereigns of England, Songs of the Seasons and
other fugitive pieces"
THE truth of the old proverb, Better late
than never" appears to have been illustrated
by striking modern instance, according to an
English exchange, which relates that ninety
seven years ago, some person, now unknown by
name, posted in Paris number of the Gazette
UntUersete. directing it to "Monsieur Z in
Morges, Switzerland but the Newspaper did
not arrive at its destination until last month
IL seems that the Gazette, which had been
waiting for delivery ever since January 1891
had got mixed up with bundle of other news
papers and was found, with its cover and ad-
dress still inta It. amidst heap of rubbish in a
garnet. The Under conscientiously sent il To
the Morges postmaster, by whom it was as CON
scientiously forwarded to the present repre-
sentative of the K family, still living at
Morges. so unique specimen of postal in
tegrity deserves TO be exhibited in a POSTAL
museum, or would not be out of place amongst
the curiosities in the Newspaper museum at
A&chen."
Says the Ogdensburg IN. " Journal: The
army worm has been doing good deal of dam
age to oats and corn in the Black Lake district
of this town the present spring Charles Du
bois resolved piece of oats of five acres last |
week, and win have TO repant three acres of |
corn this week, Both were totally DESTROYED
John Paul, who - very observing man, called |
the attention OF Mr.. Dubois to the operations of
a few sparrows which came into the field and |
gorged themselves on the army worm and took |
hundreds TO their young. He remarked To Mr. |
Dubois; See theren pointing to sparrow
You need not talk to me any more about |
shooting sparrosws, for | am convinced that
they do more good than harm. Tint bird has
his mouth full of worms that have been de-